There are a lot of Halloween CD's out there. From classic horror movie soundtracks to the standard family-friendly entertaining Monster Mash tracks. Since what we do is a Yard Haunt, we need something a little different. No singing, no clapping, no instrumentals. We need MOOD! Bone-chilling, over-the-shoulder-looking, make-you-think-twice-about-entering MOOD! Now I know that there are a lot of avid Haunters who'll disagree, but we have used with marked success for many years Martha Stewart's Spooky Scary Sounds for Halloween. Yes, it is a single 40 minute track with several of the sounds looped, but our trick-or-treaters don't stay long enough to notice and/or are too scared to notice (I prefer too scared). What we love about it is that the sounds seem distant, as if something is going on just out of sight on the other side of that impenetrable fog bank that you probably don't want to see or it to see you. Owls, thunder, knives and cackling set the feeling of being lost in a graveyard and the fog just clouded the street lights so now you don't know which way the exit is. Perfect for our haunt!
Now, we'll admit that one of our goals every year is to make at least one child cry (and we are successful) but we don't want to scar them. So, in between loops of Martha's melody, we have included some more frightening tidbits from the internet including a booming voice that announces, "Welcome To Hell" and then laughs while a poor soul is dragged deeper and deeper into the inferno, his terrified cries for help unanswered. This one usually makes the little kids jump and the parents smile.
So, love it or hate it, Martha's our go-to girl for our Haunt sounds but we're always looking to improve. Who has something better?
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