🎃 Booking August–October installs now · Haunt Care Plan renewals get first slots
A twelve-foot skeleton looms over a Tudor home with purple fog and jack-o-lantern-lined path
Grime Reaper Halloween Haunts & Decor

Lake Country & Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Your house.
The scariest
on the block.

Professional Halloween decorating for Lake Country. We design, install, tear down, and store your entire display — 12-ft skeletons, graveyards, fog, and full facade lighting. Turn-key, insured, no ladders for you.

Packages from $1,495 · Fully insured · HOA-safe

How It Works

Four steps. No ladders. No storage headaches.

01

Free Haunt Assessment

We come to your home in August or September, measure the yard, walk the sightlines, and quote your build. No pressure, no ladders for you.

02

Design Approval

You pick a Spook-o-Meter level and any add-ons. We lock the prop list, the layout, and the install date.

03

October Install

A 2-person crew installs mid-October. Every prop is anchored for Wisconsin wind and wired to timers so nothing stays on all night.

04

Nov 1–3 Teardown + Storage

We haul it all away the first weekend of November. Haunt Care Plan customers get the same display back next October — no attic, no garage, no damage.

The Packages

Every package is turn-key. Every package includes design, install, teardown, and haul-away.

Front Yard Fright

Classic curb-appeal haunt.

$1,495first season

Renewal (Haunt Care Plan): $795/yr

  • Graveyard scene with tombstones
  • Glowing ghosts on the lawn
  • Spider webbing on shrubs & entry
  • Orange + purple uplighting
  • Design, install, teardown, haul-away
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⭐ Most Popular

Classic Haunt

Most popular. The 12-ft skeleton package.

$2,795first season

Renewal (Haunt Care Plan): $1,295/yr

  • 12-ft giant skeleton, anchored for WI wind
  • Skeleton dog companion
  • One motion-activated animatronic
  • Expanded graveyard scene
  • Full facade uplighting
  • Mid-season service call included
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Estate Haunt

Full haunted-house production.

$4,995+first season

Renewal (Haunt Care Plan): $2,295/yr

  • Dual 12-ft giant skeletons
  • Professional fog system
  • Full landscape uplighting
  • Window silhouettes on second floor
  • Premium animatronics package
  • Priority scheduling + mid-season service
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Every package includes

  • 🎃 Free on-site haunt assessment
  • 🎃 Custom design proposal
  • 🎃 Professional install in mid-October
  • 🎃 Teardown November 1–3
  • 🎃 Full haul-away — nothing left behind

Haunt Care Plan (opt-in)

  • ☠️ Off-season climate-controlled storage (no attic damage)
  • ☠️ Reinstall next October at renewal pricing
  • ☠️ Mid-season repair visits included
  • ☠️ First-in-line renewal booking each summer

Recent Haunts

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Kid-friendly pumpkin porch displayClassic graveyard with skeleton and green uplightingDual 12-foot skeletons with purple fog

The Spook-o-Meter

Choose your intensity. Every level works with every package — no upcharge.

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Mild

Kid-friendly

Friendly ghosts, smiling jack-o-lanterns, warm amber lighting. Great for houses with young trick-or-treaters, quiet cul-de-sacs, and strict HOAs. Nothing jumps. Nothing screams.

👻 HOA-safe, no gore

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Medium

The classic haunt

Tombstones, webbing, the 12-ft giant skeleton, toxic-green uplighting. The look most people picture when they say 'that Halloween house on our block.' Motion effects stay subtle.

👻 HOA-safe, no gore

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Spicy

Full production

Motion-activated animatronics, dense fog, dramatic uplighting, window silhouettes. Theatrical horror — never gore. HOA-safe by design. This is the block-stopper.

👻 HOA-safe, no gore

Add-Ons

Bolt anything onto any package.

Extra animatronicStarting at $295
Fog systemStarting at $195
Window silhouettesStarting at $125
Themed audio zoneStarting at $150
Extra 12-ft giantStarting at $495
Extended run through Nov 8Starting at $195
Projection FXStarting at $295

Own vs. Rent, honestly

A single 12-ft skeleton costs $400+ retail and eats your garage for eleven months. Add foam tombstones, animatronics, and lighting and you're at $2,000+ in props you have to set up, tear down, and store — attic storage destroys foam and latex in about three seasons. Our Haunt Care Plan keeps your display in conditioned storage between seasons and reinstalls it every October. You just walk outside and look at it.

Family of brands

When the pumpkins come down, the lights go up.

Glow Guard Holiday Lighting installs residential Christmas displays across the same service area. Grime Reaper customers get first-in-line booking and preferred pricing — often on the same November 1–3 visit as your Halloween teardown.

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Common Questions

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How much does professional Halloween decorating cost in Wisconsin?

Grime Reaper Halloween Haunts starts at $1,495 for our Front Yard Fright package and goes up to $4,995+ for the Estate Haunt. Every price is turn-key — design, install, teardown, and haul-away are all included. Renewal (Haunt Care Plan) pricing starts at $795/year and includes climate-controlled off-season storage.

Is this scary-scary, or fun-scary?

You choose. Our Spook-o-Meter has three levels: Mild (kid-friendly ghosts and pumpkins), Medium (the classic 12-ft skeleton and graveyard), and Spicy (motion animatronics, fog, dramatic lighting). Every level is HOA-safe — theatrical, never gory.

What if a prop breaks or blows over in October?

Every prop is anchored for Wisconsin wind at install. If something still breaks or shifts, Classic Haunt and Estate Haunt tiers include a mid-season service visit. Haunt Care Plan customers get repair visits any time during the run.

Do I have to store the decorations?

No. That's the whole point. We haul everything away November 1–3. Haunt Care Plan customers get climate-controlled storage between seasons — attic storage destroys foam and latex props in about three seasons, so we keep yours in conditioned space and reinstall next October.

Do the decorations run up my electric bill?

Almost nothing. Everything runs on LED lighting and timers, typically 6–7 PM to 10–11 PM. Fog systems and animatronics only activate on motion. Expect a few dollars on your October bill, not a spike.

Can you work within my HOA rules?

Yes. We install regularly in HOA neighborhoods across Lake Country. No gore, no strobes past quiet hours, no oversized signage. Send us your HOA rules with your assessment request and we design around them.

Free · No obligation

Book Your Haunt Assessment

We come out in August or September, walk the yard, and quote your build. Insured, HOA-safe, no ladders for you. Slots fill fastest for Haunt Care Plan renewals — book early.

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