by Christopher on Oct.31, 2012, under Uncategorized

Its finally here! I wish I had some new special video or wallpaper to give you today in celebration but the last few days have been a bit crazy due to the storm closings and limited internet connectivity. 2012 has been a crazy year with our move from one town to another during the first week of October, travel to New York, LA, and Philadelphia for video and photos and finally things have started to settle down a bit. But fear not there are good things coming in the next couple months, including new videos, a new rogueshollow.com, maybe even some new Christmas Nightmares video, and some new freebies in our stuff section! 2013 should be a great year!

In the mean time here’s our Halloween Trailer from a couple years ago

by Christopher on Oct.25, 2012, under Canon 5D Mark III, Haunted Houses, HDR photography

Last week I was in Los Angeles to shoot video and photos for Los Angeles Haunted Hayride! It was a fun weekend and the creative team behind LAHH were a lot of fun to hang out with! LAHH is one of the best hayrides I’ve seen! The sets are amazing and the actors do a phenomenal job of scaring the crap out of the hayride groups. My favorite scene was the satanic church complete with satan and cultists that come to life and chase after you! LAHH is also one of the only haunts I’ve experienced that uses a custom soundtrack created by a professional composer name Chris Thomas. The music perfectly fits with the action of the scenes and just gives it that extra something that really pushed it over the top for me! I highly recommend the attraction if your out in LA so go see it!

Check out the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride Photos here!

by Christopher on Oct.24, 2012, under Canon 5D Mark III, Haunted Houses, HDR photography

So I’ve been traveling a bunch lately. I’ve been to New York, LA and Philadelphia in the last month. A couple weeks ago I was in Philly to shoot The Bates Motel & Haunted Hayride as well as Pennhurst Asylum. It was a ton of work but we had a blast! My sister came along with me to keep me company and help out and we were both blown away by how cool The Bates Motel & Hayride is! It truly is one of the best Hayrides of all time! The night culminated in recording a big group of pre teen boys and girls as they screamed their way through the hayride!

On Saturday we got to go to Pennhurst Asylum. Its been nearly 2 years since I’ve been to this attraction and it has changed in so many ways! Its become a highly polished and terrifying haunted attraction. The sets are some of the most realistic and detailed I’ve seen at any haunt. The haunt is set in the 1940′s and the characters are all dressed in period clothing. The level of make up and costuming that is going on at Pennhurst is pretty amazing! Its well worth your time and money if you live close enough to it to go.

I took a ton of photos which you can see on my flickr account!
Click here for The Bates Motel Photos
Click here for Pennhurst Photos

by Christopher on Oct.15, 2012, under Uncategorized

Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to fly out to New York City and shoot one of the most unique and intense haunts I’ve ever seen! I say that in all honesty and I’ve seen so many haunts that nothing really shocks or scares me at this point but Killers managed to surprise me in many ways. I realized very early on that this was a lot more than just another haunted house. The sets are very real and built by theater professionals. You’ll immediatly feel like you’ve been transported to a real location when you step into each room. Even the street where Jack the Ripper lurks, looks and feels like a real alley from Victorian London! The haunt has come under some controversy due to its theme of “Serial Killers” but it doesn’t glamorize these people in any way. In fact several of the scenes are outright chilling. The Jeffrey Dahmer scene is more or less a monologue that sent a shiver up my spine. The Gacy scene has to be seen to be believed but you’ll likely feel like you need a shower after walking through it. Overall I was very surprised at the realism of the haunt and thats what made it stand out over so many others I’ve seen. Its scary, its real, and it doesn’t pull any punches.

I took many many photos while I was there and i have them shared on my Flickr account for all to see. One of my photos has even appeared in both the Print and Online Editions of The New York Times! See all the photos here!

by Christopher on Oct.06, 2012, under Canon 5D Mark II, haunted house commercials, HDSLR Filmmaking, trailers

We recently finished up the trailer for Saint Lucifer’s Scream park in Flint Michigan. We shot this on location last October. Hire us to Shoot your haunt!

Visit MichiganHauntedHouse.com for details.

by Christopher on Sep.25, 2012, under Halloween, horror movies, Slasher Movies

Everything you’ve heard is true! Michael Dougherty’s long awaited, studio mishandled Trick R’ Treat is the best Halloween Movie to come out in 30 years! How this movie went direct to DVD and is not in theatres right now scaring the crap out of huge audiences is still a mystery. Did the studio really not know how to market this Halloween gem or was there another reason? I doubt we’ll find out anytime soon. But what is clear is that they mishandled one of the most original horror films I’ve seen in years. (more…)

by Christopher on Sep.24, 2012, under Halloween, horror movies, John Carpenter, Slasher Movies

It’s not a secret that I absolutely love Halloween 3. Yes I’m aware that it has nothing to do with Michael Myers and that’s precisely why it’s such a cinematic oddity. Now Shout Factory has released Halloween 3 on a lovingly re-mastered Blu-ray with lots of extras so it seemed like a great opportunity to revisit this misunderstood film.

After the success of Halloween parts 1 and 2 John Carpenter and Debra Hill Decided they had told the story of Michael Myers and it was time to try something new. Their concept was that they would keep the Halloween name alive and release new films that took place around the holiday. They brought in Nigel Neale who wrote the Quatermass films of the 50′s and 60′s to create a more psychological story about a Irish mask maker who wants to punish the world for not taking Halloween seriously. Interesting side note, The Quatermass films heavily inspired the X-Files so much so that they’re are striking similarities between Fight The Future and one of the Quatermass films. (more…)

by Christopher on Sep.21, 2012, under Canon 5D Mark II, Halloween, haunted house commercials, Haunted Houses, trailers

I shot this video in the Spring at Screamworld over the course of one day. I shot on my Canon 5D mark II and a couple work lights. They’re main attraction was a slaughterhouse and its in Houston Texas so it seemed natural to allow a little inspiration from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The sets at Screamworld are pretty realistic and the slaughterhouse sets are really sticky and dirty. Its one of the few haunts where you kind of forget your in a haunted house after awhile. For more info you can visit Screamworld for tickets and directions.