New Haunted House!

So this year my gf and I found an investor and designed and built a professional haunted house (not a garage haunt, but a legit business attraction). She has years of experience in running haunted houses, and I just like horror and building stuff.

This will be the first season we are open but will hopefully do well enough for there to be a next year. We spent 1/4 of our budget on advertising (radio, tv, fliers, coupons, posters, banners, etc...). We are going old school for this first season... meaning no animatronics, completely actor based. We have a good mix of veteran haunters and energetic n00bs ready to scare the **** out of every victim that steps through the entrance!

The location is in Maumee, Ohio right on the edge of Toledo. Would love to have some MKF'ers in the region check us out. Got to make enough money to pay back the investor less this be my last post!

Here's a couple teaser pics. Keep in mind these were taken with a bright flash with the house lights on, and not the actual mood lights that will be running when we are open for tours.

Admission is $10 (cheapest in the area), but if you are interested in coming out, pm me for some coupons.

Thanks for looking!

Thanks a lot everyone! Really appreciate the good words!

We have our first (and only) dress rehearsal this Friday. Can't wait to see it all finally come together! We have been discussing this since last Christmas, and have been demolishing/building since June.

Thanks for the advice sidneymysnake! Myself, the art director (my gf), the investor, and the security guy will be making rounds through the haunt with drinks for the actors, and to give them breaks/rotate them in and out.

We are putting the last touches on the haunt tomorrow and weds, and should be completely (and finally!) finished.

I'll snap a pic of the outside of the place tomorrow to post up. It's really not impressive from the outside. Were in the inside corner of an "L" shaped strip mall.

The investor (who has also been hands on through the whole thing) is a local real estate/legal mogul. He has some detailed excellent contracts written up for each actor to sign. It covers our ass, and theirs. We have a really good insurance policy that covers actors, customers, and property.

The haunt is 4000sqft, and the walkthrough takes anywhere from 3-7 minutes depending on how fast you walk, stop to look at detail and whatnot. We are guessing the average will be about 5 minutes or so. But we are going to make sure that if feels like much, much longer!

Thanks again to everyone for the words of encouragement!