Don’t let the eerie music, dimmed lights, dripping candles and Halloween statuettes scare you too much.

Lansing resident Robert “Rock” Hudson isn’t trying to scare anyone; he’s just having fun.

Hudson’s apartment houses more than 1,200 miniature Halloween statues that he has been collecting for seven years. Some are spooky, but some are light-hearted.

“I like showing it off,” Hudson said. “This is the only time of year people come to look at it. The rest of the year it’s a dusting headache.”

Many of the statues are collectibles featuring Boyd’s Bears or cartoon characters such as Charlie Brown and Jack from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

“It used to be kind of scary. Now it’s getting kind of foo-fooey,” Hudson said. “My mom buys me most of the foo-fooey stuff.”

He began collecting Halloween figurines after memories of his grandmother’s Halloween decorations caught up with him during a trip through the grocery store. His grandmother would buy candy and treats to decorate for children to enjoy while touring her house.

“I picked up a few of the pieces one Halloween and then it just took off,” Hudson said. “It’s definitely one of the bigger holidays.”

Hudson, a carrier for the East Lansing Post Office, invites co-workers’ children and some kids from his delivery route to tour the apartment. Most of the kids, between 4 and 8 years old, look forward to the ghostly tour.

Craig Crowe, another carrier for the East Lansing Post Office, said his two daughters toured Hudson’s apartment for the first time last year, and they plan to go again. Crowe’s daughters are older than most of the people who visit the apartment. Sarah is 14 and Carrie is 11.

“He does a personal, one-on-one show of his place,” Crowe said of Hudson’s display. “It’s quite a collection. He’s so thrilled with himself, and he should be. It’s his holiday.”

Sarah Crowe said the tour of Hudson’s apartment was very interesting because he could explain where each of the pieces comes from.

“It was really nicely displayed,” she said. “I would definitely go again. He was a really nice, fun guy. He gave us some pieces like his, too.”

Hudson said he enjoys the young visitors, but he doesn’t plan to have any of his own in the near future.

“I’m not ready for kids yet,” the 35-year-old said. “They like to grab things, but if they get too grabby, I just tell them to look for a goody bag.”

Some of the pieces in the collection are expensive, worth more than $100. However, a lot of the statues and trinkets come from the dollar store or other inexpensive stores.

Hudson also buys some collectibles from catalogs or receives them as gifts.

“I buy from a list of 30 catalogs, which is a lot more than I should spend,” Hudson said. “It gets kind of hard to keep track of it all.”

Halloween is a constant celebration for Hudson. The decorations never come down, even during other holidays. He uses display cases and shelves to line the walls with his Halloween ornaments to reduce the amount of space they take up. His walls are covered with posters from the remake of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

Hudson is anticipating the rerelease of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” later this year.

“Yes, I’m excited,” Hudson said. “But (the merchandise) is expensive.”

Hudson also collects some Greek and Egyptian art, but he keeps his Halloween items separate. He also enjoys photography and has hung some of the darker photos, such as those of cemeteries, on the walls.

Hudson intends to keep collecting for years to come. Most people find it a little eerie that there is such a large collection, Hudson said. While searching for a roommate last year, he found the collection didn’t go over too well with some people.

“People would ask when I take it down, and when I said never, they would just say, ‘I’ll call you back,’” Hudson said.

This Halloween, Hudson probably won’t get a chance to celebrate as much as he’d like. His duties as a postal carrier require that he is awake and ready to go by 5 a.m. But, as always, the decorations will be there to celebrate the spooky day in full force.

“Really, what other holiday is there?” Hudson asked.