Awful store. Spooky has been a seasonal Halloween store in Hanford before. It was once opened near the old Walmart and again in the vacated Hollywood Video location. They now take up a spot in the Hanford Mall. It’s never been a great store and definitely no competition to Spirit, but they have in the past offered a few items not found elsewhere. I went this year to check it out and their selection is pretty lousy. Their inventory is pretty much just discontinued Tekky Toys items and dated costumes(is anyone really in the market for a Napoleon Dynamite or Borat costume these days?) Their poor selection is not even the worst part. NONE of their items work. All of their props’ «Try Me» buttons have been deactivated because they have removed the batteries from all their items. So even if you were interested in an item, you couldn’t even try it out. But batteries being removed is not the only reason. They have several signs posted throughout the store saying, «Do Not Play With Merchandise». If you so much as touch an item, you will be scolded by the staff saying not to play with it. I saw a young boy touch a plastic axe, and an employee immediately went up to him and said, «You can’t play with that!» I also pulled a box down from a shelf to get a better look at the prop and an employee was eyeing me the whole time. I felt incredibly uncomfortable in that store. I tried to support the local guys, but I’ll be now only shopping at Spirit for my Halloween needs.
