Radical Halloween Costumes

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In this Halloween lens, I'll share some halloween costume ideas and the notable superlatives in the costume world. I also got some quality links to sites that can give your halloween party a second life. Lastly, I'll give you my five cents on the most fun Halloween blogs out there (aside from mine, of course)!

Halloween Fright in Literature

How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with
snow, which, like a sheeted specter, beset his very path! How often did he shrink with
curdling awe at the sound of his own steps... and dread to look over his shoulder...
- Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleep Hollow

Halloween Costumes: Some New Twists on Old Stuff 

Halloween night sure is fast approaching, and the race to pick the most unique and most fun halloween costume is on! Whatever you inspire-laughter or awe-from those who will wait for your group halloween costumes, never ever forget to bring along a healthy sense of humor too. Some of these costumes are fine for kids also.

Universal Bar Code. This would be even more fantastic if you have friends with varying large to thin frames.

Wear all long black, and cut and paste to yourselves some huge rectangular cartolina strips that your body can hide behind. Then arrange yourselves against a huge white cloth when it's time to show and tell. And why not get some eight to ten family pets to stay near your feet, and be the bar code numbers, with large digits taped to their backs? Everyone's rallying cry: The Biggest Living Bar Code ever!

Graveyard Markers and Statues. It's funny how the same search of the Web above doesn't turn up anything resembling a hilarious but ingenious group at the heart of Halloween: literally dressing up as graveyard objects. Breathe new life into that trite and tired angel costume by dyeing and painting the wearer a dark moss green color, or concrete gray(just be extra careful that some paints can irritate your eyes, even if it's not close to touching your eyelids). Some can also make believe as the marble markers, or stuff that gained fame at your local cemetery.

Hey, this reminds me! You can also act out famous town and national statues; try getting the group to plan and act out a story that fits the famous poses of these landmarks.

Elephant Graveyard. This is definitely one spooky myth in the animal kingdom that have entered our list of metaphors. Try to get people to guess what your costumes mean. You can all dress up with elephant heads in pointy ivory glory, but replace the cute bead eyes with black electrical tapes forming X's. Wouldn't it be also chillingly cool to find a non-damaging way to add dark rings under these dead eyes? When its time to present, everybody hobbles, trudges and drags themselves to a heap in the center of the room. Spooky to the er, ivory!

Mt. Rushmore Monument. Many have actually done this already. Instantly recognizable, your group can also try mixing this idea into the second part of the Graveyard markers and statues earlier. No doubt, that would really be group halloween costumes that rock.

Toronto Zombie Walk on Flickr 

Zombie Walk - Toronto_MG_4775 by rodolfo novak

Part of the

Zombies in Toronto by Metrix X

Stumble in somnambulance so Pre-dawn corpses come to life Armies of the...

Zombie walk by Jaybert

Toronto zombie walk

Zombie in the Light of Infrared by Metrix X

This zombie is the closest to the Zombies in the original 1968 B&a...

Head crab zombie. by Chris,

Let's see: head crab, zombies, prophecy of doom, some kind of clown. On any othe...

Zombie Walk - Toronto_MG_4508 by rodolfo novak

Part of the

Array by Bahman.

Toronto zombie walk 2006

Toronto Zombie Walk by 米死米(MSM)

Thriller by Bostich

Toronto Zombie Walk 2006

zombie walk by Jaybert

Toronto Zombie Walk

Halloween Costumes on Amazon 

Mulllins Square Lobster Baby Costume

Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

Lil Club Kid Pink Wiggie Baby Wig for Halloween Costume

Amazon Price: $12.95 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

Illegally Easy Halloween Costumes for Kids

Amazon Price: $25.95 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

More Halloweeen Costumes on Amazon 

Adult Disco Doll Halloweeen Costume (Large 10-12)

Amazon Price: $34.99 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

Elven Green Cloak

Amazon Price: $44.00 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

Women's Caterina Halloweeen Costume (Large 10-12)

Amazon Price: $51.99 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

Women's Caterina Halloweeen Costume (XLarge 12-14)

Amazon Price: $51.99 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

Four more Costume Ideas 

Four more costume ideas, some old, some new. But you could be he only one to give them new life.

Sadako. Sadakos (like the one at right), bloodthirsty Sadakos, lots and lots of the hit 1998 Japanese film's Sadakos! How come I don't see this often in Halloween parties? Why, all that's needed are some wig (if you don't have extra-long hair), a long sleeping shirt, and some shocker face waiting under that mat of hair. Props? A teddy bear and a large TV frame to act through.

A pair of ping-pong paddles and ball (3 persons). Be the must-watch players of the night (literally, AND in the good sense) by getting two of your buddies (dressed as paddles) to stay on opposite sides of the party hall. Be the ball and
show off by running up and down the room and bouncing yourself against the paddles. End the pantomime by doing a slow motion dive; the US paddle tries to reach out for you, only to miss by a few inches. In the end, *insert favorite country here, wink wink* wins! If done the right way, this can be one funny halloween costume.

Norman Bates. dapper, doe-eyed, a "bit" Psycho ... and on the run from a very, very angry "Mother"! Try coming as a group of 5 wearing turtleneck shirts marked the 1st, the 2nd, etc. The fifth can be a buddy wearing the "Mother" disguise (Mother is way cooler if she's a he): styled hairdo-wig with wisps of white hair, fading long-sleeved blouse and skirt, owlish glasses, some pearl necklace or bracelet if you will, low pumps, and the kitchen knife, lastly. It's also cool if Mother gets around using a walker.

Speak, Hear, and See No Evil Monkeys. I saw at Flickr a variation of this. Instead of monkeys, the three party goers were in Star Wars Federation storm troopers.

Fremont Zombie Walk on Flickr  

Fremont Zombie Walk 2007_12 by Kelly Bailey - ClusterClick Photography

Taken during the Fremont Zombie Walk 2007.

Fremont Zombie Walk by pdgibson

Fremont Zombie Walk 2007_08 by Kelly Bailey - ClusterClick Photography

Taken during the Fremont Zombie Walk 2007.

Fremont Zombie Invasion 12 by beatnikside

Um, this is medicinal blood. Perfectly legal.

Fremont Zombie Walk by pdgibson

Fremont Zombie Invasion 06 by beatnikside

Hard to get bars on the phone in the middle of a crazed, flesh-eating mob.

Fremont Zombie Invasion 15 by beatnikside

Not you too, Santa!

Fremont Zombie Walk by pdgibson

Fremont Zombie Walk by pdgibson

Top Halloween Blogs 

www'jackson pollock'org wallpaper
If you've developed an affection for the horror and the macabre of Halloween, then I recommend that you get your fix in any one of the following blogs.

The graphic above was created using jacksonpollock.org.

halloweenhotlist.blogspot.com: Halloween quirks and oddities

halloween hotlist

This personal blog features the latest in Halloween trends, which means it brings up news from quirky halloween wallpaper, to hair-raising candies, to leisurely reminiscing how halloween décor is looking more and more run of the mill nowadays. Chris, the owner of the blog, also posts any odd curiosity
emailed to him. Personally, I think it's so good of him to still go back after a year of silence right after the March 21, 2007 entry!

extremehalloween.blogspot.com: radical makeup supplies, advice and ideas

Extreme halloween

"The Extreme Halloween Network is made up of 13 unique websites", but this blog sure is fun reading. It offers insider-quality stories about famous and current movie costumes, costume accessories, and stage makeup.

www.365halloween.com/blog: from halloween recipes to movie facts, all here!

365 Halloween

This website has halloween recipes, costume ideas, movie facts and more. We feature costume ideas and spooky recipes (with pictures!), step by step tutorials, and a Halloween blog full of information on obscure, yet amazing, Halloween news, artists, events, and products.

Still More Web Links

Geek Halloween Costume Ideas for Girls
Costumes based on ten famous women with clout, from Google's Marissa Mayer, to woman-warrior Ellen Ripley from Aliens.

Ten Epic Halloween Costumes
The web's most viral ideas, from Futurerama's Bender, to the most viral photos of Doc Octopus costumes, or that of Jay the Tron Guy

You Hamming It Up in A Ball: to be or not to be?  

Does Halloween Still Make Sense?

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It's a waste of money and time, no thanks!

Yes, it does! My kids get to know the neighborhood!

KonaGirl says:

It is my favorite holiday and all the kids are grown and gone.

 
 
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Halloween Stuff on Amazon 

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Kids' Halloween Costumes on eBay 

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Funny Halloween Costumes on eBay 

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Costumes on Flickr  

365-06 - Your Three words... by HazPhotos

365-06 - Your Three...

Jesus and the devil by Greg Pare

Jesus and the devil

My love in her sexy devil costume by Greg Pare

My love in her sexy...

Riddles-bee by miss_rogue

Riddles-bee

Kristen by CaptBrando

Kristen

Nerd! by dizfunkshinal

Nerd!

halloween zitefight winners by jdeeringdavis

halloween zitefight...

Trying On His Halloween Costume by DNAMichaud

Trying On His Hallow...

All About Halloween Blog Posts from Google 

New Halloween II Poster - FilmoFilia
Director Rob Zombie unveiled a brand new poster for his upcoming "Halloween II", the follow-up to their 2007 remake. In the sequel, Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some un...
orange and black: halloween housecleaning
Since I know it's only a matter of time until I buy something new, I've dragged out my bins of Halloween stuff (the stuff that doesn't stay out all year) for some pre-Halloween housecleaning. There was a time when nothing, ...
Folk Art From The Harbor: NEW HALLOWEEN STENCIL
Got up this morning and had this in my head so I designed it into my latest Halloween Stencil. Turned out really nice... only $10.99 and its 10x12. I am working on several new designs over the weekend including some Winter ...
BD Horror News - 'Halloween II' Reshoots, New Behind-the-Scenes Pic
Your number one source for horror movies, Bloody-Disgusting brings all the latest news, reviews, interviews, along with our massive online community.

Masks on Flickr  

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Masks by rainy city

Masks

Carnavale Masks by Tracy Hunter

Carnavale Masks

Making Masks by jc.westbrook

Making Masks

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Información Turística / Tourist Information by Miguel Vera

Información Turíst...

P6130690 by Stephen Glauser

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Kat and Kira by Stephen Glauser

Kat and Kira

P6140691 by Stephen Glauser

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The Most Important Thing About Halloween Fun

1. A sense of humor
2. Sharing your sense of humor
3. Having clean fun, and helping others have fun, too!

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KonaGirl wrote...

This is an excellent Halloween lens. I really enjoyed the creativity and imagination of this lensmaster! 5* for well done. I also lensrolled you to 2 of my lens:
Halloween Costumes For Dogs
Haunted Hawaii

You and your readers should be entertained by both.

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Erma Bombeck on Halloween Fun

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.

A Word from the Sponsored!

Please drop by my halloween blog sometime!

Lauren Springer

Those seemingly interminable dark walks between houses, long before street-lit safety became an issue, were more adrenalizing than the mountains of candy filling the sack.

Acknowledgement of images in Introduction 

In clockwise order

  • WaterHeater Man from flickrer Bruce Lemons
  • Cat in Batman costume from rustyrabbit
  • Velma Dinkley and gang from broan714
  • HP Organizer Woman from sezrahnz
  • Rip Van Winkle from Archie McPhee Seattle
  • Batman's archenemies from detroit_import
  • Seaweed Train Passenger from Kathryn Yu
  • werewolf from Uriel 1998

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