Halloween is one day of the year when people go bonkers. They participate in costume parties, play games, and watch late-night horror films to aggravate stimulation. However, what gives them the biggest kick is embellishing their homes with the larger-than-life outdoor Halloween décor.
These outdoor decorations could be inflatables, DIY projects, or massive effigies that people place outside their homes, bring to Halloween exhibition festivals, or exhibit displays for the amusement of neighbors and passersby. Below we look at 30 such displays where people went all-out with their larger-than-life Halloween displays.
Two giant skeletons welcome you to the Kraken house in Memphis.
Image: Instagram/Kraken House Nola
A DIY enthusiast carved 97 different pieces of foam to make a king-size Grim Reaper that everyone would want to have outside their house.
Image: Reddit/kevinb773
Two bodies hanging from a tree are as spooky as hell.
Image: Reddit/Anghel412
Ohio resident Amanda Destro Pierson turned her garage into a bloodthirsty Halloween monster.
Image: Facebook/Amanda Destro Pierson
Stranger Things-inspired outdoor Halloween decoration featuring floating Max Mayfield is truly terrifying.
Image: TikTok@horrorprops
North Syracuse-based couple revealed a skeleton pirate ship display which is the most elaborate Halloween decoration you’ll see.
Image: Stan Munro
This is by far the coolest Halloween decoration. It looks like a set from Walt Disney Studios.
Image: Halloween On Ambush
Thanks to Halloween decals, artist and photographer Christine McConnell turned her parents’ house into a gigantic monster with many eyes.
Image: Facebook/Christine McConnell
North Syracuse-based couple exhibited a massive dragon skeleton in their garden.
Image: Syracuse
James Faulk from Dallas created an unusual Ebola-themed décor to wreak havoc.
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30ft-tall spooktacular Frankenstein effigy by Ammon Smith, a Salt Lake City resident, is an eye-catching Halloween display.
Image: Facebook/Ammon Smith
Alan Perkins, an Ohio resident has bombarded his home with skeletons here, there, and everywhere.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween display by Kevin Byrne features 10-foot-tall Jack Skellington, Sally, and Oogie Boogie that any kid would love to have in their neighborhood.
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We can’t get over the sight of the gigantic dragon crawling on the roof at Tom Saltsman’s house.
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A Texas housewife got so much carried away with her slasher Halloween decorations that neighbors thought it to be real and called the cops.
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This 28.5-foot-long lighted replica of the Millennium Falcon on the roof of Colby Powell will be the favorite of geeky neighbors.
Image: Mike Senese/Makezine
UV-reactive toxic waste dump featuring skeletons rising from the barrels marks the return of the living dead.
Image: Reddit/UptonDide
UFO Halloween display by a Redditor featuring a shower curtain making the green beam to vacuum a cow can frighten any passerby.
Image: GnomeFetish
Another Redditor shared a picture of a creepy red monster sitting on top of a dilapidated home with fangs wide open and a tongue sticking out of its mouth.
Image: Reddit/Stabbing_in_the_dark
Redditor shares pictures of neighbor’s Halloween decorations featuring a hanging man, a red mannequin hanging upside down from a tree, and a swinging skeleton holding a creepy baby doll in her lap.
Image: Reddit/ Chez
Steven Novak’s Halloween slasher film-inspired gory decorations featuring gruesomely murdered mannequins were so realistic that it prompted Dallas police to pay multiple visits.
Image: Steven Novak
Redditor shares picture of neighbor’s Halloween décor featuring three spooky skeletons witnessing another skeleton pole dancing.
Image: Reddit/nomanknowsme
A larger-than-life Halloween decoration may not be physical in nature. It can be a digital entity made using a Holographic rear projection material screen and a projector.
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A man in Texas adorned his yard with an inflatable train featuring a big pumpkin, a ghost, and a black cat.
This SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween Display is so cool and will be a hit amongst kids.
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Imagine going to your Botanist friend and finding creepy skull sunflowers gazing at you.
Image: Beejay Oslon
Game of Thrones might be long over but its craze doesn’t seem to fade. This DIYer gave her porch a Game of Thrones Halloween makeover with an Iron Throne, a dragon, the Mother of Dragons, and other pop-culture references.
Image: Morena’s Corner
Brace yourself for this giant Halloween Cookie Monster display that invites brave trick-or-treaters to walk into the beloved character’s mouth to accept candy on Halloween.
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The Kindt family of Birmingham went one step further in decorating their yard that featured a huge skeleton with two enormous dinosaurs as its pets.
Atish Sharma is a seasoned journalist, theatre director, and PR specialist with over ten years of experience in print, electronic, and digital media, based in Shimla, India.
He's played pivotal roles as a field journalist at Hindustan Times and currently serves as the Managing Editor at Homecrux, where he writes on consumer technology, design, and outdoor gear.
When not working on his writing projects, Atish loves to explore new Kickstarter projects, watch cult classic films, interview designers, and ponder existential questions.