Family’s ‘Bloodbath’ Halloween Decorations Look So Real That The Cops Have Been Called Numerous Times

Driving through my neighborhood the other day, I commented to my kids that Halloween decorations are getting larger in scale and more abundant.

Every other house has a lawn littered with pumpkins, headstones, skeletons, and other Halloween staples.

Some homes go above and beyond but none have gone as balls-to-the-wall as this house in East Dallas that put an absolute bloodbath out on the front lawn.

From the Dallas Observer:

Local artist Steven Novak finds himself comfortably at the “horrifying” end of the scale, as his East Dallas neighbors and the Dallas Police Department will surely attest.

“I’ve always been up to hijinks like flying ghosts or 7-foot tall snow sculptures of myself, so if I was gonna do Halloween, it was obvious that it should be hyperreal,” Novak says.

“No lights, fog machine, or camp … something that would really freak people out walking by in the dark. So I whipped up some dummies and slung 20 gallons of blood all over.”

Novak’s house is a horror show of murder including a dummy with a busted open head and body bags. In the window of the house, a pack of zombies is trying to escape.

“I’m most proud of the wheelbarrow tipped over by the street full of Hefty bags, looking like a failed attempt to dispose of the dismembered bodies in the middle of the night.” Novak told the newspaper. “A kid walked by and asked me what happened to them; I said they ate too many Skittles.”

Novak’s intense decorations were brought to the attention of the police. The cops have come by the house multiple times.

“Neighbors told me cop cars were in front of my house a lot during the day,” he said. “I was only home twice to receive them. They told me they thought it was cool and that they were only there because they were required to reply to complaints from the sergeant.”

Carmen and Travis Long of Riverside, California, are having the same issue. People have called 911 because of their insane dedication to scaring the crap out of passing cars.

“Honestly, though, I think I could’ve used more,” Novak told the Observer. “[My plans] were way worse on paper. Next year though!”

[via Dallas Observer]

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