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Brandon1 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 10:42 PM

Ok guys, me along with a few friends are putting together a haunted hayride for the surrounding community since there is nothing in our area like that.

We will basically take the tractor and trailer through a narrow deep woods path about 10:00-12:00 pm Halloween night. I have already gotten some ideas consisting of using the local police to set up a scare, dead deer hanging up by a tree, chainsaws, droplets of water, string, bodies, air compressor blasts, fog, strobe lights etc.

What crazy ideas do you guys have for something like this? I mean, something above the obvious of "shoot em with silly string". I want to keep it at most gory, not very demonic as I'm sure some people on the ride will be church folk, so nothing to crazy.

Lemme know what you got!

Gutz · #2 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 11:06 PM

A pic of Michael Jackson!! LoL..

Seriously, how about some Zombies chasing a person?

Mr. Creosote · #3 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 11:10 PM

How about the hayride is an F-150 and it gets caught behind a slower moving hayride and has to pass going uphill. The F-150 has the worst acceleration of full sized hayrides, so that should scare just about anyone.

Hickleberry · #4 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 11:26 PM

What do demonic props and church folk have to do with each other? Are they idiotic enough to think its real?

Nothing scares people like the unexpected. I suggest people jumping up out of holes, maybe somebody doing a tarzan swing over the trailer.

You should have the tractor break down, maybe put some gasoline in with the diesel, that should do it.

There should be a "Folks, this wasn't part of the plan" thing that happens, like finding somebody who is missing an arm and pretend it gets cut off.

cheapskate · #5 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 02:34 AM

Have a friend who has an old school goalie mask and a chainsaw. We were at an outdoor party one night and he decided to bring out this combo. You can imagine peoples reaction to a Jason from Friday the 13th type character running out of the woods weilding a running chainsaw running towards them. Obviously the chain was removed from the saw but when you are outside and it's night time you dont know that. I would think people sitting on a hay wagon behind a noisy tractor would not be able to hear the chainsaw idling so the element of surprise could work in this case as well.

Hickleberry · #6 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by cheapskate

Have a friend who has an old school goalie mask and a chainsaw. We were at an outdoor party one night and he decided to bring out this combo. You can imagine peoples reaction to a Jason from Friday the 13th type character running out of the woods weilding a running chainsaw running towards them. Obviously the chain was removed from the saw but when you are outside and it's night time you dont know that. I would think people sitting on a hay wagon behind a noisy tractor would not be able to hear the chainsaw idling so the element of surprise could work in this case as well.

They could use and electric chainsaw...but then the people would probably hear the generator...oh, I've got it, a battery powered chainsaw...somehow I don't think it would have the same effect.

GGWOODY · #7 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 10:13 AM

Ha! I used to be involved in this stuff when we did it on the farm. You need a headless horseman. Someone who can ride a very solid-minded horse in the dark with a cloak or some such nonsense over the rider's head....preferably carrying a jack-o-lantern. they need to ride by the wagon suddenly.

If you guys are going through a creak bottom or past some water, throw plenty of dry ice in the water.

They sell battery-powered jack-o-lantern "candles" at Target and Wal-mart...they flicker, and they will be great for tossing out in the woods....not as obvious as strobe lights.

operate things (Like those hairy fake spiders with a 3-foot leg span) hanging from overarching tree limbs with a rope, and when the wagon passes under it, drop it almost on top of people, and have someone hidden spray them with water....talk about freakish confusion.

Also, deifinitely use the chainsaw (sans chain)....it works so well on city slickers.

Flashgordon · #8 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 11:09 AM

Brandon, you need to make some boxes that are big enough to hold some people. Have holes in the boxes, large enough for a hand to reach through, all covered with Hay.
As you're going down the trail, the guys hiding in the boxes can reach out and grab a foot or ankle. Those poor folks won't know what the hell to do!

Also hide some guys in the trees and them drop down next to the riders.

Get some heavy cable and string it up between a couple trees, get a ghost or something and have it fly over the heads of the riders.

Just a couple ideas.....

Hickleberry · #9 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 04:47 PM

You need to have some bats drop on people, try to get them as realistic as possible. Don't forget to have somebody video the even from the bushes. I'm sure a bat in some chick's hair would make for some really cool footage...I can imagine the scream. Lol
Sounds like fun

UFO · #10 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cheapskate

Have a friend who has an old school goalie mask and a chainsaw. We were at an outdoor party one night and he decided to bring out this combo. You can imagine peoples reaction to a Jason from Friday the 13th type character running out of the woods weilding a running chainsaw running towards them. Obviously the chain was removed from the saw but when you are outside and it's night time you dont know that. I would think people sitting on a hay wagon behind a noisy tractor would not be able to hear the chainsaw idling so the element of surprise could work in this case as well.

Oh man, I got busted on the chain saw trick several years ago!!! Scared the crap outta me when I realized this hockey masked weirdo running up to me was actually going to swipe my arm with that thing running wide open. I wasn't thinking about whether it had a chain on it or not since it was so dark. I have always wanted to be the guy dishing that out just to watch peoples face....