Eerie Hollow Cemetery

One of the things I love about the autumn is Halloween. Lisa and I took a drive up to Hookset, New Hampshire, to visit the Eerie Hollow Cemetery. Our Friend Denny Stanley had created his signature “Pumpkin Thieves”, and Lisa and I wanted to go see and photograph his home haunt. (Sadly, Denny moved to Las Vegas to do bigger haunted attractions.)

Equipment for creating a haunted video

We showed up on a foreboding afternoon with drizzle, making electrical connections dicey. My equipment would be a

• Canon 50D
• Sony Video Camera. The Sony was one of the last infrared models. (It could shoot in the dark)

To me, this made for a perfect tool for recording the haunted events that occurred this afternoon and into the evening. Even under the cloudy sky, we were able to use the Sony in night mode to create a creepy effect.

Each year, Denny designs the haunt concept and then builds the Cemetery from the ground up. His Pumpkin Thieves are his newest creations, and they were found throughout the Cemetery grounds.

The Pumpkin Thieves are not the only creatures stirring in this cemetery

Shooting with an old Sony Camera meant we did not have image stabilization, so the film did jump a bit naturally, like the Blair Witch Project. But during this dark grey afternoon, the night mode turned the landscape greenish (so much the better for a haunting)

The full video on Youtube

If you enjoyed the video, I’d love to hear from you, or if there is something you didn’t like, then I’d like to hear that also (Yes, it does happen… ) 🙂

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