Home Haunter in Ojai California. Moreno Manor is the name of our haunt. Follow us from planning, building, up until show time. Get a basic idea how it is to run a small non profit home haunt. We also post DIY Halloween projects that myself and my family made for our Home Haunt, CalHauntS and the Ojai Haunted Hayrides, located at the Boccali Ranch Pumpkin Patch. We also love Ojai and is haunted history and sharing with you the ghosts of Ojai. I like sharing and learning so please comment and let me know what you all think!
I always love seeing you guys' haunt videos! We're a home haunt as well and have grown a little bit every year. I may have asked this before, but what is your storage situation (the question all home haunters always get asked😂) I would also love to know if you are "free", "free will donation" or if you charge a fee. We're looking to restructure the way we do things and I'm trying to look at what people who do what we do are operating... Love your work!
We are 100% free, we don’t even take donations. I sometimes get free props given to me, but that’s rare now. I used to work for a haunt event for 10+ years and when you take money it’s a whole different world. If you ever want to chat you can message me on IG. We invested in a Tuff Shed for storage and here is a video on that. The cost is high at first but it works out for us better than renting storage. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yKi_MngU4yU.htmlsi=hgDkvoVcHZDEQO7c
Set ups take a lot out of you the older you get. My son always helped. He moved to Southern California so now it's just me and I had to face facts.. I'm getting older and I cannot do it all alone. 😩
Fantastic! 👏 Such a treat to see all the details. Where on earth did you find that “learn how to canoe” patch? Hilarious! I loved all the crazy creatures you made. You must get a good chuckle when you buy things like that teddy bear knowing you’re going to chop its head off and put a bloody set of fangs on it. 😂 What a fun haunt. Who had to drink all the PBR for the first tent scene? The sacrifices we must make as haunters… 😄 And the last drop of water hanging from the skeleton’s canteen. You think of everything! Wish I could’ve been there!
Thanks, this was such a fun year…I do go over board with the details but then I get to keep some. I got the patch off Etsy, I wasn’t really looking for it, but it popped up and I had to have it. It now on my camping jacket. Thanks for the comments. 🎃
You guys are not just Haunters, your story tellers! So immersive , so detailed and well designed. Amazing work, thank you for sharing this it's truly inspiring!
I mean, come on!!! This is Disney-level detail!!! You must have been collecting props all year!!! Fantastic job, I could have hung out in there for hours, so much detail. 👏👏
I never did it inside as this was for a Haunted Hayride scene, I agree inside there would be noise, no difference from a professional flame 🔥 machine, like a fog machine there will be noise, that’s where you add your audio in front of the scene to drown out the noise
True, I’m used to using paper towels for all my papier-mâché because I need them strong, and forget this prop didn’t need that. I’ll probably make another one because it was so fun.
When do you start your build? Fog can be tricky. We never know the wind or temp we will get do we do the best we can. Sometimes our fog travels right on down the road lolol.
We start the Big Build usually October 1st, to be kind with our neighbors. My goal is to be finished two weeks before show time. I build small stuff all year long though.
I love this soooo much. Like you, the tech part of this is way over my head, lolol. But... I do know someone who does robotics so maybe he can help when I show him this. 🤔😁
Can you give us a breakdown of how you built the fogger? My setup is similar but I'm curious about the ionizer pumping that much fog without the fog machine!
We hooked up our fog machine to a blower fan and it blew the fog into the tub with our Ultrasonic Fogger from there the fog was pressurized and pushed out the tubes into the lake area. We used low laying fog juice, & water.
