15 Disturbing Vintage Halloween Costumes To Haunt Your Dreams

These days people dress their children in adorable and clever costumes. In times gone by, or even in the 70’s, costumes for children and adults were creepy, very creepy.

The washed out colours and sepia tones definitely improved the spook factor. Maybe it’s because they are handmade. Either way, these frightening vintage Halloween costumes will give you the willies. Oh, and forget about sleep tonight.

1. Masked Children

source: Ebay

2. The Scarecrow

source: chicagogeek

3. Unexplained

source: Allison Marchant

4. Girl with Paper Puppet

source: Allison Marchant

5. Scary Masks

source: Delilah Jenkins

6. Come Play in the Woods

source: Richard

7. … I’ve Brought Some Friends

source: Richard

8. Smiling Goblins, Skeletons & Friends

source: Allison Marchant

9. Seance

source: BoingBoing

10. Attack of the Giant Heads

source: city rag

11. Clown Doctors

source: Pinterest

12. Zombie Dog?

source: Pinterest

13. Creepy Onesie

source: Boing Boing

14. Eyeball Men

source: tumblr

15. Masked and Creepy

source: grateful web

Dominic has been writing on the web since 2000. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Biological Sciences from Nottingham University and his research thesis has been published in journals. With a foundation in painstaking research he found his passion for travel and has worked in the sector for 20 years. He has written a book about travel and has extended his expertise to consumer research across the travel and leisure sector.