Ben Cooper grew up in New York City and said his first Halloween costume was a devil. Back then, more than a century ago, Halloween costumes were made often of molded crepe.

A new documentary from Rob Caprilozzi explores the company Ben Cooper, Inc. They are one of the biggest game-changers in the history of the Halloween holiday, responsible for mass producing the ver… ...

Ben Cooper Inc. and Collegeville Costumes, the two big manufacturers behind those classic boxed costumes, both folded in the 1990s. But the nostalgia for those mass-market wonders lives on.