Spook-tacular: Nashua family decks out home for Halloween

If anyone doubts Christopher Corbetts dedication to Halloween haunting, theyd be wrong.

If anyone doubts Christopher Corbetts dedication to Halloween haunting, theyd be wrong.

Dead wrong.

Corbetts Wellesley Road, Nashua, home has developed or degenerated, perhaps into a ghastly collection of haunts, ghouls and crazed clowns, all for the frightful entertainment of area trick-or-treaters.

All year round, they stop by and ask me what Im building, when Im setting up, said Corbett, 26, on Tuesday. The Halloween season means his parents garage, shed, rented storage units and space under the porch empties out its mass of homemade scary creations and the yard becomes a full-blown spook maze.

A couple of them spend the winter in his bedroom, said his mother, Jennifer.

The process of setting up the giant spiders, monsters and assorted creeps takes about two weeks, he said. Currently, Corbett works in a machine shop, but he would like to turn his hobby into a full-time gig in animatronics or set design.

Its just a passion for Halloween, Corbett said. We started doing this years ago. Its something I like, and want to do it for a career.

As a kid, Corbett said, I always wanted to go to haunted houses. I loved the artwork. I like that scared feeling that your get. I havent gotten it in too many years.

Young visitors, however, may disagree based on his backyard creations of foam, pipe and wood. Giant black spiders loom tall. A medical operation, most definitely not following standard hospital procedures, takes place next to the porch. A less-than-cheerful clown on stilts will spew smoke when animated at night.

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Spook-tacular: Nashua family decks out home for Halloween