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These images are of what was at the bottom of the box of vintage decorations I bought in florida. I'm beginning to think that this box was owned by someone who either worked in, or around haunted houses for years. It's all industry stuff plus horror, home made dubs, the kind of stuff that someone who is heavily involved in that industry would store in a box. It's a great find and makes perfect sense... as much sense as a random box of stuff could make lol!

Christine is a great film, and these instructional haunt titles are pretty interesting, never knew this was a genre on its own. Did any of these actually see a major release? They all look very niche / maybe made to sell at haunted house conventions?

There's also an external hard drive, and some sort of taped up brown box addressed to 'Dr. Steve Brownlee'. I'm not too sure what's inside, and I was told if i mail it to the address I could be liable for terrorist activity haha.

The montauk project tape with the child-like label on it seems a bit creepy, still haven't watched it yet. I work 40-60 hours a week so it's hard to find time to carve out a chunk of time to watch this stuff!

The haunted house on the right in the first pic is a great illustration, was too scary for my parents to hang when I was a child. I usually ended up with the boo decoration instead, since I had sisters. But the second image has some AWESOME pieces. another one of those springy decorations, this time a witch, plus that weird 1960s black cat but this time in either a tutu or a pumpkin top (masked as a tutu?) Anyone have any of these growing up? Love hearing stories about people's experience with these.

Here's some more of my finds in florida!

These poseable skeletons are so great. I got a total of like 6 of them, now I can protect myself from all the 2D skin-stealers with my skinless, poseable army? (WTF lol). The big skull is also a great find. It looks like there are 2 holes on the chin. I wonder if it ever connected to something else?

The second image has a more modern feel too it, but are still vintage, and have that early 00s Michaels' look. I'm a sucked for haunted house graphics, so despite the low quality clipart look, i was still pretty excited to find these

These three faces are absolute gold. Nowadays everyone thinks vampires are glittery twilight weirdos, but instead knowing Dracula is an immortal middle aged man is far more scary to me. Also great Frankenstein face too. In the second picture, misc pumpkins from different decades. You can see how each period of Halloween decorations took on a different kind of look or vibe of what they thought was scary, juxtaposed to modern day where most of these designs would be considered cheesy or campy. Either way glad to have found them

Here are some more of the awesome vintage Halloween items found at the garage sale. The trick or treat bags were an AMAZING find! I remember tearing through these things as a kid for 3-4 flavored tootsie rolls and maybe a fireball. Finding stacks In this condition I feel is almost impossible to find nowadays! Also the goofy black cat is definitely giving me 1960s spooky vibes. Meeee-yow.

The full-size posables are also cool. The mummy and skeleton are definitely going into my personal collection!

I bought this large box of Halloween decorations down here in Florida, this is just a few of them. I can post the rest if people want to see more.

These all look very familiar. Are these vintage designs from Night of the Living Dead and possibly Halloween 3?

Anyone ever forced to watch these as a kid in church? Was totally worth it.