Pick your flavour of Halloween. Cinematic is built from real footage: a graveyard with fog rolling between the stones, a haunted house behind drifting clouds, an abandoned corridor with lights that will not stop flickering, and a bare forest under a full moon. Fog, dust and rain drift over the scene, lightning cracks across the sky with thunder that arrives a beat later, and something is always about to appear: a swarm of bats, a crow, a ghost far between the graves, a spider at the bottom of the screen, a shadow walking down the hall. Turn on Sound for the wind, whispers, creaking doors and a heartbeat. Jump scares are off by default: switch them on and, every couple of minutes, a face flashes up for a fraction of a second with a hit.
Cartoon is the cozy version for kids and shop windows: a purple night, low fog, soft ghosts fading in and out, jack-o-lanterns flickering like real candles, bats and a witch across the moon. Either way, click the screen for fullscreen and put a monitor in the window facing the street, a tablet on the candy table, or the living-room TV on during the party.
What people use it for
Window haunting
A screen facing outward through a window, showing a foggy graveyard with a ghost drifting between the stones, stops people on the pavement. The cartoon style is the friendlier choice for a street full of small trick-or-treaters.
Party backdrop
Cinematic on the TV with sound on, lights down: thunder, whispers and creaking doors do more for the mood than any playlist, and the occasional jump scare keeps the room on edge.
Trick-or-treat table
Prop a tablet next to the candy bowl on the cartoon style; the flicker of the pumpkins draws kids’ attention from down the street.
Frequently asked questions
Is it scary or kid-friendly?
Both, by choice. Cartoon is cozy-spooky: soft ghosts and pumpkins, no jump scares, and sound only if you switch it on. Cinematic is genuinely eerie, and with Jump scares switched on it will make people flinch, so keep that off for younger visitors.
Can I turn off some elements?
Yes. In Cartoon, toggle ghosts, pumpkins, bats, fog, webs, witch and lightning. In Cinematic, choose one of four scenes and toggle fog, dust, rain, lightning, creatures, the VHS look, jump scares and sound.
Does it have sound?
Only if you want it. Cinematic has a Sound button that adds wind, a scene ambience, thunder, whispers, creaking doors and crows; it stays off until you press it. In Cartoon the same button gives you a quiet night: crickets, an owl now and then, and thunder only when the lightning is on.
Does the cinematic style work on a phone?
Yes. The footage is 1080p and loads a few megabytes per scene, so it is best on Wi-Fi. On small screens the dust layer is skipped to keep it smooth.