I wonder if the inside is equally as awesome!

Great inspiration for anyone thinking of doing a Halloween light display.

In searching for something a bit more exciting that the usual hanging pumpkin lights, I managed to find a few nice items that have something a little different to offer.

Halloween Hanging Hooded Heads

Here are some nice hanging lights. They use LED’s and change colour once they’re on.
Although I’m not overly impressed with the amount that people like to use the ‘scream’ face in Halloween stuff nowadays, I do think that these look pretty good.
Each string is 20 inches long, so that’s a descent enough size for most uses.

The only let-down is that you only get an assortment of two of the three designs.
I’d personally be hoping for the skull and the goul if I ordered some!
At £6.99, they aren’t a bad price.

You can buy them from Party Delights


Spooky Shadow Light

This is something a bit different. A kind of evil carousel of light!
You turn it on and it slowly spins, projecting hauting images onto your walls and ceiling. Witches, ghosts, creepy trees… It looks pretty impressive.

Could be an excellent addition for any Halloween disco set-ups, but could work equally as well at a small get-together.
Apparently it does make a bit of noise though, so a CD of Halloween sounds might come in handy!

They only UK seller that I have found is Fun Factory Zone


Skull Disco Ball

Having a serious party this Halloween? Want to dance until you drop?
Well, if you want the lighting to suit the mood, and be disco whilst at the same time keeping that element of evil, then check out the Skull Disco Ball.
It has its own motor so spins on it’s own, refecting any cool lights that you might shine at it and creating that cool classic effect.
But, in addition it has red eyes to that glow and give that sense of fear to those who dance around it.
The only problem is that I have only seen this sold in the states. Who knows, perhaps someone will stock it on this side of the pond next year.

You can order them from Fright Catalogue

Lighting. It’s often overlooked, and people generally think “Halloween… Darkness is spookiest”.
However, I feel that the right kind of lighting can cause real un-ease – perfect on all Hallowes Eve!

First off, the simple ones. Gels.
These sheets of transparent plastic come in a wide range of colours, and are famously used by people in the video/photographic business.

As you can see, putting some green gels over my hallogen lights in the kitchen this year, really gave it a nice look.

You can obviously also buy coloured bulbs for the same effect. Although finding somewhere that sells them isn’t quite so easy anymore. For some reason, coloured bulbs just aren’t as popular. Probably linked to the popularity of energy saving bulbs.

My favourite though, is still the blacklight. These purple glowing lights give off UV light which reacts really nicely with certain fluorescent colours.

I’m not sure why I like them so much, but I think it has something to do with reminding me of the old Ghost Trains that I went on as a kid.

They also have the advantage of giving off enough light to see, whilst at the same time, not making things too light when you’re watching a creepy movie.

A little warning though. Apparently, they’re not very good for your eyes, so avoid staring at them. And if you’re decorating, try to position them in a place where they’re hidden from view. Doing this whilst at the same time making sure that they are illuminating the room adequately isn’t easy…