A HALLOWEEN enthusiast has pulled out all the stops transforming his home and garden into a horror wonderland.

Teesside’s unofficial king of Halloween, Michael Fisher, has once again captured the spirit of the season, creating a display based on the horror film The Devil’s Rejects.

He created characters from the film which centres on a psychotic family on the run.Mr Fisher also made props from the film’s prequel, House of 1000 corpses, written by American singer Rob Zombie.

This year's decorations go against nine years of tradition as Mr Fisher has stepped away from his usual topic of revenge.

He said: “I wanted to do something a bit different this year.

“All the scenes were linked to revenge in other years, so we wanted to create something new.

“We toyed with the idea of a zombie apocalypse, but we thought everybody would be expecting that and we didn’t want it to be predictable.

“We’ve really gone all out this year. It’s a lot more theatrical than previous years as we’re using smoke machines and things like that. A lot more people are getting behind the display and Halloween in general in our area.”

The decorations are made entirely from scratch by Mr Fisher. He realised he had a knack for designing spooky decor after he made a Halloween terminator costume ten years ago. People were so impressed with his costume that he incorporated it into a Halloween garden display.

Over the years, he has created ghoulish dummies attracting hundreds of trick-or-treaters across Teesside.

Last year’s display included a statue of iconic IT movie character Georgie, who was made using chicken wire, a yellow raincoat and a red balloon.

He also made a mechanised prop to create a grisly torture contraption in homage to the Saw films. The display also honoured the The Grimms' Fairy Tales with a bloody version of Little Red Riding Hood.

Mr Fisher is encouraging others across the region to try and compete with his display. In the future, he would like those in the area to compete in the same way houses do in America.

He feels like people in the region are now taking Halloween decor seriously and would like to see it continue in upcoming years.

He said: “People don’t need to spend a fortune on Halloween decorations as you can make something look good and do it relatively cheap. It would be great to see other people take on the challenge and create their own horror house. I think we’re slowly getting to the point where we’re competing like houses in America, which is great to see.

“Every year the kids ask in August when the decorations are going up. They really love it in our area.”

Mr Fisher is also involving live action volunteers with the hopes of scaring the public when they least expect it.

Trick-or-Treaters are welcome to the house in Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough. Mr Fisher would encourage those visiting to come early to beat queues. He would also like to stress the decorations are props only and people should act safely when visiting the property.