Lady Luck was shining upon me in 2018.
At the beginning of the year I had wrapped up work on Fear Factor for MTV. One of our games that year had included a life sized zombie horde, which I had been responsible for purchasing. While turning in the purchase order, I causally mentioned to my boss that should the show need a place to store the zombies, say, in October, that I knew a really secure place to keep them... wink wink. He just rolled his eyes knowing full well he had hired a haunter.
Months later, it's May and I get a glorious text from a colleague. "Hey! We're cleaning out our storage containers a little more and Kevin said you can have the cadavers if you want. Are you interested? You would need to pick them up next week?"
HOLY SHIT!!!!!! AM I INTERESTED?!?! Oh, I don't know....CANICOMENOWICANCOMEGETTHEMNOWPLEASELETMECOMENOW!!!
Here I am a week later, picking up the new family members and moving them into their new home, the garage. On the way, Hollie Cook's "Stay Alive" came on the radio, it was too good.
My daughter was surprisingly welcoming to them when I let her know we had new friends. Went down the line, shook their hands and said "nice to meet you" to each and every one.
Showing them her book...
I would never have purchased these on my own and likely would have never even thought to include such a thing. I try to error on the PG-13 side of things. More Disney than Blumhouse. But come on, a FREE zombie horde?!?! I had for years thought about setting up a more "adult" display along the driveway for the older kids but had opted to focus on the front. When a Zombie Horde falls in your lap, you don't question you celebrate.
It was as huge hit. I didn't put them out until twilight Halloween night. My neighbors are pretty used to me by now but even they all came out to see what I was up to. All our regular Trick-or-Treaters were agog, I can't even imagine how many Instagram posts are out there. This year I'm going to add a little sign hoping folks will tag me.
I'm just so grateful for the gift and it was a good reminder that sharing your passions with others leads to good things.
The Haunt, in all it's glory, crappy pictures and all (come on, it's a tradition!)
50 days till Halloween...
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