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The best Halloween projectors compared: AtmosFX window ghost kits, budget window projectors, and Gemmy LED light projectors, plus how to set them up right.
Build a creepy carnival scene for Halloween: theme a killer-clown midway with striped color, red and green lighting, fog, eerie sound, and lurking clown props.
Build a witch scene for Halloween: stage a bubbling cauldron, an apothecary of potion bottles, green and purple light, and fog for a spellbinding lair.
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Spirit Halloween's Trash Bandit is a 3 ft 7 in radioactive-raccoon animatronic for 2026 at $149.99, with a pop-up scare, growls, and glowing blacklight decay.
Home Depot's John the Last Call Mixologist is a 6 ft animated bar skeleton for 2026 at about $179. See what it does, where to buy it, and if it is worth it.
Our honest Spirit Halloween 2 Ft 11 In Dead Humor review: a $124.99 rising clown that springs up laughing. We score this jump-scare animatronic 3.5 out of 5.
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