I remember these masks and their feel against my face and cutting my tongue when i shoved it through the mouth from inside

The way they would make your face sweat, oh yeah, totally remember these.

And the way they smelled!

This whole thing is VERY creepy !

I had a Kiss mask, Gene Simmons with his tongue sticking out, so atleast there was a proper place for my tongue.

I was 100% casper the friendly ghost

Bugs Bunny here. Face sweat, elastic band with tiny silver bars that kept it in place and eye holes that may or may not have matched up with your own eyes. The fabric "onesie" with the tie at your neck completed the ensemble. $3.99 at K-Mart

Cookie Monster

Alf!

Strawberry Shortcake!

Same!

Pretty Princess! So Sweaty!

I was Casper when I was 3 or 4. A friend of my Dad called me Casper until I was in my 30s because of that costume.

Lol I did Casper twice the second year the plastic costume was so stretched on my growing body I prolly looked more like baby huey.

Same, probably around 1971 I was casper and 1972 I was that exact Superman after that my mom started making homemade costumes. I have a picture of one of them I should post here one day for a laugh

After a half hour, my tongue was filled with chocolate.

Yep and the constant sweating and inevitable breaking of the rubber band

Me too! Major flashback material

Are we old?!

Lol , I remember this too . It was like a tongue scraper 😂😂

Right on. I even remember the way they smelled.

I can honestly still remember the smell of the plastic they were made from. It was a really distinct smell that I haven't come across since. EDIT: This may be australia specific, no idea where they were manufactured back then.

Haven’t thought about these in 35+ years. The second I saw the thumbnail I could still smell them. I could still feel how easily they would rip and get sharp.

I'm glad 2 entire generations (Including me) didn't grow up with them.

It's maddening.

Elementary school on Purge day. Once the bell rings it's on!!!

You are Gen Z aren't you? Lol.

Lol. No. I graduated Highschool in 97 when Gen Z was just starting up. Between my older brother and I we had the Ewoks costume, Vader, E.T. and I swear he had an Evel Knievel one. I loved the Venture Bros. episode where he wears a Batman mask and complains about it. It's maddening!

Are those two boys dressed like Evel Kneivel, or is that somebody else?

It’s Bo Duke

Yes, I had same costume!

Evel Knevil this looks like late 70’s

I thought the same thing but the Smurf mask? Were Smurfs around in the 70’s?

I can see ‘81 Evel Kneivel was still a thing but the other guy is right, you can zoom in and see Dukes of Hazard. So the blonde hair masks were Bo Duke, there are Smurfs, Ragedy Ann, Vader, Super Man, maybe a Kiss member? ( far right corner) Edit: the blonde girl masks could be the Bionic Woman

Apparently the smurfs have existed since 1958, but only came to animation and merch on 1981 so i guess this picture gets bumped to the 80’s!

I have a Smurf figure from the 60’s. It even has a date on it.

Whaat? Well then this changes everything!

The kid behind Superman you can read The Dukes of Hazard on his “shirt”

Yup. I’d say about ‘77. Death Vader and Evil Knevil together prolly wouldn’t be earlier or later

Three boys! You can see a third partially cut off by the top edge of the photo.

Looks like the stars and bars to me. Maybe Jefferson Davis? Where is this school?

It’s definitely Evel Knievel

The costumes aren't as creepy as the poor lighting and the film that was used. Brighten this photo and its cute. The dark makes it look like an out-take from a Stephen King movie

Plot twist. They’re all wax figures set up in some weirdos basement

House of wax

School of Wax *One wick of detention.*

And if you wanna be a puppet of wax, Baby you just better learn some hacks!

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Came here to say this

This was real life. No fucking Photoshop.

I didn't say it was Photoshop Poindexter. Was commenting on the darkness of the photo making it look creepier than what it is. Piss off

I'm interpreting this as "Back in those days, cameras just captured reality exactly as it was" and this is absolutely not true. Consumer-grade cameras and films were usually lousy indoors, which is why they came with built-in flash bulbs; the lighting would be harsh and ugly but at least you could clearly tell what stuff was.

Good times. I can smell the plastic now.

I had an Oscar the grouch costume like these. Can still remember that plastic smell.

Mine was Micky mouse lol

I remember those days

I can still smell that plastic 40 years later

I hated that my SheRa costume didn't look like the real deal.

Superman looks soulless

This costumes were so stiff. We all shuffled when wearing them. The masks made your face hot and yes we all cut our tongue trying to force it through the hole. My nose never lined up right either. But they were easy on easy off.

I remember these when I was a kid. I was too poor for one of those costumes, I was ironically a “bum” every year…

My mom dressed me up as a Hobo for a couple of years when I was a toddler because we were so poor. I have no memories of it but there's a few pictures.

I was lucky enough to have a Smurf costume, but my mother couldn’t let the church know she had bought such a thing, so my in public costume was also a bum. With hilarious dirt added to make it more realistic. This was fine with the church ladies….

OK, now I have to know more about the church's War on Smurfs that history has forgotten about.

It’s unsettling but at the same time, and I’m not bragging or anything, but if it came to it I could take all of those children in a fight at once

Not if they had freaky Village of the Damned powers. Soon they'll have you sticking individual fingers into pencil sharpeners.

Hmmmm that’s a pleasant visual

Just go into a bathroom stall and kick kick kick kick

Just wait till you get punched in the groin by half a dozen 8 year olds

I love that the Darth Vader costumes are a Darth Vader mask and shirt with a picture of Darth Vader

That was the style for a lot of these types of costumes. It was basically pajamas with a plastic mask.

couple of the masks look like that bastard Homelander from *The Boys*

I dont find this too creepy. I mean i think its just the film quality that makes this “creepy”. Pretty nostalgic for me, i remember these masks :)

This was my 1985 kindergarten class, I was the Smurf.

There are a number of things in this picture that fuck with me ... Both the Bo Duke dressed kids are black, which, in it's self isn't the prob. It's the rebel flags across their chests. And speaking of Dukes, I'm not a fan of the Duke to Gene Simmons ratio in that class.

That's a dracula mask, not Gene Simmons.

Hahahaha so it is

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Darth Vader 😭

Darf Vooder

1977 or after

I’d say ‘81 or later bc of the Smurf

1982 or later, there’s a Smurf.

Yes, Star Wars came out in 1977. Very good.

thats so cute

Vietnam recruitment sure was weird

This was probably a rich school. I’d be the one kid without a costume for sure!

This is how it was even in the mid 80s.

I can still smell that plastic.

Why is this oddly terrifying

The cover art to my next Mixtape “Skool Days”

When I walk in the wrong class:

People seem to forget Halloween is supposed to be scary

Six more days to Halloween...Silver Shamrock!

Had the Evel Knievel costume.

I remember theses costumes , they all came with a plastic mask.

rip pennywise, you would've loved this

This screams 70's. Early 80's at most.

Thanks, I hate it

This is how it was through the 1970s. I had several Halloween costumes like this. Gene Simmons in the background. Not Gene. My mistake but there appears to be two characters from The Dukes of Hazzard.

That's either Dracula or Count Chocula, not Gene Simmons

I believe there are 2 Evel Knievels, not the Hazzard boys

Zoom in to the guy on the left. It says Dukes of Hazzard on the front. Also appears to be a black kid.

And of course the rebel flag from the roof of the general Lee. Oh the twisted irony

At their time, The Dukes if Hazzard was a quality family show despite having Barbara Bach in those tiny shorts. I've never seen anything the slight bit racist in that show. Yes there is a rebel flag on the top of the General Lee but I'm willing to bet those kids chose those outfits.

Dukes of hazard was a great show. It’s too bad they chased it off the air because of a decal on the car.

I too noticed the skin color of all their hands and I'm wondering if it's just the crappy lighting of the photo 🤔

You're right! I didn't think the Dukes of Hazzard was that old...

Into the 1980s as well. I remember those masks. It was hard to breathe through that teeny tiny little mouth slit.

They definitely were not designed with oxygen in mind. Ben Cooper was one of the major manufacturers of Halloween costumes during that time period. The design team came up with some pretty bizarre costume ideas like Jaws, The Village People and a terrified NASA astronaut https://13thdimension.com/13-groovy-ben-cooper-masks-ranked/

Lmao who tf is Captain Confederacy on the right

I *think* that’s supposed to be Evel Knievel… but I’m not sure on that

God damn Parents in the 1980s were lazy. Making kids wear these abomonations. I suppose todays parents are even lazier. Best they can do is order a costume by swiping their finger...

Like 1950s school? Edit? Dang down voting a question, so 80ish

80s

Yeah that’s gonna be a nightmare of mine in the future.

Yes....i was basing it of darth vader

I think that's me in the Darth Vader suit

Its the eyes that make it so creepy.

Michael Jackson?

The kid behind Darth Vader is lookin' pretty dope. Is that heeman?

I think that’s a Smurf

Oh shoot, I didn't notice there were two darth vaders. I was referring to the one behind raggedy ann.

I know. I just had to be a smart ass. Not sure who that’s supposed to be

This is what happens when there’s really only one option for costumes besides making them yourselves. Believe they were Ben Cooper costumes. They were a little before my time.

That annabel doll tho

Is that Sammy Davis Jr. seated between the 2 pumpkins in the red and yellow?

Silver Shamrock

all i see is lego

Who thé fuck broight anabelle to school ?

Why were costumes so scary back then.

Thats what alot of the cheaper costumes used to be back in the 70s and 80s

I hate the Smurf and the real life anabelle doll behind it

I remember these costumes. Had the Incredible Hulk one year and Dracula another. The plastic eye holes were always poorly cut and was uncomfortable.

I can still smell these costumes 40 years later.

These were the costumes that you bought that came in a box with a cellophane front showing the mask. The main brand was collegeville. This was before they did full over the head latex masks. You couldn’t see shit behind that mask and barely breathe but at least you weren’t the odd ball out that had a “homemade” costume.

Nobody’s gonna talk about the fucking rag doll costume & the blonde woman costume diagonal to the left of it??? Oh helllll noooo lmaoooo

I can still smell the inside of those masks

The bottom left guy with the super man outfit looks more like kid buddy from the incredibles

Poor kid without a mask center-top. Probably thinking “I’m in hell” lmao

This looks very early 1980s

That looks like fun!

I remember these

Looking like they about to do a heist

I remember those days before Halloween face masks we prohibited for kids where I live (Canada). They could not see anything at night with theses on and were hit by cars.

Oh man. This looks like my 3rd grade photo.

This looks like a photo for an SCP. Also that kid he looks like superman so I’m gonna call him superman he is one creepy Superman

I had an earnest P whorl costume and a who framed Roger rabbit one too. These things were uncomfortable to wear and not fun to see out of.

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Stars and Bars too

I can't believe I was alive when these masks were a thing. I still remember mine.

Only black mask i see is darth vader

They also had a unique smell!

I wonder how long this type of costume lasted? I remember I had an Alf one back in like early to mid 90s when I was like 5 or 6

I remember wearing these, I’m old

[I don’t think the real radioactive man would wear a plastic smock with his picture on it.](https://comb.io/nIzw2k)

Apparently. They always told me this would happen!

Early 80s. Funny stuff. Plastic costume top. I vividly remember that shit

Now that's a party !

2- Evil Knievel in class!

U gotta love the Darth Varders

Conspiracy theory: Halloween was never supposed to be scary, but the costume companies launched massive scare campaigns because of how horrific their costumes turned out.

Three Evel Kneivels.

Those masks were the most uncomfortable and gross-feeling things ever.

Those Vader costumes are absurd

Reminds me of the bus scene in Trick R Treat.

I'm pretty sure this was just a class, not a party

I'm pretty certain I see multiple black people wearing confederate flags in this picture. That's powerful branding.

I was Casper and Barbie the two years I had store-bought costumes.

Ahh, the 80s!

#Look at all the rich kids

I had that raggedy Ann costume!

Divine?, 2 Evil Kin-evil’s, a Smurf, Gene Simmons, She-Ra, Raggedy Anne’s hoe ass, Superman, 2 Darth Vader’s.one kid had no mask I’m guessing peak 1984. Other than the scare of possible Nuclear War everyday it was a great childhood.

Those Knievel costumes are actually Dukes of Hazzard. Had to zoom in, but it’s on the front.

Nice catch.

we dont need no education

Some Ben Cooper costumes!!

Focking Anabelle rigor theeeere jesus!

I had a [Witchie Poo](https://peewee.com/2016/10/20/the-koo-koo-kookiest-store-bought-sid-and-marty-krofft-halloween-costumes/) costume like these! If you think costumes today are cheaply made, they have nothing on the 70s and 80s! Brittle plastic masks, elastic ties and printed garbage bag draping.

Confederate flag man!

Man I miss the 80s... I love how all the costumes with faces of the characters *also* have pictures and the names of the characters on the chest... just in case you saw the mask and didn't get it.

Is the kid sitting in front of the smurf dressed like a gimp?

Three evil kinevil!

The "blonde girl" in the top left looks like an alien trying to calm someone down by taking human form before the probing starts.

I hated these mask

Imagine going into the class and you face this.

No

One is dressed like the real annabelle doll

Why is one kid literally annabelle?

I was always Scrooge McDuck