Starting out in the early 1990s with two discount store skeletons posed in the "Alas, Poor Yorick" scene from Hamlet, our passion for all things Halloween has led us to develop our skills to match our imaginations, and now Maniac Mansion is one of the largest and most complex private home haunts in Southern California.  For several years we did wondrous static front yard displays that relied more on wit and cleverness than technology, and every year the display changed themes completely.  In 2005 we built our first animated props, including a fully functional 14-foot tall spooky carousel, and we've never looked back.  In 2008 we built Vertigo Alley, our amazing 24-foot long vortex tunnel, the apex predator of home Halloween haunts.  The haunt retained a carnival theme from 2005 until 2021, when it morphed into its circus cousin and current form, which we have dubbed Cirque Del Sol. We're going to be adding photos from previous years as we get time, so come back occasionally and check out the carnival, the Roman armies, spaceships, pirate battles and Ali Baba fantasies that have graced our front yard over the years.

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