More From The Haunt Next Door

Love this IG account, documenting various home haunts from different areas and towns.

Click here to see a ton more.

Give Me Something Good To Eat

We found these at Michael’s today.  Huge fan of Mike and Ike’s, so it was great to see a seasonal sour version in the colors of Halloween.

Orange And Green

Perfect together.

Image by Orland Park Birdie Girl.

It's Almost Time...

Going to be taking Petrified Jack down soon so the Haunt can go up.  I love that this guy has been around since 2014.  I've used him most years since then to let the neighborhood know the Haunt will be coming.

He always looks startled that he won't be part of the big show...

Signs Of The Builders In Salem

We were driving around at night in Salem heading to a really neat speakeasy called Deacon Giles and decided to take the long way.  There were so many houses decorated for Halloween and we were pulling over to observe and savor them.  It was a chilly night with a light rain on the way, so we wanted to get as much in as possible before settling in for some cocktails.  

Up ahead we saw a beautiful orange glow coming from the most perfect house.  Outlined in orange bulbs with jackos peering from every window, we parked and walked over to really enjoy the atmosphere of this inviting home.  Off to the left side of the house we noticed some dark purple lighting and corn stalks.  It was a patch of homemade scarecrows, growing in the dark crop of stalks.  There was an animated scarecrow prop speaking words of doom.  It was really spectacular.  Overloaded with detail and truly spooky.

I was studying a large scarecrow in the back row when I noticed something familiar with his wooden arms and twined-up joints.  This was the work of some creatures known as The Builders.  It had to be.  One scarecrow even had a red sepulcher carved out of its abdomen, but in this one a glowing red heart and not a candle.  Over there was a droopy pumpkin-headed scarecrow...  and over there was a headless one.  

Embellishment aside, it was absolutely wonderful to see someone's yard inspired by my 2022 Haunt.  It all looked incredible and had its own voice.  We didn't want to leave.  We walked back and forth, triggering the talking scarecrow way too many times.  We studied every detail of this beautiful Halloween home.

As an aside, we drove to a local CVS to get some paper so we could leave a note letting them know how much we loved their display.  Hopefully it didn't blow away in the rain.

Here are some photos and a really neat video.

Porch Decor

Starting to see some nice decorations in the neighborhood.  Lots of Ghouls and spider webs (and the big furry spiders who made them).  We're the first with string lights on the block.  Hopefully it starts to spread.  

Day And Night

Orange And Black

Lanternmania

Image source.

Scattered Leaves And Tattered Cloth

The Path

In The Fog...

 

Purple And Orange

Click here for a video.

Images by Marc Perrella.

Sidewalk Sentinels

Image by wdzinc.

Kinda Perfect

Image by apollo0506.

Revisiting Goblin Creek

In addition to having the coolest Haunt name, there's some sweet magic occurring below.  Love the colors.

More images here.

The Shot

There's always that one shot that sums it all up and captures what the Haunter intended for their display.

The below is totally that shot.

Click here for a few more.

Purple Or Orange

I thought this was GREAT.
Apparently there are LED light strings that can alternate between orange and purple...  this Haunter has posted a ton of pics and I have two below.

Click here to see the rest...and decide which you like better.

Halloween Fruit

I've seen this photo a lot over the years searching for blog material...and every time I see it I imagine the reaction kids must have as their eyes fall upon it... the bananas already starting to turn brown around the eyes and mouths...the oranges drying out on the surface, with their celery stalk stems' earthy flavor clashing with the sweetness of the oranges.


There are three possibilities as to who initially invented these:
1. Someone who doesn't understand children.
2. Someone who hates children.
3. A Nun.

As a kid, I probably would have belly-flopped on the table without thinking.

Halloween Night Pumpkin Hunting