PHOTOS: Halloween house on East California Street
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 months AGO
Trevor Caudill makes adjustments to a few of the Halloween decorations in his front-yard display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A motion-activated dummy hangs from a tree as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A dummy lays on a makeshift operating table as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A dummy lays on a Skeletal hounds and witches guard a coffin as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A zombie digs out of a gravesite as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Decorated mannequin heads on spikes as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Kreider is a staff photographer for the Daily Inter Lake. His work documents news, sports, wildlife, landscapes and everyday life across Northwest Montana through visual storytelling. Kreider’s keen eye captures major sporting events, community moments, and the natural beauty that defines the region. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. In 2024, he received the Montana Newspaper Association’s Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year award. IMPACT: Kreider's work brings readers closer to the people, places and moments that shape life in Northwest Montana through powerful visual journalism. | October 30, 2025 11:55 PM
Kalispell resident Trevor Caudill has been decorating his front yard at 340 East California Street for Halloween for the last 12 years. Each year he adds a few pieces to the elaborate, neon-lit display divided into sections adorning his front yard.
A flickering light shines on a mannequin's face, its body partially covered by a sheet on a makeshift operating table surrounded by severed limbs.
An angry cadre of skeletons, two standing 12-feet tall with glowing chests towering over the backyard, flanking a giant werewolf.
Perhaps the most startling is the motion-activated dummy, created by Caudill, that hangs from a tree and jerks and kicks and swings when approached.
It's definitely worth a visit if you're in the area trick-or-treating tonight.
A motion-activated dummy hangs from a tree as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A dummy lays on a makeshift operating table as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A dummy lays on a Skeletal hounds and witches guard a coffin as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A zombie digs out of a gravesite as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Decorated mannequin heads on spikes as part of Trevor Caudill's front yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Trevor Caudill's front-yard Halloween display at 340 East California Street in Kalispell on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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