Dracula..Pfff Piece of cake.

[Dr.Terror]

I recently found these pics.

As some of you know my introduction to the classic monster was through the REMCO toys.   By 1981 I was completely in love with all things monsters, especially Dracula. Partly because of the REMCOs and the full sized Castle Dracula in Wildwood N.J.

For my 5th birthday my mom got me a Dracula cake!  I used to love Birthday parties at Pizza Hut!




And a month later I was my favorite blood sucker for Hallowe'en, my brother is Mr. Hyde.

[poseablemonster]

Priceless!  It's so interesting to me that so many of us had similar "monster-filled" fun childhoods.  I love seeing these kind of pictures.

[gracebuster]

How wonderful!

[The Phantom Creep]

Thanks so much for posting these. 

[raycastile]

By 1981, it must have been difficult to find stuff to quench your monster thirst.  The toys were drying up.  The horror hosts and Creature Features were leaving the airwaves.  We were entering the Dark Times for classic horror fandom.  The Remcos were the last gasp before the bottom fell out.  Do you remember that era as being monster-friendly?  I remember it as Star Wars, Indiana Jones and ET on one hand, Michael Myers, Phantasm and Alien on the other hand.  Frankenstein and Dracula had left the building.  At least in my world.

[Dr.Terror]

Not monster friendly at all, which explains how and why I strayed away from monsters for awhile.   From 82 on its was all about He-man, Gi Joe, D+D toys etc..  It was pretty exciting seeing the Imperial toys a few years later, but besides that, nothing..Twas the dark ages of monster collecting for sure.   I remember seeing lots of 60's stuff at comic shops etc.. around this time.  No way Mom was buying me any of that stuff though.

[SpankRamen]

The picture of you & your brother is so adorable!
It was nice being a child of the 80's, but it is true about the classic monsters. By the mid-80's everyone wanted to be Michael, Freddy, or Jason when it came to horror. Very few kids were going as Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, or the Mummy.  At least I got to be a "vampire princess" in second grade.

[Nicole]

I grew up in the very late eighties and early nineties, and I can remember still seeing a few Draculas, Mummies, and Franks, out during Halloween, in those times. But most kids around my neighborhood seemed to be wearing more generic costumes, like ghosts, witches, gypsies, pumpkins, skeletons, etc. A lot of them were homemade. I don't really remember so many kids dressed as Jason or Michael, in my area. Of course, I always wanted to go as a cool classic character like Dracula (there are very few female characters that I have ever liked), but my mom would discourage me from this, and I would always end up as a princess or a witch instead

[SpankRamen]

Of course, I always wanted to go as a cool classic character like Dracula (there are very few female characters that I have ever liked), but my mom would discourage me from this, and I would always end up as a princess or a witch instead

I know exactly what you mean.  Back in '86, Barbie was a big Halloween trend & my mother thought I should be on board. In my kindergarten class, we already had 4 other "Barbies". Fortunately, my brother talked her out of it.