Prefer to decorate pumpkins for Halloween or do you like to have the sense scared out of you?

All across Western New York, there are plenty of hauntingly fun things to do this October, leading up to the best day of the year for little ghosts and goblins.

Here are some suggested spots for spooky good times or tamer treats.

Becker Farms' Haunted Hayride

Don't let the name fool you: In addition to a terrifying hayride every weekend leading up to Halloween, from 7-9 p.m, there are plenty of family-friendly events. Go earlier in the day to the Gasport, New York farm for picking pumpkins and apples and taking the younger ones to meet the farm's animals, but don't come alone. There's also the biogentic testing station, where they say their research into developing better fruits and vegetables has gone terribly, terribly wrong. Tickets for the hayride are $10.

Pumpkinville

Looking for something a little more family friendly? Pumpkinville is the place to be! With a train ride, petting zoo and acres up on acres of orange and white pumpkins, it’s a kid’s paradise with fun for mom and dad as well. There’s a corn maze, a dance floor with singing chickens and, of course, gorgeous scenery in Great Valley.

Great Pumpkin Farm

Clarence plays home to one of the biggest fall attractions around with the Great Pumpkin Farm. Open daily through October 28, the farm offers various eating contests, a five-acre corn maze, zombie paintball, a pumpkin slingshot, a petting zoo, craft areas, face painting and “zillions” of pumpkins. Spend a day!

Darien Lake's Fright Fest

It's a tradition: Once the summer weather takes a turn for the crispness of fall, Darien Lake turns into a place where visitors scream in fear, not delight.

Fantasy Island’s Halloween Horror

For those who like to stay a little closer to home, there’s Fantasy Island’s annual Halloween Horror, turning the park into a series of spooktacular and scariffic stops, including a pumpkin patch for the little ones to a haunted maze that may or may not be chock full of creatures just waiting to jump out of nowhere. If you really want a fright, check out the FearGrounds scare zone with “crazie carnies and killer clowns,” or the “What’s in the Box” haunted walk-thru.

FrightWorld

It’s one of the country’s biggest and best attended Halloween attractions: FrightWorld has been a staple in WNY for 17 years now and each fall promises a mix of experiences for participants over the age of 10. New this year is Eeriepalooza, described as a festival on the grounds of a family farm taken over by menacing clowns. There’s also the creepy basement world of Nightstalkers Reloaded and Eerie State Asylum, both of which feature flashlight experiences.