Halloween Countdown: Vintage Photos

Vintage Halloween is tied for first place in the countdown poll, so I give you these photographs of what costumes and masks used to look like before they were sold in bulk at party supply stores (and made slutty).

Vintage masks are, in some ways, creepier than the highly detailed rubber monster masks on sale today.

What the…?

Note the odd floating head.

Jesus Christ! Eyes…eyes…eyes…

Second one from the left: amazing.

See the rest of the Buzzfeed roundup here.

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7 Responses to “Halloween Countdown: Vintage Photos”

Comment1 Says:
October 21, 2014 at 8:48 pm

So true about the masks. It’s not just a demon, it’s a demon in the uncanny valley!

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- shewalkssoftly Says:
  October 23, 2014 at 4:45 pm
  
  That is a PERFECT way to put it!
  
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13hearseman13 Says:
October 22, 2014 at 12:40 am

I don’t think the third one down is supposed to be Halloween. Hey–that’s my Uncle Mort!

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- 13hearseman13 Says:
  October 22, 2014 at 12:44 am
  
  I mean the 5th.
  
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- shewalkssoftly Says:
  October 23, 2014 at 4:46 pm
  
  Yeah, it’s definitely not…but it was too amazing to skip
  
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bettiemuldoon Says:
October 23, 2014 at 1:47 am

Wonderful! Is that a floating head, Dana, or somebody just shorter than me?

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- shewalkssoftly Says:
  October 23, 2014 at 4:39 pm
  
  There are not too many people shorter than me, so…it’s a head.
  
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