When a sleep-deprived mom named Genevieve finds her car egged, she’s initially baffled. Her smug neighbor, Brad, confesses he did it because her parked car blocked the view of his over-the-top Halloween decorations. Furious but exhausted, Genevieve devises a clever revenge. Playing on Brad’s pride, she convinces him to buy faulty equipment, which leads to a spectacular public failure on Halloween night. As his beloved display malfunctions, Brad’s humiliation is complete when mischievous kids join in, pelting his house with eggs.
In many suburban communities, holidays like Halloween can bring out the most competitive and sometimes petty behavior among neighbors. This humorous story of rivalry shows just how far one person’s obsession with holiday perfection can go, and how another’s patience is pushed to the limit.
Genevieve, a mother of newborn twins, has no time for festivities and even less patience for her neighbor, Brad, who takes Halloween very seriously. His house becomes a carnival of spooky decorations every year, earning admiration from the entire neighborhood—except for Genevieve, who is too exhausted to care. Unfortunately, Brad’s obsession with his “haunted house” display turns into a source of conflict when Genevieve parks her car in front of his house one night, inadvertently obstructing the view of his grandiose decorations.
The next morning, Genevieve finds her car covered in eggs. When she confronts Brad, his arrogant confession that he egged her car because it was “blocking the view” leaves her speechless. Despite her anger, Genevieve decides not to engage in a loud confrontation but instead concocts a clever revenge plan.
Her idea is simple but brilliant—she plays on Brad’s ego by suggesting he upgrade his decorations with faulty, low-quality gadgets she had researched online. Brad, eager to outshine the entire neighborhood, jumps at the idea, unaware that the equipment is prone to malfunctioning. He installs everything, expecting a spectacular Halloween night.
When Halloween arrives, Brad’s haunted house draws the usual crowd, but his big moment is ruined when his new gadgets malfunction in hilarious ways. The fog machine sprays water instead of mist, and the ghost projector flickers on and off, displaying a comical figure. As the crowd laughs at Brad’s misfortune, kids seize the opportunity to pelt his house with eggs, completing his public humiliation.
In the end, Genevieve’s revenge is as sweet as it is satisfying, showing that sometimes the best way to deal with a petty neighbor is to let them be the cause of their own downfall.