Halloween '21: Add Your Home's Yard Display To Patch's Scare Tour

LONG BRANCH-EATONTOWN, NJ – It's that time of year again, when goblins, creepy clowns, vampires, and zombies start popping up and out on lawns all over the Long Branch-Eatontown area.

Patch is compiling a list of Halloween yard displays that shock and amaze. We're also looking for kid-friendly, whimsical Halloween-decorated yards where little ones aren't likely to be chased by someone with an ax.

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

We prefer that the homeowner, or at least an immediate neighbor or close relative, submit their yard.

In the email, please make sure to include

• The exact address of the yard, 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 display 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 display extra scary.
• Does your display have a Facebook page or website? If so, make sure to include the links.
• If you are collecting donations for a charity, food pantry, or pet shelter?
• A phone number (not for publication) in case Patch needs to contact you.
• What kind of Halloween candy are you passing out to trick-or-treaters?

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 brian.harris@patch.com with the subject line "Patch Scare Tour."

We'll be running the list and updating it every weekend until Halloween.