BOB-O-WEEN: Merchantville Transforms Into Monsterville

Fox - Fox 29
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Oct 22, 2026
Normally, we call it Merchantville, but today, it's Monsterville.
The entire town re-transforms themselves into a Halloween spectacular.
Merchantville, New Jersey, there's the main entrance into the town.
Welcome to Monsterville.
The town of Merchantville turns into Monsterville.
Take a look at this home right here, the little smoky cauldron.
We think that that could be body parts.
You know, Dr. Mike has his body shoppers body parts segment some dr
Mike body parts in there and that's just the beginning of it.
Take a look at this. So the entire town
Decorates for Halloween
and they transform they even changed the name to Monsterville
This is just one of the really cool homes. They got
Skeletons and they're all dressed and we're trying
to figure out look one looks like it's a in a pirate outfit one
looks like it's a clown maybe from the circus uh
and then even the second the second floor
which is a really cool like second floor deck
balcony style uh all decorated so i love the
smoky cauldron out front to kind of welcome you
to west walnut street just off of chestnut
so again we're going to be driving through
the town they gave us all the addresses and i'll tell
you what every other house looks like it's decorated
so this is going to be a cool town
to not only drive through with this this morning
but maybe put the kids in a car yeah zoom in on
the zoom in on that this one right here real quick
as we wrap up this is across the street and i just
noticed in the windows they got i'm gonna
be some spooky characters it's gonna be cool i got the
lights. They really go all out.
All right, Monsterville here in Merchantville, part of
Halloween. We're on the road all morning long.
Karen, back over to you. Again, Halloween,
Merchantville turns into Monsterville.
This is one of the hundreds of homes in the entire town here
that is just decorated to the hilt for Halloween.
I think this gentleman here just left for work.
We saw somebody coming out of the house,
but I like how he's got like the leaves kind of all around the top
of his black wrought iron fence that kind of borders the property here.
All kinds of good things on the inside there.
Tough to see with the lights out.
But again, if you live here in Merchantville, flip your lights on.
We're coming through town,
and we're going to go to the corner here and check out straight in.
It looks like this is really, really cool.
this has got to be a fun neighborhood
to go trick-or-treating in, not like that you know
just to pop the kids in a car
and drive around the neighborhood just like we are is pretty cool
and of course giving out
the candy you know straight ahead there's a little slime jumping
out of the uh out of the pumpkin there
so again all day long all morning long Merchantville
turns into Monsterville as we drive through
the neighborhood they gave us all the addresses that
are all decorated so we'll be checking
in with you all morning long Babaween Karen back over
to you we're still looking for candy i haven't found
my first candy bar yet Merchantville New
Jersey turns into Monsterville take a look
at this home uh Brian right correct Brian tell me
tell me all about it man how many years have you
lived here uh we've been here for about 10 years
uh and it's as you know Halloween's a big deal here
so yeah uh you know everybody point out the
house okay now you're saying that's all done from a projection correct
so hit your button there show
us how you can change up the projection really cool you got
the witch in the top window and then
Bam, that is so cool! Wow, how many pieces of candy
do you think they give out? Uh, last year we gave
out 6,000 pieces, 6,000 pieces. Now you got
the animatronics on the front lawn, you keep adding
each and every year, but take a look
at the giant clown. Would you call it a clown or what would you
you call that? Uh, like a joker scientist, that's
an inflatable. Where the heck did you get that?
I had it made overseas. Oh my gosh
and that's the walkthrough here. Can we move up a little bit? Are
we allowed to move yet? Can we move? We're gonna try come walking
with us Brian, I'm gonna walk up
because this is the entrance
to the property, whether you're the mailman or the kids are
coming over for a play date or for a trick
or treat you get the walk through the giant mouth
Man, you have gone way.
This is cool.
I'm coming here for Halloween.
All right.
And then also back here, I got to say thanks to Brian.
Because look, he was the first guy to bring us candy.
So we're good to go.
Thanks, Brian.
You're the best, man.
What do you think of this house, guys?
Come here for trick or treat.
Wow.
I want to see more.
That Joker.
Dedication to that.
And you got the good candy right there.
It looks full size to me.
He's got the big candy bars.
He's got chips.
He, this is... oh, I think there's Pringles
in here too, stop
