Hey Everyone,

Happy 2008!  This year, the Heightsville Cemetery will be going through some changes, and will be featured on select nights in both September and October.  Those of you who may want to volunteer to help, can email us at info@hauntedfx.com or myspace us to find out more information.

More info to come, stay tuned!

Today was a nice day out, and the word on the street was, it was going to get colder very soon, so I began to take the decorations down outside...My mom and dad helped me out a ton with taking it all down and taking loads to the warehouse...Which is always the part that is never fun to do, but I appreciated their help greatly.

I also had some help from (almost) 5 year old Alexis from across the way...She was watching me take stuff down and wanted to volunteer to help for a little while...She helped me load up some (smaller) props including spiders, skeletons, and random clown heads.  Alexis was a great help!

I will post the pictures and video very soon...Been very busy with lots of things lately, but I will get to those updates ASAP so please check back soon!

Thanks for reading, and until next time, Happy Hauntings!

-Andrew

Hey Everyone,

I wanted to first thank everyone who came out, and all of our visitors and loyal fans from previous years...We had visitors that have been coming for 10+ years!  WOW!  We also had some really young visitors who weren't too afraid of the yard, which was good.

I also wanted to give a big THANK YOU to the following people who were over on Halloween to help scare!

Mikael K.

Jason K.

Bill K.

Rich W.

And last but not least Selene for being there on Halloween and helping pass out candy to the kids even though she was studying.

And a big thank you to my Mom and Dad!

You guys really made Halloween work , so thank you!

Pictures and a montage video, including "Around The Graveyard" video will be up within the next week, so please keep checking back, or join our mailing list to be emailed right when we launch the media 2007 section.

Thanks for visiting and Happy November!

-Andrew

Hey Everyone-

The graveyard is truly taking shape.  Tonight Mike and I did a TON of work, finishing the Pumpkin Patch, graveyard, and starting on Charles Lee Ray's area.  I promise I will add pictures, infact, this week I will post a couple pictures of the work so far.  Sorry for the lack of pictures but I promise I will post them.  Thanks for checking back, and keep coming back for more updates!

Some things to look forward to::

-FOG

-CHROEOGRAPHED LIGHTNING STORM

-MORE SOUNDS

-CHUCKY

-AND MORE!

Happy Hauntings,

Andrew

Hey Everyone,

I've wanted to update for a couple days now, sorry for the delay...  The yard is taking shape slowly but surely...So far we have our atmosphere effects almost complete, including webbing, some strobes, tombstones, and the haunt netting.  We are going to be doing alot more the rest of this week and over the weekend and be done by Monday.  Pictures will be posted as soon as more goes up.

Keep checking back for updates...Or join the mailing list to get email updates.  I've made an "automatic reply email" if you send an email to live(at)hauntedfx.com You will have to replace the (at) with the @ sign to email.

Thanks for reading!
Andrew

Hey Everyone-

The Heightsville Cemetery teaser site is up.  More info on this year's display and the dates will be added soon.  Hope you enjoy it.

Hey Everyone!

Halloween is approaching closer than we think, and I know I haven't updated the site or anyone with what the plans are for this year's display...I've been keeping real busy, helping on a film set, and working on my magic show, BUT, my brother in magic and my neighbor, Bill K., is offering to help, along with a few other of my dedicated helpers throughout the years, and we plan on trying our best to scare you good this Halloween!

For continuous updates, please add us as a friend on MYSPACE, located at www.myspace.com/hauntedfx , you can also add the Heightsville Cemetery itself on MySpace, at www.myspace.com/scariestyard

Thanks for reading, and see you this Halloween!

Happy 2007 Halloweeners!

I just found online the teaser poster for Saw 4, looks pretty cool!  Also, the new theme for Halloween Horror Nights 07 is out, and it will be all of the classic monsters, Jason, Freddy, and Leatherface...

News on our display for this year will be posted soon...September is approaching and I want everyone to have a heads up on what will be going on as soon as possible...Be our friends on MySpace, and we will update you as soon as we make it public!

Thanks for reading!

-Andrew

HFX

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to post a Halloween message and say Happy Halloween and a very special thanks to everyone who stopped by just to see the display (and trick-or-treat of course!).  We always appreciate your support and can't wait to see you again next year!

Anyone that came by and took any pictures, we want to see those pictures!  Send us an email either on MySpace, or to the email address: info[at]hauntedfx.com and we will send you a Haunted FX T-shirt or sweatshirt (Your Choice!) as a thank you!

Thank you again everyone and we look forward to next year, and be sure to check our website often for more updates in the near future...Also, join our mailing list and get emails on when we update the website, and get advanced notices of what we're doing next year in 2007!!!

Happy Halloween, and Happy Hauntings,

Andrew M.

Creator

Haunted FX & Heightsville Cemetery

OK folks,

We've been working almost every day the past week to get the display going and it's going good so far.  lately though, this wind has been terrible, so a couple tombstones got damaged which have to be fixed.  I've pretty much decided that the display will run the last weekend of Halloween.  Our goal is to have our science lab as usual, and a couple new things.  Check out the "status" picture for the latest real time image of the display.

www.hauntedfx.com/status

Hey Everyone-

In 2006, Haunted FX is changing a bit, taking our props, and decorations on the road for a couple on-site decorating events.  This past Saturday, Saint Alphonsus church had us supply our inflatable haunted house for their annual Halloween and Craft Fair.  Here are a couple pictures from Saturday's event.

Picture 1

Picture 2

Click here to view more!

More updates to come...Thanks for reading!

-Andrew

Well folks....Today, Plaz, Jason, and I got some of the stuff out of storage to begin this year's display.  Bill K. also stopped on by and assisted us.  As usual, we work on atmosphere first, meaning fog, sound, and torches all went out first.  We also tested the fogger that will fill the front island with fog throughout the season, which looked awesome.  I'm sorry I didn't take a picture yet of what we got done so far, however, I will post that tomorrow sometime...

I got a few requests to decorate on location at a couple places, so you will probably be seeing a bit more of Haunted FX's props in or around the Prospect Heights area this month.

I wanted to give you a heads up on our progress, so keep checking back!

-Andrew

It's been a long time since I've posted on this blog, so I am going to take a minute to explain to everyone what is up for Halloween 2006 season here at Haunted FX.  This year at the Halloween tradeshow we purchased a couple new big props...I will not tell you which ones just yet, but I can tell you one of them is a very shocking prop that you all should get a charge out of!  I will tell you that we are planning to go all out again this year because it's been about 2 years of toned down displays...

I will email out news as well as post right here on the blog, so if you'd like, email me to be added to the list and you will get a personal email before the blog is updated!  To get on that list send an email saying you want to be added to the list, to: mailinglist@hauntedfx.com

Thanks for listening, and check back again soon!!

Andrew

Well folks, the Halloween show is just around the corner,  and I'm excited.  Hopefully there will be some new props and stuff to buy this year.  I will post more updates as they become available.  Check back soon!  Also, the Haunted FX website will be up not too long from now, but for now you can visit the official Myspace website at www.myspace.com/hauntedfx.  Leave a comment and be our friend!

From the creators of "Final Destination" comes "Tamara".  Looks interesting, mainly because there's a hot girl as the main star.

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808744945

See what you think...

Well folks,

I've just about finished the decorations for Christmas this year.  I have a few other inflatables to put up and we will have about 5 inflatables including a Snowglobe with snow, giant 8ft. Santa, and a Snowman sitting on an igloo.

I will post some pictures online very soon for you to see.  To join the mailing list, send an email to christmas.updates@hauntedfx.com

More to come..

Andrew

Hey Everyone,

Glad you all keep reading the blog every now and then.  I just want to send out a messaging saying we are going to do some pretty cool stuff for Christmas this year...Check out this cool video of someone's house and the light show they made up!

http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1634181/ 

This past weekend I was in Orlando, FL for the LDI convention also known as Lighting Dimensions...LDI is for the entertainment industry to go and shop for very expensive lighting/trusses/lasers/fog machines and more for their bands/events etc.  I went there to see all the new stuff that's out.  WOW, there is a LOT of stuff.  I also went backstage at various theme parks in Orlando including Sea World, Wet N Wild, Universal Studios and Disney.  We got to see the different shows/rides they use lighting for and the equipment they use, etc.  Have you ever seen Fantasmic! at Disney's MGM Studios?  That's a fantastic show, we ended up going backstage on that where no one is usually allowed which was really cool...

Next year Halloween you'll definitely see some new special effects not only in my attraction but in many other ones too...Keep checking back for updates.

I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween...I put out some tombstones along with a bunch of strobes on the house/yard for a nice effect.  It was toned down this year but I assure you all, The Heightsville Cemetery will return in 2006.  I had some time to check out a few haunted houses, including Statesville and the Lake Zurich haunted houses which were very good.

I will post more very soon so keep checking back.  Thanks and Happy Halloween to everyone!

Andrew

Well, I am going to do something this year for the last weekend of Halloween.  Hope you come by and check out what I setup.  I'll probably have a few actors over on Halloween and 'haunting' just like we always did.  Thanks for your support!