Darkvale's shop dresses up for Halloween...

A year ago versus today - most of the filth is fake, anyway.

A year ago versus today - most of the filth is fake, anyway.

Darkvale Studios' production shop, which to the untrained eye may look like a common two car garage in the heart of suburbia, has hosted some colorful projects in years past.  Props for film and television, theme park and haunted house projects, even a human powered flying(ish) machine have passed through its doors and under the puzzled gazes of concerned neighbors.  But this Halloween, the shop itself will get to participate in the Hallow's Eve hijinks as it transforms into a single scene mad science lab experience for the local trick or treaters, their parents, and even smug neighborhood teenagers to enjoy.  Our humble shop will come alive with bubbling lab equipment, flying sparks, humming Tesla coils (okay, just one Tesla coil, but it's a big one), and even a 24" tall Van de Graaf generator (Google it.  Makes your hair go all Jackson Five if you use it right).   Film and pics will be made available here as it all comes together, and for those in Southwestern Orlando during October weekends, it will become available for visitation in the next couple of weeks.   Here at Darkvale Studios, we pull out all the stops for Halloween, but make no mistake, we plan to totally phone it in for Christmas.