Halloween 2024

 

Christmas 2023

 

Skeleton Christmas

 

Halloween 2023

 

December 2022

 

Halloween 2022

 

Blue Light

 Skeleton with a blue light.

Christmas 2020

October 2020 part 2

October 2020 part 1

 

Halloween 2019

Halloween 2019

Completed.

                            







this is the completed "Jack O' The Lantern".  The Light does not photograph well.

Scary Christmas

October 30, 2011

This was a test late at night on October 30th, 2011

Franken_bride Project 2001

In or around October 2001 I was toying with the idea of doing a Frankenstein/Mad Scientist set up.   I did photo experiments using my ghost as a Frankenbride.  In this picture I set up my workspace as a lab with a strobe light and plasma ball.  I can't completely remember why I didn't use this

2006

With the return of the Hatbox Ghost to the Haunted Mansion this month.  I have decided to post a picture of when I tried to match the 2006 Haunted Mansion bride,"Constance Hatchaway" or as she is known as a Black Widow Bride who decapitated 5 husbands.

The Axe could not stay up.  But it worked well with  a strobe light.  In the dark, All I could see was the glowing eyes and heart, and when the strobe light flashed, it revealed she had an Axe.

Behind the scenes of CREEPSHOW

Now some of you may not like horror movies at all, but there is some interesting behind the scenes footage of how a movie is made.  Most of the skills you need or already have are being used.   I watch this footage now and again to study casting and sculpting.   I happen to be a fan of the movie CREEPSHOW , and the special effects were done by Tom Savini and his assistant.  The footage has been saved to a playlist which can be viewed here

More Halloween 2004 featuring the Ghost Bride

Here is another picture from 2004 featuring the ghost bride from my Ghost Bride Project.  This picture was taken before the blinking light failed.

Ghost Lighting Set-up Still Pictures

These are still pictures from The Ghost Lighting set-up Video from Halloween 2007.  This lighting consists of two blacklights, and a blue party lightbulb.  Also featured are two of the "Haunted Candleabra" props made by Trendmasters in the mid 1990's.   They have been painted to look old.
(click on pics to enlarge)

This is the bottom of The set-up, with a blue light, a powerstrip, and a blacklight.
Also featured is a replica of the candle held by the Ghost Bride from the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.

 

This is the top blacklight of the set-up, it is  24 inches

This picture features the ghost that is to be lit with her arm held by a rope attached to a crank motor to move the arm up and down.  The motor ran well in tests but did not work on the big night.

 

 

 

 

This is the same ghost from Halloween 2006, also in the shot is the "Haunted Candleabra" made by Trendmasters in the mid 1990's

The Haunted Dining Room

In my old house, the front door was in the dining room, as it was with trailer houses from the 1960's.   This presented a unique opportunity every Halloween, but was not realized until 1998.   The dining room had a buffet with china cabinets above it, and a chandelier.  It had "Victorian haunted house" written all over it.  From 1998 to 2005, I would put dim blue lighting up, move some old looking "props" around,  and use the cotton spiderwebs to maximum effect.   Until I can find more pictures, these three are the best I could find.

This is from 2001

2005

and under "show lighting" from 2004