Make Some More Noise

Actually, you can't make any noise with this horn.  The mouthpiece is missing. I guess you could make your own toots through it if you really wanted to. It has those classic Halloween graphics I love.

Peck Dracula and Skeleton Die Cuts

Sorry for dropping the ball today and not posting on time, but I'm here to make up for it.  You guessed it, more die cuts!  I believe both of these are made by Peck.  The skeleton and Jack O' Lantern is classic 1970's Peck design.

Don Post Nostrum

When you discussing rubber masks (and I do frequently) you are obligated to acknowledge Don Post Studios as the crème de la crème of the mask world (with everything but Yul Brynner!).  In fact, he's known as The Godfather of Halloween.

This Don Post "Nostrum" mask dates from 1983 and is essentially, just a giant nose with eyes and ears.

Peter Pan Witch Doctor 45

Time to look at (and listen to) another record. This one didn't appear on the back of a cereal box, but was published by Peter Pan.  It features a cover of the Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville of Chipmunks fame) song "Witch Doctor".  I believe it dates from the 1970s.

The Fright Stuff

When you see more die cuts posted, you know I'm running behind on posts and needed something quick.  I'm having trouble keeping up this year, despite taking several days off this past week.  But anyway, here you go.  While these aren't classic die cuts, they are Beistle and they date from the 1980's, so they have a little creep cred.

First up is a classic Dracula.

Misty Water (Oil?) Colored Memories

Today's post again has potential to raise the objection that it's not Halloween related.  And I acknowledge there's nothing directly Halloween-y here, but there are some nice Autumnal scenes and a couple of those feature pumpkins, so there's that.  I do expect, however, that some readers will have flashbacks to their own childhood home walls when they see this.  It seems to be a trigger object for many, including myself.

Masked

Continuing from yesterday's blog about disguises, here are some rubber/vinyl masks I found this summer at various garage and estate sales.  When I was a kid, rubber masks were for the wealthy.

First up is this vampire mask with "lifelike" hair.  The odd thing is, he had sculpted hair already.  I guess it didn't do well, so they thought adding additional hair might help.  I'm not sure of the maker of this.