It’s the week of Halloween (call it Hallo-week?) and I wanted to give you all one final fright, before this spooky month comes to an end.

Per usual, the exterior is plain and unassuming, but there’s more to it, once you step inside…

Located about an hour outside of Tyson, AZ, this 1985 property has 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and a giant black rooftop -which is both sleek and ominous. Today’s home would be the perfect place for a Halloween party, but not only because of its over 5.6k sq. ft. of space. Throughout its hallways are various items of horror, trickery, and infamous spookiness…

Black brickwork greets us at the front door. The surrounding decor gives a bright pop of color to the area. It all seems intentional… like the owner has experience with adding decor to a space.

Still, this is harmless (to the eye).

So, if haunted houses were modernized, is this how they would appear? Like Is this what “Hotel Transylvania” would look like if it had a pop-up in 2025?

From inside, the arched windows flood sunlight into the space of unique layout: a double staircase, walkway, and a severe lack of flow between rooms -there’s so many doors!!

For such a large house, this kitchen feels heavily condensed. Plus, with walls on 3 sides, the room feels boxed in. And when you go to eat a meal, you’re jammed up against a wall with a few barstools. 

Maybe one of those (too many) witch hats can curse you with a real dining table!

If you squint, so you can only see the vague shapes and colors of this living room, it’s not that bad! But if your eyes are open properly, then wow… this is a nightmare in broad daylight. I can give the previous owners the kudos for the contrast of the dark features against light-colored walls -and that’s it. 

This place has got: a true-to-life Frankenstein, mermaids on the wall, candelabras galore, various marble-esque busts, and deadly/witchy artifacts alongside some vaguely religious iconography on the walls. I’m not sure if that's all contradictory, but… to each their own, I guess.

Let’s travel upstairs to see the coffins -I mean bedrooms!

You enter the primary bedroom to a grand entrance… of gothic blacks, eerie objects, and a pop of white across the ceiling. 

Although this aesthetic isn’t for everyone, the owners have kinda found a “classy” way to transform their spooky theme.

I don’t like the creepy man with the red cape though. 

The other bedrooms are still heavily themed, but fall on a less-spooky part of the spectrum. Assuming these are children’s rooms, they have a young-person’s personal flair with those Halloween accents peppered about. Except the guest bedroom -that’s just beachy. 

I do appreciate the cute ghost on the additional bathroom’s shower curtain. It’s a perfect middle ground for those of us who also love Halloween, but prefer the tame, and sometimes adorable, parts of the holiday. 

While some people’s greatest fears are death or the dark, for some, the scariest thing of all is… water. Luckily, this pool’s oceanic theme is very inviting!

That bedroom’s beach theme is directly tied to these elevated and deck-level hangout spaces that overlook the pool itself.

Oh, and that beachy theme? It’s also got its own two bathrooms.

All of these hangout spaces are great, but none of them scream “Halloween Party!” to me. Maybe if we descend into the basement we’ll find what we need…

Wow. I was not expecting this. It appears the only inch of this space not covered in horror decor is the ceiling -unless you count a black paint. 

In all honesty, I think this is a collector’s dream… if you’re into horror and Halloween movies. The vibes are homey, though, considering the pool table and lounge space. 

At the end of the day, you can sit outside and take in the scariest part of this house: the vast nothing that surrounds it.

Sarah @Homes.tastrophes