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12 Step Guide to Opening A Haunted Attraction Do your research. Set a budget. Find a venue/location. Sort out the legal stuff. Choose a theme. Build your set and start finding props. Hire scare actors and staff. Set up ticketing.

The barrier to entry is high, the overhead costs can be massive, and the attractions have just one very vulnerable month to earn their money. Like many other small businesses, 60% of them donʼt make it past their third year, ing to haunted-house review company and directory Scare Factor.

Haunted attractions (also known as haunts or mazes within the industry) use many effects, such as intense lighting (strobe lights, black lights, etc.), animatronics, CGI, scent dispensers, fog machines, spinning tunnels, air blasters, spooky old antiques, gory images, and intense scenes of horror, terror, torment,

It will cost you between $20 and $35 per square foot to build an attraction, or a little bit cheaper if you decide not to hire a consultant. (NOTE: If you decide not to hire a consultant, then please also decide not to open a Haunted House!)

Creating an Eerie Atmosphere Create an eerie effect through lighting. Do not put a lot of lights in your haunted house, or people will be too relaxed. Use special effects like strobe lights and a fog machine. Create spooky noises. Create a maze for your guests. Decorate based on your chosen tone and theme.

These steps include: Finding a suitable location. Choosing and sourcing your building materials. Designing your costumes and haunted house props. Casting characters. Creating special effects. Building your site plan, floor plan, safety plan and evacuation plan for the permit process.

Then to be successful, you must design your attractions for high capacity. Every actor, every scene, every special effect must be designed to scare people forward, accelerating the flow of patrons. Give people a show, but give it to them on the run. Stopping people in the attraction is a capacity killer.