Halloween decorations spark backlash for being ‘too realistic’ – with people saying they’d call 999 if they saw them
- The lifelike orange glow has alarmed social media users and sparked backlash
Some people like to go all out for Halloween and cover their homes with fake blood and “do not enter” signs.
However, is it possible to go too far with the spooky decor?
A German man’s ‘realistic’ Halloween decorations have sparked backlash on social media, with users saying they would ‘call 911 if they walked past’.
@mvxngg’s video is captioned, “Halloween decor! I made these windows with a bedroom sheet, 2 lamps and a fan.’
It zooms in on his house, which he made a little too good at looking like it was on fire, before revealing what the interior actually looked like.
A German man’s ‘realistic’ Halloween decorations have sparked backlash on social media, with users saying they would ‘call 911 if they walked past’
The lifelike orange glow alarmed commenters and has sparked backlash as the video was shared by multiple different accounts.
On one repostthe video has been viewed by no fewer than 28.9 million people, while the original video has now been viewed 21,400 times.
Some people loved it and wrote “Best Halloween decorations I’ve ever seen!” and “That’s actually pretty cool.”
However, most users were quick to slam the choice, with one viewer saying it had “nothing to do with Halloween.” and how many calls to the emergency services will waste their time’.
Others added: ‘This looks too realistic’ and ‘I’m sorry but there’s just no *HALLOWEEN* in it’.
Someone else wondered, “Do you need to notify the fire station in advance to avoid phone calls? So real’.
Some people thought it was dangerous for the interior designer himself, in case his house actually caught fire.
One user said, “If the house actually catches fire, the 911 caller will be told it’s just Halloween decorations,” and another added, “Boy who cried wolf.”
It zooms in on his house, which he gave the impression was on fire a little too well, before revealing what the interior actually looked like
Someone else, hinting that decorations could become too realistic, wrote, “You know what’s really funny: When someone sees a dead body or a house on fire on Halloween, they just think it’s a decoration.”
Other concerned users said: ‘I love Halloween decs etc but I don’t like this, it’s awful’ and ‘I would have called 999 if I’d been walking past!!’
It comes just after a South Carolina mother who is “obsessed” with Halloween chose to take down her “morbid” decorations after her neighbor’s father was diagnosed with lung cancer.
The video has been viewed more than 1.2 million times and the TikToker was praised for her kindness after she deleted her graveyard scene, which featured skeletons holding a coffin and cardboard gravestones.
Earlier this month, a lawnmower mowed around a real corpse because they thought it was a spooky Halloween decoration, relatives of the deceased confirmed.
The half-naked dead body of Robert Paul Owens, 34, was found face down outside an abandoned home in China Grove, North Carolina.
A lawn care worker discovered the body, but did not report the find because they thought it was a creepy Halloween prop.