1ST ANNUAL EASTERN HAUNTERS CONVENTION: Open to the Public !
May 2-4, 2008 Sheraton Great Valley Hotel, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Michael Bruner of The Monster Maze: The Ultimate Amateur Haunted House, will be
hosting the 1st annual Eastern Haunters Convention, a networking opportunity for
individuals within the haunted house industry. Individuals who own, work, act
in, or patronize haunted attractions will come to be educated, shop, and
socialize with their fellow haunters. A three-day convention with skeletal
corpses, ghostly mirrors, glowing tombstones and spiders the size of king size
beds, are displayed as haunt vendors show their unique props, effects, and
scares.
The event will be held on the grounds of the Sheraton Great Valley Hotel, 707
East Lancaster Avenue, Frazer, PA 19355. For reservations, please contact the
hotel at (610) 524-5500. Be sure to mention the Haunters Gathering for special
rates!
The convention is open to all individuals within the haunt industry (haunt
owners, haunt actors, home/yard haunters, haunt vendors) and their families, as
well as haunt enthusiasts.
The 1st Annual Eastern Haunters Convention will have seminars useful to those in
the haunt industry, vendors selling unique haunted house props that are not
typically available to the general public, people within the industry who will
share various tips and tricks to improve your haunted house business, and a bus
tour to several Philadelphia-area haunted attractions.
The bus tour is currently slated to include a tour of the Eastern State
Penitentiary AND its haunt, “Terror Behind the Walls,” a MASSIVE haunted house
inside a real prison! A lost world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard
towers stands behind the Eastern State Penitentiary’s massive 30-foot high
walls. This is the home of "Terror Behind the Walls," which has been rated in
the “Top 10 Haunted Houses in the U.S.” by AOL City Guide, the Travel Channel
and Hauntworld Magazine. Also a destination on the tour is a visit to the
Mutter Museum, best known for it's collection of medical oddities, such as the
tallest skeleton on display in North America, the body of the mysterious "soap
lady", many skeletal remains of conjoined twins, preserved body parts of people
that have had horns growing out of their heads and more! The bus tour will
possiby include other Philadelphia-area haunt attractions, as well.
Every single attendee to the convention will have the opportunity to participate
in an authentic ghost tour of the haunted White Horse Tavern!
A costume ball ("The Cadaver's Cotillion"), with a New Orleans theme, will be
available for an additional fee, which will include food, drinks, and
entertainment.
For many years, the haunted house industry has been very similar to the world of
stage magic, in that haunt elements, tricks, and effects have been kept secret.
Michael Bruner, a 2-term elected member of the Board of Directors of the
International Association of Haunted Attractions
(www.HauntedHouseAssociation.org) has been working hard to smash this notion of
isolationism. For 8 years, Michael Bruner hosted The Annual PA Gathering of
Haunters to foster an environment of brotherhood and safety-first among people
within the haunt industry by giving a human face and name to competitors'
haunted attractions. The PA Gathering of Haunters has grown year after year, has
outgrown two locations and has evolved into the Eastern Haunters Convention.
For more information, visit
http://www.EasternHauntersConvention.com
ABOUT THE MONSTER MAZE - The Monster Maze is a thematic, story-telling, high
startle, low gore, interactive home haunt that changes its theme, layout and
plotline every single year. Talented actors will escort you through the maze,
immersing you in a unique, memorable, mythical experience. Visit
http://www.TheMonsterMaze.com for more information.
