Halloween wedding in Frankston attracts ghoulish characters

THE bride was an evil Little Black Riding Hood, the groom an alien. And the celebrant was the Grim Reaper. What could possibly go wrong with this Halloween wedding?

Halloween wedding - Grim Reaper celebrant

GHOSTS and ghouls flitted into Frankston this afternoon to toast a couple on their spook-tacular Halloween wedding.

The rings were presented in a pile of severed fingers in a coffin and the marriage celebrant came decked out as the Grim Reaper.

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The bridal party looked tame compared to the guests who came dressed as ghouls, a murderous chef, Gandolph from Harry Potter, zombies, members of the Addams family and skeletons.

Ferntree Gully couple Paul Newton and Lisa Newton (formerly Grinlaw) opted to have a less conventional wedding.

The bride donned an evil Little Black Riding Hood costume, while her new hubby came dressed in an alien-type outfit dragging a ball-and-chain behind him for special effect.

She walked in to the song Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show to the centrepiece where the rings were presented on severed fingers in a coffin.

Her son, Michael Stones, 24, came dressed as a zombie and walked his mum down the aisle.

And unlike many brides who spend their wedding morning sipping bubbly and getting their hair done, Lisa instead scouted around finding dry ice for her haunting reception displays.

“We just wanted to go with something different; nothing traditional,” Lisa said.

“Everyone who knows us wasn’t terribly surprised, so there was no shock horror.”

The celebrations were expected to continue well into the night with wedding nuptials including a spooky cake.

Civil celebrant Tim Manger, who prides himself on being the Darth Vader celebrant, said he was no stranger to the odd wedding request.

The Diamond Creek man has collected an entire wardrobe of costumes he’s worn over many years presiding over nuptials.

He’s also done a barefoot wedding on a lawn bowls green, multiple nude weddings, Lord of the Rings nuptials, Disney weddings and countless Star Wars celebrations.

His business is listed on a website called Offbeat Bride.

“They’re all dressed in ghoulish outfits, and the Grim Reaper seemed the obvious one to me,” Mr Manger said.

Now Mr Manger is getting ready for his next unusual service: a drag queen wedding for a heterosexual couple.