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Get all your questions answered here – from rules for creating a campsite, to safety protocols, to what happens in the event of rain. If you have any concerns, our team at C&M Amusement Co. is here to help you every step of the way.
C&M Amusement Co., a S.C. Midlands Company that has been in the Amusement Business for almost 5 decades. You can learn all about C&M by going to their website, www.classiccompanypicnics.com
There are 2 primary responsibilities for participating Band Booster Clubs. First, each Band Booster Club will be assigned a campsite in Camp Horroween. It will be the responsibility of the Band Booster Club to design and decorate the campsite. This will include a camper, tent, travel trailer, etc. that contains the mass murder scene of the family that owned it. 2Nd, each Booster Club will be responsible for providing about 20 people to work at Camp Horroween for one night.
The plan is to open Thursday-Sunday nights for the entire month of October; this will give us about 20 nights operation. Our goal is to have 20 booster clubs to participate in Camp Horroween with each booster club being responsible for creating one camp site and staffing Camp Horroween for one of the 20 nights that it is open.
The haunted house industry is very large and areas the size of the S.C. Midlands (about 1 million people) and the S.C. Upstate (about 1.5 million people) can expect to average at least 2,000 guests per night for a top quality, well advertised haunted attraction. Our goal is to have a minimum of 1,500 guests per night and with the monies from tickets, concessions and tee shirt sales to profit all participating booster clubs a minimum of $15,000 each for their providing one camp site and staffing Camp Horroween for one night. This $15,000 number could also go much higher with us reaching 2,000 guests or more per night. The bottom line is the better job we do with creating and advertising Camp Horroween the more profits we will make.
There will also be bonus money awarded to Booster Clubs who provide the highest quality campsites. The amounts of this bonus money and how it will be distributed will be decided in our forum.
The RV’s, campers, golf carts, boats, etc. that are used as props should be old and in very poor condition. There are families all over who have these junks sitting around who will gladly donate them to any High School Band for a fundraiser. Remember, according to the script, these camp sites have been sitting here for many years so they must look rough……...nothing nice will work.
Your members do. People who build props for high school bands are very creative, this should be very fun and easy for them.
No, a large viewing window will be cut in the front of the campers where people look inside as they walk by.
The sky is literally the limit! For a haunted attraction Camp Horroween is an absolute gold mine; the complete arsenal is available to everyone who designs these campsites. First, this is an abandoned campground deep in the REAL woods. There will be a video warning guests to watch out for all types of animals that live in these woods. This, alone, opens the door to all kinds of real frights, both visual and audio that you just don’t have indoors. When guests encounter these special effects/animals it will certainly frighten them because they know that it may not be a prop, these animals may be real. Nothing is a more powerful weapon to designers of haunted attractions than real threats to the guests and deep the woods in the black darkness of night is packed full of real threats.
2Nd, this is a scene of a very large, brutal mass murder where nobody survived. The victims range from infant babies to 100 year old grandmothers; imaginations can literally run wild when these scenes are created.
3Rd, these murders were carried out by a vicious satanic cult. The appearance/costume of these cult members can be whatever the designer chooses opening an unlimited door of opportunities.
4th, there can be all kinds of props used for indoor and outdoor scenes including the campers, boats, old vehicles, old golf carts, old B-B-Q grills and any other items that would be found in a campground many decades ago.
5th,the people who design these campsites actually have a blank slate with no limitations, they can use about any fright that is out there. We encourage the designers of these campsites to play to all senses, hearing, smelling, touching, seeing, etc.
ABSOLUTELY, in fact we encourage every site to include some type of special effects. We have a ton of information on special effects involving spiders, scorpions, rats, bats, snakes and other creatures that can be created almost cost free. We will share this with all Band Booster Clubs that are participating.
Yes, but we don’t recommend motor homes.
There are so many advantages to doing a haunted campground instead of a typical haunted house:
1- It eliminates all of the staggering costs of fire sprinklers and very expensive electrical systems that indoor haunted attractions require.
2- It provides a treasure trove of free resources to use when designing and creating frights that are not available with an inside haunt.
3-The capacity per hour of guests going through the attraction in much higher with an outdoor attraction.
4- There are virtually unlimited possible locations for a haunted campground. All you need is a large field (parking) with scary woods surrounding it.
5- When the season ends campers (props) can be sealed up and stored cost free until they are used at Camp Horroween next year. With a haunted house the property must be either bought or leased for the entire year and maintained in order to preserve the haunts inside of it for next years.
6- Parking is usually abundant when outside areas are used; not so around old homes.
Band Booster Clubs who partner in this will profit in multiple ways. Here is how:
1- Most haunted houses charge $30 per person for admission. Being that we are a group of local band booster clubs I think we should only charge $20 for admission and we should provide our guests with a $40 event (this will be discussed in our forum and a final decision made by participating booster clubs). Here is why I believe that. First, I believe that we can sell many, many more $20 tickets than we can $30 tickets, maybe 3 or 4 times more. Once we get everything in place, the cost of serving 2,000 guests a night will be about the same as the cost for 1,000 guests a night, so, I would rather have 2,000 people paying $20 per night than 1,000 people paying $30 per night.
The gross ticket sales for the entire one month season will be split in the following manner: The Band Booster Clubs receive 75% and C&M Amusement receives 25%. Band Booster Clubs also receive 25% of all concessions sales and $2.50 for every tee shirt that is sold on the nights that their group staffs Camp Horroween.
C&M will provide the following and pay for these items:
- All website admin and needs
- Instructional videos for each Band Booster Club showing them how to carry out all responsibilities involved in staffing the event for the 1 night that each Band Booster Club will be responsible for.
- Managing and overseeing all operations involved in Camp Horroween, however, there will be a Camp Ranger that is the “boots on the ground” for Camp Horroween. This Ranger will be chosen from one of the participating booster clubs.
- Managing and maintaining a private online forum where all people involved with Camp Horroween can openly communicate and share ideas.
- C&M will provide a very large, 40 x 80 tent with sides for the entire duration of October. This tent will house all ticket, concessions and tee shirt sales for Camp Horroween and will serve as the center of operations for all of Camp Horroween. Tents this size rent for app. $3,500 per day.
- All power generators necessary to run Camp Horroween.
- All concessions equipment necessary to serve the guests of Camp Horroween.
- All design and lay out of Camp Horroween once a final location is chosen.
- Management of all mulching/land clearing that may be needed at Camp Horroween.
- Overseeing and leading in the creation of an auditing/accounting board from the participating booster clubs that handles, documents and controls all revenues from the ticket and concessions sales at Camp Horroween.
- Managing and controlling all aspects of tee shirt sales at Camp Horroween.
- Establishing all parking areas at Camp Horroween.
Out of the 75% that the Band Booster Clubs collectively receive the costs of the following will be deducted and the remainder will be divided among the Booster Clubs:
- Insurance
- Property lease
- Fuel for power generators
- Security
- Camp Horroween Ranger’s salary
- Porta Jons for guests
- Cost of mulching and land clearing
All RV’s and other campers must be in place by Sept. 15. The outside portion of the campsite will only be required to be “roughed in” with big items in place on Sept.15.
There will be a ‘dress rehearsal” on Sunday afternoon Sept. 20th. And a second one on Sept. 27 if needed. Everything, inside and outside must be in place and operational by Sept. 20th. We are representing band booster clubs here and we will have our plan down perfect before the doors open. Camp Horroween will open on Thursday October 2, 2025.
No, this is a 3 year agreement so all participating band booster clubs are guaranteed a camp site for 3 years once they create it.
Just submit the form at the bottom of your Band Booster Club page and a staff member of Camp Horroween will quickly reply.
Campsite Wood Sign in Campsite
The person who created Camp Horroween was a member of a state championship band, and so was his daughter; he also served for years on school boards. From his own experiences, he understands the tremendous benefits that music offers a student. He also realizes the costs involved in sustaining an elite quality music program at a high school. Camp Horroween was created to put a solid financial foundation, long term, under the bands that participate in bringing this terrifying haunted attraction to life in their areas.
C&M Amusement Company., a S.C. Midlands Company that has been in the Amusement Business for almost 5 decades. You can learn all about C&M by going to their website, www.classiccompanypicnics.com
There are 2 primary responsibilities for participating Band Booster Clubs. First, each Band Booster Club will be assigned a campsite in Camp Horroween. It will be the responsibility of the Band Booster Club to design and transform their campsite into the mass murder scene of the family that was sacrificed there.
2nd, each Booster Club will be responsible for providing about 20 people to staff Camp Horroween for one of the nights that it is open.
The RV's, campers, golf carts, boats, etc. that are used as props should be in very poor condition. There are families all over who have these sitting around who will gladly donate them to any High School Band for a fundraiser. Remember, according to the script, these camp sites have been sitting here for many years so they must look rough.........nothing that looks nice will work.
There is little to no costs involved for the band booster clubs to participate.
The plan is to open Thursday-Sunday nights for the entire month of October; this will give us about 20 nights operation. The haunted house industry is very large and Camp Horroween’s are very profitable. Our goal for areas the size of 1 million people and above is a minimum profit for each band of $15,000. For smaller areas less than 1 million people a minimum profit of $10,000 - $12,000. This is minimum and depending on the admission price, weather, and other factors it could go much higher.
The bottom line is this; the better job we do with creating and advertising Camp Horroween on social media the more profits we will make.
There will also be bonus money awarded to Booster Clubs who provide the highest quality campsites. The amounts of this bonus money and how it will be distributed will be decided in the forum.
Your members who love scary movies, haunted houses and horrors of all types. People who build props for high school bands are very creative, this should be very fun and easy for them.
No, a large viewing window will be cut out in the front of the campers where people look inside as they walk by.
The sky is literally the limit! For a haunted attraction Camp Horroween has the mother lode of frights; the complete arsenal is available to everyone who designs these campsites. First, this is an abandoned campground down deep in REAL woods. Designers have always had a field day terrorizing patrons way down in the deep, dark woods. EVERYBODY is scared of what MIGHT BE in those dark woods with its creepy sounds.
2Nd, this is a scene of a very large, multiple crime scene, brutal mass murder where nobody survived. The victims range from infant babies to 100 year old grandmothers; imaginations can literally run wild when these camp site scenes are created.
3Rd, these murders were carried out by members of a vicious satanic cult who make human sacrifices while disguised as demons, each with their own terrifying look. With this, demons of any kind or look are in play and can be used without limitations by designers.
4th, there can be all kinds of props used for indoor and outdoor scenes including campers, boats, old vehicles, old golf carts, old B-B-Q grills, clothes lines and any other items that would be found in a campground many years ago. The RV’s, campers, golf carts, boats, etc. that are used as props should be in very poor condition. There are families all over who have these sitting around who will gladly donate them to any High School Band for a fundraiser. Remember, according to the script, these camp sites have been sitting here for many years so they must look rough……...nothing that looks nice will work.
5th,We encourage the designers of these campsites to play to all senses, hearing, smelling, touching, seeing, etc…..it is impossible to make it too scary.
First, we define “terrifiers” as elite, very effective scare tactics that scare EVERYONE. Terrifiers make the people targeted feel “real fear”...breath-taking fear, for at least a few seconds. We encourage all of the designers to include some type of “terrifier” in their site, in fact, we recommend bonus money for booster clubs that use them. We have information on “terrifiers” involving spiders, scorpions, rats, bats, snakes and other creatures/things that can be created almost cost free. We will share this information with Band Booster Clubs in our website forum.
Yes, but travel trailers are much better and easier. Some designers may want to put up a small "pup" tent outside and make a scene or direct traffic with it. We don't recommend motor homes; it is too difficult to see in them from ground level and they are very hard to move if they don't run.
There are many advantages to doing a haunted campground instead of a haunted house. Here are a few:
1- The outside campground will make much higher profits than the indoor haunted house because it eliminates all of the staggering costs of fire sprinklers, very expensive electrical systems, escape doors and many other items that indoor haunted attractions require.
2- It provides a treasure trove of free “scare tactics” to use when designing and creating frights that are not available with an inside haunt. The deep dark woods where Camp Horroween is located terrifies many people even before they enter the campground; when the real fear starts.
3- The capacity per hour of guests going through the attraction in much higher outdoors.
4- There are virtually unlimited possible locations for a haunted campground. All you need is a large field (parking) with scary woods surrounding it.
5- When the season ends campers (props) can be sealed up and stored cost free until they are used at Camp Horroween next year. With a haunted house the property must be either bought or leased for the entire year and maintained in order to preserve the haunts inside of it for next year.
6- Parking is usually abundant when outside areas are used; not so around old homes.
7- There is very little costs involved when band booster clubs open a Camp Horroween and what little costs that are incurred can be paid in November once the season ends. Businesses are glad to help.
8- It is much, much easier and very simple to open a haunted campground outside. Haunted houses are much harder and more complicated to do. Haunted campgrounds are simple to set up, easy to operate and highly profitable.
Every Camp Horroween will have a Campground Manager that is hired and paid to oversee all details involving creating and operating their Camp Horroween location. This position is not complicated at all and is a perfect job for a parent/couple or grand parent/couple of one of the band members involved. Camp Horroween has created an excellent training program for these Campground Managers that provides them with a step by step check sheet that shows them exactly what to do from A to Z and also provides them with a help line where they can call and get expert answers to any situation that they may have. Keep in mind, patrons walk through Camp Horroween, buy concessions and buy tee shirts…...and that is it. With the right blueprint, and Camp Harroween has that, it is quite simple to do.
Camp Horroween staff also provides all tickets for admission, concessions, etc. and an online spreadsheet system that keeps up with all revenues as they come in. It is a great system that is very thorough and easy to follow.
Of course, all locations use the www.camphorroween.com website.
No. The band booster clubs get 80% and Camp Horroween gets 20%.
All RV’s and other campers must be in place by Sept. 15. The outside portion of the campsite will only be required to be “roughed in” with big items in place on Sept.15.
There will be a ‘dress rehearsal” on Sunday afternoon Sept. 20th. And a second one on Sept. 27 if needed. Everything, inside and outside must be in place and operational by Sept. 20th. We are representing band booster clubs here and we will have our plan down perfect before the doors open. Camp Horroween will open on Thursday October 2, 2025.
This is designed to be a permanent agreement that funds bands year after year. Once a band booster club is assigned a camp site, as long as they maintain it, it is theirs permanently. The popularity of haunted attractions never goes away.
It is very important to change out campsites often so return customers will come back in large numbers and Camp Horroween has a plan to address and accommodate this. Once Nov. 1 comes, Camp Horroween will add a new tab to its website: BUY, SELL, SWAP OR TRADE A CAMPSITE. Booster clubs can swap camp sites with other Camp Horroween locations and not have to build anything to have their Camp Horroween new. Booster clubs that enjoy building these campsites can build them and sell them to new clubs starting in other areas. Booster clubs should never have to build but one campsite but are not limited to that.
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