Spooky DnD One-Shot Adventure - Spooky

Adventure one-shot ideas for horror or Halloween. Assumed to take course over the an evening or night. Probably with a full moon.

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The characters are local villagers spending the night here on a dare. Two of the characters have fallen in love.
It is at a cursed lighthouse which has a garden of huge vegetables.
There are skeletons preparing a sacrifice. And a creature here is possessed by a sentient berserker axe.
At some point there is a loud knocking on a door.
As the adventure progresses a portal slowly starts to open

The characters are entertainers working at a special event. A character has made an enemy of a local spellcaster.
It is at an arcane garden which has a sinister pentagram that only appears on this night each year.
There are plant creatures holding a funeral. And a vengeful warlock seeks to burn everything to the ground.
At some point someone rises from the dead.
As the adventure progresses there is a series of murders

The characters are friends and family of an adventurer, gathered for a wake.
It is at an arcane docks which borders on the Shadowfell.
There are local nobles and merchants gathered for a masquerade ball. And the spirit of a necromancer is trying to escape from a crystal ball.
At some point there is a loud knocking on a door.
As the adventure progresses signs of an apocalypse manifest

The characters are a group of ghost investigators with a covered wagon, investigating a mystery. One or more characters belong to a local faction.
It is at an ancient theater which is used to hold a herd of goats.
There are a gang of pirates looking for buried treasure. And a creature here is possessed by a sentient berserker axe.
At some point there is a change of location.
As the adventure progresses objects start to talk

The characters are a group of monster hunters chasing a shapechanger.
It is at a walled graveyard which has many strange lights.
There are a mismatched group of awakened animals scavenging what they can. And an old priest seeks to avoid their death, foretold to be on this night.
At some point someone goes missing.
As the adventure progresses a series of tolling bells signal the arrival of a deity of greed