The Terror Trail 2006

I figured I'd start my own thread for this since I can update it, etc...

As some of you have seen from the 'backyard haunts' thread I have been working on a "haunted" trail through the woods behind my house since the beginning of the month as I do every year. Today, significant progress was made so I figured I'd start a thread to document "The Terror Trail" (formerly called 'The Feargrounds') from now until opening night.

Today I was able to do a lot of work on my existing scenes as well as plan new ones. I set up about half of the total props I will be using for a rehersal and to make sure the electronics were running properly.

Don't know why I bothered making a sign... Chances are people will be running too fast to notice it.

Chillin' in my hiding spot in the "Industrial Nightmare" scene.

It's all about the details, people.

"Industrial Nightmare" will house most of the electronic special effects including strobe lighting.

"Love Stinks"

Gonna have to hide you a little better...

Looking down the last segment of the trail.

The Chop Shop

Don't worry, there will be plenty of blood added by Halloween night.

ARGHHH!!! GIMME SOME CANDY!!

After "Arachnophobia" it's through the "bat cave" and down the long rear trail.

Looking back at the entrance. This broken tree will be covered with webs and spiders. I hope to have an actor man a hiding spot in this area.

We'll leave him out for a bit to get weathered for Halloween...

Another view of the entry curtain.

The entry with skulls mounted on the tree branches.

Your backyard maze looks awesome!!! Cypress Gardens, you should be taking notes...

Woo you sure put any Sixflags park to shame with that haunted maze!!

Looks great!! Glad to see some homemade haunted mazes!!

That looks great and scary.Good for you you have all that room.

The decorations look scary too.

Damn, that's nice for your backyard.

That's awesome. Yeah, I'd say it's PG-13. Looks great! can't wait for a video.

Nice work man, can't wait to see the finished product.

Hey there,

Here are photos from tonight and "the numbers"...

Total guests: 61

Crying kids (sorry parents...) 5

Chicken-outs 2

Screamers 19

Everybody liked this part the best, I was hiding behing the door that says "help". As people got closer, I would blast people with a cloud of fog as they staggered in the strobe lights. So yeah, not too shabby this year but '07 will of course be a bigger

The part where everyone sh*ts themselves...

Looks like something bad may have happened here recently.

"Industrial Nightmare" in the background.

We got a little gory this year...

I was surprised this guy made a few people jump as they walked by.

Getting a bit dark here...

Ok, it's Halloween can I have my candy now???

Unless of course you're afraid of spiders.

Not too scary just yet...

Every Halloween, the Brady Street Killer lures victims to his backwoods domain for a few tricks...

Dude you should of added some white makeup will blood drippings to your face and head. That would of added a lot!

But overall sweet haunted maze ya got here!! Wish I had the chance to go through it!

So where's the walk-thorugh video? Hmm? I want one! Looks nice! Fog machines make me sick. I tried breathing in some fog on Halloween and blowing it out. It was fun. But then I got queasy.

I'm sorry, the video didn't come out even remotely watchable as the trail itself was completely dark. 3 minutes of darkness with the occasional flash of fog/blood/strobelight is pretty boring. I wish it had come out better.