The Do It Yourself Haunted House Guide [Paperback]

Michael Tucker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0970125909 | ISBN-13: 978-0970125903 | Publication Date: May 1, 2000 | Edition: Revised

This practical guide for haunting is designed to show average the person what it takes to start their own successful Halloween haunted house fundraiser...on a realistic level. This "how to" guide is unique among similar books on the market considering that it's based on the actual experiences of a working haunted house and teaches the reader how to profit from their event! You'll see how to start haunting today without spending a dime of own your money!

Topics include: Finding a Location, Funding & Raising Money for the Event, Staffing & Employees, Opening Dates & Times, Haunting Your House, Creating Easy Floor Plans, Room Designs & Decorations, Television & Radio Advertising, Publicity Stunts & The Media, Flyers, Posters, Coupons, Billboards, Merchandise, Concessions, Nightly Operations, Crowd Control, Ticket Sales, and also includes ready to copy signs and business forms!

The Do It Yourself Haunted House Guide is GREAT for schools, hospitals, sports teams, fire departments, civic clubs, churches, and anyone else in search of the perfect fundraiser!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hey Mike, I want you to know that I think your book is GREAT! -- Kathy Marcum, Haunted Attraction Magazine

A major plus with The Do It Yourself Haunted House Guide is that Mike explains it like it is. -- Jim O'Rear, Underground Entertainment Magazine

Mike Tucker has put out this book that shoots straight from the hip. -- Misfit

About the Author

Michael Tucker presents The Do It Yourself Haunted House Guide based on his personal experiences with his event, The House of Horrors. With over eleven years of haunting, Michael Tucker also brings to the industry his knowledge of creative advertising, event promotions, and haunted house fundraising.

As a past Funeral Apprentice, active Emergency Medical Technician, and current Marketing Manager, Michael Tucker's knowledge in event safety, promotions, and realistic haunting provides his readers with a well rounded look into the relm of Halloween fundraisers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Tucker Entertainment; Revised edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970125909
• ISBN-13: 978-0970125903
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,240,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Planner, but Poor Room Designs, October 17, 2000

By 

W. Wilson "Wes Wilson" (Huntsville, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Do It Yourself Haunted House Guide (Paperback)

This is an EXCELLENT book for those who wish to run a small public haunted house. The planning guides and preparation run-throughs are excellent. My only problem with this book is that the sample room designs are rather trite and not very well done. None of them are good "walk-through" scares, and almost all of them require a guide of some kind. I will use this book when it comes to preparing for the Haunt, but I won't be using any of this material inside of it.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment.... at its finest., February 13, 2002

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Christopher Wolfe (Fresno, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Do It Yourself Haunted House Guide (Paperback)

Well I bought this book and the only good thing about it was that it gives sort of a good overview to everything that goes into running a haunted house. The bad thing is it was way too short. I opened the book and read it in a matter of hours. It's just over a hundred pages and a lot of the space is taken up by worthless illustrations and example forms. The room designs are for the most part stupid, (I got maybe 2 good ideas I will use) and it doesn't elaborate on anything important really. However this book is a must, soley for the fact that it is one of the only books out there on the subject.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME, August 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Do It Yourself Haunted House Guide (Paperback)

If you want a how-to haunted house book,this is the one! it covers everything that you could ever want to know about putting on a haunted house!!