r/VintageHalloween

1980s, have had it since then.

My momma made this many years ago and as the Halloween lover of the family it got passed down to me. It's one of my most cherished items.

Found this blow mold at an antique store today and had to have it!! $34 not bad

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.

I absolutely love going thrifting and coming across amazing decorations. This was an awesome score!

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

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!

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

I thought I had lost this little guy but alas he was just hiding in a pumpkin in a bin!

Made by RUSS and sold, I believe, through Hallmark stores? I can still picture the end cap he was on when I asked for him in the store.

He was extra special in that he only came out for Halloween.

The little things that make a holiday as a kid.

I'm not exactly sure how old this is, but my mother had it for several years before passing it on to me. I love it! It fits my household decor perfectly!

Yesterday's catch! 😍
It's solid wood, and the stamp appears to say "copyrights" with a minor space between copy and rights - with a logo of a dude with a hammer and some kinda brand logo underneath ?
Has anyone else seen one of these? I'm having the worst time trying to identify where this gal came from.
Thanks!

Yard sale find yesterday; this is one of the very popular at the time "make your own" ceramic pieces. Folks would go in, paint and glaze a preformed piece, then pick it up after firing.

I'm sure there are still places that do this, but it was very popular in the 70s and 80s.

This is in beautiful condition, minor flakes in the lip of the lid, but that's hard to avoid and is covered when the lid is on. Came with a 1982 cord and lamp but I'll swap that out for LEDs this season.

Marked "1982" and the initials of the maker.

Sorry I forgot anything for scale, it's the same size as a typical blowmold.

I don't know what it is about this specific blow mold but I always get super lucky! Last year at another estate sale I picked it up for $1. So fun to have a pair of them now :)

(My cat Kirk for scale 😉)

Hubby 3D printed this awesome candle holder and pumpkins for my collection 🖤🎃🖤