On Halloween night about 1,500 children will knock on Neil Potter's front door.

For the 13th year in a row, in what has become a local tradition, the 63-year-old is preparing to transform his front garden into a spooky, spectacular display featuring witches, gigantic spiders and the Grim Reaper.

Mr Potter's home on El Alamein Way in Bradwell has become an annual magnet for trick or treaters.

"It takes a day and a half to put up," he said. "That's with no sleep, all the way through."

Characters from the movie 'A Nightmare Before Christmas' at Neil Potter's Halloween display on El Alamein Way in Bradwell.Characters from the movie 'A Nightmare Before Christmas' at Neil Potter's Halloween display on El Alamein Way in Bradwell. (Image: Ella Wilkinson) His son Steven and nephew Daniel Bradford help build and arrange the display.

This year's haunting creations - all handmade by Mr Potter himself - will include a nine-foot animatronic grim reaper with a three-headed dog, three witches stirring a cauldron in a hut and an archway above his front door covered in skulls made from plastic milk bottles.

Mr Potter, who works as a forklift driver at Bradman Lake Ltd in Beccles, said he has always had "a little bit of a creative itch".

Neil Potter, 63, with one of his creations in his front garden in Bradwell.Neil Potter, 63, with one of his creations in his front garden in Bradwell. (Image: Ella Wilkinson)

When his family moved to Belton in 2004, they would put out the traditional pumpkins for Halloween.

But in 2011, he decided to "up the game" and that year crafted a seven-foot tall grim reaper out of polystyrene.

Every year he added more creations and within two or three years the display had become popular with the local children in the Great Yarmouth area.

For the last five years, he has used the night as an opportunity to raise money - approximately £800 to £1,000 annually - for the charity EACH.

Between 1,500 and 2,000 children will knock on the Potter's door and the family will hand out about £450 worth of sweets, around 20pc of which are donated by Tesco and Morrisons in Gorleston.

"It's good fun. I like it. It's mainly for the kids. A lot of people now make it a tradition," Mr Potter said.

The display will open at around 4pm and close at 10pm on October 31.