Today I hit a Halloween story, and a couple cheap-o stores for props and ideas on the spookier side of horror film props. I've always felt that Halloween is the best holiday ever. Kids get to dress up like whatever they want, and adults get to dress up like kids. It's all about candy and pretending you're someone else. It's fantastic and what's not to love?
It's also a damn handy time to be in pre-production for a no-budget horror film. The most I spent was $19 for an entire foam human skeleton. It's a smidge undersized, but it never appears in the same shot as a real person, so it's pert near perfect.
Beyond that I picked up faux cobwebs for a long locked up room, a baggie of severed fingers, and plastic jars that will stand in nicely for glass ones in a pinch. It's friggin' perfect. I'll also be hitting the after Halloween sales on the back end to see if anything super cheap made it through the season.
Ok, so technically $19 for a skeleton isn't "no-budget," but compared to the usual horror film budget, $19 is non existent. I still maintain my no-budget cred. Just don't tell the actors. You know, the ones I'm not paying? ok?
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