Don't say you weren't warned. New England can be a pretty scary place at the end of October with ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night. Add a few celluloid nightmares, mix well with hayrides, long shadows, and a big dose of animatronics, and you have deliciously frightful scream scenes designed to scare you out of your skin.

Here are 13 ways to get a charge out of Halloween.

- Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Globe Correspondents