Skulls

For when not just any skull candle will do this Halloween, CreepyLA has rounded up the best in a range of prices.

Top left, DL & Co., $95, available at Fred Segal, Los Angeles and Matter. Top right, $30; Etsy/Cre8tiveGoddess, (The only green Halloween candle here works with an LED “candle.”) Bottom left, Pottery Barn, $19 each. Bottom right, Target, $9.99.

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With seven weeks to Halloween, Los Angeles is already percolating with anticipation that spans the budget you either have or don’t have on hand.

Top left: British fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s Melrose Place shop has these perfect skull scarves for those who spare no expense when it comes to accessorizing.

Top right: The Kragen auto parts store that was on Sunset and Fountain in Silver Lake is gone, replaced with one of those temporary Halloween costume shops that I have a low tolerance for; opening today.

Bottom left: The low end merch is starting to trickle into the 99 Cents Only Stores; for example…

Bottom right: Paging Heidi Klum: Has Project Runway ever thought of sending their design hopefuls to the 99 Cents Only Store for inspiration? Can you imagine an entire outfit encrusted with these black faux silk roses, five to a bunch for that magic price?

Photos: ICFNY

Our 99 Cents Only Store recap of some of last year’s favorites…

Even given the sheer numbers of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos devotees and practitioners here, Los Angeles has an unusually large collection of stores catering to costume demands. Maybe that’s to be expected in a city where people routinely slip on and shed facades year round.

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Creepiness beyond Los Angeles: In San Francisco, retired high school science teacher Ray Bandar has a collection of 7000 skulls in his house… although his wife has a rule that the bedroom is off limits.

And in Sacramento, our state capital, a man was arrested after police found over 300 dead cats stuffed in three freezers in his home.