Early September Yard Haunters

We were driving home from a date last night when I caught a glimpse of purple and orange lights down a side street.  I gave the ghoulfriend a bit of a start when I exclaimed "WOAH! Turn the car around!"

Pulling into the side street we were treated with a wonderful sight! A full-fledged yard haunt, and we aren't even a week into September yet!

(notice Sam from Trick R Treat in the window!)

Here's a quick video of the lights in action:

It was such a wonderful treat to stumble upon such a sincere display of Halloween spirit.  It absolutely made our night!  Come October, I think I'll leave a Great Pumpkin Project pumpkin for them. They clearly have the spirit of the season, and those headstones are seriously asking for a jack-o'-lantern

Snowed-in

 Photos by Matt Carroll

Click here for full album

Wrong Turn

By OleSamhain

It's hotter than Hell out here

A fairly consistent heat index of 100+ for the past several weeks.

I hope all those people who claim to "love Summer" get heatstroke. 

Awesome art by James Bousema (@james_bousema)

The Orange Ones

And they- the orange ones, large and small

who all sleep in their earthly beds 

will soon wake and open their triangle eyes

once the primordial fire spreads.

Photo and poem by @Obscura_Hortus

ElmParkHaunter's Groundbreakers

Three awesome skeletal groundbreakers by @elmparkhaunt on Instagram!

Bucket-heads

Yard haunt by David T Janasiak in Caledonia Wisconsin.  I love how overgrown this looks.

Photos are from his Instagram: @dtjanasiak

Merry Christmas from The Crop

I've traveled to my hometown for Christmas to visit family.  Back in 2021, I gave them some of my Halloween props from that year's yard haunt. 

I had forgotten, until I walked into the basement den...

My corpsecrows have been Christmas-ified by my mother! Such a fun surprise! Look how excited they are for the holidays. 

I always figured that I'd be the only one in my family with a basement full of dead bodies... Turns out my mother beat me to it. 

At least I know where I get it from. 

Darkrose Manor (2010)

Truly inspiring layout from Darkrose Manor.  So many natural elements, so much overgrowth.  Hard to imagine this being in the middle of a residential neighborhood... it looks like it's in the middle of the woods!  There is just an overwhelming amount of detail to take in.  

Full album here.  Take a look at the night photos album for 2010 as well.

Be sure to visit the Darkrose Manor blog and their website too!

Endless Drinking Skeleton

Super cool fountain prop! It's the same kind of whimsical pirate-y stuff one might see in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride (a childhood favorite).

Click below for the tutorial and to see it in action!

Grim Thimble

Truly incredible and whimsical paper mache props by Eric (@grimthimble_halloween)

Rotting Reign

Instagram: @rotting_reign

Scarecrow Lanterns

 by Dustin Drerup of Beast Craft Props

Images and video taken from his Instagram: @beastcraftprops

Coffin Corpse

Currently obsessed with this prop from the Grim Hollow 2008 haunt.

Photos by Grim Graham.  Click here for the album.  

Amazing corpses by HallowJean

Check out these incredibly lifelike props.  Really awesome work.  

"Beatrice has the brown hair, AJ is the bald one and Charlie is the one with black hair. Beatrice is our newest member being made 2 years ago, Charlie is our eldest being made 6-8 years ago (I forget!)"

Put on some Al Bowlly and snuggle up

Check out @hallow_jean on Instagram for more great prop work.