By Jena Carr
The Halloween spirit was in full force at a Grovedale home, with a giant spider, animatronics and a haunted house taking over the property.
Shari Archibald welcomed the public to her Dalyston Street home for the first time on Tuesday, October 31, from 3pm to 9pm.
Ms Archibald said she received an “amazing turnout”, with people lining up down her driveway and out onto the streets to go through the haunted house.
“Every year for the last 15 years, I’ve had a private party for friends and family,” she said.
“This was the first year that I decided to put on a big display out the front and open the haunted house for the public.”
“Seeing the reaction from everybody going through the haunted house and just the whole experience was really cool while getting the whole community together to have fun, dress up and eat lollies.”
Ms Archibald said it took more than a week to set up the decorations for her Saturday, October 28, party and then two days to move everything out to the front of her house for Halloween night.
“To move everything from the backyard into the front yard and then move everything in the house into the haunted house was a mad rush,” she said.
“The spider on the roof was definitely a big hit, but just all the big animatronic props and the walk-through with the haunted house, everyone thought it was amazing.
“We’ve got a whole 12 months to plan for the next one, but we’ll definitely do something again next year because it was a huge hit with everyone.”
