Spooky Effects for Your Halloween Party or Haunted House

Whether you are planning a serious Halloween party or an actual Halloween haunted house, you can’t help but improve the scarifying atmosphere with some nicely done special effects. Although to get the greatest effect you may want to pluck over a little extra to buy semi-professional equipment, it may be possible to get around even that. To be honest, however, if you are looking for those satisfying sounds of appreciation from your guests or customers, it really is worth it to go the extra mile and rent some basic equipment. But even if you are just working with some lamps or some inexpensive lanterns, you can still make your Halloween even more frightening.

For instance, let’s say your Halloween party theme or Halloween haunted house tour features a visit to the domain of Lucifer himself, the fiery depths of Hell. Well, what’s Hell without some flames? Of course, you could get them with actual fire, but that’s not only dangerous, it may violate enough safety codes to get you shut down. The best method of achieving flickering flames from Hell is to rent a theatrical lamp and fit it with a composite gel made up of red and orange. You can then also either buy or rent what’s known as an effects disc that will be placed in front of the light. An electric motor turns the disc, which in this case is basically nothing more than squiggly lines of various thickness that approximate flames when cast against a background. The result is a really cool projection of dancing flames.