Halloween Geek HQ — open all year

Your yard, haunted on purpose.

Plan your Halloween display in AR, dig into honest reviews of animatronics, fog machines and smart pumpkins, and read the lore of the craft — all year long. Built by collectors, for the people who start planning October on November 1st.

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A whimsical illustration of a Victorian house lit by jack-o-lanterns at twilight, with a friendly black cat on the porch and bats stippling a harvest moon
"The October Country… that country where it is always turning late in the year." — Bradbury
Features

Everything you need to build the haunt.

Plan in AR. Track props. Read the lore. Buy the right gear. Spooky Display is the planning command post for people who treat their yard like a stage.

AR Yard Preview

Point your phone at the yard. Drop a 12-foot skeleton, a ground-fog machine, three jack-o-lanterns. See it at scale before you pull the trigger.

Real Decor Reviews

Hands-on reviews of animatronics, fog machines, projection rigs, smart pumpkins, blow-mold collectibles. Star ratings that mean something.

Layout Planner

Save layouts. Compare configurations. Share a public version with your inner circle. Last year's plan becomes this year's starting point.

Lore & Articles

Deep dives on the history of yard displays, the rise of the 12-foot skeleton, blow-mold collecting, fog-machine science. Halloween geek HQ.

Year-Round Calendar

Halloween is twelve months wide. Friday-the-13ths in winter, summer-camp horror in July, Krampus in December. We're open all year.

Affiliate-Open Buy Links

Every prop links straight to Amazon and eBay so you can shop the look. We're transparent: yes, we get a small cut. No, it doesn't change the review.

Reviews

Hands-on with the good stuff.

Animatronics, fog machines, projection rigs, smart pumpkins, blow-mold collectibles. Tested in real yards. Shopped via Amazon & eBay.

The Lore

Stories, guides, and the history of the haunt.

Long-form Halloween geek writing. New pieces every couple weeks — year round, not just October.

Year-Round

Halloween is twelve months wide.

Off-season decor spotlights, Friday-the-13ths in dead winter, summer-camp horror in July, Krampus week in December. Tap a month for that month's theme.

JanFriday 13 + Snowy Spooky
FebGothic Romance
MarSpring Spooky
AprWalpurgisnacht
MayB-Movie Marathon
JunMidsummer Folk Horror
JulSummer Camp Horror
AugPre-Season Planning
SepSetup Sprint
OctPEAK SEASON
NovTake-Down + Plan Next
DecKrampus + Yule Horror
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