It was resurgent well before the nineties.
Edit:(sorry misread your post)
I remember as a student in the mid to late eighties keeping a battery powered water pistol near the front door to soak any trick or treaters who came knocking.
I believe the whole thing was started off in England by US servicemen's families in East Anglia.
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I remember as a student in the mid to late eighties keeping a battery powered water pistol near the front door to soak any trick or treaters who came knocking.
I believe the whole thing was started off in England by US servicemen's families in East Anglia.