We Want To See Your Lakewood Halloween Homes

LAKEWOOD, NJ — The zombies have started crawling across yards and skeletons are climbing walls and setting up spooky parties, which means one thing: Halloween is rapidly approaching.

Patch is compiling a list of Halloween yard haunts that will make people stop and stare and maybe even scream. We're also interested in kid-friendly, whimsical Halloween-decorated yards.

If your yard is worth a drive-by this Halloween, shoot us an email. We will keep adding to the 2021 tour of haunted yards leading up to Halloween, which this year falls on a Monday.

We prefer that the homeowner submit his or her own yard. Please include the following information:

• The exact address of the yard haunt, including the town.
• The dates and hours when your display will be available for viewing, so people aren't ringing your doorbell or bothering your neighbors in the middle of the night.
• Does your yard haunt have a name? Be sure to include it or we can help you make one up.
• Tell us about any special effects, live actors, walk-throughs or other features that make your yard haunt special.
• Does your display have a Facebook page or website? Be sure to include the links.
• Are you collecting donations for a charity, food pantry or pet shelter? Let us know.
• Include a phone number (not for publication) in case Patch needs to contact you.

Please don't submit a Halloween-decorated home you recall from five or 10 years ago. That person may no longer be decorating their house for Halloween, and we don't want people wasting gas.

IMPORTANT: By submitting a photo, you're giving Patch permission to publish it for this feature and future stories.

Send your information and pictures to karen.wall@patch.com in an email titled "Patch Scare Tour." We'll be running the list and updating it every weekend until Halloween.