What Was Halloween Like In The 80s?

You’re a kid in the mid-80s. October has rolled around, and one of the most pressing concerns of the entire year is staring you straight in the face: what are you going to be for Halloween? There are now so many options and great new characters that would make for a perfect Halloween costume. Do you beg your parents to buy the store version, or do you try to recreate it yourself at home? The big night comes and as you hear Thriller and the Ghostbusters theme blasting from houses, you hope that this will be your biggest candy haul ever. On today’s journey, we travel back in time see what the most popular costumes were for each year, the most coveted and top-selling candy of the decade, and what some of our favorite Halloween moves were: This is… Halloween in the 80s. Read more >