A Swift Current resident is reviving a Halloween tradition that once thrilled his neighbourhood — and this time, it involves a monster truck crushing a car right on his front lawn. Devon Oman, known locally for his horror film company Dead Prairies Productions, said this year’s display is a tribute to his late father, who once built similar attractions when Oman was a child. “My dad used to have a monster truck crushing a car every year, and people still remember it,” Oman said. “They come up to me and say, ‘I remember your dad crushing a car on the south side when we were kids.’ That stuck with people. I want to recreate that same kind of Halloween experience for a new generation.” The centrepiece of this year’s yard display includes a monster truck loaned by Jonathan Dyck, a car provided by the Swift Current Stock Care Racing Association's Murray Koethler, and Oman's own hearse. The crushed car, Oman said, might even find a second life as a training tool. “It’s potentially going to be donated to the firefighters,” he said. Beyond the monster truck spectacle, Oman’s yard features a sprawling graveyard scene filled with mannequins posed in gruesome tableaus, some pierced with axes, machetes and pickaxes. “I’m a big fan of horror movies,” he said. “I see death scenes and think, ‘I can recreate that for Halloween.’ So I grab what I have in my garage — old tools, props, whatever I can find — and make it happen.” Oman said some of the mannequins were rescued from the local dump years ago, and he keeps adding new details each season. On Halloween night, he plans to complete the display with fake blood and what he calls an “operating blood sprayer.” “I wouldn’t recommend it for really young or squeamish kids,” he said with a laugh. “But the kids who do come — they love it. Their eyes get big, and they always come back.” Oman expects hundreds of trick-or-treaters again this year and says he’s ready with more than 1,400 pieces of candy and hundreds of horror movie stickers, a hit from last Halloween. “It’s fun hearing the kids and even adults say they remember my parents’ decorations,” he said. “That’s what it’s all about, bringing that excitement back to the community.” Visitors can stop by Oman's home beginning as early as they want on Halloween night, with a full display featuring lights, sound, and more coming to life.