Anyone Decorate Their Arcade for Halloween?

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Just seeing if anyone has any special decorations they put up in their arcades for Halloween? If so, let's see some pictures! Heck, I've even heard of some folks being so kind as to open up their arcades for the neighborhood kids or hauling a horror-themed pin in the driveway just for Halloween. Anyone have stories?

I'd love to do a GJ post on my blog for Halloween featuring some of the coolness. Hope this isn't a repeat thread.
 
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My pride and joy of the Halloween season. I had a friend and her dad draw this up a few yrs ago. It hangs in the arcade all the time. I hang orange lights around it to really set it off.

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I also have this small Halloween carousel that my mom picked up for me a few yrs ago. It plays creepy organ music.
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Yes, I think most will pale in comparison, but your arcade gives us something to strive for. Dave, I was in a haunted house here in ATL and one of the sets had bookcase with moving books and I immediately thought of you! Show it off!
 
Thanks, guys!

The lasers fortunately don't negatively impact gameplay. They only add to the fun.
 
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Bump. Let's see those last-minute pics! Doesn't have to be the whole arcade, could just be some nice "spooky" additions. Let's see 'em!
 
This next group of stuff (with the exception of the Evil Dead poster) isn't in the actual game room, but in the hallway and area of the house leading to the game room.

Here's a Day of the Dead poster that I got signed by a bunch of actors from George A. Romero's "Dead" films. There's sections for Night, Dawn, and Day:

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I met Sid Haig and Bill Moseley from House Of 1000 Corpses and got them to sign this:

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I also got the ladies of the Evil Dead to sign a poster for me. I still need to get it framed:

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Here's a replica Jason Voorhies mask (part VI style- my favorite installment), signed by CJ Graham (Jason in part VI) and Ari Lehman (Jason as a child in the original film):

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A few more pics coming...
 
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Here's a 1963 book contract signed by Alfred Hitchcock. This is hanging up at the base of my stairs. I have a copy of the book sitting on my bookcase.

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Here's a Rob Zombie guitar that hangs in my bedroom. I got him and his guitarist at the time (Riggs) to sign my ticket stub:

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My band played a Halloween show a few years ago. Here's the gig poster. It hangs next to my Time Traveler machine, next to my game room.

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We dressed like the bank robbers from The Dark Knight. I kept the masks, and they chill out on top of my wife's closet.

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I forgot that I have another Evil Dead item. Here's my Book Of The Dead:

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I got Tom Sullivan and the ladies to sign it for me:

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Want to see the table that the book is sitting on? Some guys have traditional coffee tables. Then there are guys like me:

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Does it open? Yep:

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Last couple of pics. I'm obsessed with the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland (hell, I even proposed to my wife in the "stretching" room). Here are the streching portraits in my house. I made the frames.

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Last but certainly not least, my haunted bookcase:

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And for those of you who haven't seen the video of it in action:
 
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