LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's a well-known fact that no street in Louisville goes harder for Halloween than Hillcrest Avenue.
Every October, dozens of Hillcrest Avenue homeowners decorate their houses, lawns and driveways to the nines with tons of scary creatures.
During the month, there is an estimated 75,000+ visitors. Residents normally start deconstructing yards the day after Halloween, so make sure to stop by before then.
Rain or shine, trick-or-treating will take place on Oct. 31 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. On average, 2,500 to 3,000 children from around the city will come for trick-or-treating. Multiply that by 1 or 2 parents and you can expect 5,000 people on the street Halloween night.
At 10 p.m., police will sweep the streets and let everyone know that trick-or-treating is over for any stragglers. Click here for a complete list of rules for trick-or-treating on Hillcrest Avenue and more information.
In case you're curious what to expect Halloween night or you can't make it out this year, here are photos of nearly all the spooky houses on Louisville's unofficial "Halloween Street."
Wizard of Oz But Make It Scary House
Complete with a skeleton Glinda and a yellow brick road, this house has a ton of Easter eggs from the beloved "Wizard of Oz" movie.
If you look carefully, you'll find a flying monkey, Emerald City, and the Wicked Witch of the East crushed underneath the house with her ruby red slippers poking out.
Undead Kentucky Derby House
This house's decorations are so uniquely Louisville, it's fantastic. The undead horse is just barely beating the Frankenstein horse and both horses have jockey skeletons riding them. And if you look behind them, you'll see some Derby-goers rocking their Derby hats and drinking bourbon.
There is also a graveyard with some of horse racing's greats represented, including Secretariat, Seattle Slew and War Admiral. And behind the tombstones, the famous Garland of Roses!
The Monster House
This house is pretty shocking when you walk by it. The eyes and teeth are huge and truly transform this previously unassuming dwelling into a monster house.
Hillcrest Cemetery: Possibly the most elaborately decorated house on the block
Behind this wrought-iron fence, there are COUNTLESS funny details and spooky friends. It's impossible to take it all in without being in person, so consider stopping by Hillcrest Avenue this year to see all the cool Halloween decorations, especially in front of this house!
Unfortunate ways to die
Two people seem to have perished on either side of this tree, which is right in front of the Hillcrest Cemetery House.
On one side of the tree, there is someone named "X-treme Skier Downhill Lee" who was apparently going too fast and hit the tree. On the other side of the tree, someone by the name of I. B. Tulow (or "I be too low") seemed to have been parachuting too low and crashed next to the tree.
Giving back this Halloween
The homeowners of many Hillcrest Avenue houses aren't just giving people a show with their amazing decorations, they're also trying to give back.
Throughout Louisville's unofficial "Halloween Street," there are bins and milk crates outside of some of the houses with signs explaining a charitable opportunity this season.
Residents set these out in an effort to collect canned goods and non-perishable food items for United Crescent Hill Ministries. So don't forget to bring some cans if you decide to trick-or-treat on Hillcrest Ave on Halloween!
Harry Potter meets Halloween
There are two houses on Hillcrest Avenue that used the Harry Potter franchise as inspiration for their Halloween decorations, and they both look incredible.
The first house has a sign that says "Hogwarts on Hillcrest" on it with a tiny Hedwig sitting on it. There's also a sign to get to platform 9 3/4 and a dozen other tiny details that are sure to bring a smile to your face if you love the books or movies.
The second Harry Potter-themed home has a huge photo opportunity in the front yard, house flags hanging off the roof and if you look carefully you can spot "The Fat Lady" who guards the Gryffindor common room.
'Halloween Hall of Fame' House
Standing in front of this house is straight up scary. These characters have been living in our nightmares for years and now you can stand face-to-face with life-sized versions of them. Don't be surprised if one of them starts moving on Halloween night!
To name a few in this frightening crew, there is the nun from The Conjuring universe, Jigsaw from the movies of the same name, and Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street.
A whole creepy party in this front yard
The picture does not do it justice for this one. There is a whole Bridgerton-esque party in this front lawn. There are terrifying-looking mannequins sitting underneath huge tents. This seems like it will be especially impressive on Halloween night.
Hogan's Fountain Pavilion tribute
One of the Hillcrest Avenue residents decided to create a tiny replica of a true Louisville-original we lost this year.
A homemade model of the Hogan's Fountain Pavilion in Cherokee Park, which was torn down this year due to its risk of collapsing, is sitting in someone's yard for Halloween.
Nicknamed the "witch's hat" or "teepee," many Louisville residents mourned the loss of the giant structure and now they can pay their respects on Hillcrest Ave this spooky season.
312 Halloween Ave
This is a classic house when it comes to Halloween on Hillcrest Avenue. If you've ever spent the spooky holiday on Louisville's unofficial Halloween Street, you probably remember this house.
There are skeletons all over the law, an undead woman coming out of the ground, menacing gargoyles and a jovial sign that says "No trespassing -- We're tired of hiding the bodies."
Two skeletons having a fireside chat
There is so much happening in front of this house. There's two skeletons having what appears to be a fireside chat, a small graveyard and an entire train engine. There are a ton of tiny details to get lost in when you visit this house.
Just an old man and his fish
There are plenty of impressive, interesting decorations in front of this house, however, everyone needs to go out and see this old man and his fish.
Howl at the Moon House
This Halloween display is for the dog-lovers out there. This pack of undead pooches is waiting for trick-or-treaters outside of a house on Hillcrest Avenue. Personally, I think they're all bark and no bite.
How did you get that up there?
Someone would've had to crawl through the second story window and secure these Day of the Dead inspired skeletons to the roof to get these guys up there. That doesn't seem safe!
There is an ENORMOUS spider on top of this house! How did the homeowners get that spider up there?
Above a graveyard with clever phrases like "Ben Better" and "It's hot down here" written on the tombstones, there are two skeletons casually sitting on the roof. How on earth did they get up there?
Not only is there a ghost nailed to the lower section of this house, but there is also a skeletal ghoul on top of the house! Whoever put that spooky decoration up probably didn't feel very safe.
The many cemeteries and graveyards of Hillcrest Avenue
There appears to be many people with punny names buried in this house's front yard. What are the odds?
In front of this small apartment on Hillcrest Avenue, there is not only a graveyard but an enormous ghost and something ghastly in a black coffin being held up by what appears to be a gremlin-looking man.
The "Ghost in the Graveyard" house is covered in unsettled spirits that are just waiting to come out this Halloween.
ARGHHH! The bones of pirates are covering this lawn, along with many pirate-themed tombstones that say things like "Ello Poppet" and "He walked the plank."
Behind a gate, there is a crowded cemetery in front of this Crescent Hill home. And if you squint, you may be able to see some skeletons having a conversation on the porch.
There seems to be some spirits haunting the graveyard in front of this red brick house. Skeleton-beings with sheaths over them are all over the place, there's even one hanging in the air somehow!
Behind this graveyard, there seems to be three witches with some kind of bubbling brew. I wonder if they're working on a spell!
This 70's themed grave-sight is complete with a coffin that says "Dante's Disco Inferno" and tombstones that say "Dancing Queen Only Seventeen" and "Disco Died."
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