How To Make Your Own Dungeon
To build the do it yourself dungeon you will need:
- An awesome set of metal stairs (regretfully, not everyone has one)
- 1 Faux Fire
- Several large fish nets or equivalent
- Chains, neck shackles, ball and chain, etc.
- Rats, bones, etc.
- Fog machine
The Scene:
As they enter the haunted house, the guide tells the guests that the first stop is the dungeon. The glow of flames can be seen flickering up through the metal stairs, and fog swirls around their feet as they descend into the dungeon. Below, clanking can be heard as someone bangs a metal rod on various objects, including the stairs themselves. Because of the unique lighting effect, no one can see what is at the bottom until it is too late. They've already been trapped...
Directions:
Hang fish nets from the ceiling/stairs. Place the Faux Fire at the bottom and a fog machine at the top. Hang various chains and shackles from the walls. Litter the floor with bones and rats.
How To Make Your Own Mad Scientest's Lab
To build the do it yourself mad scientist's lab you will need:
- 1 Table
- 1 White sheet
- 1 Dark sheet
- 1 Scientist costume (lab coat, wig)
- 1 Frankenstein costume (old suit, mask)
- 1 Hanging lamp over the table
- Black lights
- Shelves and tables
- Odds and ends from around your house (lava lamps, plasma balls, vases filled with water and food dye, rock collection, 6th grade insect collection, dead animal parts, plastic snakes, saw blades, surgical instruments, anything antique, or anything else you have lying around).
The Scene:
This scene is really fun to do and often produces the best scare. The only essential parts are the scientist, the monster, and the person hiding under the table. Basically the scientist welcomes everyone into his laboratory and show them his creation. They help him uncover his monster, and he explains that they are going to bring the monster to life. Everyone already knows the monster is really a person, and they are waiting for him to jump out at them or something. The scientist draws out the tension by having them tighten the clamp on the monster's head, at which point the person under the table screams and jumps out at them. They never see it coming. It's great.
Directions:
It doesn't really matter what you have in your scientist's lab. Just put whatever you have out on tables and shelves. Remember it's dark, so little details don't matter very much.
Make sure you design the layout so that the people are forced to walk close to the table. The closer they are, the more scared they'll be when the person under the table jumps out.
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