Halloween 2012 Weather Network

Thanks to my fellow Home Haunter friend Hector Turner from Blackstone Cemetery for sharing this link with me.

Both Hector and I were featured on the Weather Network Channel as Home Haunters who go all out for Halloween every year. This video was shot just before Hurricane Sandy hit Toronto along with the Eastern part of the US. Unfortunately it didn't end up airing until after Halloween because the Weather Network focused all their attention on Hurricane Sandy.

I guess they just don't know how important us Home Haunters really are...

HaPpY EaStEr WeEkEnD EvErYoNe...

You've been warned...

Everyone knows the Woods behind the Thornhill Woods Haunted House are Haunted...

 

 

2012 HALLOWEEN PHOTOS

Click on photo to view 2012 photo album

2012 VIDEO

I FINALLY FINISHED

detailing the new tombstones I purchased at the Mid-West Haunters Convention this year.

Now I feel a little guilty that I bought them from WoodLoom www.woodloom.com , but when you have a full time job, a wife and two kids….Your limited to your time.

 

 

WoodLoom engraved the lettering and carved out the shapes of the tombstones, but I had to age them with the cracks and paint them.

 

 

I think they turned out pretty good; I can’t wait to add them to my cemetery!!!

OUR HOUSE REALLY STARTS TO

come alive once I start setting up my fencing and pillars. Everyone in the neighborhood seems to know that Halloween is fast approaching when we start building our Haunt!!!

It gives me such pleasure to know that so many people in our community look forward to our annual event.

 



But best part of all...Donations raised go towards children undergoing treatment at Sick Kids Hospital. Since they can’t leave the hospital, a portion of our fund provides these kids with costumes and Halloween candy to encourage the holiday spirit.

 

 

LET THE BUILDING BEGIN

I had fun with my boys setting up our TWHH banner onto the fence today.

The 2012 Halloween Season has officially started at our house...wait a minute, I need to correct myself. It's Halloween 365 days a year at our house, our building has officially begun!!!

GETTING READY FOR THE 2012 HALLOWEEN SEASON

I took my boys to a local Pumpkin patch to get an early start on decorating the house for Halloween.

 

 Of course they had to each pick their own...

 

2012 TWHH TEASER VIDEO

I enjoyed spending time last weekend with my family filming my 2012 Teaser Video.

Bloody Heart Felt thank you to my friends Jeff Chatten from Horrors Unlimited for filming and editing the video, and Dick Terhune  The Voice From Hell who did the voice over.

I ENJOY SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMERS

and getting an early start on Halloween!

My family and I decided to film a new teaser video this weekend for the 2012 Halloween Season.

So I stopped by a local farm and picked up a beautiful Pumpkin...along with some Corn, Strawberries, Raspberries and some plums.

My son Ryan help me carve out our first Pumpkin of the year and prepare it for our video shoot.

Nothing goes to waste, we made Pumpkin Soup and baked the Pumpkin Seeds in the oven.

Mmmmmmm...Nothing like home cooking.

This was the Ghoulish little creation we carved up earlier in the day. We waited for it to get dark outside and started filming around 9:00 PM and didn't finish until 10:30 PM.

We had many people both walking and driving past our house with the look of shock, confusion, disbelief and WTF on their faces. Ahhh...the life of a Home Haunter!!!

Like I've always said...It's Halloween 365 days a year in our house. Stay tuned, I'll have future posts on our 2012 Teaser Video.

Happy Haunting.

I'M THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE

Thornhill Woods Haunted House has gone MOBILE (Mobile Website).

Click here on your Smartphone (iPhone, Blackberry, Android other) to view my mobile website: www.thornhillwoodshauntedhouse.com

Interested in creating a mobile site for your Haunt or Business?

You can contact Shirley - email her skalman@mobilityexperience.com

Pricing is as low as $12.00 /month + $200.00 Creative set up fee (one time)

I hope you like it.  Spread the word!!!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY 13th

Greetings Boils & Ghouls.....sorry I haven't been posting lately, but I've been busy attending Halloween trade shows and even putting one on for the first time...ScareFest.

Anyways, I'm Back in Black and gearing up for the 2012 Halloween Season. So stay tuned for future updates on the Thornhill Woods Haunted House.

HEADING DOWN SOUTH AGAIN...

To The Midwest Haunters Convention in Columbus, Ohio June 8 - 10, 2012
Looking forward to a Spooktacular weekend with my wife, kids and fellow haunters.

I can't wait to hit the trade show, take some educational seminars and attend the Masquerade Party on Saturday night.

http://www.midwesthauntersconvention.com/



Trade Show



Haunted House Bus Tour



Masquerade Party

I'll be like a little kid on Christmas morning there...

ScareFest

ScareFest Haunters Show - Saturday July 7th, 2012
12:00 noon – 6:00 pm

Sugar Bush Heritage Park
91 Thornhill Woods Drive, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 8R5
(Between Bathurst & Dufferin off of Hwy 7, Right behind the Esso Gas Station)

In attendance will be Owners and Operators of Professional Haunted Houses, Actors, Home Haunters, Artists, Halloween Enthusiasts and Vendors.

Enjoy a BBQ, Door Prizes, and Contests for: Miss. & Mr. Scarefest and Best Homemade Prop.

Admission is FREE, however we are asking for a Donation to the Sick Kids Foundation.

Please RSVP by June 18, 2012 info@canadianhauntersassociation.com or visit us on Facebook

LOOKING FORWARD

to attending HAuNTcon 2012 May 3-7 at the Monroeville Convention Center, in Pittsburgh, PA

 

 

It's an amazing haunters convention for networking, education from the haunt industry leaders, seminars, attraction tours to professional haunted houses and my personal favorite, the tradeshow.

But the best part of all is I get to hang out with all my American and Canadian Haunter friends.

OH...THE LIFE OF A HOME HAUNTER

It really is 24/7

Now that the weather is getting warmer and old man winter is offically gone. I decided to repair the grass in the backyard after trashing it last Halloween with my walk through haunt.

HaPpY EaStEr

Wishing all my family and friends a spooktacular Easter weekend.

I'M FEELING

Very proud and honored at the same time to have won "Best Indoor/Walk through Haunt" with
The Haunters Video Awards for 2011.

It's so great to be recognized by the Haunt community for doing my favorite hobby "Halloween".

Special thanks to my friend Jeff Chatten from Horrors Unlimited for shooting another Spooktacular video of my haunt for 2011. Thank you to all my family and friends who also participated in the video and helped out with my set up and tear down.

Lastly...thank you to Chris & Jeff Davis from the Davis Graveyard for putting together these amazing videos and all the judges who voted for me.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA - OFFICIAL TRAILER

Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Werewolf, Witches, Skeletons, Monsters, Spiders...
All staying together in Hotel in Transylvania on their off season...Spooktacular.

I'm looking forward to taking my boys to see this cartoon movie, now I can explain to them where they all go when Halloween is over. (Baaaahhaaaaa)