These Are Some Creepy Little Dudes
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.” — The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing.” — The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.” - Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me.” — The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city, where the lamps glimmered.” — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” — The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“We all go a little mad sometimes.” — Psycho
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me.” — The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“There is something more, if I could find a name for it.” — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“Whatever you do… don’t fall asleep.” — A Nightmare on Elm Street
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“The darkness was thick around them, the silence heavy and terrible.” — The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux.
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“I’m scared to close my eyes, I’m scared to open them.” — The Blair Witch Project
These are some Creepy Little Dudes
Pocket Screamers
“There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.” — The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Small. Strange. Loud.
Welcome to the strange little world of Pocket Screamers.
For years these creepy little figures have been hiding on store shelves, waiting for someone brave enough to give them a squeeze.
Some are clowns. Some are babies. Some are creatures that probably should not have been made in the first place. But the rules are simple...
01
Pocket Sized
Small enough to disappear into your pocket.
02
Glowing Eyes
Give it a squeeze and the eyes come alive.
03
It Screams
If it screams back, you may have found one.
If it fits in your pocket, its eyes light up, and it screams when squeezed... chances are, you are holding a Pocket Screamer.
COLLECTION / 008
The Pocket Screamer Archive
The Collection
Years of hunting. Shelf after shelf of creepy little dudes.
The full collection stays intact here. Grab the scrollbar, use your mouse wheel, or tap the arrows and work your way down that ridiculous wall of Screamers.
ExhibitPocket Screamers
StatusStill Growing
Next FindUnknown
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POCKET SCREAMER ARCHIVE
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DRAG • WHEEL • ARROWS
They come. They scream. They disappear.
Years of Darkness
Finding Pocket Screamers has never been predictable. Different figures turn up at different stores, sometimes for only a season, and then vanish again.
That is half the fun. Every fall starts the same way: keep your eyes open and check the shelves.
2026TBD ???
2025Year of darkness
2024Year of darkness
2023Year of darkness
2022Party City
2021Year of darkness
2020Home Depot
2019Spirit / Meijer
2018Kroger / Meijer / Spirit
2017Spirit
2016Big Lots
2015Jewel-Osco
2014Big Lots
2013Spirit
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And that is where things get weird
Where do they come from?
Pocket Screamers have appeared under different names, in different stores and in different collections over the years. Tracking them down can feel less like collecting toys and more like investigating a very strange little mystery.
Some disappear for years. Others turn up when you least expect them. Old variations are still being discovered. And just when you think you have seen them all, another face shows up.
Somewhere out there, another Screamer is waiting.
Do not leave them alone in the dark.
Build your own Pocket Screamer army.
Explore the collection, identify the ones you remember, and help us track down the ones still hiding out there.