27 More Vintage Halloween Costumes That Are Equal Parts Spooky and Spectacular

John Summers • Contributor

Oct 28, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Couldn't get enough of the first batch? Neither could we. Imgur user FAUST44 clearly has a gift for digging up the eeriest corners of Halloween history - and these 27 additional photos prove that people from the last century truly understood the assignment.

These aren't your store-bought vampire capes or plastic pumpkin masks - we're talking handmade papier-mâché monstrosities, cloth ghosts that look like cursed dolls, and smiling devils that could make a modern slasher villain jealous. There's something hauntingly beautiful about these costumes - imperfect, eerie, but full of imagination.

Once again, these photos remind us that Halloween used to be less about polished makeup tutorials and more about pure, unfiltered creativity (and possibly scaring your neighbors to death).

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John's last hangover was bad, 1976

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M&Ms, Charlie Chaplin, The Tin man and others - 1961

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Atari boy, 1983

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Glow in the dark is cool, but scratch and sniff? 1987

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Mummy and guests at Universal Studios, CA, 1966

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Cardboard Pac-Man, 1982

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Love the Humpty Dumpty, 1980

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Right..... San Francisco, CA, 1979 (photo by Ken Werner)

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Crayon, 1975

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Love this trio and the head-only mummy, 1976

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Pumpkin in robe and Sharon, Greenwich Village, NYC, 1984 (photo by Scott Laperruque)

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Aliens (one wet) at the party, while detective fills out report, 1967

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Man trying on fly mask at costume shop, 1982

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Homemade Star Wars, 1978

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Somehow I remember this, 1971

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The children, 1960

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Lovely family, Greenwich Village, NYC, 1980s (photo by Scott Laperruque)

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The bottle, 1950s (seems comfortable)

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Beatniks, 1960s

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It's going to be a limited vision kind of night, 1959

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Cruella Deville is a crappy mother, of course! 1973

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Studio 54 Halloween costumes, NYC, 1977 (photo by Richard Drew)

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Brick and bricklayer, 1968 (Seriously?!)

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Big hit at the office party, 1983

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NASA explorer and Indian, early 1970s

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Soaping car windows on Mischief Night, 1941 (photo by William Shrout)

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Have a great night - 1940s

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27 More Vintage Halloween Costumes That Are Equal Parts Spooky and Spectacular

John's last hangover was bad, 1976

M&Ms, Charlie Chaplin, The Tin man and others - 1961

Atari boy, 1983

Glow in the dark is cool, but scratch and sniff? 1987

Mummy and guests at Universal Studios, CA, 1966

Cardboard Pac-Man, 1982

Love the Humpty Dumpty, 1980

Right..... San Francisco, CA, 1979 (photo by Ken Werner)

Crayon, 1975

Love this trio and the head-only mummy, 1976

Pumpkin in robe and Sharon, Greenwich Village, NYC, 1984 (photo by Scott Laperruque)

Aliens (one wet) at the party, while detective fills out report, 1967

Man trying on fly mask at costume shop, 1982

Homemade Star Wars, 1978

Somehow I remember this, 1971

The children, 1960

Lovely family, Greenwich Village, NYC, 1980s (photo by Scott Laperruque)

The bottle, 1950s (seems comfortable)

Beatniks, 1960s

It's going to be a limited vision kind of night, 1959

Cruella Deville is a crappy mother, of course! 1973

Studio 54 Halloween costumes, NYC, 1977 (photo by Richard Drew)

Brick and bricklayer, 1968 (Seriously?!)

Big hit at the office party, 1983

NASA explorer and Indian, early 1970s

Soaping car windows on Mischief Night, 1941 (photo by William Shrout)

Have a great night - 1940s

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