From Queen Victoria’s Haunted Parlors to The Fly and the Babadook: Tracing Halloween’s Costume & Commerce Evolution

Explore how Victorian parlor games sparked a culture of Halloween parties, how George Langelaan’s "The Fly" and David Cronenberg’s remake turned transformation into a horror icon, and how the Babadook reshaped modern costume and grief narratives—tracing the commercial, cultural, and technological forces that have shaped Halloween today.

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