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On our honeymoon, my wife and I went to Orlando. We stayed at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, but made sure we checked out Universal's Halloween Horror Nights. This was 7 years ago and it was the first time they had it at the Islands of Adventure. We loved it so much, that on our 5th wedding anniversary we went back, stayed in Universal (at the Hard Rock Hotel) and spent 3 nights at HHN.

To those that do not know about it, Universal shuts down one of their theme parks early on certain nights in… Continue

Here's a few shots of the first Umbrella Corp Scientist victim from my haunted house:

And one with the lighting for the room:

Here's a shot of my homemade T-Virus. If anyone is interested in how I put one together with just a few bucks, let me know, I could do a quick "How to". The blue LEDs really add to it. The original containers from the movie are in the lower right corner.

This is a shot of Smokey - He's been re-purposed this year to be my "pop-up" Zombie. So he's getting a new coat of paint and some red LED eyes. He's gonna scare the crap out of people when he pops up automatically when people walk by him. Once he's all together, I'll take a video of him in action...

Hello all,

I'm a newbie to this site. I spend a lot of time over at Garage of Evil because I am a home haunter and love to make my own Halloween props. Of course, I am a horror movie fan, which brought me here.

Every year for the past 6 years I pick a theme for my Halloween party and turn half of my basement into a haunted house. Last year I spiced it up with a Texas Chainsaw Massacre theme and this year I am going for Resident Evil - specifically Umbrella Corporation's Hive Laboratory.

This… Continue