The pandemic has left many scaling back on typical Halloween festivities, but that doesn’t mean people will skip the opportunity to dress up. Need some ideas? Take a trip back in time to revisit creepy vintage Halloween costumes, they may inspire your next costume — or your next nightmare.
These vintage Halloween costumes aren’t your typical, expensive, bagged up varieties you’d find at Target or local costume superstore — that’s what makes them so haunting.
No Marvel superheroes or Disney princesses here, just pure, homemade terror. Keep clicking for more frights.
Masked Children at Every Corner
We definitely wouldn’t want to turn the corner late at night to see any of these ominous mask-wearing children looking up at us.
We’re not sure what’s more surprising — parents getting their kids to wear masks, or parents being okay with their sweet little ones looking like this for a night.
Before fancy fabrications, it seems that the easiest way to freak people out was with the eyes. See for yourself…
The Eyes Have It…
Are the bulging eyes scarier? Or are the sunken eyes more terrifying? We’ll let you decide on this one.
Eyes are one thing, but there’s something even more frightening about a grown adult donning a baby mask and milk bottle. Who knew?
Also popular? Fictional characters…