The Most Over-the-Top Decorated Homes for Halloween

Scared of being basic? Just because your trick-or-treating days have come and gone doesn’t mean you can’t embrace Halloween with frighteningly fun decor. Whether you’ve been haunting the web for festive inspiration or you’re just ready to get into the spooktacular spirit, check out these delightfully over-the-top decorated homes for Halloween.

Forestridge Haunted Yard

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IT’s Scary Fun

Question: is there anything scarier than a creepy clown? Answer: yes – a gazebo full of creepy clowns! The Forestridge Haunted Yard in Coquitlam, BC features a crowd of giggling, ghoulish clowns as part of a home display in support of Variety – The Children’s Charity.

house exterior at night with orange and purple Halloween lights

Forestridge Haunted Yard

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Halloween Night Lights

When night falls, the Forestridge Haunted Yard house lights up with ghosts, goblins and other eerie characters from roof to sidewalk.

red skull monster entryway with skeletons inside

Anmore Manor Haunted House/Ken Honigman

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Jaw-Dropping Fun

When ghoulish themes meet artistic decor, the result is monstrously charming. The annual Anmore Manor Haunted House in Anmore, BC uses enchantingly realistic decorations and creatures to transform a home into a walkthrough haunt experience – with donations welcome in support of the local Share Society.

Halloween graveyard display on white house with front porch

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Creepy From the Ground Up

Take note: the illusion of zombies and other other-worldly creatures crawling out of the grave (or the front yard) adds hair-raising fun to an over-the-top Halloween display.

zombie figures on car in front yard of green house

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Walking Wicked

RIP, ho-hum Halloween decor. This unreal display from The Halloween House of RVC takes undead inspiration to the next level with zombies, tombstones and a totally terrifying tableau.

green porch at night with zombie decorations

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A Spirited Light Show

Are you afraid of the dark? Don’t be! At night, The Halloween House of RVC comes even more to life with a mix of colourful lights enhancing the spooky atmosphere.

giant black fake spiders on white spiderwebs on green hedges

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Spooky Sidewalks

Who says you need to limit your Halloween spirit to your front door? Gardens, driveways and sidewalks are the perfect canvas for over-decorating in honour of Halloween. The bigger, the better.

light-up ghosts and zombie robot in front of house

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Inflatable Apparitions

Go big and go haunt. Inflatable, light-up ghosts make a hauntingly big impact at the door, especially when combined with other illuminated elements.

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No Bones About It

Another way to make light of classic macabre figures? Add some decorative skeletons to your front yard display for a boo-tiful effect.

cobwebs and skull in white living room with fireplace

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Scary Stylish

Dramatic decorations don’t always have to be big and bright – or outside. The trick to seriously stylish spooks? Treat your home to Halloween-themed details that match and enhance your year-round decor, like white skulls and cobwebs covering your neutral-hued space.

orange and white hanging lights at front door of house

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Illuminate and Enchant

Another sophisticated spin on over-the-top, this house gets in the festive spirit with strings of hanging pumpkin-tone lights making a big impact for trick-or-treaters and passersby alike.

green and an orange pumpkins with realistic faces

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Next-Level Pumpkins

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with turning to pumpkins to decorate your home at Halloween – especially if you make them extra ghastly…

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Smoke Show

…or otherworldly, like this creative spin on the classic Jack-o’-lantern.

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A Play on the Pumpkin Patch

A few Jack-o’-lanterns look cool, but hundreds of glowing pumpkin faces make any space look absolutely eerie.

hundreds of pumpkins in front of dark house

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The Power of Pumpkins

Of course, if you want to be totally over-the-top, you don’t even have to get out your carving knife – a massive quantity of pumpkins adds a hocus-pocus feel, too.