What ideas would you use in a haunted ghost town themed haunt? I was thinking a jail, winery, gold mine. Actors can have pale faces ghost like.
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You could go virtually anywhere you wanted with this, man. From ancient vampires, to an old alien attack (cowboys vs aliens comes to mind) and even zombies man. Psychos, you could do a psycho illness which is actually airborne that causes everyone who breathes enough of it to become lunatic as well. You could also do critters, like um... Tremors, remember that film? You could do a monster that lives under ground that discovered humans living above ground and ate everyone. Been dormant for a few years and now they're back for your guests / new residents. Possibilities are endless, really.
You said "Theme", the things you mentioned are not themes, but more of 'hooks' in the story line. But yeah, research up old ghost towns and see what all they had. Mainly had Saloons, Housing, Motels, Gambling Houses, Banks, Brothels... um.. Trading Posts etc.
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Theme= I meant more like ambiance to make you feel as if you are walking through an abandoned ghost town of haunted trails, corn field, and 2 HH's. I know sometimes it is hard to theme an entire haunt. I think one of the HH can be a motel housing a bedroom, saloon, gambling room, post office, bank, jail, The final HH we usually like to end it with gore and scariest to leave lasting impression usually 3 rooms are skits with dialogues maybe we can incorporate the gallows into this room.
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We have done several western themed haunted houses...
Saloon
Barn
Jail
Poker Game
Brothel
Gunfight
Tombstone (graveyard)
You could do a scene with Rattlesnakes
Hangman
TNT scene blasting
Mine
Train Station or walking thru part of a train
A giant Steer animation would be cool
I mean the list goes on and on
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clowns
If you want to incorporate clowns into your haunted town, you could set up a tent at the edge of 'town'. Check out images online for clown looks from the era you are targeting and part of your story can be 'the circus came to town'.greyhousehaunts.com
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We had a western theme for several years and it just didn't fly. The customers just don't perceive it as a 'scary' setting. So you are trying to jump two hurdles; one convince them it can be scary, two deliver the scares.
A huge part of people enjoying a haunt is getting them in the proper mindset where they are on edge and easy to startle.. then they get scared, the ones who don't laugh and all is good
But that was just our experience. I have noticed that everyone who had a western theme ends up no longer having a western theme....
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We have a story line about a kid that was orphaned and causes terror on Halloween night when trick or treaters disturb him so we are thinking of using a similar idea that he was buried here but his spirit lives on when he is awakened by those who trespass. This will be our storytellers dialogue then as they walk through the 2 trails we can have all sorts of actors dressed up as family members, police, the dead, etc. Facades of a village store front. Our last HH we usually have 3 skits that are linked together in some way ties in the storyline so we will keep brainstorming. We also have scaffolding to create storefronts. Any other ideas we are open too. Thanks
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