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If you’re ever been on a Hollywood soundstage or seen a backstage documentary of the making of a horror film, you know that the key to those gory effects is effective lighting. Seen in the clear light of day, gory gunshot wounds, scary monsters and forbidding caves all look pretty silly. With proper lighting, they become horrifying.

Fortunately, you don’t have to have millions of dollars worth of special lights or be a director of photography to light your Halloween scene. Just follow some of these special tips from the pros…

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Halloween just isn’t complete until the house has been decorated. But which way to go? Gothic and Ghoulish? That always works. Traditional and Terrifying? Sure, you could do that. Graveyard chic? Yeah, that’s a perennial favorite, too.

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One of the keenest decorations you can make at Halloween is a front-yard graveyard scene. It can really be the centerpiece of your spooky, fun efforts to evoke the holiday. Here are a few suggestions about how to create that ghoulish display…

First, a few words about what you do not want to do. Halloween is a busy time, so you don’t want to spend your entire holiday building an elaborate scene in front of your house. Remember, unlike Christmas, it will only last a couple of days. Keeping it simple and easy to erect is the way to go.

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Halloween is more fun than ever.

With hundreds of costume choices and thousands of masks to choose from, it’s impossible not to find a very cool character to portray. Makeup and prosthetics help complete the picture. They can make you the hit of the party, or make your kids the prizewinners on the block.

When you’re creating those characters you’ll need some advice on how to apply or remove makeup, but that is easy to find. That should include how to use a prosthetic that doesn’t get in the way of enjoying the party. It would also cover how to make or apply stage blood. But whatever the specific task, there’s lots of easy-to-follow advice available on maximizing that Halloween adventure.

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