Inside Burbank’s extreme Halloween home displays: serial killers, set designers, and skeletons draw crowds

In Burbank, California, residents like Diego Linares spend months and thousands of dollars transforming their suburban yards into elaborate Halloween attractions. Linares, 40, dresses as Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees and stands in his yard nightly from mid-September, surrounded by fake mist, monsters, and a giant blinking skeleton. The trend turns quiet streets into Disney-style experiences, drawing visitors from across Los Angeles. But as popularity grows, some locals worry about crowds, traffic, and whether the tradition is becoming too big for its own good. For now, Burbank remains the Halloween capital of America—and the displays keep getting bigger.