Horror Photography

I am a photographer and I am experimenting with creating “horror” photography. I am using lots of halloween props and costumes but now I am wondering if there would be a copyright issue. After all, even though my creativity is in how I arrange these items, these items themselves are the artistic creations of others.

In general, I don’t like taking pictures of other people’s art. However, I consider photography “the art of seeing” and other artwork, like statues, gravestones, and stained glass windows are common subjects with photographers. I had a hard time figuring out how to do the horror photos, until I started using the props. But please let me know if using these infringes on a copyright.

By the way, bear in mind that I am using generic things, like plastic skulls, toy spiders, rubber bloody hands, etc., but never something that has a well-known horror logo on it (like a Hollywood poster) or a well-known icon (like Dracula, Frankenstein, Pinhead from Hellraiser, Art the Clown from Terrifer, etc.) I do have a very cool tapestry with a tarot card theme, and that one seems to be very close to crossing a line if I use it. I’m from the U.S.A.