Haunted Houses and other automatic Halloween stuff

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DaOld Man:
Ok boys and girls, it's just about time for the haunting season!
Show us your automated Halloween projects, or haunted houses you have made or helped out with.
I figure this forum is a good place to show off your work.

darthpaul:
Don't have anything to show but the http://monsterguts.com/ website is where I purchased my windshield wiper motors for my rotating monitor and control panels. I also picked up a few pointers on linkages.

Howard_Casto:
Man this thread is dead. I've had various family situations the past few years preventing me from building anything nice, but I have done a lot of cool stuff in the past.

I'm currently uploading all my Halloween stuff to my image shack account... when it's done I'll post a link and maybe post a couple of the cooler ones here directly.

*Edit* Even though these are technically automated projects, I think you would have gotten a bigger response if you posted this in Everything Else.

Howard_Casto:
Ok I'm sure most people will find this thread boring, but since nobody has posted anything anyway.

I started documenting my exploits around 07, so I'll walk you through it.

Halloween 07:

I had done a bunch of dummies and mini gadgets in the past but this was the year I decided some horror icons need to be represented and I needed to set a "scene" for my yard.

So a few brown paper bags, some glue and some duct tape later I get these:

Which turn into these:

I also made a glove out of galvanized roof sheeting (so it could stay outside and not rust):

I went to 84 lumber, picked up a 4x8 sheet of Styrofoam, and made a graveyard:

Anyway Jason had a kicking mechanism but it never panned out so I eventually removed it. You'll see these dummies in later year's pics so rather than clutter the thread I'll omit them until a later year when they are "complete".

08 comes next.

Howard_Casto:
Ok Halloween 08.... some of my animated stuff starts getting introduced.

Frist off I bought a couple of boris talking skulls the last year. I added carpet latex and a bunch of paint to one to make a talking Crypt Keeper:

I used the other one on my Reaper that looks over the graveyard:

He's mounted on a complicated rig that uses a oscillating fan motor, so he moves his entire torso back and forth scanning the graves. The head on this guy never worked right for some reason... I think moisture got into it, so I removed it in subsequent years.

Here are Freddy and Jason as I would display them for the next few years:

Poor old Freddy, I put him at the front gate and everybody thought he as a photo op so I eventually had to move him. He's got real metal blades on the glove so he's dangerous.

09 is next:

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