Halloween-Fanatic Laura Donnelly on How Her Spooky Traditions Drew Her to “Werewolf by Night”

Laura Donnelly grew up in Belfast, but there was one thing that set her family apart from most people they knew. “Quite unusually for growing up in Belfast in the ’80s, my family was really into Halloween,” she tells POPSUGAR. “And we always had very big Halloween parties and still do to this day — it’s kind of the biggest festival in my household.”

Donnelly’s Auntie Paula was the official party planner, and Donnelly credits her with giving her a “big love” of Halloween. Her sister Helen…