Hey, magic friends! I hope my opinion is helpful to you. If you'd prefer to watch my review, I have
a video on my YouTube channel reviewing it at EverConjuring, Haunted Magic Effects.
This is
absolutely one of my favorite effects to perform...in the cold (I'll explain below). The reason is
that it's not just another "magic trick". Sometimes I enjoy purely entertaining, which in this case
may mean scaring or potentially scarring, so be cautious who you perform this in front of! For me,
it's better presented with a haunted theme however, this can be used for your magical purposes as
well. In fact, with some slight creativity, I'm sure you could come up with a bunch of other uses
for this to suit your own style.
A quick note about the contents and instructions. It was
definitely one of the most thorough teachings of an effect that I have ever received. They literally
walk you step-by-step through everything. I doubt you'll have any questions after viewing. A great
thing they did was show a performance by someone who just learned how to do it and critiqued that
performance. There is an opportunity for young performers to really gain insight, I think that can
be immensely helpful and cool to be included. Also, I really enjoyed the method and to me, it's
just as fun to set up and perform as it is to experience with my audience. I haven't felt that way
with an effect in quite some time.
My one hang up is that it does require a jacket to
perform and I live in Florida, so It's very seldom I get to wear one. They do include a method to
perform it in a hoodie, which is a nice workaround but the jacket method is the most natural for me.
Usually, that would be a deal breaker but for this effect, it's still worth it. Also, some have
mentioned the noise problem, I haven't had an issue with this. What I do is first check it before I
perform to make sure it's not a problem and proceed from there. Now as far as the price, it was
worth it for me but you're going to have to be the judge of that for yourself. I don't think you'll
be disappointed. Have fun with it.