The 2017 ScareHouse season was filled with wild moments that included a German television crew, flugtag, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Star Wars. Creative Director Scott Simmons and Katie “Dudders” look back on 2017 and talk about what’s next for ScareHouse in 2018.
- Scott and Dudders are joined by Producers Mike and Missy Sorg at Sorgatron Media Studios to discuss the 2017 ScareHouse season
- Mike Sorg discusses his first visit to The Basement
- Old school marketing can help you stand out from the crowd in a digital world.
- Scott describes the evolution of The Basement and possibly a Basement Multiverse
- Scott and Dudders talk about being on a German television show, Galileo TV, where they teach their visitors about the importance of smells such as bore urine in a haunted house
- This isn’t the first time they’ve been on an international television. They were on Brazilian show Programa Pânico in 2015
- How that “Pittsburgh Steelers Get Scared” video came to be
- The importance of your espace room having a story.
- Moving on from The Summoning to The Sunset Lodge
- The joy of hiding Easter eggs in the haunt
- Dudders reminiscences about the Red Bull Flugtag event and the only flight of the ScareCraft
- What it’s like to be in a parade with a crowd yelling “BUNNY!”
- Partnering with Burgatory for the ScareHouse Shake which benefits Make Room for Kids, an initiative of the Mario Lemieux Foundation
- Star Wars Night: Working with the Starkiller Garrison, Garrison Carida, Microsoft, and the Mario Lemieux Foundation to benefit Make Room for Kids
- Never getting to 100% done because we’re always pushing ourselves to the next level.
- Being named Pittsburgh’s Best Haunted Attraction three years in a row by City Paper Readers
- Dave the Clown, he’s all over the internet and awesome
- What happens after the season ends
- Plus-ing and tweaking the experience throughout the season
- Getting scared by “safe” props in the haunt
- Never getting to 100% done because we’re always pushing ourselves to the next level.
- What to expect from ScareHouse in 2018
- ScareHouse Weekly: Polished perfection to honest reality
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