Fabulous and Freaky Costumes for Halloween

Halloween would never be Halloween without a costume party. "Dress up as your favorite ghost or ghoul" says the invitation card.

Then we encounter the question of: "What should I go as?" Irrespective of whether we are horror movie fans, there is no denying that we all enjoy the thought of giving people a scare.

Halloween allows us to go about scaring people without being reprimanded in return. From children to senior citizens, we all love to dress up as our favorite nightmares.

On the night of October 31 every year, our peaceful streets become infested by characters that seem straight out of the horror movies. It is like A Nightmare on Elm Street in real life.

Dressing up for Halloween can be an uphill task. But it can also be the simplest thing in the world. Stitch up the sides of a big wide bed sheet, cut out two holes for the eyes, and a ghost costume will be ready and waiting.

Of course, that could be simplifying things a little too much, unless one really wants to be a ghost. For the more complicated outfits, one can simply walk over to a costume rental store and pick out a costume.

There are so many outfits that one can choose from. You could go as a witch with a broom or as a zombie. You could get one of those skeleton costumes where the bones are painted in luminous colors. The point is to look frightening.

The question is how far would you go? These days, it is not at all difficult to find the perfect costume.

Costume stores cater to all kinds of tastes. So even if you want to stay away from looks out of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, you would still have many looks to choose from. Superhero movies tend to provide a lot of inspiration when it comes to Halloween costumes.

However, just the clothes do not make the look. You need Halloween masks as well. Luckily, these days one can buy really realistic-looking Halloween masks.

So if you are hoping to go to the next Halloween party dressed as a zombie, don't worry about how you can complete the look. There are bound to be terrific zombie masks to satisfy your need for blood and gore.

Moreover, with the development of silicon masks that bear a closer resemblance to human flesh, Halloween costumes are becoming extremely realistic.

Dressing up for Halloween has never been this much fun.

By Ajeet Khurana

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