SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2019

It was bound to happen. It was so cold on the night that by the time trick or treating was over and I had some time to break out the camera that my hands were completely numb and my eyes were fried from the fire pit. So this year all my shots are sadly iPhone pics..

This year the weather was super complicated so I opted for a simpler graveyard scene instead of the larger fence/sentinel setup. I have three full available scenes that at some point will combine for a massive yard haunt experience some year in the future when it's not raining or freezing..
Maybe 2020. Until then - enjoy!

SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2019 FULL ALBUM

SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2018

SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2018 is in the books. This was not a great year but I made past heart surgery, which really zaps your energy so I had no choice but to downsize the haunt by about half this year. Nobody even noticed and I ended up having way more kids and neighbors than any other year so far. The weather was trying to ruin things and for the first 45 minutes or so after sunset it drizzled a bit, then went into perfect Halloween night weather. It was a good time hanging out in the middle of the driveway watching oldie horrors with befuddled neighbors who had a few too many by then. Next year I hope to be back to normal energy levels.

On a sidenote, my Google domain SpookyFranklin.com expired while I wasn't paying attention. So now Google wants $100 to reinstate the domain. Fuck them. That's highway robbery. So keep in mind if you ever want to visit the blog head on out to spookyfranklin.blogspot.com

Enjoy the pics and head on over to Flickr for all the pics! https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanoroid/albums/72157703029586214

SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2017

Another season in the books. Possibly the most perfect Halloween weather since starting this haunted yard. Best kid turnout by far. Showed Mad Monster Party and House of Frankenstein to the neighbors. Loads of horror trailers. Friends came and went, including Binx the tabby (in the pics).
I'm baffled as to how much work is involved in the set up of this haunt, and it seems like there is literally not an extra minute to spare the entire month leading up to this night.

October sadly is in the books. I hate that. Here comes winter..

The entire album is of course at my Flickr spot: SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2017 but here are a select few pics that represent how things looked this Halloween. Enjoy!

SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2016!

2016 was a greatly disadvantaged year for me on a personal level but I still managed to pull off a somewhat subdued yard haunt on my own. This year was the year of "Spooky Franklin Theater" featuring a triple feature of The Bride of Frankenstein, The Tingler and Spider Baby. It was great to hang out with wonderful friends under the quite hot Halloween stars for all three of these films and splashes of trick or treaters..

Aside from the images below - here is the full photo set on my Flickr page..

Enjoy!

Spooky Franklin Photo Galleries on Flickr

I've started compiling all photography to Flickr. This includes several years worth of Spooky Franklin. Enjoy!

Jeano Roid Photo Albums on Flickr

KRAMPUS 2015

My traditional Christmas cutout of Krampus is finished and on display. So far no visits from ministers, police or distraught neighbors. We've been stuck in an unending gauntlet of downpours since Thanksgiving so Krampus sits on the covered porch. Once things dry out I'll test a few other spots for maximum shadow effect against the house. You get an idea of what that might look like in a photo below with a large shadow cast late at night on the porch...

2015 Official Spooky Franklin Video

Here tis! In all it's murky dark glory - the 2015 Spooky Franklin video.

With music by The Jeano Roid Experience "Calling Dr. Gangrene"

Always choose 1080p HD for best viewing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgDH_-ivi2o

The Day After Halloween - Photos

The full yard haunt ran both Friday and Saturday nights as The Creeping Cruds had a pre-Halloween driveway jam (that resulted in some drunken neighbors have a wild time singing Horror Rock choruses)  on Friday. Sunday was a consolidated setup - that resulted in some interesting shots as shown in the Flickr photo album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsko8ZTjq
Video forthcoming!

SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2015

For the fourth year in a row the weather gods spared us at the last minute. A massive system that tailed from Canada all the way to the gulf split just in time to spare Tennessee.
This year we added a lot of new colors and spread everything out to cover the entire frontage. This year's additions were a pair of corn sentinels that by accident kinda look like those creepy scarecrows from Beneath the Planet of The Apes. One photo has a foggy surprise if you can spot it.

A few photos here - but the whole lot is posted on my Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanoroid/albums/72157660642664372