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Part of the "The Bone Yard," a Halloween display done annually by Doug and Donna Carvelli at their Oak Lawn home. | Supplied photo
Justin Cerniuk stands among some of his animatronic figures in his "Midnight Terror" display at his Oak Lawn home. His display contains dozens of figures and a haunted house. He began decorating his home when he was 10, now his display takes two months to set up. Visitors are welcome to visit from dusk until 10 p.m. and October 29-31. They are asked to make donations to The Autism Society. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Justin Cerniuk stands with (from left) Dylan Cerniuk, Nicholas Weissenstein and Elizabeth Harris who have helped set up his “Midnight Terror” display at his Oak Lawn home. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Justin Cerniuk began decorating when he was 10. Now his display includes a haunted house and takes two months to set up. Visitors are asked to make donations to The Autism Society. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Justin Cerniuk of Oak Lawn enlists help from friends and family to set up his "Midnight Terror" Halloween display. It takes two months to prep for visitors to his charity benefit. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Computer-programmed music and light shows are among featured elements at the "Midnight Terror" haunted house at the Cerniuk home on 97th Street in Oak Lawn. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
A detail from the "Midnight Terror" display at the Oak Lawn home of Justin Cerniuk. | Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
When he was 10 years old, Justin Cerniuk set up some fake tombstones and a couple of coffins in the yard of his grandparents’ Oak Lawn home. That humble start eventually morphed into “Midnight Terror,” a Halloween display that annually draws big crowds to the …