Raimi's Ravings

In the second issue of Mad Monster Magazine is a shot of Ted Raimi holding my Bates House paper model (featured in issue #1 of the magazine) ! He also called ME "a mad genius".  Awesome!

"Old House on the Hill" at Monsterpalooza

Matt spotted my "Old House on the Hill" paper model kit on display at Monsterpalooza in LA last month. "Old House on the Hill" was featured in the first edition of "Mad Monster Magazine" last year.

"Infamous Amityville" Released!

My newest paper model kit, "Infamous Amityville" is now available!
GET "INFAMOUS AMITYVILLE" HERE

Please Support my Relay For Life!

Cancer!  It has touched all of us in some way.  I am an 8 year survivor. This Friday I will once again join my friends from Universal Orlando Art & Design in The Relay For Life (In memory of our dear friend, entertainment designer, Stephanie Gerard).  Please donate what you can to my Relay For Life!  THANKS!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

The 3rd Annual Entertainment Designer Forum Results!

The final numbers are in from our Entertainment Designer Forum and we beat our old records! Thanks again to everyone who helped out and for those of you who bought the tickets, bid on the auction items and were there to share in an amazing evening with us. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life! 

The 3rd Annual Entertainment Designer Forum!

The Third Annual Entertainment Designer Forum is coming up soon! This year we are changing venues and the event will take place in the beautiful Orange County Regional History Center in downtown Orlando. 

We will have a silent auction of original art work, theme park memorabilia, HHN collectibles AND a few of my constructed paper models including my Liberty Square haunted mansion, 

HHN's "Skoolhouse" 

and an exclusive Ticket Booth model created for HHN 2007's "Carnival of Carnage" (the only other existing ticket booth model is on display at the History Musuem's current exhibit, "The Serious Art of Make-Beleive")!

The Entertainment Designer Forum will be February 24th with two separate sessions. One at 6:30 and one at 9:00pm. Tickets are $25 per session. 407-836-7010
Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society in honor of our friend Stephanie Gerard.

While at the forum be sure to check out the History Center's current exhibit "The Serious Art of Make-Believe" and peek inside the Universal Orlando Art and Design Department (through April 29, 2012).
For more information, including the list of this year's special panelists, visit

The Orange County Regional History Center

Third Entertainment Designers Forum!

The Third Entertainment Designers Forum is coming up soon!  This year we are changing venues and the event will take place in the beautiful Orange County Regional History Center in downtown Orlando.  Also be sure to check out their exhibit "The Serious Art of Make-Believe" and peek inside the Universal Orlando Art and Design Department (through April 29, 2012).


Third Entertainment Designers Forum Info

Haunted Dimensions Going Dark

On January 18, Haunted Dimensions will join many other sites around the Internet in "going dark" to oppose SOPA and PIPA, the pending US legislation that creates a punishing Internet censorship regime and exports it to the rest of the world. 

"Even though a substantial portion of my living comes from the entertainment industry, I don't think that any amount of "piracy" justifies this kind of depraved indifference to the consequences of one's actions. Big Content haven't just declared war on the "fun" Internet: they've declared war on every person who uses the net to publicize police brutality, every oppressed person in the Arab Spring who used the net to organize protests and publicize the blood spilled by their oppressors, every abused kid who used the net to reveal her father as a brutalizer of children, every gay kid who used the net to discover that life is worth living despite the torment she's experiencing, every grassroots political campaigner who uses the net to make her community a better place -- as well as the scientists who collaborate online, the rescue workers who coordinate online, the makers who trade tips online, the people with rare diseases who support each other online, and the independent creators who use the Internet to earn their livings."
-Cory Doctoro-

Paranormal Activity in Ravenswood Manor

I want to thank the producers of "Paranormal Activity in Ravenswood Manor" - (a Johan Production) for including me in their list of parody review quotes! I am honored to be in the company of Doomduggies.com, Alfred Hitchcock and Del Toro!

The Serious Art of Make-Believe

The Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, Florida is hosting an exhibit called
"The Serious Art of Make-Beleive-from the archives of Universal Orlando Resorts"
The exhibit features hundreds of pieces of orginal art created by the Entertainment Art & Design team of Universal Studios, Orlando (which I am proud to say, I am a part!)
The subject matter ranges from Halloween Horror Nights, and Mardi Gras to "Grinchmas".
In some cases you can follow the design process, from simple pencil sketches all the way to the
completed project. (You might even spot a couple of my paper model creations!)

From the Orange County Regional History Center web site:
"Enjoy a rare opportunity to peek inside the creative genius behind the theme-park entertainment experience. Discover how imaginary worlds of unique characters, objects, and environments start with the art and design revealed in this exhibition of more than 200 original detailed drawings, architectural plans, and models from the resort's signature annual events including Halloween Horror Nights®, Mardi Gras, and spectacular holiday extravaganzas."

The exhibit runs through April 29, 2012

For information about the exhibit please visit the Orange County Regional History Center web site:

http://thehistorycenter.org/exhibits/TheSeriousArtofMake-Believe

Thanks to Jeramy Walton for the photos! Visit his blog at
http://jwfearman.blogspot.com/2011/11/serious-art-of-make-believe.html 

A Few Words About "Wizard's Crag"

Unlike my past paper model kits, this one has attracted the attention of Universal and Warner Brothers. This attention could mean one of two things. It could be purchased and merchandised by these companies or, due to its discovery by these companies, end up becoming a liability to me and thrown on the scrap heap. Either way it looks like this one will not become a Haunted Dimensions free download. Very discouraging and frustrating for me (and the thousands of fans who want one)!!
I will keep you updated if the situation changes.

Why Halloween Matters

"The joy of Halloween is not that it's dark and we revel in that; it's that Halloween can bring a bit of light and laughter into this darkness." 
Lesley Bannatyne, author of "Halloween Nation. Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night",
wrote a beautiful little article about why so many of us love Halloween. Give it a read and repost it.


Lesley Bannatyne - "Why Halloween Matters"

For more info on Lesley's book click image below.