The kit was released by Polar Lights and included an LED allowing the manison to be lit. Well, that's all the motivation I needed right there. The bulb is a bright white one, and it didn't give the house a very eeire feeling so I painted it with some Tamiya clear yellow. That did the trick. A figure of Mother is included and she was painted with a blue skirt, green top, brownish/gray skin, and pale blue/gray hair. If you look close enough you can see her in the upstairs window...or at least her shadow.
The house is a hollow shell and assembles quickly. I painted the interior of it flat black tohelp keep the light inside. The instructions reccomend this color or silver.... 
I think silver would defeat the purpose and make it too bright. I used a lot of different techniques on this one, and even added bird pooh along the roof railing and the roof itself. Ground work was from Maus Werx. The trees came from the back yard several years ago when I was digging up saplings and keeping the roots. The dead tree leaves are from a silver birch tree I have in my yard. I harvest the little seed pods every year. They can be died in different colors or left as is for dead leaves. The kit gives you the option of using the included small stair case/steps, or building up a base as I did, to use the larger one which is also included. I used pink rigid insulation foam sheeting for my base as its light weight and easy to shape/cut. I cut a hole in the bottom to allow access to the LED power pack so I can turn it on and off as needed. I painted it flat black with apple barrel acrylics and then covered it with sanded tile grout mixed with white glue. Once dry I sprayed Woodland Scenics Scenic Glue over the entire thing and added the Maus Werx ground cover. It took a couple of applications to get everything covered. I added the kit base and blended it into the surrounding terrain. A little paint and additional ground items completed it. Hope you enjoy my tribute to one of the classic horror movies around. Thanks, "Q" 
ps. I should peobably mention that is HO scale, so adding a figure of Norman would be very easy. Just find one in the railroad section and give him a knife...
