You can even overhear monologues from distant tables, thanks to an unsettling acoustic trick common to vaulted ceilings.
Barry And Stuart: Powered By Demons Keswick Rugby Club, Sat These two young Scotsmen play up the macabre side of magic, with a series of brilliantly conceived and occasionally quite unsettling set-piece tricks.
For viewers, it was often hard to tell what was "real" and what was mere posturing (or an editing trick), and that tension added to the show's unsettling allure.
The idea of a thing that looks like a different thing — it's toast, but it's the Virgin Mary — can be psychically unsettling, reiterating a suspicion that the world is full of tricks, illusions, and prevarications.
He also revealed their unsettling hunting techniques - they dangle their tails like a lure, tricking lizards and birds into coming close.
In Mexico City, he indulges in magic mushrooms, pursues an unattainable older woman and, after an unsettling encounter with the police, gets a driver's licence (no need for a test - a couple of bribes did the trick).
However, targeting the marketing may be the trick next time: as the Spectator noted, the crowd did include "an unsettling number of solo middle-aged men with binoculars".
Galgut's unsettling triptych of travel stories (shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize) play disarming tricks with perspective, as the Damon in the stories flips identities with Damon the narrator.
And if you're eager for more Halloween tricks and treats, check out HuffPost Live's creepy look at a very unsettling haunted house and this primer on the forgotten history of Halloween.
His trick is to present no obvious sign of being the evil one, yet to carry with him an unsettling air.
