The horror and hard work behind some of Alberta’s Halloween haunts

Watch your step as you head inside this garage in Calgary's southeast. Here, this is the forgotten gas station type theme. This 19-year-old home haunt creator says he started transforming his garage into this haunted manor in August. He says it took about 60 hours to complete. Yeah, just the passion in me, like I just love Halloween. It's like the biggest thing I do just all year. Everything I do, I'm always looking to buy new stuff. I'm always making videos online throughout the year. Yeah, each one of these. Are actually family members? Well, the names of, not the real family members of Edmontonian Josh Hanisak. He says his goal is to make people feel like they're walking through a real crypt filled with bodies. They think there's people around and things are happening, but they just scare themselves because it does look so realistic. Hanisak is also the president of the Canadian Haunters Association. He says interest has grown in recent years. Especially beyond the traditional haunted house. It's not just about scaring people. It's the whimsicalness of it. It's the creativeness of it. It's not simply just how much of a scare, how loud can you scream? And I think people are starting to really realize that. And the crowd seemed to love his work too. Hanisak is expecting hundreds of people to walk through his crypt on Halloween. Back in Calgary, Schultz says he's drawn to themes that are scary, but also fun. The main ones I love is there's the clown theme behind me, I have the graveyard, I have this bar theme, and yeah, there's tons of awesome themes I do. Creating some extra mayhem and magic on All Hallows' Eve. Pauline Underwood, CBC News, Calgary.