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Former “One Tree Hill” star Bethany Joy Lenz posted a throwback Halloween cast photo on Instagram on Tuesday. The WB

Happy Halloween, indeed.

“One Tree Hill” alum Bethany Joy Lenz, who starred as Haley on the hit drama, decided to make good use of the holiday by posting a throwback photo to Instagram of her and her former co-stars all dressed up in Halloween costumes back in 2004, one year after the series premiered.

“Before the age of cell phone cameras, one lone snap was taken from a film camera on Hilarie’s back porch at one of her (in)famous Halloween parties,” the actress wrote along with the photo.

 

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The Hilarie she mentions, of course, is none other than Hilarie Burton, who played Peyton on the long-running WB/CW drama. There have always been rumblings and small mentions from former members of the cast and crew about the Halloween parties she used to throw, but this photo is one of the best glimpses into that world that fans have gotten.

“This is by far the cleverest Halloween quad I’ve been a part of,” Lenz finished off her caption and perhaps meaning to write “squad.”

But let’s take a little bit closer look at this epic Halloween “One Tree Hill” squad photo. Tyler Hilton (Chris Keller) is dressed as James Dean, holding a rope, with his feet kicked-up on the backside of a “cow” AKA Lee Norris (Mouth), while Lenz is standing in the back as Elizabeth Taylor next to a Rock Hudson-costumed Paul Johansson (Dan).

It’s quite the costumed crew and one can only imagine what the rest of the cast wore to the party. Since there are no more photos, as of now, fans will just have to re-watch the Season 3 Halloween episode to see Burton’s Peyton dressed up as the angel of death, Chad Michael Murray’s Lucas as Tommy Lee, Sophia Bush’s Brooke as the devil and James Lafferty’s Nathan as Batman.

Hopefully Burton will throw another Halloween party in the future and the entire “One Tree Hill” cast will reunite for it and, now with cell phone cameras and social media, fans will be able to see the entire thing.

For now, the pregnant actress is spending the holiday as a parent volunteer at her son’s school and is making creepy Halloween treats for his class.

 

Parent volunteer at school today. Brought my swamp creatures to wreak havoc! #halloweentreats

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