Classic Halloween Looks That Weren't Even Good Then

Green cardboard and paper tubes turn a smiling child into a vintage tobacco mascot.

Homemade rocky orange suit contrasts sharply with a pristine bridal gown in a color photo.

 Fries and shake costumes, complete with striped socks, celebrate 80s fast-food branding.

Boxed ATM, grinning banana, and shiny kimono form a trio of chaotic originality.

Cylindrical color costumes turn a porch into a tiny, orderly rainbow of chaos.

Oversized harlequin shirt and curly wig emphasize melancholy in front of a carved pumpkin.

Spiderman, gorilla, bandit, and vigilante costumes collide in a living-room mashup.

Red-and-black face paint distorts features, adding comedic horror to a yellow jumpsuit.

Tall Frankenstein figure dwarfs children in mismatched, frightening plastic masks.

Smeared black spots on a white sheet transform a child into a farm apparition.

Foil-covered boxes and stiff limbs turn a sunny yard into a DIY robot disaster.

Silver sash and crossed props exaggerate the rigidity of this imposed costume.

Plastic crest and toy dagger make a historical costume feel awkwardly threatening.

Bandits and floral skirts combine in front of a vintage car for cultural confusion.

Serious expression and oversized glasses turn a child nurse into a medical thriller.

Colonial outfits clash with a grotesque masked witch for suburban yard absurdity.

Gigantic wizard, Jason mask, and cardboard shower create a surreal Halloween scene. 

80s characters and robot armor fill a city sidewalk with awkward commercial charm.

Rudimentary eye holes give two sheeted figures a haunting, minimal vision of Halloween.

Oversized homemade box transforms a proud child into a walking dairy disaster.

Identical feline costumes and plastic pumpkins make uniformity uncomfortably cute.

Space suit, crown, and skull mask create a street tableau of pop-culture and doom.

White-sheet ghost and full-face masks clash with crown-wearing princess for an unsettling trio.

Red-haired doll masks and mismatched outfits turn a sunny path into vintage terror.

Pearls, dark lipstick, and dramatic poses make these teens look like haunted 50s icons.

Rigid plastic mask and cheap cape dominate a chaotic indoor party scene of confused kids.

Vinyl capes and plaid collide as one kid becomes a creepy cartoon dog nightmare.

Haunted fairy and ragged scarecrow stand frozen, eyes locked in awkward childhood tension.

Grinning plastic mask turns a friendly ghost costume into a tiny horror show on the porch.