Stupid things people do when they are scared

Being in the makeup effects industry we can say we have almost "seen in all", when it comes to the way the public reacts to being scared. Some people do the craziest things when they are genuinely frightened. We have witnessed screaming, crying, punching and other acts of violence, urination, defecation, going into labor, freezing motionless on the spot, histrionics, uncontrollable shaking, and much more.
The violent and angry reactions, like punching are of course, the hardest to take. There is nothing stronger than a pumped up 14 girl with an adrenaline kick from being scared of your character, beware! LOL!

So if you are in the scare industry, and are new to it.. Please note, some peoples first reaction is to lash out. Understand this and perform safely out of range if you can.

What is the funniest/weirdest reaction you have ever gotten while wearing a foam latex appliance, like ours?

Post here  and let us know. We love to hear the Halloween haunted industry stories...

Happy Haunting!
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Henry: The Ballad Of The Scream Team Shop Dog

Henry's motto: Naps Solve All Problems

We, at The Scream Team love animals. In fact, we sometimes make a decision on a stranger's character solely based on what Henry, (The Scream Team Basset Hound) thinks of them. (Luckily, Henry's opinions of others usually rests completely on the person's willingness to rub his belly. Go figure. )

Henry likes to be in the mix of things around the shop. His nickname is "speed bump", because of unique proclivity to lay exactly in your walking path. It's his non verbal way of telling us to, "Slow down! take it easy."

"But why does it smell so bad?"

At one point, a cup blood red colored latex got tipped over and a bit of it landed on sweet ole Henry's posterior. And it was not noticed until late in the day when we worried he might have been hurt. "Is that BLOOD?? Is Henry BLEEDING??" Nope. Liquid Latex...DRIED. into. the. dog fur. We combed, brushed and even super-solved the area. And decided that since it didn't hurt Henry, we should leave his poor hindquarters alone. In fact, it became his Halloween makeup effects badge of honor!


We have not trained King Henry to run foam yet, due to his annoying lack of opposable thumbs. Yet his zen-like ability to nap in the make-up chaos keeps us all centered during the busy Halloween rush.

"See, belly rubs are magic!"

The creation of foam latex appliances can be difficult, tedious and requires much dedication to produce the quality of products we have become known for. It's nice to look down and see that Henry approves of all of our hard work.
It's good to be the king.


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The Sacred Coven of Ovens & The "Name Our Ovens" Contest

We want to interact with our customers, fans, and general scary folk a bit more. So blogging seems to be a good way to share what's in our dark little hearts.

To begin this we want to discuss: ovens. "Ovens? WTF?", you ask? We shall elaborate. We use ovens to bake our foam latex appliances...FYI. We have some fancy-schmancy ovens used most often in "clean rooms" and such. These ovens are kind of like owning a Jaguar. Yes, they can respond well and do the job, BUT like fancy cars--when they break down or need repair you will be in for a ride!

fancy yet unnamed foam latex oven

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We had one repair "specialist" said he can indeed fix our one beloved-but-busted oven-- but he will need XX amount down, travel time pay, and a freakin' TRUCK FEE. (Whatever the hell that means..)  Damn, dude! We might as well buy a new oven...
So we will dutifully trudge along until Monday with our remaining ovens and pray we can haul it ourselves to the manufacturer for repair. Annoying yes, but necessary.

Okay,now the fun part! We at The Scream Team tend to anthropomorphize our stuff. We want new names for our sacred Scream Team Foam Running Ovens! You come up with the best names for our Main Trio of (large Tardis blue-colored) ovens! The winning set of names gets a Scream Team Instructional DVD!!

Email us with your ideas!

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