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.}

1) 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.

2) 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"

3) 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.

4) 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

5) 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"

6) 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)

7) 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)

8) 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.

9) 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)

11) >> 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 AI Content

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!