These days keeping up with the Joneses doesn't just mean carrying the newest It Bag and  boasting a full social calendar, it involves skeletons, cobwebs, pumpkins, and a severed head or two...

From the Upper East Side to the West Village, outrageous Halloween decorations are a status symbol, with the well off graciously decking out their brownstones for the entertainment of us plebeian passersby. A neighborhood game where the most elaborate, creative, and in many cases, questionably creepy facade wins.

Click through for a tour of the most show-stopping stoops and setups in town!