Create your own smart haunted house this Halloween

While spiderwebs, pumpkins and costumes are great ways to decorate your home for the night of fright, these five types of smart gadgets can turn it into a true house of horrors.

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Lighting

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Fog

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Amazon Alexa

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Sound effects

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