Halloween Party 2004!

This year we combined our fiendish party efforts with Katy and Doc Scott, who turned out to be just as sick and twisted as we always suspected! They contributed to decorations, ideas, food and overall creepiness. And most of the pictures here were taken by Doc, since I apparently can't wear a costume that allows me to use a camera...

To see the invite for this year's party, click here!

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Costume Winners

Overall Party

House Decorations: Night Exterior

House Decorations: Daytime Exterior

House Decorations: Interior

Making Decorations and Props

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Lamest: Flip-Flop Guy

(Brett)

Sexiest Female: Dark Angel

Sexiest Male: Pirate

(Jessica & Juan)

Scariest: Horned Demon

(Scott, for the 2nd year in a row!)

Most Naked: Butt-out patient (Scott)

Most Original: Rubik's Cube (Kathryn)

Best Overall: Mugati from Zoolander (Rich)

Tackiest: Butt-out patient (Scott)

Best Couple / Group: Sonny and Cher (Phill and Ginger)

The rest of the party!

We had a great turnout and lots of great costumes! Check 'em out!! Personally, I think whoever came dressed up as the little black dog should have won a prize. The teeth were really convincing...

The house turned out exceptionally well this year. We got lots of comments and slowed traffic. Really. The lighting gave it a nice touch and the boarded-up doors and windows really upped the creep factor! We had a fog machine going in the graveyard, hooked up to a chiller to keep the fog low to the ground, for additional effect. Unfortunately, the fog is hard to see in the photos. The cemetary fence turned out well and we had about 32 feet of it, complete with real iron finials! We also added three new tombstones to the group. Adelaide (young girl who fell through the ice), The Randalls (one murdered the other and then was hanged for it) and Samuel, who was witty to the end. I think they turned out very well, especially since I made them from foam insulation...

A more detailed view of the house as seen in the daylight.

Doing the "Theatre of Pain" was a lot of fun. Katy and Doc had an old TV available for a prop, which is what started the whole idea rolling. Doc and I made it so the skeleton that had smashed his head into the TV would thrash around like it was being electrocuted when someone walked too near. Ah, the fun you can have with cheap motion sensors and a little imagination. Doc also made the fake vomit since, apparently, fake vomit is a novelty you can no longer purchase...

We started making stuff in August and were without the use of our garage for about two months. Unfortunately, when you're making things, you often forget to take pictures. So what little we have is here, mostly showing off the different projects in their various states of (in)completion.