A photo backdrop gave the impression that "you were being attacked by birds," Fiscus said, like Tippi Hedren in the classic Hitchcock film The Birds.
Above the bar, a decor piece with blanched tree branches and birds had an eerie Edgar Allan Poe feel.
A champagne serving station for sponsor Moët Hennessy featured a grave site ice sculpture that read: “R.I.P. C. Moet 1683-1760.” Icy hands reaching up completed the scary scene.
Also at the 2009 gala, performers dressed as pregnant women opened papier-mâché bellies to reveal tiny puppet shows.
A trio of roving characters in illuminated swan headdresses made their way throughout the event space. By moving their arms, the performers made the ghostly swans appear to fly.
Described as a “skeletal spectacle,” Redmoon Theater’s 2012 Halloween party in Chicago featured dozens of the bony Halloween icons, and planners created unique ways to combine food and entertainment. At a s’mores station, two performers in lingerie and face makeup warmed chocolates over candles in a bathtub; blowtorches were used to sear the marshmallows.
New York's Bounce Sporting Club has partnered with Jägermeister to serve Wicked Black Forest Punch throughout the month of October. The Halloween-inspired punch combines the German digestif and kirschwasser brandy with passionfruit, pineapple, and orange juice, and other ingredients including hibiscus and ginger beer.
