Alright Boils and Ghouls! We’re finally here, Halloween is upon us and tonight lucky kids all over the country will be knocking on doors and stuffing pails, sacks, pillow cases, and bags with all sort of sugary goodness. Tomorrow is set aside for a million tummy aches, but tonight there will be chocolate! And fake blood.
For this last post of the season I’ve decided to share the longest single ad in my collection. It comes from issue #117 of Fangoria which was printed in 1992. Featuring witch boobies, corpses, devils, skeletons, silly masks, licensed masks, Aliens, Critters, demons, vampires, Frankenstein’s Monsters, gore, and 5, count ’em, 5 different Jack-o-Lantern masks! This is a crazy blowout sale ad from the folks at Distortions Unlimited, and I love it!
All told, I’ve shared in the neighborhood of 370 different masks from all sorts of companies, and that’s just a fraction of what was available between the late 70s through the early 90s. I’ve been wanting to showcase these mask ads for awhile and it feels good to finally have them up on the site. Now it’s time carve my 7th pumpkin of the season, watch a few more horror films, and kick back and wait for some trick-or-treaters to come by begging for candy. Hope you all dug the countdown this year, and as always…
…if you’re looking for a ton of Halloween content all through the month of October, make sure to stop on by the official Countdown to Halloween site and check out the list of participating blogs for 2011. You’ll be glad you did! Have a happy Halloween, and maybe tonight will be the night that the Great Pumpkin finally does show up…
