HUSH HAUNTED ATTRACTION, WESTLAND MI
For eleven years, Cody, the owner of Hush has been building a legacy for himself as a top hauntrepreneur of the Michigan scene. Hush currrently consists of three houses and three bars and certainly has a strong future ahead.
SECTIONS
RECOMMENDED ONE-NIGHT DRIVE RANGE
Customer Service and Navigation
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Building set a little bit back from the street
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Some signage
- Easy to miss if there isn't a train of cars to mark
the spot
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Owner Cody
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Cody's Father Gary
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Operations Manager Mark
- Gary may be the only one you get an opportunity
to talk to unless you do the first Bar
+ If you get hold of any owner or manager, they are
very nice
Atmosphere and Lobby/Midway
Key Lobby and Midway Amenities
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Concessions
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Merch
- Limited selection
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Video
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Music
+ Music for the Lobby Entertainment
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Seating
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Bathrooms
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Games
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Stage
+ "Sammy Bones" (I'm pretty sure)
+ Fire Dancers and Breathers
+ Aerialists
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Photo Ops
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Queue Line Actors
Bonus:
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Metaphysical
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Pyrotechnics
"Cold Sparks" for the Lobby Stage
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At least one HUGE set piece
Facade Quality
Twilight Hotel
+ Beautiful walkthrough hotel foyer
+ Souvenir photos taken
Swamplands Hollow
+ Dark, dangerous feeling thicket of trees
Rosecliff Hall: Army of Monsters
+ Front step of a grand French Door mansion
entrance
Use of Existing/Surrounding Environment
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Just an old Roller Rink
- No distinct features built into existing structures
of the Rink days (that I know of)
Actors and Acting
Energy
Twilight Hotel
+ Vigorous Technicians in the Basement
Swamplands Hollow
+ The dark Acolytes are very insistent
Rosecliff Hall: Army of Monsters
+ Guys "shocking" each other
Costuming and Makeup
+ Unique color scheme that looks like no other
+ Dark Priest
+ Mourner with black dress
+ Admitter at front door with Jack O'lantern get-up
Lines and Vocalizations
+/- The rare growl or yell
+ Nearly everyone has lines
Theming and Design
Lighting
Twilight Hotel
+ Flickering overhead lights
Swamplands Hollow
+ Faux Fire
+ LED Flood and Wash lights
Rosecliff Hall: Army of Monsters
Sound
Twilight Hotel
+ Dripping water
Swamplands Hollow
+ Wildlife
+ Pipe Organs
Rosecliff Hall: Army of Monsters
Set Dressing
Twilight Hotel
+/- No real inhabited area hotel rooms
+ Popcorn ceiling used on the walls
+ Furnaces and other large mechanicals
+ Pipes everywhere
+ See-through scenic pieces
Swamplands Hollow
+ Branches, leaves and Hanging Moss
+ Walls = boards transformed
+ Aged Barn Siding
Rosecliff Hall: Army of Monsters
+ Just about every scene you would expect from a
Traditional "House" dressed to the nines
Special Rooms
Twilight Hotel
- Shifting floor hallway jerks around really hard
+ Grand Temple transition room
+ Mine area
Swamplands Hollow
+ Evil Dead Room
+ Church
+ Zombie Hand Hallway
Rosecliff Hall: Army of Monsters
+ Courtyard
+ Food Area (Pantry, Kitchen, Wine Cellar)
Entertainment Value
Fun
+ ~25 minutes of Well-dressed mayhem
+ 3 Bars will get you sloshy
+ Lobby features a number of unique acts
Scares
+ Actors are hidden inside props and walls