It’s time for another vintage Halloween photo, a snapshot of trick-or-treating and masquerading long gone.
And good riddance.
This photo, undated but probably from sometime in the 1950s or earlier, has a weird vibe to it. Looks like a rural setting, maybe a Halloween photo of a bunch of classmates outside a school.
The paper bags that a couple of the kids are wearing are … interesting. Maybe they were from families too poor to afford masks. Or didn’t believe in Halloween.
It’s “Children of the Corn: The Early Years.”
The masks we do see are just unsettling, though. The little boy to the left, wearing overalls and a bow tie? That mask is freaky.
And what the hell is the teacher/parent/adult guardian wearing? That outfit must have given those kids nightmares for weeks afterward.
And that house, or church, in the background? What’s that in the upstairs window?
Just kidding.
The last comment about the window just freaked me out :S