Night Frights: Not Just for Halloween

Famed TV host, Dr. Mehmet Oz, hosted a spectacular Gala for Healthcorps titled "Journey to Oz", commissioning Fox Productions to co-produce the event.

Night Frights' popular Scary Mary Mirrors were re-purposed with custom motion graphics and branded messaging, with mirrors stationed in several locations throughout the event.

Additional video production was created by Night Frights to feature a gigantic Wizard head to appear on the "Imag" video screen above the stage.

Dr. Oz and his wife Lisa founded Healthcorps in 2004 in a nationwide effort to help stem child obesity.

 

Just Released... the Ghost Bust Clown &
Killer Clown Mirror Routine!

Our customers spoke, and we listened! Creepy carnivals, zombie circus folk, demented jesters and the like are popular themes in the haunt world. Now, Night Frights adds Killer Clowns to the growing collection of available options for both the Ghost Bust and the Scary Mary Mirror, last year's runaway hit high-tech Halloween prop!
See Scary Mary Mirror Info
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The Ghost Bust Goes Hollywood!

Ghost Bust creator, Mike Fox, got a very special invitation this year from legendary film and television actor Dick Van Dyke. Dick, who is a die-hard Halloween enthusiast, asked if Mike, his Ghost Bust, and his latest creation, the Scary Mary Mirror, would take part in the elaborate Halloween display he puts together each year at his home in Malibu.

The annual event is a favorite among Dick's neighbors, as evidenced by the arrival of Avatar creator, James Cameron, who came by garbed in full pirate regalia with his family to see the production.

The Night Frights effects took their place among Dick's other favorite props that include one-of-a-kind items like the skinned body from the movie Predator donated by creature effects wizard Stan Winston. See video of Dick's recap of the event.

New Ghost Bust Routine - Spider Face!

Committed to continually providing fresh content for Ghost Bust owners, Night Frights has just released the ninth video in the Ghost Bust series that is sure to make haunt-goers squirm with delight!

With no dialogue to focus on, this new routine is perfect as a creepy walk-by to thrill guests without slowing down through-put. An instant classic!
Click here to see the video.

Scary Mary Mirror Unveiled!

Bringing fresh waves of horror and featuring Hollywood-quality CGI and special effects, the Night Frights Scary Mary Mirror is the new must-have high-tech prop for haunts in 2011!

Garnering rave reviews at the recent Transworld show in St. Louis, the Scary Mary Mirror looks and reflects just like a regular mirror, until the horrifying video kicks into action.

Check out the first two videos to be released for the mirror system, "The Scary Mary Scream", a mind-bruising frightener, and for more family-friendly fare, the "Mirror On The Wall" routine. Click here for info.

Ghost Bust talking bust featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Halloween Special!

Turning their renovation efforts toward all things spooky, ABC Television's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition chose the Oregon School for the Deaf as the lucky recipient of a state-of-the-art haunted house, featuring the Night Frights Ghost Bust as one of its featured effects!

Located in Salem, Oregon, the school has been operating an annual haunted house, "The Nightmare Factory", as it's primary fund raiser for the last fourteen years. Extreme Makeover sent charasmatic Ty Pennington and crew to head a virtual army of volunteers to make the school's dream come alive on an unimaginable scale.

Looking for the best Halloween props in the industry, the show's producers approached the companies generally regarded to be the cream of the crop providers of haunting props and special effects, including Night Frights (with their popular talking bust), and several others.

Highlights of the multi-day shoot include master of horror Rob Zombie and Extreme Makeover's Michael Maloney taking over the mic to control the new sound-activated Ghost Bust Live Deluxe system.

The Emmy award winning reality program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” is now entering its 9th season. and airs on Sunday nights on ABC.

HGTV features Ghost Bust in Halloween Special!

In what's turned out to be a banner year for Night Frights, the fun but creepy Ghost Bust® talking bust was featured on HGTV, (Home and Garden Television), in their "HGTV Halloween Block Party 2010" special! Three designers, transform three houses in three days into three spectacular halloween party houses! (Click the image or button below to see highlights from this hour long special.)

New version of the Ghost Bust Live system packed with new exciting features!

We've totally revamped the Ghost Bust Live system with our new release of Ghost Bust Live Deluxe. The new software animates the Ghost Bust in response to any incoming audio signal, whether it's live or pre-recorded. No more tapping the keyboard to puppeteer the jaw, it's all automatic. Better yet - you can now personalize your routines by using your own audio files!

We've added a second character face, the ability to trigger up to five of our pre-recorded video routines instantly, plus five pre-recorded audio routines, or loop through all ten in sequence while you take a break from the microphone! (Routines sold separately).

It's so much fun to operate, or let it run on autopilot.
Click here for more details, and let the screams begin!

 

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Features Ghost Bust in $9 Million Renovation!

Ten years in the making, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has finally completed extensive renovations to their haunted attraction. Construction began by completely leveling the existing structure and digging deep into the seaside earth to create an elaborate, two-story building that will nearly double the size of the 36 year old haunted attraction. The Haunted Castle will deploy an entirely new theme featuring state-of-the-art animatronics and effects. And who, pray tell, was chosen to be featured as the King of this Haunted Castle? None other than the Ghost Bust!

Two unique custom routines were commissioned by R and R Creative Amusement Designs, Inc., the L.A.-based firm responsible for bringing the new Haunted Castle to life. President, Rick Bastrup first saw the Ghost Bust in Las Vegas and was impressed enough to cast the effect as the main character that appears several times throughout the haunt: once as a standard bust, again as a fully clothed floating apparition, and a third time as a scrim effect. Not only did Night Frights create the bust and floating apparition versions, but also provided the voice and sound design for the scrim effect produced by industry veterans Sally Corp.

"It's an amazing achievement." says Mike Fox, Night Frights' President and creative director. "To see how much work went on behind the scenes for the past several years and to see how it's all come together in time for the grand opening... I'm proud to have been a small part of the Boardwalk's long history."

The Haunted Castle is now open to the public.

Night Frights Scares Up Ghosts for Virginia Scaregrounds

Located near the northern border of Virginia, Virginia Scaregrounds' Paxton Manor is an eerie excursion into the supernatural. Built in 1877, the mansion was host to a series of untimely deaths for nearly a century until the death of matriarch Rachel Paxton at age 92. It's said that her ghostly image can still be seen roaming the grounds late at night, with reports of a ghastly image appearing in the second story window, lifting a long-dead finger to point to the bodies of her loved ones buried in the cemetery beyond.

Haunt director John Lombardi sought the help of the video artisans from Night Frights to reproduce the scene as a video projection to be cast in the actual window where the apparition is said to appear, giving visitors a chilling glimpse into the spirit life that lingers there. Click the image below to witness the apparition yourself!
(Get a custom video created for your own haunt by contacting Mike Fox for details)