Castle Entrance

The **Castle Entrance** was one of two themes created by *Spirit Halloween* for the 2007 Halloween season and one of four themes displayed for the 2008 Halloween season. It resembled the front of an old stone castle with various props and animatronics sitting in the windows and on the ledges.

## Animatronics

* Animated Hanging Clown
* Dancing Clown
* Kicking Legs
* Mad Scientist Spirit Ball
* Rising From the Grave Grim Reaper
* Spazm
* Talking Clown Head

## Light and Sound Props

* 3 Foot Evil Clown
* Hanging Banner Reaper

## Props

* 6 Foot Hanging Clown
* Demon Guard
* Evil Owen Doll
* Face Lift Hanging Head
* Hanging Possessed Girl
* Life-Size Hanging Clown
* Life-size Hanging Reaper
* Red Latex Winged Demon
* Saw Bladed Hanging Head
* Sitting Clown Demon
* Tortured Torso (2007)
* Voodoo Zombie

## *Fright Squad’s* Description

“This castle could hold a fair princess in the highest tower or decaying prisoners in the lowest dungeon. The package includes towering pillars and ledges fit for a king’s entrance.”

**Pricing:**

**Castle Entrance Package: $225**

* Installation available upon request
* Add shipping and taxes where applicable.

* Height: 7’ Length and width may vary. Pillars and ledges can be placed per your needs.

**Pillars measure:**

* Height: 7’ Length: 2’ Width: 2’

**Ledges measure:**

* Height: 3’ Length: 3’ Width: 2’

**Castle Entrance Package includes:**

* 1 Pillar and Ledge Set – Includes (6) 7’x2’x2’ pillars and (4) 3’x3’x2’ ledges composed of stone printed, corrugated cardboard

## Trivia

* This display is extremely similar in design and layout to the Haunted House Entrance Display from 2006.
* The setup manual for this display never changed design from the original 2006 Haunted House Entrance Display despite the actual display changing in design to a castle.
* This theme is very similar to the Spirit Acre Farms, S.S. Rip Tide, Reaper's Island Village Halloween Factory Assembly Line and Reaper's Monster Laboratory themes, where as both the front and back themes are meant to complement each other.
* In 2008 the display was themed as “The Circus is Coming to Town” with multiple clown props and other props dressed up like clowns on display. This was essentially Spirit Halloween’s first clown theme, two years before Cirque Du Spirit debuted.
* This display is part of a series of displays called Entrance Tunnels. They were meant to start immersing the customers into the store experience.
* The Castle Entrance and the Tree Tunnel are the only themes ever to appear 2 times in different years.
* The display was set up in the lobby of the Southwest Airlines Headquarters as part of a partnership with the company.

## Gallery

2007 Display with Mad Scientist Spirit BallTortured Torso (2007), Spazm, and Demon Guard in 2007 displaySeen in 2007 with leftover Chester the Chest Ripper2008 Display with misplaced Grim Reaper (2008)Dancing Clown and Voodoo Zombie in 2008 display2008 Display with leftover Poseable ScarecrowSetup in 2008 store windows6 Foot Hanging Clown in 2008 displayRed Latex Winged Demon in 2008 displaySpazm in 2008 display2008 DisplaySaw Bladed Hanging Head in 2008 displayFeatured on Modern Marvels TV show2008 Display2008 DisplayLeftover display seen in 2009In shipping boxSetup manual illustration showing Haunted House Entrance DisplaySetup in Southwest Airlines Headquarters lobby