CHAPTER ONE WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STAGE A HAUNTED HOUSE Do you love scaring people Do you love having fun Do you love Halloween Then hosting a haunted house is the right project for you Haunted house designers scare people for fun They use people s fear of the unknown They make staged haunted houses Staged means they re make believe These are different from real haunted houses People believe ghosts live in haunted houses 4
Staged haunted houses are a safe way for guests to get scared Guests are people who visit your haunted house Good haunted house designers make guests feel like they're in danger But the guests aren't in any real danger Haunted house designers make sure guests are safe DD Don t use sharp objects Don't touch people create exits
KNOW THE LINGO Animatronics robotic devices used to create humans or animals that look real Apparition a visual appearance of a person or thing Camouflage scare hiding a scary trick behind something that looks ordinary Channeling receiving messages from ghosts or spirits Conjuring using tricks to create paranormal effects Hauntrepreneurs haunted house designers Haunts haunted house attractions Paranormal strange things or happenings that can't be easily explained by science Sensory assault attacking all the senses by scaring people with sights sounds tastes smells and touch Speaking in tongues speaking a made up language Throughput moving as many people as possible through the haunted house White noise a hissing like sound
Haunted houses are most popular during Halloween But they can be fun all year long You'll have fun designing your own haunted house You ll plan tricks You'll create scary sights You ll create scary sounds You ll have guests touch scary things You ll have guests smell gross things You'll trick guests senses You can also make some money Professional haunted house designers charge 5 to 40 per guest You can start by charging 5 per guest You'll get better each time More guests will come You'll spend more Then you can charge more Instead of charging you can ask for donations This is when guests give you money 41583 68226943025 Create tickets or wristbands for Your Paying gueSTS 6822694302 a o TICKET
