There is a certain tradition with say Christmas that once the moment is passed you remove any mention until at least October.

Halloween is now back in its box with ghosts and ghouls getting their Trick or Treat fill for another year.

But it's a shame for a day or two not to look back at some of our best pictures from the weekend spook-fest.

Events included a charity Halloween bash for Jack Blanchard, left partially paralysed after a playground attack in July. It raised £300.

A house party in Strood also proved hellishly fun for attendant vampires and witches.

Hempstead Valley shoppers finally found themselves with a terrifying bunch of young zombies from a Medway dance shool, plus Elvis in wolf's clothing.

Click through the pictures above for our selected highlights.