Halloween enthusiasts have said “you can never have too much” as they fill their properties with thousands of spooky decorations.
Lee Morris, 52, and Linda Morris, 59, from Eltham, south east London, who annually decorate their entire home and garden, said seeing their family’s faces is “priceless”.
Mr and Mrs Morris said “you can never have too much” after they decorated their house from floor to ceiling with Halloween banners, ornaments and life-size cut-outs of famous scary characters such as Pennywise.
Pictures show their kitchen cabinets and fridge plastered with red and white tape that reads “Danger! Keep Out!” while their garden has displays of plastic gravestones to mimic a cemetery.
Mr Morris told PA: “Our motto when designing for Halloween and Christmas is ‘you can never have too much’ and that is the same with attention.”
The couple have been collecting decorations for five years, but said the “bug really took hold” about two years ago.
“We are a big Christmas house so starting early for Halloween and adding the same magic seemed a natural progression,” Mr Morris said.
“Being able to use our creative flair with no limit or boundaries, with a large and close family it gives them a sense of surprise every time they visit and the looks on their faces is priceless.”
Mr Morris and his family love horror films, which inspired them to start decorating the whole house for Halloween memorabilia for the entirety of October.
“From an early age we have always enjoyed horror films. This love of these films has made it a natural progression to turn our home into our own Halloween house across October,” he said.
The couple said they regularly attend car boot sales, visit charity shops and browse Facebook Marketplace to find of decorations.
“We work on zones of ghosts, pumpkins, skeletons, clowns, horror and gothic to channel our buying across the 12 months,” Mr Morris said.
The couple said they have become “experts” at rearranging and storing away their decorations.
Mr Morris said: “We have become experts at jenga and manage to always find a little bit of extra space to fill.”
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