THE HAUNTED HOUSE | CLACTON | WELCOME
■ Oct 2019 | Press Photo. Pictured out side 2019's Haunted House.
■ Pictured with me is my better half, Karen.
■ Welcome to my little world of Ghost Trains, Haunted Houses and Spooky Prop Building. If you're interested in haunted house/prop building, and putting on Halloween displays/haunts each year, then this is the place to come.
■ This little Google Site is specifically for my Halloween Charity haunts that I put on in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and beyond, so please bear with me as this site is being developed slowly.
■ Luckily I've carefully documented all the haunt props that I made, and through a LOT of experimentation and a LOT of trial and error, I managed to pull it off and scare people and raise a fair amount of money for the local stroke unit in Colchester.
■ The Pandemic sort ot killed it off during 2020-2023, and at present there are no plans to bring back a full on walk through haunt, but there are plans, and you never know!
■ Ghost Trains and Haunted Houses are my absolute fascination. Always have been.
■ To have been able to put on a haunt from 2016-2019 was absolutely a dream come true. It was a heck of a lot of time, money and effort, but so worth it.
■ The Haunts went from a simple tent structure in 2016 no bigger than 3mx3m sq. to 2019's 6mx4m 20sq. large enclosure. It barely fit in our garden, but it was so worth it to see it in action on Halloween night!
■ 2019's HAUNT WAS THE BIGGEST AND BEST ONE EVER...
■ We had to keep the haunt in 2019 open from October 4th to November 5th due to the thousands of viewers.
■ The main aim of the haunts was to raise money for charity. Notably Colchester Stroke Unit. 2019's haunt got the attention of the local press, radio and Ipswich & Colchester Hospitals Charity. We finally got given official charity buckets, promotional material and lots more. Thank you guys!
■ Luckily, I documented every prop build, haunt build (dont' speak to me about building roofs!) the electrics, cabling, and all points in between.
■ So I will bring this site to life with these pictures and happy memories.
■ WHAT WAS THAT?! | WORKING LATE...
■ Oct 2017 | Working late...
■ What was that?!
■ Many a night was spent outside at 1-2am working on wiring, lighting. I can tell you the mind plays tricks on you with all the statues and horror props, lol.
■ Eventually, it got to the point where it didn't bother me, haha. This photo was taken on a late monday night when I was out late working.
■ I would work with only my phone light some nights, until I got better lighting.. I would also have a radio/music playing as I found I could work quicker.
■ Future Haunt Builds | 2024 and beyond....
■ The Pandemic of 2020-2021 left me with lots of time to think about what I would do differently, and in 2022 I came close to launching into another build project, but it was still too fresh from the pandemic and people just weren't venturing out as much.
■ Every year, the jury is out/undecided wether or not I put on a haunt, but never say never...
■ I like to work to a schedule from about June/July - the planning stage, to August - get the main planning/prep done, through toSeptember - main structure up walls, roof, get it covered over and nice and dark, check for stray light holes, etc.
■ Early October - main testing, prop and lighting installation so I can test everything out, check for any leaks, structure damage.
■ 2023 - Again, I made the decision to hold off doing anything major. I've picked up a fair bit of experience with building props and haunts and knowing what I know now, I would definitely do some things differently.
■ But going forwards to 2024 and beyond, I'm not ruling out anything... but what I will say is if I were to do it again, it would be bigger and better than before.
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