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The Mud Puppets Present Horror Month
The wait is over, Horror Month is here! A couple of weeks ago my cousin Ryan and I announced via our YouTube Channel that all of the videos we released this month would be horror or Halloween related. We began shooting our Halloween Special in mid-September and as of now it is slated to be released in just two weeks. However, today…
TWD Webisodes & Vincent Price Film Festival Offer Taste of Horror to Come
The team behind AMC’s The Walking Dead has released another series of webisodes to promote the upcoming fourth season. The creators first launched this idea in 2011 as the show was headed into its second season. That year fans were treated to six webisodes that chronicled the outbreak of the zombie plague from the viewpoint of a mother — the…
Erebus Unleashed
It had been three years since we had visited the four level haunted edifice in Pontiac known simply as Erebus, and Michigan’s best known Halloween attraction didn’t disappoint. We had purchased timed tickets and therefore were scarcely made to wait which is always nice, but standing in line at haunts does have its advantages. Some of my best memories of…
Behind the Scenes look at Bloodbath on Biddle
Some of you may know that my cousin and I have a YouTube channel where we post sketch comedy videos under the name The Mud Puppets. We also do a variety show at our local public access station under the same banner. Later this week we’ll head into the studio to shoot an hour long Halloween episode and our primary…
Ain’t no Rest for the Wicked
A night of haunting that involves three separate locations generally makes for a whirlwind experience, and after last night I feel like I’ve been swept away by a tornado and chucked clear across Michigan’s haunted landscape. And there will be no rest today because Ryan and I have officially kicked off Horror Month; we have some Mud Puppets business to…
Oddments and Reflections
Seven years ago I began writing about Halloween, horror movies, and haunted attractions purely out of love for all things spooky, creepy, and macabre. It’s something I developed a fascination with when I was a child. My family lived on London Street in Lincoln Park where my brother and I enjoyed creating dummies from our grandfather’s old work clothes and…
Big Weekend Brewing, Haunt Schedule
This Friday the original gang will be back in the saddle when the Haunt Trinity hits the road to experience a triple threat of terror. First, we return to Pontiac to conquer world famous Erebus and the Realm of Darkness. We last visited each of these during the 2010 season; both locations have provided us with many fond memories over…
Friday the 13th at Darksyde Acres
It’s no secret to the readers of Horrorlust what kind of show you can expect from the cast of Darksyde Acres; over the past two years I’ve written reviews that detailed zany characters and preposterous scenes tantamount to haunt legend. It’s truly a unique frequency on the haunted spectrum, one any thrill seeker would be foolish to ignore. Tucked away…
Jackson’s Underworld Rising?
Jackson’s Underworld certainly had its work cut out for it when we arrived last Friday; it’s no secret that our 2009 visit has been remembered as one of the worst haunted attractions we’d ever paid to see. I can firmly state that our experience of four years ago was not repeated, Jackson’s Underworld has made strides in the right direction…
Reviews to Commence Soon, Mud Puppets
John and I successfully toured both Jackson’s Underworld and Darksyde Acres on Friday the 13th — just another notch in our belt; it’s the earliest we’ve ever visited a haunted attraction. I’ll have full reviews posted for both by the end of the week but generally speaking, we enjoyed both locations. Jackson’s Underworld has grown a lot since opening its…
Haunt Season set to Erupt on Friday the 13th
After a lot of thought it has been decided that we will strike forth tonight and kick off the haunt season this Friday the 13th with visits to Darksyde Acres and Jackson’s Underworld. The wild shenanigans of the cast at Darksyde have made it one of our favorites in recent years and it is with great excitement and anticipation that…
2013 Fear Finder Cover Art Released
I’ll admit that I find myself a bit stunned that the haunt season is nearly upon us once again, but boy am I excited. The cover art for the 2013 Fear Finder was released today with word that the celebrated annual newspaper will hit the streets, appropriately, on Friday the 13th! There’s a lot going on with this cover and…
Haunting By Numbers: 2012 Haunt Season
Another haunt season is nearly upon us and like those that have come before it, 2013 is sure to be filled with its own memorable nights of fright. Every season has its highlight reel moments, from five star haunts to eye popping scenes to one of a kind characters. Truly each fall that we set out on the open road…
August Heartstrings
The recent temperature drop has me in a fall state of mind, hell the neighbors are enjoying a bonfire as I type and the nostalgic smell is drifting through my open window. As most of the country is set to enjoy the dog days of summer us haunt fiends eye the calendar with a quiet glee, firm in the knowledge…
2012 Horrorlust Haunt Awards
The Midwest Haunters Convention was held this weekend in Columbus, Ohio and that means two things — Summer has arrived, and with the passing of MHC the official countdown to the haunt season has begun! I loved the EC Comics inspired promotional piece for the 10th anniversary of this event. So as the Midwest Haunters Convention wraps up tonight and…
Howard Erlich Fundraiser
Howard Erlich, who operated Deadly Intentions in Warren, Michigan for the last decade, is trying to raise money to help cover medical expenses. I don’t know Howard personally, nor am I aware of the details of his illness — the little I do know comes from social media and the message board on the Deadly Intentions website. Howard has a…
2012 Star Ratings
For each haunted attraction I visit a 1-5 star rating is ascribed. This list is intended to reflect those ratings only and does not indicate any other type of rank such as favorite to least favorite. Nor is the star ratings system meant to pit one attraction against another it’s just my way of summing up the overall effectiveness and…
Adults Only at Darksyde Acres A Must See
Darksyde Acres is a haunted attraction not quite like any other. You won’t find an army of flashy animatronics here, nor is the show exactly old school — hell, it really isn’t anything in between either. Darksyde Acres is entirely something else. Having visited the location previously in 2011 I knew my group and I were in for an unforgettable…
Spirit Endures through Wet, Dreary Halloween
Each year it seems that the final couple of reviews get delayed and for that I am sorry. I’ve made great strides over the years to ward off procrastination but sometimes the old girl wins out. Well, it’s been long enough — here’s the chronicle of Halloween 2012. PROMISE AT DIMENSIONS OF DARKNESS It was dreary and overcast as John…
Scream Machine, Haunt for Hunger
The final Saturday of October isn’t one to be spent sitting at home, it’s one of the last good chances for haunters to explore the season’s offerings. All of my usual running buddies happened to be out of town so I called up ole Deadly Ted who told me he had not indulged in a haunted attraction since his freshman…
