A PRANKSTER mum took Halloween larks to terrifyingly funny new heights - by lying on the cold ground for an hour-and-a-half to scare trick-or-treaters.

       Kerry Halls made her husband Dean wrap her up in bin bags and electric tape so she could pretend she was a dead body last night.

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       A fun-loving mum carried out a terrifying Halloween prank in the front garden of her Lincolnshire home yesterday Credit: Deadline 3

       Kerry Halls posed as a dead body - before jerking up whenever a child approached a bowl of sweets nearby

       The 39-year-old, from Cranwell, Lincolnshire, cut tiny peepholes from her costume so she could watch out for unassuming visitors and give them the fright of their lives.

       And when children approached her to reach for a bowl of sweets, she jolted upwards - sending them scurrying.

       Kerry, a wedding venue supervisor, said she had the "time of her life", despite being packaged up and left alone as Dean took their three children out.

       She posted photos on Facebook yesterday - and has since gone viral, with tens of thousands of likes.

       "Tonight I laid in the freezing cold for 90 minutes just to scare the living bejesus out of our trick or treaters," she said.

       “I’m not going to lie, I had the time of my life. I haven't laughed so hard for such a long time.

       'SOME LOST THEIR SOULS'

       “Every time they reached for a sweet I growled 'trick or treat' at them. I swear some people lost their souls tonight. Happy Halloween.”

       Thousands of social media users have commented on the post.

       One said: “Brilliant, well done."

       And another replied: "How funny, well done you.

       “When I used to take my kids trick or treating sometimes we'd see some live people doing these kinds of acts and they were so much fun.

       “Brought lots of laughs to us, hope you've started a trend.”

       TERRIFYING PRANK

       A third added: “I'm doing this next year."

       Speaking today, Kerry said: “I love scaring my husband and I constantly jump out and scare people at work, so I thought I would up the game this year.

       “One lady nearly jumped out of her skin. She then laughed and took a photo of me.

       “One man swore twice when I growled and he felt very guilty because he was with his child.

       “Some of the children wouldn't come over because I was too scary.”

       She said she was completely unable to walk, and had to be helped onto the grass by Dean.

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       "In the end I had to be cut out," she said.

       “It was freezing

       “People loved it. Next year it’s going to have to be scarier.”

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       The mum goes all-out for Halloween, but said next year will have to be even spookier Credit: Deadline

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