Somewhere along the way our house became the one kids detour for, and I am not going to pretend that was an accident. Halloween is the one holiday where going overboard is the entire point, and you do not need a haunted-attraction budget to pull it off. The trick is layering: one big thing that reads from the street, a fog machine at ankle height, and enough light that people can actually see what you built. Everything here is the gear that does that job, sorted by what it costs you in setup time as much as dollars.
