A few houses have come together to put on an interactive Halloween display, and its all for charity. We find out more.
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00:00So we're here in Tipton and Halloween's proper in full effect.
00:04Actually, that witch behind you looks like it's about to grab your shoulder.
00:08She's my sister.
00:10So, Gee, you raise money with your house, don't you, and you kind of kicked it off, didn't you, really, on the estate?
00:18About five years ago, my husband made some gravestones for us and we just decided to start raising for Cancer Research UK.
00:25I set it up in memory of my mum and my cousin and mother-in-law who sadly died of cancer.
00:30She wasn't very old, was she, your mum?
00:32My mum was only 55, my cousin Joanne was only 39, my mother-in-law was just 65.
00:37It's very close to my heart, the charity, and through research we can only make things better, all being well.
00:43Hopefully, more than one in two will be affected by cancer in the future, that's the aim of it all.
00:50And this is your daughter next to you?
00:52Yeah, this is my daughter, Abigail.
00:54Who's the participant, or did mum say? You haven't got no choice, you're getting dressed up.
00:57I'm running.
00:59Yeah, good stuff. And he's in there somewhere, isn't he, that's Tristan, yeah? That's your lad.
01:03That's Tristan, yeah.
01:05And then we've got our friend here that's doing the witch's trick-or-treat at the cauldron.
01:09It's fantastic here, it must be great, you know, seeing the neighbours come on board as well with the fundraising.
01:14Yeah, wonderful neighbours, couldn't do it without them, they're just so enthusiastic.
01:18Gives that sense of community, doesn't it?
01:20It's a lovely estate we live on, a real sense of community here together.
01:24We all support each other, so they've been so enthusiastic in supporting and fundraising over the last five years.
01:30And I couldn't do it without them, it wouldn't be so successful without these wonderful people.
01:34And when you've got ghosts around, ghosts and ghouls, who are you going to call? Are you going to call?
01:38I'm going to call the Ghostbusters.
01:40Yay!
01:42Come back Ghostbuster, come and park up here so we can have a chat to you.
01:50He's in hot pursuit there as we can see, ladies and gentlemen.
01:57Come on Ash, let's come and have a word with you.
01:59So this is your clan here, we're just outside your house, aren't we?
02:06Sorry.
02:07I'd never apologise for what eggs I want, it's great, love it. Great sound effect, isn't it?
02:13Right, so Ash, come in a bit. So this is your mum, so who've we got with you Ash?
02:18So we've got Leo in the costume there. This is my missus, Caroline.
02:23Hi Caroline.
02:24My sister Jamie, and we've got Roxy in the screen costume.
02:28And Jessica, there's a bit of a vamp in her from earlier.
02:32Wicked. So how did you get involved? Did you hear about the Neighbours round the corner?
02:37What G was up to and seeing her display?
02:39Yeah, so basically G set up around about the same year as we did.
02:43Unfortunately, we didn't know, but she was collected for cancer recently.
02:47We had a conversation afterwards, and we thought we'd jump on and start putting towards the same kitty for cancer research.
02:54It was always a good charity.
02:56And you were saying last year it was raining, wasn't it? So the weather's doing better this year for you.
03:01Yeah, we're a little bit fortunate today with the weather, and hopefully it'll stay this way for the rest of the evening.
03:06As you can imagine, the wind can play havoc with the pop.
03:09I can imagine, yeah, and you've got a few things.
03:11So we've done a bit of video, we'll show people. It's quite interactive, your set up, isn't it?
03:16You press the buttons, just fill us in on what happens.
03:18Yeah, so I mean, it's one of the things that we really love to see is when the kids come round,
03:22they can press the buttons on the props, the props move, make sounds, eyes light up, etc.
03:27So you don't, I mean, you don't buy that kind of kit in the shop, do you?
03:31You're a bit of a Willy Wonka of the Halloween world, aren't you?
03:34I do, I try my best. Yeah, the missus is not too happy this time of year when I'm in the garage for six weeks at a time.
03:41But yeah, I enjoy just, yeah, it's all kind of from scratch.
03:44Wiping motors.
03:46Ah, right, okay.
03:48We've got a couple of air compressors this year.
03:50But yeah, we're just trying to improve it every year and get more people around for trick or treating
03:54and raising more money for cancer research.
03:56It just all adds to that community spirit on the estate, doesn't it?
03:59It's a really, really nice estate. Everyone gets involved.
04:02Yeah, if you want to come trick or treating on this estate, you're more than welcome.
04:06Cool, so do you reckon next year you'll be here again?
04:09Yeah, so if people haven't made it for this year, come down next year and see the full effect when it gets dark as well.
04:16Yeah, that's it. We've got a few UV things going on as well.
04:19Awesome. Well, well done to all involved guys. Well done.
04:24You're one of the neighbours.
04:26And when you're not at work, you're making guillotines to chop off heads.
04:31Go on then, let's see it in action.
04:39There we go.
04:44There's one.
04:52And this one.
04:58And I think there's one.
05:00There we go.
05:07And you've got the strobe light down here, Ash, so when the light goes down...
05:11Yeah, I've got that one on a smoke machine.
05:13Yeah, yeah.
05:15So when the light goes down, it's...
05:17Oh, wow, there he is.
05:18Get the green light inside as well so that it glows.
05:20Yeah, that will be glowing, won't it?
05:22Fantastic.
05:30That looks good.
05:34What do you think, little one? Which one's your favourite?
05:37Which one's your favourite?
05:38Which one's your favourite of Daddy's creations?
05:41That one over there.
05:42Come and show me.
05:43Max.
05:44Max.
05:45Ah, Max from Stranger Things.
05:47Go on then, show me what happens with Max then when you press the button.
05:54It's flying!
05:55It's flying!
05:59Do you like Halloween then? I take it you do, don't you?
06:01Yeah.
06:02Yeah? You're a big, brave one.
06:04Good girl.
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06:55So, Gee, this is the cemetery.
06:57Just give us a bit of a guidey-tour then.
06:59OK.
07:00So, in our cemetery, we've got two lovely ghosts.
07:03One is called Helen Back.
07:05And then also we have a Clairvoyant.
07:07Sadly, she never saw the end of her demise.
07:10And, obviously, we've got a wonderful crow keeping guard of the Sacred Cross.
07:15Awesome.
07:16And there's little Georgie around the corner.
07:18Just take us round to see him.
07:19Yes, we've got Georgie waiting.
07:21I think, actually, that's one of the creepiest things in the whole set.
07:25Because you're just thinking, is he going to turn round?
07:27Is it a person?
07:28You know.
07:29Who knows?
07:37So, you've even made this grave.
07:39Is that right?
07:40Yes.
07:41Yes, my husband and I made this grave a few years ago.
07:43And it's quite a popular attraction.
07:45Great for photographs as well.
07:46Yeah.
07:47And at night, we'll have, again, a UV light.
07:49The wording will actually glow, like in the movie as well.
07:52Awesome.
07:53So, we've got three demons sitting waiting as well.
07:55Pointing out for you to utilise.