Winnipeg Halloween houses bring scares, fun to trick-or-treaters [Video]

Along with costumes, candy, and carved pumpkins, the haunted house is a Halloween staple.

Several homeowners in Winnipeg have gone above and beyond for Oct. 31, with animatronics, actors, and lots of lights.

For the people CTV News Winnipeg spoke with, Halloween was always their favourite time of year and filled with fond memories.

“Both my mother and father would dress up every Halloween to hand out candy,” said Gary Duncan, who runs the Terror Garage Halloween Haunt on Brendalee Bay. “I got into making my own costumes because I was kind of a particular little guy and didn’t want to have the same costume that the other kids had. I was more into making my own sort of thing, so it’d be different.”

Decorating the house was something Brittany Goerzen did with her dad for many years.

“Since I bought my own house seven years ago, I continued the …