Patch Scare Tour: Halloween Yard Haunts In Southern Ocean County

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Our imaginative and demented exterior decorators have scared up their lawns with zombie graveyards, body parts, floating ghosts and devil's playgrounds to explore on Patch's Tour o' Scary Yards.

Some of us may not be able to go trick-or-treating, but we can still have fun looking at the best scary yards in the Ocean County area. Eat candy while you're driving around.

We've created this guide to displays that are bound to elicit a few 911 calls or set off some pacemakers when a pneumatic-controlled Freddy Krueger lunges at you from the bushes based on your submission. Not on the list? You can still send yours. See the information at the bottom of the list.

Simple rules to keep in mind:

GET ON THE LIST: Patch's is a friendly list. We LOVE reader submissions, so we'll be updating the list every FRIDAY leading up to Halloween. So tell us why your yard haunt is special and send your pictures to kimberlee.bongard@patch.com. (Read more about getting on the list.)

BE RESPECTFUL: Don't yell, scream, honk your horn or litter. Please be respectful of people's neighbors. We think 10 p.m. is a reasonable time to stop looking at houses on weeknights, and 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Koenigs Family Holiday Light Spectacular
11 N. Island Road, Bayville

A Halloween-themed, pixel animated lights show will be cast upon this spooky home. Tune your radio to 87.9 to hear synchronized music with the lights.

Feinstein's Vile Victorian
10 Allard Road, Bayville

This is our first Halloween in our new house! We live in a blue Victorian, so we knew it would be the perfect style home to get ready for a spooky time! In our front yard, we have a trifecta of playground demon children, playing and laughing with music, all inside a fog-filled graveyard. Come see all of the jack-o-lanterns, a terrifying clown, and pumpkin twins, who are there to welcome you to a visit of frights. Visit us on Halloween for trick-or-treating as well! Lights are on nightly from dusk to 11 p.m.

Bayville's Haunted Cemetery
59 Korman Road, Berkeley

Features animated characters, fog and fire. The display is on from dusk until 9 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday weather permitting.

Bayville Pumpkin Patch Dancers
416 Holly Blvd, Bayville

Drive by it day or night. Look closely to see the skeletons' dancing feet and flowers in their hair. “The gorgeous dresses were purchased at the Goodwill store on RT.9.” On Halloween, candy will be in pumpkin decorated tree bags.

250 Cornelius Street, Berkeley

Lights are on nightly until 9 p.m.

108 Lawrence Drive, Lanoka Harbor

Mostly handmade, walk-in graveyard. Sundown to 11 p.m.; adding fog machines Oct. 30 and Halloween. There are campfires, a drunk driving scene that includes a golf cart to make people aware of what can happen if you drink and drive, a skeleton with a lawn mower scene that helps people understand the dangers of mowers. There will be strobe lights so please use caution while walking through. They will dress up while handing out candy and will have non-candy items for children who cannot have candy.

463 Commodore Drive, Forked River

More pieces being added up to Halloween.

Forked River FestEvil
347 Yorktown Drive, Forked River

Lights are on from dusk until 10 p.m. weather permitting. "Come spin the prize wheel to win a 'trick' or a 'treat'!"

The Dee Road Cemetery
1560 Dee Road, Forked River

Hours are dusk till 11 p.m. daily weather permitting. They’re collecting canned goods and nonperishable food items for the Lacey Food Bank. Donations can be left in the marked bin.

The Clown House
38 Savannah Drive, Barnegat

Lights are on Sunday through Thursday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. Occasionally the haunt has live actors dressed as clowns on any given day. “Everyone is welcome to walk up for a closer look and pictures if they would like.”

104 Railroad Avenue, Barnegat

This spooky haunt will be handing out candy all day on Halloween until 8:30 p.m.

Area 59
591 Pirate Lane, Manahawkin

All of the decorations you see at this home were handmade, including the UFOs, the alien autopsy table and UFO crash site. "All our 5 kids plus ourselves will be dressing up as guards to go with our display this year."

The Train of Ghouls
27 Pikes Peak Road, Little Egg Harbor Township

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