How To Make a Haunted House

Learn to make a haunted house with a step-by-step guide, written by how expert press, and narrated by Gregory Allen Cider's.

Integrate your haunted house into the community by partnering with schools, churches, and youth groups, recruit volunteers, and prioritize safety while supporting local fundraising.

Prioritize safety when choosing a haunted house location, ensuring adequate size, easy road access, ample parking, and space for lines and setup, while complying with signage and local ordinances.

Compare permanent, temporary, and mobile haunted houses, covering design, location, safety, fire codes, insurance, and police support to help you decide and plan.

Build safe, flexible walls for your haunted house by following fire code and safety guidelines, with three-foot wide hallways and spaces at least eight by eight feet.

Design haunted house sets to control patrons and empower scares through theme, lighting, sound, and hiding places, using camouflage, distractions, and budget-friendly dummies.

Develop and stage haunted house characters that scare patrons from line to interior, using costumes, makeup, props, and performance nuances like strange gaits, drooling, and unexpected behavior to maximize fright.

Learn how to recruit and manage human resources for a haunted house, from volunteers and scare actors to security, makeup designers, and paid staff, with emphasis on safety and communication.

Set up ticketing for single or multiple haunts with clear two-to-three option pricing, offer vip or unlimited passes, and manage lines with security cameras and patron behavior monitoring.

Hire a marketing professional or craft a budget plan, then promote your haunted house through local media, signs, direct mail, and a strong web presence with a Facebook page.

Concluding remarks provide clear warnings and positive wording for haunted attraction guests, outlining rules, lost items, cell phones, strobe lights, and ambient music for safety and enjoyment.

Balance realism and fun in your haunted house by prioritizing safety, focusing on entertainment, and supporting scare actors so they return yearly; end with post-show bonding to grow the business.