How to step up your Halloween display

His advice for decorations:

1. Be tasteful: Schorsch's wife, Michelle Todd, had a health scare this year and asked him not to do graveyard decorations.

• "I think there's a difference between scary and morbid," Schorsch tells Axios.

2. Don't rush: Schorsch says his collection has snowballed into three storage units of decorations. It takes him two days to get the stuff into his garage and about a week to actually decorate.

• "Then you've got to test all the inflatables, reassemble all your skeletons, get fresh batteries and make sure everything's working," Schorsch says.

3. Plan ahead: Don't just throw up spider webs and skeletons willy nilly. "You have to know where you want everything to go."

• And stick with a theme. Decide if you're going to have a pumpkin patch or a skeleton army, whether to be spooky or not spooky.

4. Don't be scared to get help: He credits Clearwater's Decorating Elves for professional help with his lighting.

Bonus tips for next year: Buy your inflatables early to avoid supply chain issues.

• Another trick: Check eBay first. "It's great for nicely used stuff and you don't have to spend a boatload of money," Schorsch says.