We are all a little fascinated and also creeped out by vintage Halloween pics. What do you suppose it is about these vintage costume pics that make us feel very disturbed? I think the movies "Trick R Treat" and "The Strangers" definitely gave me this feel. ("Trick R Treat") ("The Strangers") Halloween in school This was back when kids could wear costumes to school and teachers would dress as witches and we would do every politically incorrect thing under the sun. The 1950s, 60s and 70s saw the heyday of Halloween trick-or-treating and school parties. My mother once even did a Halloween party for my older siblings at our estate. She put the children in black hooded cloaks, had them hold a dish with a candle and walk the long march under the dark wisteria arbor, down the gravel path to a part of the yard we called "The Pit." She had a stake in the ground with a witch effigy. The kids got to light the kindling and chant while it burned. ...