LINKS PAGE
Some links and friends of ours


Haunted House and Haunt Industry



Scream as One! IAHA is the official association for everyone in the haunted house industry. Free Spirit Enterprises/Nightmare Park are proud members and have been since the beginning.



The Halloween Haunt Vendor Association is an association for vendors, promoting communication and quality for the members. You can be sure that when you deal with an HHVA member, you are dealing with a company with a good track record of quality and customer service.



California Haunters Society, home and pro haunts. Monthly meeting with a fun group.



Fun chats with other haunters and some celebrities.



A Myspace type for haunters. Very well done and a lot of familiar faces. Me likey.



The Ghoulish Gallery makes an excellent line of classic pictures that change ghoulishly when you walk by. Nightmare Park is quite proud to call Tim Turner a good friend and recommends his product line highly.



Johnson Animatronics makes excellent animatronics at a reasonable price with top notch quality. Nightmare Park is glad to know the entire Johnson family and will be proudly using their animatronics.



San Diego FX Studio makes a great line of props and custom orders. John Hart's kickbutt work has found itself in places you may not expect. Good people, solid vendor and a proud HHVA founding member.



Abracadaver Studios are the wizards of fiberglass and foam sculpturing. Larry Carr is also another solid vendor and proud HHVA member.



Gore Galore makes a huge variety of props, figures and most anything you want. Kevin Alvey is quite solid and respected in the industry for sheer integrity. Kevin is also one of the main founders of HHVA.Gore Galore is also the main distributor for Dark Matter and upcoming CDs and I am frankly honored that Dark Matter is used on the Gore Galore DVD catalog.



Dark Attractions makes a wide variety of items from full haunts to various props and major assemblies. Their spinning tunnel is quite famous in the haunt industry.



Bloody Mary makes the finest makeup for the haunt industry and anywhere. ven the US military has a contract with her for camouflage makeup due to it being nontoxic and hypoallergenic and easier to use than traditional camouflage makeup.



The Spookyprops Chainsaw is reknowned in the industry as the first electronic chainsaw that can compete with a real chainsaw while making the fire marshall happy.



Doug Higley's fantastic book about Scary Dark Rides is a must read for all.



A fantastic haunted house. Nightmare Park has been involved with this haunt for many years and is pleased to urge everyone to visit.



A very fun Orange County haunted house. For 08, the format changed entirely to a vastly entertaining concept. Who knows what surprises are in store for 09?



The Facility at Castle Park is a postnuclear nightmare future haunted house. Very in your face and lots of fun.


Just Plain Fun



THE world's best news aggregator. A wicked sense of humor, great people and a good time to be had by all.



Nightmare Park's favorite movie studio. Haxan Films is best known for The Blair Witch Project but they also have some other fantastic movies worth watching.



THe cultural jamming encyclopedia. Good fun all around.



Archive.org, one of the best research tools. Media that belongs to the world and the amazing Wayback Machine, a copy of the entire Internet from the dawn of time.



A blast from the past if you enjoy the windows into times past of photographs.



The dead Media Project. Now gone but utterly fascinating forms of long gone media


Amusement Park



Great discussions about west coaster amusement venues. I run a trivia game on here sometimes.



THE news aggregator for amusement park news.



THE best place to find information about the NY 64 and 65 World's Fair.



The world's largest fairgrounds at over 500 acres.



A website that pulls no punches about Disney news. We prefer it over sites that merely osculate the rump area. Want the REAL Disney news? Here is where you need to go


Apple ][ Park


Apple2.org 
Apple ][ Forever. Nightmare Park uses Apple 2s in robotics and controlling applications. Far more versatile than a basic STAMP, find out more about this great computer. Plus find out about the fabled Mark Twain.

A2 Central
Nother great Apple 2 website. Eric Sheppy programs now for Be Computer.
Check out the music for Lemonade Stand, Castle Wolfenstein 3D GS and Ultima I GS :)


Other Links
Ed Alonzo 
A great magician, actor and all around nice guy, Ed you may have seen on the TV show Saved By The Bell and performing good magic at the Knott's Halloween Haunt.

Contraband Entertainment 
Our favorite software company. Contraband creates for your Mac and anything else needed.

El Dorado Games 
Need classic arcade games or to get them repaired or parts? This is *THE* place to go.

ExpressPCB.com 
For circuit board design, this website is fantastic. Download their their free software and to make 3 copies of a small board is just $62. All of the Nightmare Park circuit boards are being run through this company.

MAME.Org 
Mame, Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Good freeware. Some of my older games are on it, too.

6502.Org 
6502, the best processor ever made. Nightmare Park electronics and robotics love to u se this processor.

Ensoniq Heaven
Nightmare Park Music Studios uses two Ensoniq ESQ-1's as the main axes. Find out more about the classic synthesizer used by Skinny Puppy, Black Tape For A Blue Girl and other industrial groups.

Sykotik Sinfoney 
Sykotik Sinfoney, one of THE craziest bands you will EVER hear. Manic Depresso is highly recommended.

Droomvlucht (Dreamflight) 
This is about the most incredible themed ride in the world at a park which is far more beautiful than the Disney parks, De Efteling. The page is in Dutch though.

Tony Gonzalez Interview 
Old interview about my arcade game design days.

Culture Jammer's Encyclopædia
Fun for everyone, the Cultural Jammer's Encyclopædia has something for those of you who can think outside the box.

Electric Lemon Records
Great music for your haunt and circus.

Negativland 
Fantastic cultural jamming music group. Nother great mind expansion.

Amusement Safety .org 
The Herrera Safety Group is now Amusement Safety. It is mainly concerned with safety at entertainment venues. upcoming HAPIMS program will be utilized by Nightmare Park to achieve a higher degree of safety for guests and employees alike. If you are a haunted attraction owner, this program is worth your time to check out.


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