30 Nights of Mayhem - Night 12
Well well well...here we are...it's night 12 and after missing a few due to sickness we're back at it. It's also almost a completely new season for us as we've switched the haunt that we're working. Fright Farm was a bit too much of an amateur night for us...so what do we do? We go to the best in the area and find ourselves with a new outlook on things. Scare House has been around for a while but this is only the 2nd year for them in the building that they're currently using. It's definitely an interesting one. Been around a while and has a lot of character to it. We definitely like that. We also like the fact that the owners of the place are actors and treat their people better than most people do by a long shot.
So with that business out of the way...where to begin...where to begin...Well after Fil and Jess stopping by for a couple of hours we headed out. Ended up getting there just as they opened at 7pm. We were told after all to get there about that time so all was well. To get us into the swing of things they had us working as "floaters" or "breakers" which is a pretty simple task really. It's also a pretty hectic way of doing things. Basically we have to do whatever part is thrown our way. Not an easy task but it can also be a lot of fun. So we spent the night running around like crazy filling in for people in various places. I was in the Hall of Nightmares for the night breaking folks and Carrie was in the Screamatorium. Some of the spot we were put in were: The Cave, Faces, Chapel, Swamp, Crazy Chef, Line Pacer for Screamatorium, Dentist, Morgue and I think one or two others. I forget all the ones that Carrie was in now (a side affect of delayed posting...more on that later). It wasn't too stressful a night for us but there was a nice long line that kept us until about 1am. At one point they shut it down so that we wouldn't be there til 4am. Nice of them.
After we got done and were out of make-up we had a bit of a meeting where folks told the good and bad of the night and then...FREE FOOD! Ah, how the simple things amuse me so. Either way it was a very nice thing that they had gotten pizza and provided soda and other things for us afterwards. Then again it's not like much was open at that point, but either way was nice to have to something after a long night like that.
Our overall impressions on the place are so far much much better than what we went through at Fright Farm. Looking back we should've come to Scare House from the beginning....our mistake but we know better for next year.
So again...here's the tally for the randomness that goes on:
Haunts 86'd: 1 (bye bye Fright Farm)
Broken Props: 3 (bed, a bone, half of a scene's fencing)
Costumes Ditched: 1 (original prison costume)
Scenes Changed: 15 All in all it's been as follows:
Carrie: Coffin Girl, Exorcist, Cannibal, Dentist, Line Pacer, Drop Window, Morgue
Me: Prison Scene, Cannibal Cage, Spine Pull, Cave, Faces, Chapel, Pitch Black Hall, Crazy Chef
Bodily Injuries: Bruises (me...just lots of sore spots..even more now), Welts on knees (Carrie), Ankle Strain (Carrie)
1st Bloody Injury: Still Carrie! (we're not sure how this happened but I have a feeling it's from her having to be on her knees down at the Exorcist scene)
So with that business out of the way...where to begin...where to begin...Well after Fil and Jess stopping by for a couple of hours we headed out. Ended up getting there just as they opened at 7pm. We were told after all to get there about that time so all was well. To get us into the swing of things they had us working as "floaters" or "breakers" which is a pretty simple task really. It's also a pretty hectic way of doing things. Basically we have to do whatever part is thrown our way. Not an easy task but it can also be a lot of fun. So we spent the night running around like crazy filling in for people in various places. I was in the Hall of Nightmares for the night breaking folks and Carrie was in the Screamatorium. Some of the spot we were put in were: The Cave, Faces, Chapel, Swamp, Crazy Chef, Line Pacer for Screamatorium, Dentist, Morgue and I think one or two others. I forget all the ones that Carrie was in now (a side affect of delayed posting...more on that later). It wasn't too stressful a night for us but there was a nice long line that kept us until about 1am. At one point they shut it down so that we wouldn't be there til 4am. Nice of them.
After we got done and were out of make-up we had a bit of a meeting where folks told the good and bad of the night and then...FREE FOOD! Ah, how the simple things amuse me so. Either way it was a very nice thing that they had gotten pizza and provided soda and other things for us afterwards. Then again it's not like much was open at that point, but either way was nice to have to something after a long night like that.
Our overall impressions on the place are so far much much better than what we went through at Fright Farm. Looking back we should've come to Scare House from the beginning....our mistake but we know better for next year.
So again...here's the tally for the randomness that goes on:
Haunts 86'd: 1 (bye bye Fright Farm)
Broken Props: 3 (bed, a bone, half of a scene's fencing)
Costumes Ditched: 1 (original prison costume)
Scenes Changed: 15 All in all it's been as follows:
Carrie: Coffin Girl, Exorcist, Cannibal, Dentist, Line Pacer, Drop Window, Morgue
Me: Prison Scene, Cannibal Cage, Spine Pull, Cave, Faces, Chapel, Pitch Black Hall, Crazy Chef
Bodily Injuries: Bruises (me...just lots of sore spots..even more now), Welts on knees (Carrie), Ankle Strain (Carrie)
1st Bloody Injury: Still Carrie! (we're not sure how this happened but I have a feeling it's from her having to be on her knees down at the Exorcist scene)