Morningside Sanitarium Halloween 2009

As always, please read this description before asking questions!!! This is a video of our yard haunt on Halloween 2009. We do it all ourselves, I make most of the masks and props used in the haunt. Check out the site at www.smiths-grove.com

It was pretty cold this year. The last 2 years we had great weather. Cool and calm. This one was very windy, and cold. TOT'ers seemed to quit around 9pm! Usually people are still out til 10 or 11 even. Musta been the cold that drove em home.

Quick rundown of how we did this...people start in our hood very early. The daylight would not allow us to provide a good haunt in the walk through, so we basically wandered around like we used to do before we started the walk through in 2008. Then at dark, we opened up the haunt. So anyways, here are some issues I wish to address...

1) This haunt, as well as the rest of them (aside from 2005), were all in Taylor, Michigan. A few different houses due to moving quite a bit, but always in Taylor. I hope to move to a house with land and possibly a barn ASAP. Then we could hold an actual haunt for more than just one day a year! Until then, we'll be in Taylor I'm most certain.

2) The video pretty much sucks for quality. I bought a new camera, and it has no night shot, and the light on it is only good for less than 10 feet away. Garbage. And the other cam didn't have it's night shot turned on until late in the night, so we got about 10 minutes of night shot video. So basically, most of the video is dark, and/or blurry. Oh well. Maybe we'll get a really good camera someday, and can put out some really badass video! At any rate, I still have to thank the camera crew for their help. Without them, no video. :D You know who you are.

3) The songs used in this video are as follows, and in the order they appear in the video...Mogwai - "We're No Here" then Manson with "This is Halloween" and lastly, Type o Negative with "Wolf Moon."

4) Freddy's glove was NOT metal. It was the better looking plastic version sold in the stores. If it were to bump anyone, it would just break, not stab. :)

5) The electric chair ran all night. We let peeps sit in it to ride the lightning. The seat vibrates, a siren sounds, a beacon flashes, strobe lights activate, and fog comes from under the seat, and through the head gear, all at the flip of a switch. I also had an electrical hum playing on an amp under the platform, but the CD player kept f'n up. Just a snafu to work on for next year I guess.

6) We had a LOT of people show up. The line to walk through the haunt got so long at times, we had to just let them come through one after the other. We started out doing groups, but the line kept growing.

7) If I think of anything else, I'll add it here. If you have any questions, please leave a comment! Enjoy!

Category:

Entertainment

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• morningside
• smiths
• grove
• Halloween
• 2009
• yard
• haunt
• scare
• chainsaw
• scares
• prank
• pranks
• leatherface
• michael
• myers
• freddy
• krueger
• jason
• voorhees
• haunted
• house
• electric
• chair
• clown
• psycho
• mad
• scientist
• grandpa
• texas
• massacre
• nightmare
• elm
• street
• friday
• 13th
• thirteenth

[Kyros]

I went to Salem, MA this year and it was far too crowded and not really worth the trip. This video is what Halloween should be all about. How I wish I was there in Taylor, Michigan. I really missed out. Thanks for the enjoyment!

[drwynn]

@Kyros Thanx! Wait til u c this years vid. However, I'm n ot really sure if you'll get the atmosphere that we had this year by watching the video. There were a lot of people just hanging around watching, and having fun and running and screaming and what not. It wuz kinda like a huge block party! Video coming soon!

[nlikos2007]

No 2010?

[drwynn]

@nlikos2007 Yes. Coming soon. I never rush the vids. It's even tougher these days to get it done sooner. I still have orders to fill and I'm working a 40-50 hour a week job so I squeeze editing in whenever I can.

[lileazye508]

great job at 9:24 that girl is gone

[drwynn]

@lileazye508 Yeah, she lost her shoe also! :)

[DarkXRazorX119]

I LIKE JASON HE WAS BETTER IN 2007

[falgianibrandon]

you need a better chainsaw than that little toy you got there

[drwynn]

@KViT31382 Did you? :)

[drwynn]

@SACOWNER Yes with chain removed

[Dingleberry79]

@SACOWNER yes real chainsaw...just no chain on the blade