r/halloween

210K archived posts · Sep 2008 – Sep 2026

Halloween

r/halloween

Subreddit dedicated to the holiday Hallowe'en

Created Sep 19, 2008

747KMembers (last snapshot)

210KArchived posts

For the love of Hallowe'en!

Costumes, decorations, music, and candy. Feel free to discuss, tell spooky campfire stories, post pictures, and celebrate the best holiday of the year!

^(If you are looking for John Carpenter's Halloween Series, please visit r/Halloweenseries.)

It is always Halloween on r/Halloween

Hallowe'en cannot be canceled, nor is it very too early or too late to celebrate. Posts and comments which indicate this will be removed.

Reddiquette / Civility

All inflammatory, sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or off-color remarks will be removed. For 2020, this also includes indicating that Hallowe'en is cancelled. Repeat offenders will be banned.
Do not "costume-shame" or disrespect others costume/decorating choices.

If something is offensive, please report the content as "Offensive Costumes/Designs"

New Accounts & Participation

In an effort to combat spam, all accounts must age 24 hours before posting or commenting in r/halloween.
Due to increased spam activity During the month of October (The Halloween Season) All accounts must be 72 hours or older to participate.

Promotions & Advertising

If you have an store or business, please post your content to the appropriate megathread. Posts/Comments outside the megathread will be removed.

This means:

No Shirt/Clothing/Merch Sales
o Art/Craft posts (low-key attempts to generate interest/sales/follows - eg. Commissions, Paintings, Rugs, Neon signs, etc)
No Crypto | NFT's
No Youtube/Discord/Social Media/etc Promoting
No Promoting Products/Services/Apps/Websites/Signups/Quizes/etc
No Contests | Voting | Surveys | etc

Costume Megethread

Showing off your costumes or spooky style?
Need Help or Ideas for what to be for Halloween?
Have ideas to share or suggest?
Please Use the most recent: "Costume Megathread"
Due to some bad actors, showing off your costumes will be limited to the megathreads outside spooky season [Oct.1-Nov. 30].
If you are looking to show off cosplay, please visit r/Cosplay
We do not allow NSFW/Fans accounts

Offensive Content & NSFW Tags

Please keep all content fun for everyone & Mark NSFW content as such.

Eg:

Fake Gore
Sexy costumes

The following are NOT allowed:

Distasteful/Vulgar/Racist Costumes/Cosplay/Designs
Content not suitable for all ages viewing (Pornographic / Semi-Nude / Overly Sexualized)
Real World Gore/Death/Injury (Fake Gore/Injuries Makeup & Decorations should be marked NSFW)

No Politics / Social Issues

Its Hallowe'en. While politics can be very scary, let's not push an agenda. This is a politically & socially neutral subreddit.

We do not allow:

Content meant to endorse, promote, vilify or harass any political candidate or parties.
Issues / Agenda pushing / Gate-keeping / Gas-lighting
Costume discussions re: race or discussions of "cultural appropriation". (Mind Rule 6)

Piracy

No Piracy or illegal content will be shared (ie. No Torrents, Drive Shares, Mega Shares, Rips, etc)

We do not condone or encourage any illegal activities such as file sharing/P2P , site ripping, or other illegal means of obtaining or sharing any content.

Requests for pirate content will be removed.

AI Content / Non-OC / Low effort

Sadly AI content has begun to overshadow the true human artistic content & hard work of our devoted community members.

Due to the mass spamming of low effort AI or other "Found" content for the purposes of Karma farming, we will be taking a stricter approach to these kinds of posts.

If the content was created by AI, it needs to be flaired as such.
Ratio of AI/Non-OC to OC should not be more than 1 in 10 by ANY user.
Spamming/Flooding of any kind is not permitted. (2Posts/24hrs)

NO SHIRT POSTS! <<

POSTS & COMMENTS ABOUT:

T-SHIRTS
GRAPHICS TEES
SWEATERS
HOODIES
CLOTHING
OR LINKS TO BUY ANY OF THE ABOVE

THESE ARE NEVER ALLOWED

POSTING ANYTHING LIKE THE ABOVE WILL GET YOU BANNED!

IF YOU ARE A GOOD-FAITH SELLER, PLEASE USE THE MEGATHREADS

^( * Mod discretion may be used in some limited cases if the above rules are not adequate to describe the content.)

Filters

Pumpkins Decorations

Food DIY

Makeup Costumes

Discussion Party Planning

Music Videos

Art Story

Humor Tattoos

[Code Orange](http://se.reddit.com/r/halloween/search?q=flair%3A%Code Orange%27&sort=new&restrict_sr=on#code) [AI Content](http://se.reddit.com/r/halloween/search?q=flair%3A%AI Content%27&sort=new&restrict_sr=on#ai)

Useful Posts

Halloween Events, Attractions, and Travel Guide

Related Subs

r/autumn - best season of the year
r/CostumeExchange - Trade your costume for a new look next year!
r/costumeideas - Get help finding the perfect costume!
r/halloweenhelp - A great place to look for inspiration!
r/HalloweenHouses - For people who run Halloween mazes and attractions out of their house.
r/halloweenmusic - A place to find some spooky tunes.
r/HalloweenProps - Check out what other people are making, and show off your work!
r/horror - For all things related to horror
r/creepy - Creepy unsettling pictures and video
r/nosleep - Scary Stories to keep you awake at night
r/Batty - October is Bat Awareness Month!

Check out our wiki for a full list of Holiday-Related Subreddits

Happy Halloween!

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