Haunts of 2009

In order to keep my haunt production streak intact, I helped my friend Kyle Thompson from Splatterfx.net on his glorious Monsterland haunt in Queen Creek, AZ. If you haven't yet, go there. www.monsterlandaz.com. Amazing props, great acting, and it's damned inexpensive (I'd heard $11 or something--compare that to the other "big-budget" haunts in AZ). Keep in mind, the pics of Monsterland were taken during the day. I hope you can imagine what this place loks like at night. Amazing.

Secondly, I'm once again directing a tour of Belleville, Illinois's most haunted places. Thanks to Zia Nizami, Beck, Dave and Sandy at Lincoln Theater, Maureen Morris, Rick Ortiz and Allison. Pics are below.

I'll try to check out Larry Kirchner's KreepyWorld while I'm here in the St Louis area.

_{An argument with the Lincoln Theater Owner. Dispute just about over. Photo by Zia Nizami}

 

_{My all time favorite beer: Shipyard Pumpkin Ale. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{Scary stuff happens behind that door. Keil's in Belleville. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{Lulu--one of the ghosts along the Belleville Haunted Tour. Photo by ? Edited by Nico Holthaus}

 

_{A scene from Monsterland 2009. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{The man behind Monsterland, my friend Kyle Thompson. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{My friend Mike Schaff helping set up Monsterland 2009, which would open in an hour! Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{Here's an unusual haunt attraction: live goats. Monsterland 2009. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{Where does Kyle get this stuff?! Monsterland 2009. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{This is in the Valley? Monsterland. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{Dunno how Kyle acquired this--one of the werewolf models from Hauntcon 2009.
Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{Matt Hebert helping set up Monsterland. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}

 

_{Monsterland's got a bit of everything. Photo by Nicholas Holthaus}