When Colleen and I first started discussing having Harry Potter be our Halloween theme this year, I was very concerned about it not being creepy enough. You see, I like my Halloween to feel quite creepy. But Colleen assured me we could include some scary elements from Harry Potter as well. After all, anyone who has seen the movies knows they are not all happy times. The last few movies are downright dark. In an effort to be spooky, we decided to have the front yard, a spare room in my house, and my guest bathroom include some of the eerier elements of the books/movies. The front yard was Godric’s Hollow Cemetery, where Harry’s parents are buried. The hallway was Knockturn Alley which led to Borgin and Burke, a creepy old store full of elements of dark magic. The bathroom was a zone where a dementor was waiting for its victims. We had several people mention that they were too scared to go to the bathroom at all. Mission accomplished.
