horror
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 He is a morosely withdrawn teenage pothead who begins to get signals from ghosts, to take on the aspects of someone who died.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.
Man in the Mask
In The Strangers, the terrifying leader of the three strangers, the Man in the Mask (Kip Weeks) is easily recognized by his burlap mask with a smiley face. He’s also called Sackhead or Baghead by fans.
Sidney Prescott
Sidney (Neve Campbell) is the main protagonist of the Scream series. In the original 1996 film Scream, she finds herself accusing her boyfriend of being the infamous “ghost face” killer.
Tatum Riley
Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan) is the best friend to Sidney in 1996’s Scream. Beautiful and known to be well-liked among her peers, her innocence and wit ends up getting her killed.
Casey Becker
Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) is the first victim and second killed character of Ghostface in 1996’s Scream. She is a young blonde sweet teenage girl who loves horror slasher films and is dramatically yet ironically killed in the exact fashion. Her character is also the first to appear in the series as well as the opening sequence for the original film.