These vintage stereoview images from 1923 of a little girl sleeping while goblins and boogeyman creep around her bed and hover over her are a little silly looking, yes. But, they’re still psychologically disturbing, tapping into the primordial fear of something under the bed like some kind of proto-David Lynch type imagery.

I’d imagine these scared the shit out of plenty of children—and probably some adults, too—back in the day. Heck, I’m a little a-scared of ‘em right now!

Wake up! Wake up!
 

 

 
More Boogymen after the jump…
 

 

 

 

 
Awesome blog Pink Tentacle says, “In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan.”
 
See more cool Japanese stereoviews over at Pink Tenticle.