2005 Horror and Gothic Halloween Costumes

With a little help from my friends, here is kind of a cheat to find a good Halloween costume this year. This is for those of you that don’t feel like making something from scratch. However, if you DO feel like making your own Halloween costume, then please visit my Halloween costume ideas page. Plus, over at the left (if you click “Halloween Costumes”) I have tons of ideas. You can also use the search box to see if I have what you are looking for. Feel free to e-mail me if you want something but can’t find it. Happy Halloween (in August)!!

Horror and Gothic Halloween Costumes

The Slaughtered Wedding Halloween Party Theme Idea

Okay, officially the longest title ever. Sorry about that. Anyway, the idea behind this adult Halloween Party theme is to build your story around a wedding gone bad. Maybe the groom had second thoughts and let loose on everyone. Perhaps the Mother-in-Law really is evil and unleashed Hell among the guests. Heck, the crazy, axe-wielding ex-boyfriend of the bride could have showed up. It’s up to you to make your “story”, but it will help plan the evenings festivities and everyone plan their costumes and roles accordingly.

Here is what you need to throw this Halloween Party:

- Send out your Halloween Party invites as cheap wedding invitations. Spatter each one with a little red ink or paint to look like blood.
- Create dead floral arrangements and corsages. Just buy cheap plastic flowers and spray paint them black.
- As host or hostess, you can be the bride and/or groom. Everyone else needs to be in tuxes, dress or old bridesmaid dresses. The gorier, the better. Your guests will no doubt surprise you with this. For fun, you can even assign some people to be part of the wedding party, the in-laws, the grandparents, etc.
- Have someone be the party DJ, just like at cheesy wedding. Go ahead and have the ridiculous wedding dances.
- Serve punch – make sure it’s red. Finger food is definitely a necessity at this Halloween party. Finger food. Haha.
- Have a sign-in book at the door.
- Set up the tables (if you have them) with body parts or fingers as favors. You can usually find cheap plastic fingers anywhere and you can tie a bow around them for each setting.
- Get a “wedding cake” – if it’s real, cut it with a machete or butcher knife to serve up.
- You can set up a “gift table” and see what your friends surprise you with.

Basically, just conduct this like a real wedding. If your friends are into role playing, all the better. Just don’t forget a person to preside over the wedding – priest, preacher, etc. For extra fun, you can have someone play the Flower Girl, Drunken Best Man, etc.

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Do-It-Yourself Willy Wonka Halloween Costume

Oompa Doompa Doompity Doo . . . this creepy Halloween costume is sure to be spectacular on you! Yeah, couldn’t resist. Socreepy is not a giant fan of the original, but only because the Oompa Loompas were terrifying and the movie was terribly depressing. That doesn’t stop me from recommending such a popular costume choice this Halloween! You KNOW you’ll see plenty of Willies. Uh . . . that didn’t come out quite right. Nonetheless, please read on!

Items you will need:

- Long, maroon jacket – here is a link to a pattern that would work to sew the jacket yourself
- Dark brown bobbed wig
- Ornate black vest
- Black pants
- Black boots
- Top hat
- Purple gloves
- Cane
- Pocket watch & long chain
- W initial pin (or construct one from foil and cardboard)
- Willy Wonka treats to pass around (optional)
- Fake teeth (optional)
- White face paint (optional)
- Oompa Loompa (optional)

This one is pretty simple since it’s mostly just changing into the right clothes (unless you opt to sew the jacket). Obviously, I’m going with the Johnny Depp verision on this one. I recommended the teeth and face paint only because it makes the costume just a little more horrific and creepy. Nothing like appearing gaunt, pasty and bucktoothed to get the ladies swooning! Handing out the candy, particularly on Halloween, is a nice touch. It might also pay off to have some of your friends dress as Oompa Loompas or other characters such as Charlie, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, etc. I’ll be working on the blueberry costume instructions and Oompa Loompa Halloween costume instructions soon!

Here is what eBay is showing and below that are direct links to the costumes.

Do-it-yourself Peppermint Patty and Marcie Halloween Costumes

Let’s be friends. That’s right – Peppermint Patty and Marcie are best buds. They go together like peanut butter and jelly without the bread. They make great, easy Halloween costumes that just about everyone will recognize.

Items you need for Peppermint Patty’s Halloween Costume:

Bobbed brown wig
Black greasepaint (for painting freckles)
Striped, short sleeve button down shirt
Shorts
Birkenstocks or other sandals (no socks)
Baseball mitt (optional)

Items you will need for Marcie’s Halloween Costume:

Bobbed black wig
Circular glasses
Short sleeve t-shirt
Matching socks (with t-shirt)
Shorts
Plain dark shoes or all white tennis shoes

While no one will believe you two are in third grade, they will believe that you two make an awesome couple Halloween costume! Right, Chuck?

Do-It-Yourself Sid & Nancy Halloween Costumes

Nothing says scary quite like this 70s/80s rocker gone bad. Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was the baddest of them all. His girlfriend Nancy was no slouch in the creepy department, either. If you’ve been dying for an excuse to dress up as a punk glam rock star circa 1980, here’s your chance! This Halloween you can be pretty. Pretty Vacant.

Items you will need for Sid:

Leather jacket
Torn t-shirt (ripped with a razor blade)
Safety pins for t-shirt
Blue jeans with the bottoms cuffed
Black boots (combat boots are perfect)
Spiked black hair
A half empty bottle of liquor
Bruises and scabs
Bass guitar (optional)

For Nancy:

A leather jacket
A leopard-print shirt (or something colorful)
A black leather skirt
Ripped fishnets
Boots
Black eyeliner
Red lipstick
Spiky, dirty blond hair
Scabs and bruises
A cigarette hanging out of your mouth

It’s all about pissed-off punk attitude. Sid, put on your T-shirt, your jeans, your boots and your leather jacket. Tease the hair. It should be dark and tangled. Apply fake bruises and scabs on your arms, especially in the crook of your arm. Nancy, take a pointer or two from Sid. Put on your t-shirt, your skirt, your fishnets and your boots. Your blond hair should also be teased to be as messy as possible. A nice touch is heavy eyeliner and red lipstick, both a little on the smudged side.

For pointers, check out the movie “Sid and Nancy” (1986) starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb.

Frightening Fact:
In “Sid & Nancy”, Gary Oldman had to lose weight to play Sid Vicious, but he lost so much that he ended up in hospital.

Do-It-Yourself Han Solo & Princess Leia Halloween Costumes

A short time from now, at a Halloween party not too far, far away, there will be a princess and her smuggler. That’s right. Go to the party as Princess Leia and Han Solo and be a Force to be reckoned with! Making these Star Wars Halloween costumes is a snap! However, buying them might be even easier

Items you will need for Han Solo:

Dark hair, parted down the middle
A white long-sleeved undershirt
A dark blue vest
Black jeans or slacks
Black boots
Red masking tape (use a marker)
Black belt
Toy gun

Items for Princess Leia:

White dress or robe (floor length)
White or silver belt
Dark hair, parted in the middle
Dark earmuffs or balls of yarn
Toy gun

Leave those hyperdrive repairs to Chewie. It’s time to ready for the Halloween party, Han. Put on a white long-sleeved undershirt. If it’s a button-down shirt, unbutton it down to mid-sternum. If it’s not, cut the shirt down to that point. Tuck the shirt into dark jeans. You need a red stripe down both sides of your pants. This can be achieved by attaching red tape down the outer seam of both sides of the pant legs, or by using velcro to attach strips of red felt down by sides from pant-leg cuffs up to the hips. Add the belt and black boots – tuck your pants into the boots. Part your dark hair (wig or otherwise) down the center and you’re ready to go. Oh, wait. Don’t forget your blaster.

Come on, Princess. The revolution can wait. Your white dress should be flowing. It can just as easily be fashioned from white sheets. The dress should be floor-length. At the waist, wear a white or silver belt. Part your dark hair down the center and wear a pair of dark earmuffs to achieve Leia’s distinctive bun hairdo. Grab your blaster and your smuggler (Han) and you’re ready to lead the rebellion at this year’s Halloween party.

Frightening Fact:
Jodie Foster was George Lucas’s second option for Princess Leia. At least she would’ve looked more like Mark Hamill.