“Do you like my new wound?” Nancy Boyd asks, proudly extending her arm. She shows off a festering wound that slashes her arm in two: purplish, with hints of blackish red, it’s fresh and pulpy.
“It looks so real, right?” she cackles, using a paintbrush to dab more purple on the fake gash. Boyd, principal of Taska Nakorn Sari in Section 17, Petaling Jaya, is preparing for her annual Halloween party. The 60-year-old is crazy about all things Halloween. Her house, where the party is to take place, is festooned with Halloween decorations. On her sliding doors, there are huge stickers of black ghosts and a giant cobweb.