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When Halloween rolls around, turning your front yard into a neighborhood highlight usually comes down to lighting. Lawn skeletons and inflatable decorations can be fun, but lighting is the real star when it comes to creating a moody scene at home. Borrowing a few lighting tricks straight from Hollywood horror movie sets, anyone can transform an everyday home into a cinematic Halloween display.

To show how easy it is to bring professional set design tricks home, smart lighting brand Govee teamed up with filmmaker Ryan Connolly, the founder of filmmaking channel Film Riot who is known for breaking down professional techniques into practical how-tos.…