Animated Moving Books Halloween Prop [Look Like Real Books, Motion Activated Books Move In and Out and Make Eerie Sounds]

I love Halloween. It’s the one season of the year where freaks feel normal and people can find yet another excuse to decorate their homes with piles of useless novelty crap like plastic skeletons and witches that look like they’ve smashed into a tree. Every now and then I happen across a Halloween gadget that doesn’t look like a pile of Chinese-manufactured throwaway trash and the animated moving books from BuyCostumes.com certainly fit the bill.

So what are Animated Moving Books, anyway? Well, they’re exactly what they say they are. They are a set of four books that you stick into your bookshelf among the less creepy volumes and when someone walks by them a motion-activated sensor kicks them into action. According to the website, the books slide in and out and make eerie sounds. Sounds a bit like my love life, but I digress. While they do look a tad on the fake side up close, I bet the illusion is more convincing from afar.

The Animated Moving Books require four AA batteries (not included) and will run you a mere $24.95 at www.buycostumes.com. Isn’t that a small price to pay to ensure that your children will never read another book in their lives? I thought so.