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[–]divne 245 points246 points ago

That´s how costumes should be... Scary!

[–]Ze_Carioca 20 points21 points ago

They look like the trolls from Troll 2.

[–]DauqsRetiol 16 points17 points ago

They were fucking goblins. This is one thing that I'm very passionate about.

[–]_That_One_Guy_ 23 points24 points ago

You're passionate about fucking goblins?

[–]Defender 9 points10 points ago

Everyone has their fetishes hobbies.

[–]DoctorMystery 4 points5 points ago

But only he has his gobbies.

[–]CartFruit 6 points7 points ago

Nilbog!

[–]Darrian 5 points6 points ago

YOU DON'T PISS ON HOSPITALITY.

[–]partysnatcher 4 points5 points ago

Grandpa Seth calls spoiler alert motherfucker.

[–]DoctorMystery 1 point2 points ago

Permission to somehow make this my personal catchphrase?

[–]AManHasSpoken 0 points1 point ago

Any phrase with "motherfucker" added to the end makes for a viable catchphrase, motherfucker.

[–]partysnatcher 0 points1 point ago

Go for it sir, godspeed!

[–]Hindu_Wardrobe 2 points3 points ago

Oh my goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

(Or is that the first one? :S)

[–]BloodFeces 0 points1 point ago

The second one. Troll 2 is the one that is a terrible movie classic; Troll 1 is only notable because Julia Luis-Dryfus runs around almost (but not quite) naked as a forest nymph, and because Sonny Bono turns into a mushroom in it.

[–]Aeras4109 0 points1 point ago

Did one of the troll movies involve some kind of house in a forest and some kind of terrible death involving turning into green goop and the trolls eating it? Or something like that. I have some kind of memory involving this in a horror movie I saw when was very young. Freaked me the fuck out. Dunno if my details are correct. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

[–]Darrian 0 points1 point ago

Yeah that's Troll 2. The concept is the goblins feed people this green food, and it turns them into half people half plant things. Then the goblins eat them.

[–]Aeras4109 0 points1 point ago

This... disturbs me. It's the ONLY thing I remember from this movie. I just remember being horrified by it. I'm tempted to watch it but... I'm not sure I should. Damn scene has plagued me for most of my life. Maybe it's time to face my fear...

[–]Darrian 0 points1 point ago

Re-watch it. It will cure you of your fear now that you're older, I promise. It's one of the cheesiest, least scary, dumb movies that's ever existed.

People generally watch it to laugh.

[–]Aeras4109 0 points1 point ago

I guess I'll try to watch it within the next few days here. You better be right, or I may need to hunt you down. :|

[–]Ze_Carioca 0 points1 point ago

The goblins were vegetarians and turned people into plants by feeding them this green goop, and then eating them.

It is worth watching because it is extremely campy and wasn't trying to be.

[–]GADBabaganoosh 0 points1 point ago

They're eating her, then they're going to eat me!

[–]bheklilr 2 points3 points ago

I hate that movie so much, but like The Room, I can't help but love how terrible it is

[–]slacker1065 3 points4 points ago

Hi Mark. How is your sex life?

[–]Creepwood 4 points5 points ago

I did not hit her. I did not. I did not hit her!

[–]BA_Start 2 points3 points ago

You are TEARING ME APART, Lisa!

[–]HerrGrammar 0 points1 point ago

Oh hi, (name)!

[–]railroadwino 0 points1 point ago

I did nnaaawwwtt. Oh! Hi Mark.

[–]TheWac0Kid 0 points1 point ago

I watched a documentary on this movie... but I've never actually seen it on its own. I think I'll do that sometime soon.

[–]mattomatto 67 points68 points ago

Wait but 6 year old whore princess...

[–]Doctor-Why 33 points34 points ago

unless they're carrying around a sign with prices for sex acts, I don't think you should call children whores for pretending to be princesses

[–]DonSlice 33 points34 points ago

He's referring to the slutty version of costumes

[–]Doctor-Why 19 points20 points ago

I googled "6 year old whore princess" and couldn't find anything of the sort.

[–]franchise41 87 points88 points ago

You might be on some sort of list now because you googled that.

[–]teknoire7 4 points5 points ago

Exactly what I was thinking.

[–]DonSlice 13 points14 points ago

Yeah... Why don't you have a seat over here...

[–]BluePubicHair 0 points1 point ago

Oh no, it's Chris Hansen!

BANG

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

CHRIS HANSEN!?

BANG

[–]BluePubicHair 3 points4 points ago

wow, deleted already? did you......did you really kill yourself?

[–]animevamp727 2 points3 points ago

your computer is now being tracked by the government. be careful of your next searches.

[–]Scyevil 0 points1 point ago

Safe search off?

[–]sh1thead 0 points1 point ago

Up-voted for setup.

[–]mattomatto 2 points3 points ago

But it cracked me up. Lighten up mom, we're all adults here. No one is whore, it was just some over the top social criticism

[–]FutureDivorcee 0 points1 point ago

Thank you! Finally, somebody can stand up to the status quo and say;

"Everyone, listen. Children aren't whores just because they dress horribly and go out at night to bum food from their neighbors."

Only then do you begin to realize that parents are pimps because they dress their whores for school whilst they grow up.

[–]MrFappy 2 points3 points ago

Commonly referred to as "Prostitots"

[–]glenlikespie 1 point2 points ago

Yes! This is why I'm sad it is not the 1930's Halloween.

To each their own, I guess.

[–]sprinkydinks 1 point2 points ago

bags were also a popular option during the depression http://imgur.com/241ey

[–]Scrial 0 points1 point ago

[–]strangeak47 61 points62 points ago

i wanna build an army of them

[–]homesickalien 26 points27 points ago

I imagine it would look kind of like THIS.

[–]alphanumerik 2 points3 points ago

I love showing people this video and then his song Film, both from the same album.

The change is awesome.

I love Aphex Twin.

[–]Redneck2000 2 points3 points ago

You mean Flim, and have you seen Rubber Johnny?

[–]shadeshadows 0 points1 point ago

What the fucking shit

[–]alphanumerik -1 points0 points ago

Oh shit, for some reason I've always read it as Film. Good lookin out man.

[–]NUTELLA_TITS 10 points11 points ago

...what the fuck did I just watch?

[–]ContractedTyler 29 points30 points ago

Kony's Halloween Special

[–]Sly_R 3 points4 points ago

I think it tells you in the title.

[–]Bandit1379 1 point2 points ago

If you thought that was crazy...

Windowlicker

[–]Pumpernickell 0 points1 point ago

lol windowlicker is a teddy bear near this: Whitehouse

[–]Da_Snail 3 points4 points ago

I honestly think that Rubber Johnny is still the creepiest.

[–]Delfishie 0 points1 point ago

I always thought Rubber Johnny was genuinely sad. A deformed boy, relegated to a wheelchair for his life with only a small dog for company, kept in a dark room by his abusive father...

Even in his fantasies that the techno music accompanies, he ends up hurting himself.

[–]Bandit1379 0 points1 point ago

I dunno, that doesn't seem very bad. Worlock on the other hand creeps me out...

[–]Pumpernickell 0 points1 point ago

ewwww that's just disgusting!

[–]Bandit1379 0 points1 point ago

[–]Pumpernickell 0 points1 point ago

Indeed! you made my day!

[–]Bandit1379 0 points1 point ago

Success! I can finally go to sleep!

[–]Cadaverlanche 1 point2 points ago

With Rubber Johnny at the helm shooting sound lasers out of his fingertips.

[–]tropicterror 1 point2 points ago

...

[–]t_F_ 0 points1 point ago

... ಠ_ಠ

[–]TheBroticus42 0 points1 point ago

How the fuck do you make that face?! I've tried everything and couldn't find the correct characters! Can you help me out?

[–]RunningMoto 5 points6 points ago

I would instantly surrender.

[–]Fatumsch 3 points4 points ago

I still think an army if Klaus Kinskys would be scarier!

[–]t_F_ 2 points3 points ago

What the fuck did I just google

[–]rwhockey29 1 point2 points ago

Well. I'll be waiting to google that until in the morning.

[–]t_F_ 1 point2 points ago

Pshh, who needs sleep anyway. ..

[–]SuperBeast4721 1 point2 points ago

Frenchi

[–]BloodFeces 0 points1 point ago

Home again, home again, jiggity jigg!

Goood evenin', J.F!

[–]Neaks 39 points40 points ago

Anyone ever see Trick 'R' Treat? Reminds me of the ghost handicap kids.

[–]i_like_the_dark 0 points1 point ago

Yes! I was going to mention that too.

[–]biggzxmoney 33 points34 points ago

Reminded me of these guys

[–]DontEatMostMeat 15 points16 points ago

Lock!

Shock!

Barrel!

[–]filBlau 25 points26 points ago

originally halloween was supposed to scare people, not to give free boners.

[–]animevamp727 7 points8 points ago

it was originally meant to scare unwelcome spirits away but i guess that works to....

[–]filBlau 0 points1 point ago

the scary part is still there.

[–]Arx0s 17 points18 points ago

I for one enjoy modern Halloween.

[–]filBlau 2 points3 points ago

my penis enjoys it too.

but I culturally disagree with it.

[–]carrotman424 2 points3 points ago

You should never pay for boners.

[–]rhymenoceros_ 17 points18 points ago

Oh god, I just saw the Orphanage the other night. These kids give Thomas a run for his money.

[–]Neon1986 7 points8 points ago

That movie excels at being both heartbreaking and terrifying.

[–]minority_report 2 points3 points ago

That's what this reminded me of.

[–]mattk223 12 points13 points ago

Costumes these days have just been pussified imo. This is how they should be. Blame the soccer moms.

[–]A7X4REVer 50 points51 points ago

Yeah it sure is too bad that the best costumes have passed. I hate how we don't have any creepy costumes anymore, only 10yr old girls dressed like hookers.

[–]morewaffles 14 points15 points ago

well that can be scary too just in a megan's law kind of way

[–]BluePubicHair 1 point2 points ago

10yr old girls dressed like hookers are the creepiest thing I can think of

[–]Defender 0 points1 point ago

Unless you're in Romania.

[–]ForgettableUsername 6 points7 points ago

Weird to think that these kids, if they are still alive, must be in their 80s by now.

[–]mjolk22 2 points3 points ago

The masks have grown in to their faces and they are still trapped on that date, october 31 1930, looking for the sugar fix they so much deserved. They thought that the reason no one gave them any candy was because they weren't scary enough, when the truth was that everyone was too scared to even open their doors. Which made them work harder and harder on their routine halloween act of horror and pure evil, every year got increasingly worse and as time went their twisted idea grew so strong that no one could talk them out of it.

The human mind has no boundaries on what fucked up things it can come up with when it's forced and trained to. They dedicated their lives to try to please the poor crowd, they brew up a plan for the ultimate and most scary prank of all time, unfortunately one attempt wasn't enough and one of the things we all fear the most is death, they used that fear, along with other unimaginable horror.

[–]homesickalien 22 points23 points ago

OMG...These kids came to my house...LAST YEAR!!!

[–]gasundtieht 36 points37 points ago

THEN WHO WAS PHONE?

[–]bunneisha 5 points6 points ago

These are so much better than the shit that pops up in Walgreens every October.

[–]fonzalonz 6 points7 points ago

Sepia makes everything scarier. Also, those costumes are better than anything I've ever seen.

[–]Sieg67 6 points7 points ago

I once had a kid in an M&M costume come up to my door for Halloween. What the hell do I give an M&M? Tiny humans?

[–]smug_soul 4 points5 points ago

That looks like it could be a really cool album cover.

[–]YouFeelShame 5 points6 points ago

Pint Sized Slashers

[–]Mayor_Of_Boston 1 point2 points ago

cntrl+f, yadda yadda

[–]dangerousD85 2 points3 points ago

I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway. I feel like I'd get tetanus if I touched one of their masks.

[–]owneroftheworld 2 points3 points ago

Not a movie called "trick r treat"....not the best, but a decent watch. But there's this little pumpkin head mother fucker that I thought of when seeing this photo.

[–]owneroftheworld 2 points3 points ago

Fucks sake...watch* not sure why I said "not"

[–]charliedayman[!] 0 points1 point ago

It's funny how easy it is to tell who's redditing on a mobile device and how they are AUTOMATICALLY WORSE >:[

[–]owneroftheworld 0 points1 point ago

Funny how you're completely wrong. I was a bit under the influence. Suck it.

[–]bmores8 2 points3 points ago

Acual scary costumes, not bad.

[–]mike34113 2 points3 points ago

They look like a real life version of the kids from the nightmare before christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

Me too, because it would be during the Great Depression and all.

[–]meatwad75892 2 points3 points ago

Just a childhood photo of Slipknot.

[–]Apotheosis91 2 points3 points ago

No candy, only potatoes

[–]SillyPseudonym 1 point2 points ago

Ridiculous! Who have two potato?

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

well...this is going to be a tough pic to masturbate too...

[–]iaccidentlytheworld 1 point2 points ago

You're not trying hard enough.

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[–]IVIattEndureFort 16 points17 points ago

And being 1930's kids it would feed their families for a week

[–]BigFatDynamo 4 points5 points ago

Repost in r/nosleep. Definitely dreaming about this shit tonight. Hopefully not a porno dream.

[–]clearlyreading 1 point2 points ago

Did they just cut their respective neighbour's faces' off?

[–]xTRYPTAMINEx 1 point2 points ago

This is the reason why no one eats mushrooms on Halloween.

[–]Snow-White 1 point2 points ago

I had shrooms once on Halloween. It was awesome. No one wore that, though.

[–]SuperBeast4721 1 point2 points ago

I wish we still had these kind of costumes.

[–]zaqwed 1 point2 points ago

This is why I am angry it is not 1930's Halloween anymore. That shit is awesome!

[–]HermanTheKid 1 point2 points ago

These kids look like they're about to be rescued by Boo Radley.

[–]kahmikaiser 1 point2 points ago

what about the fourth one in the window?

[–]MrNicePants 1 point2 points ago

I think we just may be scared of very old things like this and it doesn't help that they're little kids. What I'm trying to say is we may just have a weird "taste" in what scary is these days. Back then they could have had the worst costumes or people may have been like, "How is that supposed to be scary?".

[–]spykids3D 0 points1 point ago

Thank you. Obviously what scary means/looks like changes over time. Also, I think old things scare us more because they signify time and decay. I can't believe people's reactions to this photo.

[–]v4visitor 1 point2 points ago

reminds me of "the orphange".

[–]BoiseDog13 1 point2 points ago

yeah, they knew how to bring on the creepy back then.

[–]StrangeCaptain 1 point2 points ago

woww

[–]grandpaegg 1 point2 points ago

Looks like a Meatyard photo.

[–]tulse_luper 0 points1 point ago

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of Meatyard.

[–]MrDoubleE 1 point2 points ago

What the fuck man...

[–]mcjustice12 1 point2 points ago

Is the one on the left in black face? I know the "Jazz Singer" movie came out around then, but damn...

[–]SirRonaldofBurgundy 2 points3 points ago

Out of many things I'm thankful to the gays for, turning Halloween from that into its modern form is definitely at the top. More than Alan Turing, more than Freddie Mercury, I'm just glad we now have an official cosplay/slut day. I'm not even a little bit kidding.

[–]Litheon1 1 point2 points ago

Nothing is better than Freddie Mercury. Except maybe sex, sex is pretty good.

[–]DownvotedByCunts 2 points3 points ago

What about sex WITH Freddie?

[–]jordanundead 2 points3 points ago

I can think of at least one reason that would be bad...

[–]thebrokenlute 0 points1 point ago

I can think of no reason why that would be bad.

[–]jordanundead 0 points1 point ago

Really you're gonna make me say it? Alright then. AIDS...

[–]WRONGANSWERFUCKMUNCH 4 points5 points ago

"the gays"?

Are you my 80 year old grandma by any chance ?

[–]admvb 0 points1 point ago

Old Halloween is the best Halloween.

[–]galaxy13 0 points1 point ago

That's spooky on an Ed Gein level..

[–]xAntimonyx 0 points1 point ago

To be fair, the filter doesn't help. Every creepy pasta video is in this filter. Lol

[–]pootispencerhere 0 points1 point ago

Halloween in the past was more about smashing shit up and causing chaos rather than gathering candy. Creepier costumes like these were common at the time precisely because they startled people, getting rid of pesky onlookers and enabled more shenanigans.

[–]Creepwood 0 points1 point ago

I would have just sat on my porch cleaning my shotgun, to spook any would be hooligans.

[–]the_last_carfighter 0 points1 point ago

creepy, I like it!

[–]WithForte 0 points1 point ago

But I'm still in my 30's....

[–]iced1138 0 points1 point ago

If anything, I'm glad it's not the Halloween in 1938. That's when the famous War of the Wolds radio broadcast was, people actually thought that Aliens were really invading.

[–]nurdboy42 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, because no one wants a scary Halloween

[–]quitethepersona 0 points1 point ago

What? That's badass.

[–]osaasuh 0 points1 point ago

Is there any more old and creepy Halloween pictures like this?

[–]Lagrumpleway 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, wouldn't be easy to make a slutty/sexy version of those. These costumes are supposed hide you among the ghouls, not... Tittylate them.

[–]TwoXChromosomes 0 points1 point ago

Source? They remind me a little like Lock Shock and Barrel the ones that want to kidnap mr Sandy Claws, lock him up real tight, Throw away the key and then, Turn off all the lights

[–]kiruclanz 0 points1 point ago

If you murdered those children, you could probably get away with it if you said it was in self defense and that they were serial killer midgets.

[–]Dimezilla 0 points1 point ago

I wouldn't open the door.....

[–]Earthian 0 points1 point ago

I want it to be the 1930's Halloween!

[–]CosmicBard 0 points1 point ago

They look like Power Rangers enemies.

[–]symbiotics 0 points1 point ago

enjoy the nightmares

[–]bmfbg 0 points1 point ago

Its just the color of the picture that makes it scary. Guarantee if it was in color it wouldn't be half as creepy. Its something about old pictures like this that just give of this goosebumps type of vibe.

[–]spykids3D 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for saying this. You are right. I can't believe how scared people are of old things (as proven by everyone's comments).

[–]Dam_Kids 0 points1 point ago

I've seen quite a few disturbing things in my years on this planet, yet I was not prepared for this picture. Its creepy in that simple scary-as-shit way.

[–]setsuri 0 points1 point ago

That looks like a ye olde Batman convention

[–]F5_supermonkey 0 points1 point ago

holy shit those costumes are awesome!

[–]sirsparkylarper 0 points1 point ago

Costumes are supposed to be scary.. not slutty.

[–]petmeinthefartbox 0 points1 point ago

That's actually badass.

[–]I_All_Ways_Win 0 points1 point ago

[–]stevesonaplane 0 points1 point ago

I went through a phase where I gave pickles and potatoes out for halloween.

[–]Watercolour 0 points1 point ago

Scary IRL.

[–]Beautybabe09 0 points1 point ago

That's pretty creepy but kind of cool. Reminds me of the Halloween special on the history channel.

[–]myrrhman 0 points1 point ago

Why? That's way cooler than a room full of guys dressed like Ryan Gosling in Drive.

[–]cbails 0 points1 point ago

More like why I'm sad

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

shaco gank incoming

[–]Raggz 0 points1 point ago

100x better than seeing 20 little fucks wear the same batman costume.

[–]fishbulbnz 0 points1 point ago

Burn them with fire!

[–]Intelensprotient 0 points1 point ago

Kinda reminds me of how people dress on "Fasnet" (Carnival) around my hometown.

http://narrenzunft-schoerzingen.de/images/fasnet/fasnet-5.jpg

[–]stay_lucky 0 points1 point ago

. . . I wasn't tired anyway. . . Weird how shit like this from times past is so much more terrifying now than it ever was back then

[–]butterflypoon 0 points1 point ago

So that's where these guys came from!

Fuck the Weeping Angels and the Silence...those fuckers are just creepy as fuck.

[–]soyabstemio 0 points1 point ago

It's not the 2012 Halloween.

[–]Zerble 0 points1 point ago

It's not even the 2012 Halloween - It's July!

What? Yes dear, I did say Halloween. No, I'm not crazy. Yes, I did take my pills this morning. Yes, I'll remind the nice people that it's still July.

Sorry, gotta go.

[–]kyin 0 points1 point ago

Interesting to compare this photo by Helen Levitt.

[–]amaiacookie 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of the kids from "A Nightmare Before Christmas."

[–]dolcyboon111 0 points1 point ago

I imagine it would look kind of like

[–]denialtwister31 0 points1 point ago

These remind me of the evil mind-controlling masks from Halloween 3: Season of the Witch.

[–]hussy_trash 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of the Rob Zombie Halloween remake.

[–]anonymouslives 0 points1 point ago

That's Michael Myers all the way on the right.

[–]SuperXpio 0 points1 point ago

In this town.. we call home..

[–]iaccidentlytheworld 0 points1 point ago

The world was so scary before there was color.

[–]rapcat 0 points1 point ago

Looking at that picture reminded me of a country (traditional) Mardi Gras. The costumes look similiar:

http://www.gypsynester.com/mardigras.htm

If you do a google search for country mardi gras you get similar pictures.

[–]Ch3t 0 points1 point ago

If they came to my house all they would get would be a caramel cod.

[–]Kong_P 0 points1 point ago

That's sooooo creepy !

[–]Phileine 0 points1 point ago

No sleep tonight.

[–]thisisnotokay 0 points1 point ago

Acual scary costumes, not bad.

[–]YoungGrasshopper13 0 points1 point ago

I rather have that than what we have now.

[–]vaginaborn 0 points1 point ago

Also this. Scared my pants off.

[–]zero25 0 points1 point ago

TIL Halloween was actually scary at one time.