HNN Productions has announced that its documentary, Halloween in a Box, will be distributed by Indie Rights on October 1, 2019, on various VOD platforms including Amazon.

“Halloween has always been a beloved holiday for children of all ages and nothing beat the wildly popular costumes-in-a-box from companies such as Ben Cooper Inc., Collegeville and Halco,” said director Rob Caprilozzi. “I loved those costumes. They were a big part of my childhood and they really reflected pop culture for so many generations.”

For years, these costumes were a Halloween institution dating back to the 1930s. But in 1982 at the height of their popularity, the first case of domestic terrorism shook the U.S. in the form of the Chicago Tylenol murders and threatened to cancel Halloween forever. In an effort to save the holiday, the costume giants, although rivals in business, were forced to come together and unify or trick-or-treating would become extinct.

Halloween in a Box centers around the history and evolution of these costumes and explores the companies that brought dressing up on Halloween to the masses.

“It’s an amazing story that needs to be told,” said Caprilozzi. “You have major competitors becoming allies in an effort to keep the tradition of Halloween and trick-or-treating alive.”

You can check out the doc’s trailer and poster art below.