A Lights on Look at ScareHouse
We invited Jordan the Grey Witch to take an exclusive, lights on look at ScareHouse! Thanks to Jordan and every one who has provided such overwhelming support to ScareHouse this year! October is almost over, don’t miss your chance to check us aht! Guarantee admission when you buy tickets online. Happy Halloween yinz guys! đ…
“My ScareHouse dreams have been realized!”
As one of the new faces to the ScareHouse team this season, Alex Vogelsong just celebrated her Pittsburghaversy. âIt was a year ago this August that I came to Pittsburgh for the first time,â says Vogelsong. âI worked as a casting assistant and background actor on a film production [Ethan Coenâs Drive-Away Dolls], and relocation…
Chiller Theater is Back
Hey there weirdos! This is ScareHouse Creative Director and co-owner Scott Simmons and I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all the enthusiasm and support for the new episodes of “Chiller Theater!” Many years before ScareHouse I worked as a writer/producer for WPXI-TV (1990) which means I not only worked within the same studios…
“Hey, I fix stuff!”
One thing to know about working at ScareHouse: If you volunteer to take on a bigger job, they will take you up on it! Thatâs something Mark Hawley, whoâs become a bit of a Mr. Tech Fixit, recently learned. âI donât think I have an official title,â says Hawley. âLast year I was an actor,…
Even More Easter Eggs
When terrorized inside the Demon Hour room filled with dolls, watch out for a sound from overhead. How sure can you be that one hasnât started talking? Sound designer Bengt Alexsander said he included a sample from the band Le Tigreâs song âDecepticon,â that sounds like it originally came from a childrenâs book. âItâs this…
A ScareHouse Builderâs Work is Never Done
Mike Richter found his calling as a carpenter because of the haunted house industryâeven if he says he was scared of haunted houses growing up. âAbout nine years ago, my buddy got me to audition for a haunted house up in Erie,â says Richter, âand I just kinda fell in love with it. Then I…
ScareHouse Easter Eggs
After narrowly missing an alien spaceshipâs crash-landing, unsuspecting survivors look up above a crashed car, avoiding zombies lurching toward them, to see: A billboard for cheese? Â At ScareHouse, details like what objects go inside a fridge, on a table or become part of a billboard all start with being a part of the overall set…
The Light Guys For The Job
The father-and-son team of Bert and Adam Zelten go by many titles at ScareHouse: âLighting/tech,â âsaviors,â and most notably âthe guys from Wisconsinâ who make the long drive to âvacationâ in Pittsburgh every summer (even though theyâre really helping get ScareHouse off the ground for the season).  âAll the people at ScareHouse make the scenes…
A Visit from Hollywood Legends
ScareHouse attractions have hosted all kinds of famous faces over the last 20 years: Martin Lawrence, Elijah Wood, Kristin Stewart, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and even the Impractical Jokers… but as die-hard horror nerds, the most mind-blowing visit will always be the night that writer/directors Guillermo Del Toro (Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Michael…
A Pale Night in Pittsburgh
âTech guy” Kip Polley laughs when asked what his official title is at ScareHouse. âThatâs funny. I donât officially work at ScareHouse. I actually live in St. Louis. I donât know what youâd call me.â Talk about the ultimate mystery from the man behind the Stalked By A Killer escape room. Polley, who owns the…
“I Trust Nothing”
Believe it or not, Makeup Manager and Scenic Artist Mollie Himes is a complete scaredy cat when it comes to haunted houses. âI trust nothing,â says Himes with a laugh. âI cannot walk through ScareHouse without a person in front of me and a person behind me. I need the person in front of me…
âHang up the babies, bloody up the nun, and move the bodyâ
ScareHouse scenic coordinator and show manager Heather Heitzenrater doesnât have your typical work to-do list. ââHang up the babies, bloody up the nun, and move the body,ââ Heitzenrater says with a laugh. âItâs ridiculous.â And yet, she wouldnât have it any other way. In fact, maybe it was even written in the stars. Heitzenraterâs older…
Living Every Horror Fanâs Dream
ScareHouse Design and Operations Manager Nicole Conniff is living every horror fanâs dream. Not only does she get to have Halloween and scares on the brain every month of the year, but she has made a career out of it. ScareHouse Design and Operations Manager Nicole Conniff âItâs a small team of us, maybe three…