The 2013 Haunted house season has come and gone. For many mature haunts it showed minimal growth. 2014 and beyond should prove to be much stronger with 5 weekends in October. One trend currently happen- ing in the industry is that of the extreme haunt. I myself was a co-producer of an extreme haunt in California with Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare. We are highlighting an extreme home haunt in this issue, McKamey Manor. Extreme haunts like Haunted Hoochie and House of Shock have been entertaining the masses for years. All of the above aforementioned are extreme but remain true to the art of haunting. Of late there has been a disturbing trend of producing what is called an extreme haunt but in reality has nothing at all to do with haunting except they are operating in October. Attractions like Blackout are opening in multiple cit- ies claiming to be haunted houses but are nothing resembling a haunted house. It is my belief that they have every right to open. This is Ameri- ca but we, as an industry must distance ourselves as far as possible from them. Waterboarding and simulated rape have no business in this industry. They are a black eye for our industry and I believe an accident waiting to happen. When approached by the media we must not include them as part of our brethren.


This year is closing with more haunted attractions opening for the Christ- mas season as a way to generate additional revenue. In this issue we are featuring Krampus and Christmas Haunted Events. Additionally, we are featuring Anethema Photography with her truly disturbing photographs, Fi- nally we are highlighting Terror Town, a professional haunt in Toledo that may have more animatronics than all the attractions in the state of Michi- gan combined and we are revisiting McKamey Manor with more video and better photos.


I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. Enjoy the issue.


Steve Kopelman Publisher, Haunted Attraction Magazine


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