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| Halloween: Pig-headed butcher's bloodcurdling Aberdare house | |
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| The Bazeley family spent six months turning their home into a local Halloween attraction | The Bazeley family spent six months turning their home into a local Halloween attraction |
| A family have spent the past six months transforming their home into a gory Halloween house. | A family have spent the past six months transforming their home into a gory Halloween house. |
| A bloody, pig-headed butcher, chained skeletons and a horror film clown stand before the cobweb-covered house. | A bloody, pig-headed butcher, chained skeletons and a horror film clown stand before the cobweb-covered house. |
| It is the work of the family-of-five, who have covered their home from lawn to roof with Halloween decorations. | |
| Jamie Bazeley, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, said: "We love Halloween and it's our favourite time of year and the kids love it". | |
| "We have a big party on the weekend before Halloween so it's just great. I find Christmas a bit boring, and this is a lot more fun." | "We have a big party on the weekend before Halloween so it's just great. I find Christmas a bit boring, and this is a lot more fun." |
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| On the front garden there is an old fridge freezer full of old dolls' heads, arms, legs and fake blood, while another doll with a blue face and blood-stained mouth sits in a toy electric chair. | |
| Jamie insists the idea is mainly down to his wife, Tammy, saying he "doesn't even like horror films" | Jamie insists the idea is mainly down to his wife, Tammy, saying he "doesn't even like horror films" |
| There are even ghosts dangling in mid-air and gigantic fake spiders climbing the walls of the house. | |
| Jamie insisted the idea is mainly down to wife, Tammy: "I've never been a Halloween fan. But my wife last year said, 'I want to go big for Halloween', so I made boards for the windows. | |
| "She said 'you can't just do that', and it just continued and continued and there's even more this year." | "She said 'you can't just do that', and it just continued and continued and there's even more this year." |
| Jamie says hundreds of people visited their house on Halloween night last year | |
| Look what meats you when you get to the Bazeleys' house... | |
| He added: "I don't even like horror films. My wife loves them, but I can't watch them. The neighbours love it, especially next door. No complaints yet." | |
| Jamie and Tammy decorated the house for the first time last year and cars ended up queuing up on the street to take photos. | |
| "It's crazy how many people it attracts, there's always cars coming up the street and stopping and taking pictures. People just seem to really like it," he added. | "It's crazy how many people it attracts, there's always cars coming up the street and stopping and taking pictures. People just seem to really like it," he added. |
| "We make it all ourselves, so it's not expensive to do. I'm using an old fridge-freezer, the haunted children's castle was given to us for free and we use old toys." | |
| Giant spiders are stuck to the outside of the house, next to boarded-up windows | Giant spiders are stuck to the outside of the house, next to boarded-up windows |
| The scary decorations are also accompanied by chilling music playing from a small speaker. | The scary decorations are also accompanied by chilling music playing from a small speaker. |
| However, Jamie and Tammy's seven-year-old daughter, Diamond, is not scared, and has nicknamed her favourite decoration, a blood-soaked butcher with a pig's head, as "Pigsly" | |
| "I helped daddy make all of the castle and Pigsly - he's my favourite. I don't find it scary but my sister does. | "I helped daddy make all of the castle and Pigsly - he's my favourite. I don't find it scary but my sister does. |
| "She's five years old but she was a bit scared of the clown but now she's used to it. I'm excited because on Halloween I think there'll be thousands here." | "She's five years old but she was a bit scared of the clown but now she's used to it. I'm excited because on Halloween I think there'll be thousands here." |
| Her friends Amber and Evie said the house was "really scary but cool", with the pig was scariest part. | |
| Cerys and Angela Lock, who took a detour from a day trip to see the house of horrors, said: "It is terrifying, it's hard to believe someone's got this kind of imagination. | Cerys and Angela Lock, who took a detour from a day trip to see the house of horrors, said: "It is terrifying, it's hard to believe someone's got this kind of imagination. |
| "It's a bit scary. I've never seen anything like this for Halloween before." | "It's a bit scary. I've never seen anything like this for Halloween before." |