Special Effect Lighting
Halloween is all about darkness, shadows and the lack of light. However, the right kind of lights really enhance what we may not want to see! Props such as skeletons, ghosts, or witches really come to life with a colored light. Place a clip on or swing arm lamp to shine on the prop at an angle. Try to find the best angle to be effective. Tape a cellophane gel approximately 2 inches from the light. You can buy color heat resistant plastic and gels at photo shops, film or theatre stores.
For a even simpler lighting effect, just use colored light bulbs which are available at hardware and electric supply stores.
Strobe lights, strobes' simulating lightning strikes, or black lights add special effects is you wish to spend the money.
Creating Illuminated Images
You can create images out of things such as bats, spiders, witches on the wall of a dark room. Cut out the desired image about 1 inch long (small) from black paper. Center it over a flashlight and secure it in place with tape. Hold together two identical magnifying glasses in front of the light and experiment with until you get the right focus on the wall. Cut a piece of cardboard tube to fit the correct distance between the flashlight and the lenses. Tape the apparatus together and place on a sturdy table or chair which is out of
sight.
Sound Effects
Every haunting requires eerie noises. You can find soundtracks or creepy music, screams, howls, spooky laughter, footsteps, animals like wolves howling, owls hooting, cats and dogs etc. Check out the internet and local library. You can tape your own sounds like clanking chains, heavy footsteps or footsteps on dry leaves, screams and animal cries. Hide your recorder in a closet (door slightly opened) or an area where it will not be noticed.
Sinister Signs
Hang creepy signs on doors, gates, pillars to add to the haunted decor. Signs like "beware, stay out or else, skull and cross bones, enter at your own risk". You'll come up with plenty to keep visitors away!
Make these signs out of old boards painted with red blood to indicate that they were painted with blood.
Fog and Smoke
Electric fog or smoke machines can be purchased or rented. Most spew out mist or fog and do require dry ice of water. These are very effective in creating a haunted place.
Motion Effects
Place a motion sensor connected to a fan blowing under curtains or bed sheets.
Floating Ghosts
Put helium balloons with light weight white sheets draped over the balloons. Paint eyes on these sheets and let them gently sway on the balloons which are anchored to a heavy object ie. rocks if outside.
These are just a few of the many ideas out there that you can easily do or copy. Once you start, your imagination will inspire you to try even more. Make sure that you are also dressed to kill for this occasion. There are excellent Halloween Costumes to complement any frightful decor, because you definitely do no want to be the one "out of place" Halloween Night!.
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