Haunted house run using home automation gear

We've always thought our basement full of old Newtons and Amiga machines was pretty spooky, but we'd admit that we've been one-upped by Pennsylvania's Halloween Park, which built an entire haunted mansion using off-the-shelf HAI home automation equipment. Designed by Digital Panacea, the system is "run by typical motion detectors, contacts, resets, and timers," which trigger spooky sound effects and mechanical effects, including a leaping ghost nicknamed Dead Fred. That's way more interesting than the usual home-automation setup, we'd say -- any of you planning on re-rigging your systems at home before the kiddies come by?

[bob sakamano @ Oct 31st 2008 1:11PM]

it doesnt look like the recession has affected this guy.

[Alwin @ Oct 31st 2008 1:41PM]

You'd be surprised how much a good haunted house can bring in.

[Sanskrit @ Oct 31st 2008 2:50PM]

So, you're saying that he's "scaring" up some profits? It'd be a real "horror" if he didn't.

...thank you, I'll be here all week, folks. Try the chicken, it's the chef's specialty.

[KAIKAI @ Oct 31st 2008 4:36PM]

well i think it has
if you notice
there is only 1 LCD tv

[Ian @ Oct 31st 2008 1:46PM]

Oh my god, you guys have amigas. I so want to be you....

[rock99rock @ Oct 31st 2008 2:49PM]

I thought the same thing about grandma. 'cept it would be yellow, orange, and brown. East Texas ftw.

[Xenoterranos @ Oct 31st 2008 2:13PM]

I can't tell if that lamp is a prop or not. It looks like it's either something my grandma would own, or it's made out of skulls.

[wootman @ Oct 31st 2008 4:38PM]

I think its skulls but i cant really tell.

[Eric @ Oct 31st 2008 2:28PM]

What was the horror movie with the house where they invited people to stay there and they rigged up the house with spooky stuff, not knowing that the house was actually haunted? I think the guy assigned to run the fake spooky stuff was in a room similar to that and got his face carved off or something.

[Lowest Ranked @ Oct 31st 2008 2:30PM]

House on Haunted Hill?

[Lowest Ranked @ Oct 31st 2008 2:29PM]

Actually, I HAVE re-wired my house before the trick-or-treaters arrive. Just this morning I've installed a trapdoor on the front porch that leads straight to the pits of hell.

[pavlindrom @ Nov 3rd 2008 1:07PM]

Did you take it off in time? Or are you gone too?
If so, how is it in hell?

[AL @ Oct 31st 2008 6:45PM]

He would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids!