The House at Haunted Hill
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 Jack narrates The House at Haunted Hill. | |
| Location | Woodland Hills, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°08′59″N 118°35′48″W / 34.1496373°N 118.5965743°W |
| Opened | October 31, 2000 |
| Operated by | Matt Ford, Lori Merkle Ford |
| Theme | Ghosts |
| Operating season | Fall |
| Website | Official website |
The House at Haunted Hill is a high-tech haunted attraction at a home in Woodland Hills, California. The attraction, technically a yard haunt, showcases a mixture of age-old tricks such as Pepper's ghost, and advanced special effects and multi-channel audio.
The show began as a simple yard display of tombstones and a few yard lights. Beginning in 2001, effects similar to The Haunted Mansion ride from Disney appeared in the display along with many Haunted Mansion soundtrack elements. As the attraction proved popular, the show's producers decided to create a unique story.
Lori Merkle Ford created the basic story line in the spring of 2007, which revolved around a young Hollywood starlet of the 1930s who had just married a shady Hollywood screenwriter. Ed Valentine, a prominent television screenwriter, was contracted to develop the script, and pre-production began in full earnest in June 2007. Christopher Hoag, an Emmy-nominated composer, joined the production team shortly thereafter, and about a month later the fully developed score and story were finished.[1]
Corey Burton, famous for his rendition of Paul Frees at The Disney Haunted Mansion, came on board to provide the voice of "Jack", the show's narrator, whose character is manifested as a giant talking pumpkin.
The show was created and produced by Matt Ford, an Emmy-winning lighting designer, and Lori Merkle Ford, a singer, actor and dancer, both based in Los Angeles.[2][3]