STAR readers have been sending in these fantastic pictures as they gear up for Hallowe’en.

From ornately carved pumpkins to Michelle Gibson’s photo of an elaborately decorated haunted house it seems like people are embracing the spooky season You can send us pictures of your carved pumpkins, haunted houses, little monsters ready to go trick or treating or your creepy costumes.

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