Summer may be in full swing, but spooky season is nigh for Home Depot shoppers.
The home improvement mega store’s highly anticipated Halloween drop comes Monday, including a 12-foot skeleton sculpture, dubbed Skelly, that has sold out every year since its debut in 2020.
Skelly wowed horror fans with its moveable arms and eye effects that can glow in human-like blue or hazel, or flash with various designs — hearts, stars, fireworks, dragons and swirls.
Those who act fast enough can own a Skelly of their own for $299, while those who don’t may be forced to scour resale sites, such as eBay — where eldritch enthusiasts have seen Skellys snatched for an eye-popping $500.
While Skelly purchases are limited to one at a time, fans of a frightening Halloween display now have additional anatomical abominations to choose.
Since Skelly’s viral takeover of suburban lawns five years ago, Home Depot has continued adding to the creepy collection, including a 6.5-foot version of the giant skeleton with a glowing-green body ($279), as well as a 5-foot-tall animated hearse with a skeleton at the helm.
And new to the lengthy lineup this year are Skelly’s friends, including a 5-foot skeleton cat ($199) — in the pounce position — and two varieties of skeleton dog, one 5-footer ($249) and another towering at 7-feet ($199).
If big bones aren’t your thing, Home Depot also has two types of scary scarecrows that stand at a staggering 15 feet ($399 each), a freaky 7-foot Frankenstein’s monster ($279), a 7.5-foot jack-o-lantern archway ($249) and even more horrifying lawn ornaments.
Last year, a Los Angeles woman dazzled her neighbors with an eye-catching take on the giant skeleton trend.
Ali Spagnola reportedly spent $800 and more than 70 hours to adorn her 12-foot skeleton in disco ball mirrors, naming her sparkly skeleton Steve, an homage to the legendary Studio 54 co-owner Steve Rubell.
At the time, Spagnola quashed fears that the enormous reflective figure could spark a fire — the mirrors scatter light, not concentrate it — but she keeps Steve somewhat out of sight, anyway.
“My neighbors are totally cool about him being in my backyard,” she told The Post.
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