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January 19, 2010
Help us pick the workshops for this year
We have several ideas for workshops this year but we'd like to hear from our visitors to see which ones would be of most interest to them.
Click here to take our survey
November 23, 2009
We Won the Haunters Association Home Haunt of the Year Contest
Our video took 1st place in the contest held last week. Here is what we won.
- Mr. Skeleton MAX Full Skeleton (Mr. Skeleton)
- 1 Yr Subscription to Haunted Attraction Magazine (Haunted Attraction Mag)
- DVD Haunting Makeup by Geoff Beck (Haunted Attraction Mag)
- Styrofoam Masons DVD by Bad Boys Scenic Design (Haunted Attraction Mag)
- Costume Weapon—Double Bit Axe from Scream Line Studios (Haunted Attraction Mag)
- Autographed Copy of “How to Haunt Your House” (HowToHauntYourHouse.com)
- Midnight Syndicate Music CD (Midnight Syndicate)
- Home Haunters Association Exclusive 1st Place Trophy (Home Haunters Association)
November 16, 2009
Home Haunters Association Home Haunt of the Year Contest
We put together a quick video to enter in the contest and we need your help. Before Friday, November 20, view the video all the way through (so it counts as a view) and rate it five stars.
Then, tell everyone you know to do the same! We need hundreds of entries to catch up!
If you have a yard haunt, be sure the sign up with the Association, it is free and they offer many benefits including merchant discounts.
We really appreciate your support!
October 29, 2009
Dancers Halloween Night Update
The MHS Dancers will be arriving at the graveyard just before 5pm and will get their hair, makeup and costumes ready and perform as soon as they can. Please be patient with us as they get ready.
October 20, 2009
The Graveyard Dancers return Halloween night
The MHS Dance team that performed the tribute routine from the "Thriller" video with a Michael Jackson lead. The will be performing from 6:30pm to 11pm about every 15 to 20 miniutes.
October 8, 2009
We do not charge admission but...
The display has always been free for the public and our Open house is also free to attend. This year however we did build a donation box that we will gladly accept any donated amounts throughout the season. At the Open house any donations collected will go to the dance team.
October 6, 2009
Open House this Sunday
Our annual fundraiser open house is this Sunday from Noon to 5pm. The street will be closed for everyone's safety and enjoyment. We suggest you park around the corner on Johnson Creek Blvd in one of business parking lots and walk up to the display.
October 5, 2009
The Graveyard is up!
After 2 long weekends of setup the display is finally ready. The lights will come on at dusk until 10pm Monday through Thursday and full effects (sound, fog, video, animatronics) are Friday through Sunday dusk till 11pm (10pm on Sunday).
September 8, 2009
We are featured in Haunted Attraction Magazine
In the newly redesigned issue #51 the cover lists us as "one of the best home haunts ever!!!". We are the first home haunt to be featured in the new Home Haunt Spotlight section of the magazine. There are also extra photos and information on the newly designed website too.
August 23, 2009
Our 2nd Tombstone Workshop
We had 15 people attend our last workshop of the year. Each person made their own tombstone. It was a lot of fun and everyone learned a lot and enjoyed themselves and so did we.
August 10, 2009
New Mud Man Workshop a huge success
We had 8 people make their own Davis Graveyard style mud men in pairs. They finished the frames with chicken wire and mudded the burlap and the let it dry for 24hrs and came back and painted them black, dry brushed them and added polyurethane. Our last workshop of the year is our 2nd Tombstone class on Saturday August 22nd.
July 26, 2009
Tombstone Workshop was fun
We had 7 people make their own Davis Graveyard style tombstones. They went home with the first of many of their own tombstones for Halloween. Our next tombstone class is Saturday August 22nd. In the mean time we will be holding a Mud Man Workshop the Weekend of August 8th and 9th.
July 13, 2009
Fright-Fest Northwest was a huge success
Over 50 people joined us at Champoeg State Park for a long weekend of halloween fun. We made Trash-Can-Trauma pop-ups, Skeleton Cages, toxic hands, corpsed skeletons, and an assortment of props during a prop-off. We watched great horror movies each night and everyone dressed up and danced the last night. Looking forward to next year.
June 28, 2009
Join us at Fright-Fest Northwest
July 9-12 at Champoeg State Park RV Loop
Programming will include 8 horror movies, 2 make-n-takes, seminars, socials, food, a costume street dance, and a raffle. Tickets are $40 per car for the weekend if you are camping or $10 per person each day if you are not.
May 28, 2009
We are on Hauntcast
Our interview with Hauntcast just came out in issue number 7 titled "The Devil's Hangover". We enjoyed talking with Chris Baker and support him in his very popular home haunter podcast.
May 6, 2009
Back from HAuNTcon
As promised here are the links to the 3-Axis Bucky Skull seminar.
Power Point Presentation
Detailed Hand out
April 16, 2009
Workshop schedule available
Since our Tombstone workshop was such a big hit last year we have decided to hold it again this year and this time we are planning 2 dates for people to choose from. We are also going to hold a 2 day Mud Man workshop where you and a partner can make one of the monks that we have in our driveway. Check the Events page for details
April 13, 2009
2008 Haunters Video Award Winners Announced
The judges have voted and the winners have been chosen.
2008 Winners
Best Novice Haunt - Patrick Prue - DHG Cemetery: Deaths Hallowed Grounds
Finalist – Steve & Lisa Toby - Nightmare on Mitchelle Street
Best Party Haunt – Doug & Debbie Lowe - Lowe Manor: The Tomb of Ellery
Finalist – Angie - Dead Spider's Party Canada
Best Indoor Haunt – Noah Fentz - Katzper's Haunt
Finalist – The Baird Family - Baird Manor
Best Yard Haunt – Brent Ross - DC Cemetery
Finalist – Toby Wrolson - Haunt 31
March 27, 2009
Article in Haunted Attraction Magazine
Jeff wrote an article about the projected head effect that was featured in the latest issue of Haunted Attraction Magazine.
March 7, 2009
2008 Haunters Video Awards
The 2008 Haunters Video Awards for 2008 have arrived. Many thanks to Ghost Ride Productions, sponsor of the awards, for designing the Finalist award as well as discounting the cost of the awards.
2008 Haunters Video DVD Collection now shipping
Propmaster recently announced that the 2008 Haunters Videos are now shipping. This year it is a 7 DVD set marking the 10th anniversary of the DVDs. Click here to buy your set today.
March 5, 2009
2008 Haunters Video Awards website is up and running
Check here for information on the 2008 award status as well as information on past winners and a history of the awards.
February 24, 2009
2008 Haunters Video DVD Collection now Available
Propmaster recently announced that the 2008 Haunters Videos are now available for purchase. This year it is a 8 DVD set marking the 10th anniversary of the DVDs. Click here to buy your set today.
Announcing the Haunters Video Awards Website
To continue the awards for the Haunters Video DVDs we have created a new site for the awards and renamed them "The Haunters Video Awards". Here is where we will post the winners for 2008 as well as archive information the previous winners.
February 5, 2009
2008 Haunt Video on YouTube
We have submitted our video for the Yard Haunt Video compilation and have placed the files on YouTube. Check out the latest videos on our Gallery page.
2008 Yard Haunt Video
Last time we checked with Propmaster he had over 120 yard haunts on this year's video collection. Be sure to order a copy of the 10th Anniversary edition of this collection (available soon.) It is great to see yard haunts from all over the country!
January 11, 2009
The Graveyard is Sleeping
But we are busy here at the Davis Graveyard.
We are still working on our book and hope to have a good draft by April and ready for Amazon by September. We will keep you updated.
We are working on coming up with new haunt awards for the Home Haunters Video collection. The series is in its tenth year and Paul has a few specials planned. If you have any photos or video of your haunt, no matter how small, send them to Propmaster. We enjoy seeing our fellow haunters on our TVs. We are looking for donations for prizes for the winners and some cash donations to help pay for the awards and shipping. If you, or if you know someone who, can help us out. Just send us an email.
Leonard has just announced the haunts and events for this year's Hauntcon. This is a great event for professional and home haunters. Jeff and I have attended for three years and have a great time and meet interesting people.
We are hosting (with a lot of help from our friends) FrightFest Northwest at Champoeg Park in July. We are working out the details for an updated website, we hope to have that up shortly. Check back for more details.
November 19, 2008
Thanks for voting
As most of you know, we got the most votes on the Today show contest, but we were not the winner :( I guess we did not have enough Christmas lights on the house ~grin~ I thought I heard the haunt was in Tennessee, but I could not find out for certain. It looks like they put in a lot of time and money into their display. Congratulations!
The winner of the FearNet $25,000 contest was a home haunt called Renee's Haunted Barn in Virginia. Congratulations, from their video it looks like they put on a spectacular show. We appreciate all the sympathy emails from our fans that thought we should have won. Thanks! It is all in good fun and it is great to see the community get together like this. I hope they continue the contest next year.
November 18, 2008
Winners!
The winner of the Mud Man from the Portland Center Stage raffle was Linda Barber! But, she decided it wouldn't fit in her condo, so she offered it up to someone if they would make a donation to the Vision & Voices program. So the Mud Man found a new home with Lisa Stockman of Vancouver, WA who made the winning bid.
The winner of the skeleton for the Milwaukie High School Dance Team was Paul Dieringer of Milwaukie. Congratulations to all our winners and thanks to everyone for helping us support our local charities.
Thank You!
Thanks to everyone who helped us with our fundraisers this year. We wanted to take a moment to thank the vendors that help us each year. Since 100% of the proceeds go to charity, we cover the expenses for all the events. We would not be able to make this happen without the help of these vendors.
Donations, these vendors donated items:
Oak Hill Bed & Breakfast (the place to stay in Ashland!)
Imageworks
Sendit Direct (The best mailing service in Portland)
Scream at the Beach
Glowing Greens Golf
The Sauvie Island Corn Maze
Discounts, these vendors gave us discounts for the event supplies:
Dobb's Estate Winery (one of our favorite wines)
Dark Candles (the coolest candles!)
Fastsigns Tigard
Cupcake Jones(Yum!)
Thanks to all our friends and friends of friends that got us "deals" when they could. We appreciate your support!
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