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Ever wondered how your favorite haunted attractions create scenes and characters that make your worst nightmares come to life? "America Haunts: Tricks Behind the Trade" shows you how it is done.
"America Haunts: The Tricks Behind the Trade" takes viewers on a tour of five members' haunted houses to uncover what makes America Haunts attractions the best in the country. From high- and low-tech secrets to creating stunning designs and creepy and realistic-looking monsters, viewers get a look behind the curtain and hear from the craftsmen, engineers and makeup artists.
All five videos can be accessed on the America Haunts' YouTube profile. Each will be posted at 9 a.m. on the following dates:
October 5
The Darkness (St. Louis)—Hear about how CGI technology is used to create characters ranging from dancing ghosts to a painting on the wall with eyes that follow visitors wherever they go.
October 10
Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses (Ulster Park, N.Y.)—See how this haunt uses a combination of today's technology with techniques dating back to the 1930s to create illusions so real you think you have just stepped back in time to Sleepy Hollow.
October 12
Erebus Haunted House (Pontiac, Mich.)—Meet "Bernie" a computerized system that "keeps an eye" on more than 100,000 square feet of this haunt, monitoring visitors and activating the animatronics and special effects at just the right moment.
October 17
The Bates Motel (Philadelphia)—Learn how this haunt uses its actors and animatronics to elicit the biggest scare it can get from its visitors.
October 19
Netherworld (Atlanta)—Find out how your favorite haunts make their monsters look so real
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