Happy Halloween Slot Review

Halloween is a theme for many a horror movie, take the smash hit Halloween movie from 1978 for example; on a freezing Halloween night in 1963, where nothing dare to walk the streets, 6-year-old Michael Myers brutally murdered is older teenage sister. He may have been locked away for 15 years, but he managed to escape and set on a rampage of killing other teenagers in his old town.

October 31st is the spookiest night of the year and many people stay indoors, while others celebrate this annual event by trick or treating. There are plenty of Halloween themed slot machines to take your pick from, such as the poplar Blood Suckers slot machine from NetEnt and Casper’s Mystery Mirror Slot from Blueprint – this one sees Casper the Friendly Ghost transform from the 1930’s children’s books and 1995 movies to his own slot machine.

Spooky Offering

Whether you are a superstitious person who likes to keep yourself wrapped up warm inside or you prefer to go and play tricks on the kids that knock on your door – you will love Happy Halloween from Play ‘n Go.

You won’t find anything too scary with this fang-tastic slot game because the animations are friendly and welcoming. You certainly won’t be spooked out of your seat in terms of chills and spills, but this 5 reel, 50 payline slot machine will send shivers down your spine with the possible 1,000,000 coin non-progressive jackpot up for grabs.

Spooktacular Theme and Stats

Bets can be placed from as little as 0.50 a turn up to a high roller amount of 100.00 – the more that’s bet per spin, the bigger the returns could be.

When you launch the game, you will be invited to watch an intro – we recommend you do as it’s only short and allows you to get an insight into the plot of the slot game. The wind will howl and your hairs will stand on end with the brilliant soundtrack being played out from the reels. The slot machine is set in the heart of an abandoned town with orange lanterns hanging from tree to tree, pumpkins with various carved faces adorning the pavements and ghosts hovering before you very eyes.

The symbols on the reels bear a striking resemblance to popular movie characters, one of which looks identical to the Oogie Boogie man from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. Other symbols that will fall into place are; pumpkin, Frankenstein, Witch, mummy child, child vampire, corpse bride and the following treats; strawberry dipped in a chocolate web, bat cookie, jelly grapes, candy apple, ghost jelly and orange muffin.

Spine-Tingling Wins

There’s a maximum of 1,000,000 coins that can be won from playing the Happy Halloween slot game.

High value symbols include the candy apple and jelly grapes with a 200x multiplier, witches pay a 300x multiplier, strawberries and mummy child offer a 400x multiplier, Frankenstein awards a 500x multiplier and finally, the ghosts pay reward you with 1,000x your stake. Theses multipliers are based on spinning in five of a kind on your payline.

Scary Slot Features

Free spins are initiated when you spin in three witch scatter symbols on the reels. You will receive a 4x multiplier and 10 free spins of the reels. One each spin, two additional wild symbols will appear stacked on reels 2, 3,4 and 5. You can retrigger the free spins up to a total of 20 free spins.

The pumpkin is your wild and substitutes all other symbols to help boost your bankroll.

Gamble feature allows you to gamble any base game win that drops into place. Hit the flashing gamble button and you’ll be shown a screen with a deck of cards, A pumpkin sits on the card and you are required to choose red or black for a 2x multiplier or spades, clubs, diamonds or hearts for a 4x multiplier. You gamble to win – if you lose, you lose your original win.

Chills and Spills Summary

Happy Halloween slot machine gives a light take on a spooky theme and we absolutely love the design and soundtrack to this game – well played Play ‘n Go. We found the slot game to be a medium variance with lots of different winning opportunities to trigger.

Big wins come during the free spins feature – thanks to the stacked wilds that come into play. There is a return to player (RTP) percentage of 96.50% with this slot machine.