For haunt owners, the success of a haunted attraction extends beyond the screams and scares. In today’s digital age, creating shareable moments has become a vital and fun aspect of enhancing the overall experience.
Creating photo opportunities around your haunt encourages guests to capture and share their frightening adventures with friends. If you’re looking for ways to create immersive photo ops or a haunted house photo booth, you’ve come to the right place.
Haunted House Photo Booths
One way to provide guests with shareable moments is by incorporating haunted house photo booths into your attraction. These designated areas allow guests to strike a pose and capture their haunted house experiences in a fun and memorable way. Here are some ideas to consider:
- Spooky Props: Set up a station with props like skeletons, ghoulish masks, or a witch’s hat. Encourage guests to get creative with poses and props and have fun with it. Check out our guide to DIY prop building if you’re looking for ideas to stock up your new photo booth.
- Thematic Backgrounds: Set up different backdrops that align with the haunted theme, like a haunted forest, a decrepit dungeon, or a fog-filled graveyard. Ensure the lighting is atmospheric to add an extra touch of suspense.
- Interactive Elements: Incorporate interactive elements like a motion-activated jump scare or a surprise appearance from a lurking ghoul to make the photo booth experience truly memorable.
Immersive Photo Ops
To make the entire haunted attraction an opportunity for amazing photo ops, you could integrate immersive experiences that encourage visitors to capture the frightful moments throughout their journey. For example:
- Scare Cam: Install scare cams throughout your haunt to capture the reactions of your visitors when they least expect it. These candid shots can be instantly shared or uploaded to a photo gallery for guests to download and relive their spine-tingling encounters.
- Themed Zones: Create designated areas within your attraction that feature visually striking scenes or interactive elements, perfect for guests to pause and snap some selfies. Think haunted hallways, eerie creature encounters, or chilling scenes of the supernatural.
- Unique Perspectives: Design elements that allow guests to view the haunted house from unique angles or heights, such as elevated walkways, hidden passages, or ghostly mirrors, encouraging them to take fun photos along the way.
Haunting Backdrops
Integrating haunting backdrops throughout your attraction or around your venue can encourage guests to take selfies. Consider these ideas:
- Graveyard Wall: Create a backdrop resembling a haunted cemetery wall, complete with moss-covered tombstones, eerie mist, and ghostly shadows.
- Mirror, Mirror: Incorporate haunted mirrors that glow or distort reflections to create an eerie effect.
- Signature Character Photo Ops: Include memorable scare actors/characters in the fun and set up dedicated photo ops. Guests will be excited to meet their favorite characters and snap a quick photo.
As a haunt owner, creating shareable moments within your attraction is a great way to enhance guest engagement and extend your reach through social media platforms. By incorporating haunted house photo booths, immersive photo ops, and haunting backdrops, you can encourage guests to capture their experiences and share them with the world.
Did you know that HauntPay makes it easier than ever to encourage social media engagement through Social Media Discounts? When guests share your haunt on their social media platform of choice they can receive an immediate discount. This goes a long way in encouraging your guests to share your haunt with their followers.
