How do you take any Halloween costume or clothing and turn it into a scary zombie costume? If this particular thought has crossed your mind, you're in luck, because we're going to show you how! Zombies have been a part of pop culture for quite some time, and as a result there are a number of zombie events such as zombie runs, zombie pub crawls and even zombie-themed parties. Whatever the reason, it's much more fun to create your own unique zombie costume! Anyone can simply buy a zombie costume, but if you want to stand out from the crowd of undead walkers, follow this zombie costume tutorial to see how to distress a costume and do some gory zombie makeup.
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Sisterhood is such a special bond, and many sisters have loved things like dressing up together and doing mini makeovers for each other since childhood. Halloween is one of those special times where you can coordinate with your besties and create a truly wonderful sister-sister costume experience! (Unrelated soul sisters can totally coordinate their costumes, too!) If you’re looking for fun ways to show off your sisterhood, check out these Halloween costume ideas for sisters!
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Fortnite fever has struck again, just in time for Halloween! The popular video game sensation recently released their season 6 skins, which are a lot of fun because they remind us of Halloween costumes. (Frankly, almost everything makes us think of costumes, but these are particularly costume-worthy.) If you have ever dreamed of cosplaying as one of your favorite legendary Fortnite skins, we have a great DIY Fortnite skin costume tutorial for you! Get ready to look like a legendary gunslinger with this Fortnite Calamity skin costume tutorial.
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The data is in. We’ve analyzed all the searches on HalloweenCostumes.com (that’s us!) and we’re able to project the top costumes of the year. But we also found some surprising searches that stood out from the rest. South Dakota and Wyoming really love their mummies, for example. (Who doesn’t?) And Montana is really into dinosaurs and Princess Peach. (That’s legit.) Keep in mind that these may not be the trending costumes in each state, just searches that were disproportionately higher than the national average. Check out our map of surprising Halloween costume searches below!
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40 years ago, John Carpenter’s Halloween debuted and became an instant horror masterpiece. Aside from only one prominent actor (Donald Pleasence), the film featured several Hollywood newcomers. One of whom was Jamie Lee Curtis playing the role of Laurie Strode aka the original Final Girl (You can read more about "final girls" here). The film also introduced Michael Myers, one of the most terrifying horror villains of all time. As with any movie that achieves box office success, the producers opted for a sequel.
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Children and horror movies go together like bacon on cheeseburgers. They have been haunting us for the better part of a century, but what is it about scary kids in horror movies that keeps working? Is it the loss of innocence? Is it the stark contrast of appearance versus reality? Is it the scary kid drawings of ominous things children should not be drawing? Whatever the case may be, children continue be some of the scariest elements in horror movies. With this in mind, we put together an infographic that analyzes some of the scariest children in horror movies in chronological order.
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