Couple’s Halloween home ‘so scary’ children are banned from coming into – have look inside
A couple’s home makeover has crowned them the creators of the ‘UK’s scariest Halloween house’ – so petrifying that it’s a no-go zone for kids. Elliot Smith and his other half Tasha Quick have turned their Stafford end-of-terrace into a den of horror, complete with spine-chilling decorations, phantoms, and eerie mazes.
The Halloween-mad duo spent a solid three weeks morphing their abode into a derelict haunted house featuring a witch’s lair and a graveyard for pets. They’re challenging the brave at heart to step inside on All Hallows’ Eve, but be warned, the terror is strictly for grown-ups only.
Elliot and Tasha have even enlisted actors to pop out and spook visitors. The 32-year-old father of three, Elliot, confessed: “We trialled the maze with some friend’s kids but they came out too terrified so we had to make it adults only.
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“Instead we’ve added a mini-maze for children which has animatronics.
“Our main maze has actors who dress up and we scare people in there. People love it but they don’t realise how scary how it is.
“It’s what Halloween is all about, it can be a little bit scary. Until they build their confidence, it can be scary.
“At the front of the house we’ve gone for a haunted house theme, we’ve got a projection in the top window with ghosts that are ladies and men, not white sheets.
“We’ve got a man who takes his head off.
“We’ve got a pet cemetery with different types of ghosts.
“At the side of the house we’ve got the witch’s cabin, there’s three witches in there. They do all their spells and fly their brooms.
“Down the side of the house we’ve carried on the abandoned house theme.
“In the garden we’ve got the pumpkin patch, where we have three pumpkins that tell jokes and songs.”
Elliot, who works in building maintenance, dedicated his evenings and weekends to transform their family home into a spectacular horror house. He further explained: “At the right hand side we’ve got the mini-maze. It has some flashing lights and spooky music. We’ve got animatronics that jump out.
“Across the back entrance to the garden will be the main maze with the actors, who are mainly family members.
“The witches cabin looks really good, we’ve got spell bottles on the side. The books with spells. The brooms, it’s really effective.”
The couple is fundraising for the local charity Childhood Cancer Parents Alliance by asking for donations.
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