Now we are getting into some of my favorite types of character acting. We have covered Loud and Violent, Slow yet Aggressive, and Stupid yet Creepy so now let’s dive into some of the most difficult styles of haunted attraction acting with first the Wild and Crazy acting style. WildRead More →
The next acting style we will discuss is what I like to call Stupid yet Creepy. Maybe “stupid” isn’t the best term to use because the character doesn’t necessarily have to be stupid by the common definition. That is how we use to describe zombies back then. No dialog, slowRead More →
The next acting style from my list of acting styles is a Slow yet Aggressive Characters. When I first started it was commonly accepted that there were three styles of acting…Loud and Violent, Slow and Stupid, and crazy. Over the years I watched and analyzed my personal styles and brokeRead More →
From the Asylum Archives comes yet another episode of INSANITY this time featuring the movie The Sadist with Arch Hall jr and based on a true story! This episode appears as it was originally broadcast.Read More →
Out of the Asylum Archives comes our Christopher Lee tribute show featuring the movie Horror Express…a classic Lee and Cushing film. This archived version is how it originally was broadcast.Read More →
From the Asylum Archives comes the episode of INSANITY featuring the movie Grave of the Vampire as it was originally broadcast!Read More →
From the Asylum Archives comes an INSANITY Christmas Special! Featuring two different films inspired by A Christmas Carol. First up we have the Thomas Edison silent film verion from 1910 titled A Christmas Carol followed by the 1935 classic Scrooge!Read More →
From the Asylum Archives Mr. Maniacal and Hubert take a night out under the moon and host 3 episodes from the hard-to-find classic horror anthology series 13 Demon Street hosted by Lon Chaney JR. This episode is the original version that appeared on KKTV years ago.Read More →
One of the most common and popular characters many actors flock to are the loud and violent characters. That’s because they tend to get the most reactions. They are also in my opinion the most necessary type of character in a haunt. Come on…let’s face it without the loud andRead More →
The next couple of essays I plan on writing will focus in-depth on the various acting types commonly seen in haunted attractions. However, since we just talked briefly about character creation, I thought it was best to outline them all here. As a rule of thumb, I tell actors justRead More →