Build a Haunted House For Your Halloween Party or Organization!

• Haunted House Interior
• Haunted House Decorating Ideas and Room Ideas
• Incorporating a Haunted House Facade
• Haunted House Supply List
• Fun Products for a Haunted House
• Purchase a Haunted House Facade

Haunted House Interior

There are a number of places to set up a haunted house: a gymnasium, a warehouse, or even a private residence. Any location can easily be transformed with a few supplies. Haunted houses usually consist of a maze that leads to various haunted rooms.

Use heavy black plastic tarps (more durable), or black landscape plastic (cheaper) for the walls and ceiling. Nail the plastic or tarps to a framework made of 2x4 lumber.

Frame walls with 2x4 studs every 24 inches apart along a header and footer board. As in standard construction, you can nail or screw the frame together on the floor, tack the plastic over it, and then erect it.

Toenail each vertical board into the header and footer with 2 1/2 inch nails or screws. An alternative would be to nail the boards together with stud framing clips, but these are expensive and usually used for construction that must stand the test of time.

For more details on building walls, visit this DIY page. Of course, the walls in the link are for home construction, so you won't use gypsum board (sheetrock) to cover the framework as it's expensive and heavy.

Haunted House Facade

The entrance to the house prepares visitors for what's inside. You can purchase a 10-foot haunted house facade such as the one picture at the top of this page for between $100 to $200.

These premade haunted house entraces are made of foam board that will last the entire season. Either use the premade facade just as it is, or dress it up with additional props such as handmade faux stained glass windows or faux stone work.

Or build a haunted house facade of plywood, 1 inch foamboard, and 1x3 lumber. To detailed instructions on how to build a haunted house Facade, we suggest you look at the most incredible privately built facade we've ever seen. It's was build by Jeff and Chris Davis.

For detailed instructions and more photos like the ones pictured to the left click here.

The halls and rooms of the maze should contain several elements of surprise. Suggestions include strobe lights, noise makers, actors in costume, animated figures (figures that pop up and scare people), and spooky decor that gets a flinch reaction.

Haunted house rooms usually have a theme such as zombies, psycho themed rooms, or evil clowns. Visit the haunted house decorating ideas page for scary rooms with all the details on how to create them. Or, if your haunted house is part of your Halloween party, we highly suggest visiting the haunted house ideas page, where you'll find spectacularly spooky ideas for decorating, food, and activities.

Obviously a good haunted house is dimly lite, so place reflective tape along the pathway to guide guests.

A scary soundtrack is also essential to creating a haunted house, and is a simple element that you should always include.

Haunted House Supply List

Build a Haunted House: the Maze Framework:

• 2x4 Lumber
• Power Screwdriver and 2 1/2 inch Screws OR
• Hammer and 2 1/2 inch Nails
• Black Plastic Drop Cloths

For the Facade:

• Prebuilt Pop-up Haunted House Facade

• Plywood
• 8' 1x3" lumber
• Wood Glue
• 1 "Foamboard Sheeting
• Screw Driver and Screws
• Jigsaw and Circular Saw
• Paint

Haunted House Rooms:

• Heavy Black Plastic Drop Cloths or Black Tarps
• Reflective Tape
• Psycho Strobe Light
• Scary Music: Stereo, speakers, speaker wire
• Fog Machine
• Animated Props
• 31 Piece Graveyard Kit

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