Carbon Costume horror
Tommy Jarvis from Friday the 13th Part VI
In Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) has finally stabilized after killing Jason Voorhees as a boy and being institutionalized over the trauma causing him to assume Jason’s hockey mask. When Tommy goes to view Jason’s corpses to get closure, lightning accidentally strikes the body, re-animating him as a zombie with supernatural powers.
Kayako Saeki
Kayako Saeki is the main antagonist of the Japanese horror movie series Ju-On, also known as The Grudge. She haunts the home that she once lived in, terrorizing anyone who tries to move in. She even faced off with Sadako Yamamura from Ringu in the Japanese crossover film Sadako vs Kayako.
Pluto from Us
In Us, Pluto is the tethered character for Jason Wilson (Evan Alex). He is Jason’s doppelganger who, along with a red jumpsuit, wears a white mask to hide the extensive burn scars on his face. Jason realizes that Pluto mirrors his movements, and figures out a way to use that to his advantage when Pluto and the rest of his group intrude the Wilson’s home and hold them captive.
Billy Peltzer from Gremlins
Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) is the protagonist of Joe Dante’s Christmas horror classic Gremlins. He is a young man who is given a creature called a Mogwai for Christmas. He names it Gizmo, but discovers there are various strange rules to care for it. When he breaks them, he accidentally unleashes a wave on monsters called Gremlins on his small town.
Peter Graham from Hereditary
Peter Graham (Alex Wolff) is a main character in Hereditary. He is a morosely withdrawn teenage pothead who begins to get signals from ghosts, to take on the aspects of someone who died. For this costume, don’t forget the nose bandage, which you can just make yourself with gauze and first-aid tape.
The Tall Man from Phantasm
The Tall Man is the antagonist of the 1979 horror film Phantasm and its sequels. In all of his appearances, the Tall Man has been portrayed by the late Angus Scrimm. He poses as a mortician so that he can create an army of reanimated shrunken corpses and is iconic for his Sentinels, chrome spheres that kill using all sorts of drills and knives.
Silver Shamrock Kids from Halloween III
While Halloween III: Season of the Witch may be lacking Michael Myers, it’s still a fantastic film perfect for the season. The horror in Halloween III comes from Silver Shamrock, a company which makes Halloween masks for children, secretly plotting using them to kill them all in a Satanic ritual on Halloween night. There are three masks featured, skeleton, pumpkin, and witch.
Sam from Trick R Treat
Trick ‘r Treat is a 2007 anthology dark comedy horror film written and directed by Michael Dougherty. It relates four Halloween horror stories with a common element in Sam, a mysterious child trick-or-treater wearing shabby orange footie pajamas with a burlap sack over his head. Two options for masks depending on which version you want to dress as.
Happy Death Day Killer
Happy Death Day is a 2017 horror film released by Blumhouse and is about a college student who must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer’s identity. The killer featured marks a distinct baby face, their real identity a mystery.
Bride of Chucky
Tiffany Valentine, AKA Bride of Chucky, is Chucky’s love interest from the Chucky movie series. She is played by Jennifer Tilly and becomes a doll after trying to fix the Chucky doll from Child’s Play 3 with the hope of bringing her ex-boyfriend back to life. Pair this costume with her fierce makeup by following this Bride of Chucky makeup tutorial.
