With the days getting shorter, chestnuts on the fire and darkness outside a black night is falling over the whole world. This is the ideal time for evil spirits to be unleashed against us: for with the favor of darkness they will be better able to attack us while we are together in front of the fireplace, telling stories of ghosts and witches.
Ah no, you can’t anymore: the Dpcm prevents us from assemblies of non-joint, and evil spirits do not exist. Well, about.
There are Halloween sneakers, though, and have been for a few years, too.
A small note: there is a difference between designing sneaker-gadgets from a horror movie (which therefore make you look like a billboard when you wear them and not an admirer of the genre) and those that are explicitly tributes. The latter-which we present here-have their own personality and just a few details that mention a movie or horror story. In some cases you could wear them normally and look like just one or a particularly original type/a, without looking too freaky and especially without scaring anyone.
Nike SB Dunk Low Pro “Freddy Krueger”
Decorated with copious splashes of congealed blood, they were scheduled to be available in 2006. Unfortunately, an agreement was not reached with the film’s production company, which did not want to give Nike the rights to exploit Freddy’s name or his characteristic traits (and homicidal mania). The few examples that were produced are traded today for about 30k euros.
Nike Air Max 95 “Freddy Kruger”
Nike is at it again this year and is preparing to launch Air Max 95s dedicated, once again, to Freddy. As mentioned earlier, these Nike’s do not have details that directly recall the film but references must be caught: the stripes that decorate it and the material used for the upper, for example, are reminiscent of Freddy’s jersey. If that were not enough, there are also some discrete drops of blood on the laces.
Nike SB Dunk Low Pro “Day of the Dead”
Released in 2006, these SB Dunk Low Pro version sneakers were only available in Canada and Mexico, where Dia de Muertos is a particularly heartfelt holiday celebrating the dead. They were sold at a price of about $100 while today they can also be found around $3,500.
Nike Air Force 1 Low “Frankenstein”
The somewhat acidic green of unknown and toxic substances and some strategically placed sutures: these are Frankenstein’s Air Forse 1 Low, proposed by Nike also in 2006.
Nike SB Dunk High “Jason Voorhees”
If you had bought in 2007 these SB Dunk High “Jason Voorhees” would you have shown your passion for a horror movie like “Friday the 13th,” or would you have simply had a pair of SB Dunk Highs that only very remotely could be associated with that movie? Certainly in this case Nike decided to use a low profile that nonetheless subtly and chromatically alluded to the red blood of the criminally insane Jason Voorhees. And you certainly would have paid a lot less than the $2,000 you need today to get them.
Nike SB Dunk Low “Night of Mischief”
You may not have seen the movie of the same name, but you will still find this version of the SB Dunk Low irresistible, which, along with those inspired by “Friday the 13th,” make discretion their signature style. In fact, seeing them, you do not associate them with any particular film, much less a horror film. But when darkness falls, you’ll see them light up in the swoosh and sole (not to mention the purple spider web!).
Released in 2019, they were Nike’s proposal to celebrate Halloween. And this year, what will be new? Let’s hope at least it’s not a virus: we’ve had enough of that already.
(From Input Magazine)