If you have never used a two way mirror in your haunted house then you are definitely missing out. If you are looking for one of the coolest halloween props for your haunted house that can be reused year after year and won't cost a fortune a two way mirror is perfect. I purchased a two foot by two foot mirror from a haunted house supplier for about twenty five dollars. I framed it with some left over trim from a remodeling job on my living room. There are just too many ways to use a two way mirror in a haunted house. My personal favorite is to hang it in front of a wall in a hallway. If you don't make your walls out of black plastic or a material that you can cut and get behind this may not work. I try to find a spot with enough room for a person to stand behind the plastic. Cut out the plastic behind the mirror about two inches smaller on each side than the size of the mirror. Now tape the back of the mirror to the plastic with duct tape. I usually tape another piece of plastic or a large trash bag that is wider than the mirror on the back side of the wall. Now get a good flashlight and put on a mask or face of your choice and stand with your face right up to the back side of the mirror. Put the piece of plastic you just taped up over your head to keep the flashlight from lighting up anything else. Hold the flashlight up to your face and wait. When people walk by the mirror just turn on the flashlight and your face will suddenly appear in the mirror out of nowhere. This is an awesome trick because people generally tend to focus on mirrors, and a face appearing in a mirror is usually pretty scary. A good way to use this is to put the mirror at the beginning of a long hallway. Cut a slit in the wall just past the mirror. Leave the hallway pretty dark except for a bright strobe light hanging from the ceiling. Now adjust the strobe light to flash very slow, so that everyone seems to move in slow motion. Now when your victims walk past flip the flashlight on and scare the crap out of them. Once they pass the mirror bust out of the wall where you cut the slit and follow them down the hall brandishing a knife or weapon of your choice. The strobe light will disorient them and make your approach look very distorted. Trust me this will scare the hell out of everyone. This trick works best if you dress like a well known slasher from a horror flick. If you feel real adventurous you can just hang the mirror up and let it be a regular mirror if all else fails. Out of all of the Halloween Props that I have used over the years my two way mirror has been my favorite Prop. It was inexpensive, multi-functional and has lasted for years.
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