1988 Retro 80's Southglenn Mall Halloween Trick or Treat - 1980's Kids Halloween Costumes

Take a trip back in time with us. It's Halloween (October 31, 1988) and all the kids in Littleton Colorado are heading to Southglenn Mall to load up on candy and treats. You can even get a coupon for a free gold fish! Like our other Halloween Videos from the 80's, you can see what the kids are wearing for their halloween costumes in 1980's. Also get a quick glimpse of the popular 80's mall stores like Orange Julius, JC Penny's, Sears, Cozzoli's Pizzeria, Burger King, Taco Bell, Bakers, tons of shoe stores and the Mall Arcade. There's even an old Federal Express Truck at the end! Keep your eye out for some fun 80's treasures and let us know what you remember most about the Mall in the 1980s!

[@GinnyGarrett]

This looks so fun! I get my 80’ & 90’s happiness from watching everyone’s cool vids! Even though I was born in 81 I never had a normal childhood so I didn’t get to enjoy any of this but Thanks for sharing your amazing childhood experiences with us❤

[@Free_Samples]

Things were just so much better and more simple back then. I miss the 80s

[@videodotti]

You are so right! Simple, yet we always found ways to have fun! It was a great time to be a kid!

[@13lake]

Thanks for this, this is great. I was 12 in '88. I'm also watching my own VHS footage of Halloween '88 today.

[@videodotti]

Absolutely, thanks for watching. It’s great to go back and watch our old home movies. It’s amazing how much we forget. Have a happy Halloween!

[@gamegoblin1]

I was around 14 years old back then. I wish I could just travel back and just live in the 80's era

[@sonicgirl-dotti4124]

Loved these times from the good old days!

[@danastifter8914]

Love this! I worked at County Seat and what a throw back seeing Kerri and Tammy in the store.

[@stephaniebyrd2312]

Nice to see this se some of my favorite spots and I recognize a few of the teenagers there even though I left in 1984 , I think I saw my old babysitter and some swim team older kids . That was such an awesome mall to spend my first 14 years of life there. Does look upgraded from 1984

[@videodotti]

Looks like I was Dracula Again! My Little brothers costume was an old vinyl Masters of the Universe Hordak costume with a Skeletor Mask.

[@Hugginsince79]

We were the last kids to get the plastic costumes and I loved them. I was She-Ra one year. :)

[@ladystrange7791]

I feel so bad my child (now a teenager) & children younger will never know the joy of Halloween at the mall. I tried explaining it to him a few days ago & he looked at me like I was from the Flipside (though he has no idea what Kidd Video is either). I say this a lot, but I truly am thankful to have grown up during that decade. Maybe earlier or later ones were more fun to be a kid, but for me it was the best. Thank you for posting this, so great to see something so... similar to the memories I have unfortunately don't have photos or videos...our family took very few photos & I haven't been able to find even them. Would love to show my son our crazy costumes back then. I'm several decades past being a 12 year old girl but screamed like it when I saw the Hordak costume...still love him & everything He-Man/She-Ra. Hoping a picture of my She-Ra costume will show up someday! Thanks for the happiest of memories!!!

[@frontierjetrio]

I grew up in the Tech Center area of Denver…OMG the memories are thick…spent more money at that arcade than I care to admit to❤️ thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻

[@videodotti]

That’s awesome! My dad worked in the Denver Tech Center for many years! I have so many great memories of that arcade. I’m hoping to find more footage of it in our archives!

[@jedironbo]

I worked at Southglenn Mall from 1985-1988, as a janitor. High school student during the day, Super Janitor at night! I recognize some of the workers handing out candy. I sure miss those days now!

[@videodotti]

That is so cool you were working there! I spent a lot of time in that mall during the 80’s and 90’s. I have more footage of Southglenn mall that I’ll upload soon. I just wish I had more footage of the arcade there! It’s all very different now!

[@jedironbo]

@@videodotti I sure miss Natalus (sp), I spent a lot of money in that arcade! I would love to see all your vids of Southglenn from the 80's, since the 70's and 80's is when I was a Mallrat! Lol

[@Genetherapy3232]

I love 80s and 90s Halloween nostalgia! Thank you!

[@awakenedstate2769]

OH You are such a gift to be posting these! My sister was on the soccer team for "Coach Burnett" 😂. If I'd known what would happen 40 years later I'd have worked on Halloween!

[@banshee6k]

Back when malls were the place to be. Nowadays these places are struggling to get customers to just walk around. Virtual Halloween someday with candy from a 3D printer soon.

[@videodotti]

It’s true, most malls today are even scary to walk around. There’s a few good ones left but not many!

[@rodfranklin9920]

Yes. They'll go trick or treating from their phone!

[@donnytucker]

That hordak costume and skeletor mask is awesome. 11:51 was he monchichi , teen wolf, or planet of the apes? haha.

[@videodotti]

Hahaha, I was trying to figure out what costume that was at 11:51. It was one of my favorites in this video and I almost used it for the thumbnail pic.

[@frontierjetrio]

I’m crying watching this….

[@Hugginsince79]

My parents got a camcorder when they first came out. I didn't realize this was a luxury item for the time. My dad said he spent 1,000 on it and saved for a year.

[@videodotti]

It’s true, video cameras were very expensive back then. There are a lot of families who don’t have any home movies from back then b/c they couldn’t afford a camera or VCR. When VCR’s first came out, they were over $1000 as well. That’s around $2500 in today’s money. I’m sure it was a sacrifice but I believe you’re dad made a good choice in getting one.

[@alphantom0657]

The Halloween 4: Return of Michael Myers jumped out with this one! Anyone else had those plastic masks that were hard to breathe in, cut into your face, and smelled like it was potentially toxic? 🙋🏿‍♂️ No? Just me? Okay, bye

[@videodotti]

Haha! I remember those masks all to well! We were lucky if the mask made it through the night in one piece. I usually ended up wearing it on top of my head after a while! I still have one of them in our Halloween stuff from the early eighties!

[@GESSO217]

Those elastics were terrible. They easily broke if you were not careful.