I know what we're all thinking. Monster High dolls are cute, but they're not classic. Classic model dolls are awesome, but kids can't play with them without breaking something! If only there was some way for a child to enjoy classic horror monsters in a creative way...
if only...
Jill Bauman and Walter Velez have got you covered! The dolls below are only a few awesome highlights from the book, and there are many more (including, for some reason, the Easter bunny and Santa Clause to save them two more issues?) Now I would actually love to just share a scan of every page, but I highly encourage you to get the book if you have the chance. Below are just a few of the awesome selections just to get a bit of a taste...
Children, small and big, arguably even adults...can be destructive. Which is why, when you find yourself a vintage Halloween magazine or game book...you may want to reconsider cutting out the paper dolls inside for a one-time spooky game of house. Fear not, those beautiful images can be appreciated outside of their antique setting, thanks to modern technology...google...and your printer.
The following dolls were some of my favorites I found browsing the web, and they're absolutely perfect for the Halloween season.
There is no shame in a phobia, everybody fears something. Without fear to fuel the flames of...some other kind of horrific f word (but not he sexual one), there'd be no horror. No Halloween. NO TERROR. Be glad we all have some kind of fear in our lives, and try not to be so judgmental of the ones that may seem a little...silly.
No, surprisingly this isn't the fear of children or the fear of the love of children. It's the fear of dolls. This can range from any type of doll, but I'm sure you aren't surprised the most common form of Pediophobia is for those rather eery porcelain dolls your grandmother used to keep on the mantle.
Sometimes a child has trouble telling the difference between a real person and something that may look like one, so it isn't surprising they may even believe dolls are people. People who just...stare at you. People who don't blink (unless of course you have the kind that blinks when you tip it backwards.) People who don't change and are always witness to the naughty things a child does when their parents aren't around.
Believe it or not, Pediophobia does not group itself with the fear of ventriloquist dummies, robots and wax statues (automatonophobia). But it makes sense people might feel uncomfortable towards not-quite-people, things that seem to have all of the appearances of a human being, but lacking that one important aspect...a soul.
But I leave you with a short commercial as a reminder. When you talk to your dolls...sometimes...they talk back.
Be it a possessed doll your mother bought at a discount, or a board game channeling the other side, things from childhood can often have a bit of a...chilling twist. If that corny line wasn't enough to convince you, maybe these trailers will. On a side note...what is it with the 80s and toy movies? Seriously. Also, monkey dolls are really boring. If you want to be properly traumatized, go for a teddy bear with soul-less glass eyes, or a grinning man-child.
