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Does anybody agree? Though the seasonal feel of the holiday and the happiness it brings me will NEVER change, I am a bit sad to see how it has been evolving in these past years. When I was a small boy I remember Halloween felt very 'vintage', everywhere in my small town always focused on the classic monsters and Halloween symbols, like pumpkins, witches, ghosts and black cats usually with some gore intertwined which I did not mind as it still felt like the Halloween I grew to know and love. Now a days, everything seems to 'shiny' for my taste, so many princesses and superhero's and no witches or ghouls anymore, and is it just my town or have the Halloween decorations (Unless its from Spirit) become more shiny and cheap looking then the old hard plastic rubbery fake pumpkins we had on the shelves back in the day? I decided to be Micheal Myers from H2 (1981) this year, and when I decided to go to a party, barely one other person was actually something frightening, everyone else being something very shiny and 'cute'. What I also seem to notice is that gore has toppled over the classic symbols of the holiday, instead of classic monsters, pumpkins and witches in my store, its non-Halloween related slashers, clowns and severed heads. While I know everyone has their vision of what Halloween is to them, and many love the gory aspects of it, I do miss the days of the older more dangerous and vintage Halloween.
Halloween as I remember it
Modern Halloween as I see it
What are your opinions? I would love to hear them if you agree or disagree.
Halloween as I remember it


Modern Halloween as I see it


What are your opinions? I would love to hear them if you agree or disagree.