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Halloween 1986 - When Adults Came for the Holiday

This link is for a New York Times article from 1986 in which it was coming clear that Halloween was becoming the big business holiday that we know and love today. It's an interesting read, to see insight of Halloween from a time when I was just a wee tyke. During this time I was worried about my McDonald's pumpkin pail not being large enough for trick or treating. I was nine years old. I had real problems then. 

This is the year that would see the first notch on the timeline which would give rise to stores like Halloween Adventure and Spirit Halloween to exist, and destinations like Universal's Halloween Horror Nights opened for their inaugural show. HHN is still going strong to this day at Universal Studios.


And here's this little time capsule courtesy of WEDF. And if you want to watch something a bit longer, here's Elvira and her Halloween Special from Salem, Mass.

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