Downright freaky Halloween costumes from a rural Scotland island in the 1930s (video)

[pesco]

Originally published at: Unusual Halloween costumes from a rural Scotland island in the 1930s

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[theophrastus]

“rural Scottish island - 1930” just might be a maximization of all factors of “freakiness”

[gracchus]

Rural Scottish island, d’ye’say?

[Otherbrother]

@pesco

"This was a time before ‘scary movies’

Nosferatu

List of horror films of the 1920s

List of horror films of the 1910s

[Brainspore]

Probably more accurate to say “this was a time before most people in rural Scotland were exposed to scary movies.”

[SmilingDemon]

[robertmckenna]

Yeah. Cinema travelled around the world at an incredible pace - the Lumiere Bros had shows in Dublin 3 months after their first in France - but back then, as now, the future was very unevenly distributed.