Published October 2015. Get inspired for this year!
Halloween is THE holiday that truly unites adults and kids. Taking in your neighbor’s impressive homage to “The Walking Dead” or smiling at the corner house’s interpretation of Sweet Halloween (as opposed to Scary Halloween) is the same for any age. And on that note, we’ve scoured Atlanta neighborhoods for some awesome Halloween houses. Take a look at some of our favorites and may your trick-or-treat bags/pillowcases/wagons be overflowing with chocolate!
Just one of many awesomely decorated Atlanta homes for Halloween
We hit up some of the notoriously spooky—and magnificent—Atlanta neighborhoods that go crazy for Halloween. We stopped by Virginia-Highlands and Lake Claire in town, Briers North and Huntley Hills in the Chamblee/Dunwoody suburbs and got some great shots of homes in Decatur, Lake Claire and Oakhurst, as well.
Since we’re big, old scaredy cats, we’ve organized these homes in order of fright factor. Houses that make us smile and warm our hearts are at the top; houses that spark our creativity and make us say “so cool” as we stroll by are in the middle; and houses that make us run past the front lawn are at the bottom, giving you time to scroll back up to the Sweet Halloween homes.
Cute and Cuddly Homes
Inflatables just make everything cuter.
The Peanuts gang loves the Great Pumpkin.
Spiders in Oakhurst sure are big!
Decatur has some great looking haunted homes.
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Cool and Creative Homes
This Virginia-Highlands house just makes us laugh.
These Minecraft decorations are so dope.
If Halloween and old school Nintendo had a baby …
This Huntley Hills home has a presidential vibe, with Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama making an appearance on the right.
Bye, Felisha!
Watch out for that nearsighted witch!
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Scared to Death Homes
Inman Park, we want our mommy!
Atlanta definitely knows how to handle zombies/walkers.
We didn’t have a fear of clowns … until today.
Briers North in Dunwoody goes all out … all out terrifying!
This character is going to scare away all those kids looking for a second helping.
And the spookiest house we saw, out of Briers North, is …
Yeah, that’s a werewolf and body parts on the roof.
Spooky Halloween Atlanta Checklist: homicidal clown, rickety picket fence, guillotine, Grim Reaper, ghosts and blood. Lots of blood.
Good boy, Fluffy. Eat that zombie!
Atlanta, have a great time on Halloween! Make sure to bring a large trick-or-treat bag, a flashlight and running shoes so you can take off if you pass one of these super scary houses.