24 More Vintage Halloween Costumes That Are Straight Out of a Fever Dream

John Summers • Contributor

Oct 2, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

You thought we were done? Oh no. There's more. More haunting papier-mâché faces. More melted-wax-looking masks. More children in costumes that look like they were designed by spirits who live in attics and whisper in Latin.

These vintage Halloween photos are back with a vengeance - and if you thought the last batch was unsettling, this one will have you questioning the sanity of early 20th-century parents. Seriously, who looked at a burlap sack, some wire hangers, and a dead-eyed rabbit mask and thought, "Yes, my child will wear this into the night"?

Halloween used to be genuinely creepy. No LED pumpkins. No inflatable yard ghosts. Just raw, handmade horror and the vague threat of tetanus. And I love it.

So let's lean into the weird, the grimy, the pre-sanitized version of spooky season. Because these costumes may not pass modern safety standards, but they will live rent-free in your nightmares.

You're welcome.