[Mrluvaluva]

A man has been told by police to tone down his Halloween decorations after a display of disembowelled corpses made a child cry.

James Creighton, 25, has decorated the outside of his house with skeletons, bloodied corpses and cobwebs in a display dubbed Texas Chainsaw Massacre.



The bar owner transforms his house in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, every year to raise money for Cancer Research UK in memory of his grandmother who died from the disease in 2009.

But he had a nasty shock when two police officers knocked on his door to tell him a parent had complained it was frightening children.

Mr Creighton said: "The police came round knocking on my door. They said they were sorry to disturb me but they had a complaint from a member of the public who walks past my house in the morning.

"Apparently their child starts crying every time they walk past my house.

"I was shocked - more to the point that the parent couldn't come to the door themselves and speak to me personally, but had to get the police involved and waste their time.

"Police have asked me to put black tarpaulin along the fence so the kids can't see it, but why should I do that? It ruins the whole rest of the display for everyone else.

"All the other kids love it. It is just this one who doesn't like it.

"It is a bit gruesome, it's a bit gory, but that is Halloween, it is meant to be fun and scary. It is all for a good cause."

Mr Creighton claims this is the first complaint he has ever received.

Last year he raised £1,100 for the charity, and has collected £1,358 so far this month.

The 25-year-old said he was disappointed when police told him about the complaint on Tuesday lunchtime because the exhibition is "just a bit of fun".

Despite the objection, Mr Creighton, who has received donations from as far afield as the US and Mexico, said he is determined to keep the display up and raise as much money as possible for charity.

He said: "I'm definitely going to keep it up, but it has made me think that for next year I might be a bit more wary, which is a bit of a shame.

"But I'm not going to stop. It is something that reminds me of my nan and it is for a good cause."


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They sell all this stuff in the supermarkets. Is the parent of the child it upset going to complain about that too? It all seems so silly.

[Ninastar]

hahahah that mother needs to get a grip

she should take the child to America to see someone of the houses there... it's halloween. It's supposed to be scary!

[Marsh.]

Why not take their child a different route or something?

I'm sure they don't need to walk right past where the child can gawp at everything.

Parenting the child is her job, no one else's.

[Kyle]

I hope her child doesn't have to watch films like the Lion King. That scene where papa lion falls off the cliff would probably send the kid into wild palpitations of grief.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Simple Minds

I hope her child doesn't have to watch films like the Lion King. That scene where papa lion falls off the cliff would probably send the kid into wild palpitations of grief.

It's strange because I was thinking about that scene today and I realised how dark it is and films aren't really like that anymore. Kids are kinda wrapped in cotton wool, nowadays imo.

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

It's strange because I was thinking about that scene today and I realised how dark it is and films aren't really like that anymore. Kids are kinda wrapped in cotton wool, nowadays imo.

I think so too. I'm no expert on Disney films by any stretch of the imagination but that scene always stuck in my mind to this day and I'm 24 now. In my mind it helped put a context on mortality and teach me that life isn't a 100% trip to happy town.

[reece(:]

Stupid overreacting mothers.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Simple Minds

I think so too. I'm no expert on Disney films by any stretch of the imagination but that scene always stuck in my mind to this day and I'm 24 now. In my mind it helped put a context on mortality and teach me that life isn't a 100% trip to happy town.

yeah exactly.

and tbh, i think watching it now, upsets me more than it did when I was little. but I still knew what happened.

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

yeah exactly.

and tbh, i think watching it now, upsets me more than it did when I was little. but I still knew what happened.

Absolutely.

Mind you it can go too far the other way though, you ever seen a film called Watership down? That film scarred even me, it was just a bunny slaughter film from start to finish with a sad ghost rabbit singing 'bright eyes' thrown in for good measure.

[Gstar]

These are the kinda people who I can't deal with, Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year and anyone who tries to kill the vibe gets floured and egged. Simple.

[Josy]

**** sake

Nothing really to do with decorations but my nieces nursery have sent letters home telling the parents no masks are allowed at the Halloween party in case the kids cry.

[GypsyGoth]

@ the decapitated head.

[Kyle]

Mummy there's a film on tv where this Scottish guy with long hair and blue paint on his face is getting pulled on a rack and it's scaring me....

Don't worry Jimmy I'm calling the police right now, I'll get the b*stard.

[lostalex]

This display in America caused a woman to call 911.

[Samm]

Originally Posted by lostalex

This display in America caused a woman to call 911.

[Saph]

he raises money for cancer research by putting skeletons all over his house :s

"But I'm not going to stop. It is something that reminds me of my nan"

[Gstar]

Originally Posted by lostalex

This display in America caused a woman to call 911.

now that's what I'm talkin about

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Simple Minds

I hope her child doesn't have to watch films like the Lion King. That scene where papa lion falls off the cliff would probably send the kid into wild palpitations of grief.

Also the scene from The Land Before Time when Littlefoot's mother is killed by Sharptooth.

[Stu]

The parent should tell their child to grow some balls. Halloween is awesome because of this.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Saph

he raises money for cancer research by putting skeletons all over his house :s

"But I'm not going to stop. It is something that reminds me of my nan"

wtf

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Stu

The parent should tell their child to grow some balls. Halloween is awesome because of this.

You can't say that to him.....











....it might make him cry.

[Jordan.]

Halloween has become such a none event in the UK. I wish we celebrated it like they do in America.