Horror costumes

In 1984, Wes Craven created a monster in the form of child murderer, Freddy Krueger. Krueger -- "The Bastard Son of 1,000 Maniacs" -- terrorized ... more

One of the many epithets given to Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the Barber of Severe is a play on the operetta, "The Barber of ... more

"The blood is life." So says many a vampire who needs this bodily fluid to survive. Blood provides the life force for humans, carrying oxygen to ... more

Based on the 1974 Stephen King novel, "Carrie" told the twisted tale of telekinetic teen, Carrie White, who was a frequent object of ridicule by ... more

Heeeeere's Chucky! The putrid, pint-sized plastic protagonist of the Child's Play horror film franchise, Chucky ... more

"When there's no more room in Hell... Then the dead will walk the earth." The second film in horror director George Romero's "Dead" series, and an ... more

The battle between good and evil has raged on since the dawn of time. We all want to be good, but sometimes it's much more fun to be bad! ... more

The creation of cartoonist Rob Reger of Cosmic Debris, Emily the Strange is a strange little girl, indeed. She made her illustrated debut in 1991. ... more

Evil dolls have long been a staple of the horror genre. What is it about these otherwise innocent child playthings that gives people the creeps? ... more

Yet another variety of creepy clown, Evil Jesters are a scary staple of the horror genre. A variation on the traditional, harlequin entertainers ... more

One of the most popular movie monsters of all time, Frankenstein's Monster is the creation of Dr. Viktor Von Frankenstein, a patchwork of parts ... more

Very few calendar dates strike fear into the hearts of people like Friday the 13th. Known as "triskadekaphobia," the fear of the number 13 is ... more

A ghost is the apparition of a deceased individual according to the definition in the dictionary. A ghost will appear in a certain way to live ... more

The ghoul isn't the most familiar of spooks that go bump in the night, but they've been kickin' around the graveyard for quite some time. Its ... more

The personification of death itself, the Grim Reaper is usually depicted as a grinning skull peeking out from beneath a black, hooded robe. The ... more

A fictional character created by author Thomas Harris, Hannibal Lecter is a former psychiatrist who had a penchant for eating human flesh. Now, ... more

In Washington Irving's story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the town's uptight schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane is plagued by the ghost of a colonial ... more

Jeepers Creepers / Where'd you get those peepers?! "Why, from my latest victim, of course" would be the standard reply of the creepy creature ... more

A play on the word meaning "intent to do harm," Malice refers to a gothic, or dark-styled version of Lewis Carroll's classic character Alice in ... more

The main character and horror icon of John Carpenter's "Halloween" series of movies, Michael Myers is a towering, cursed villain whose hobbies ... more

A series of horror films released direct-to-video by Full Moon Entertainment, the Puppet Master movies featured ... more

Don't fear "the Reaper"! It's more than just a cowbell-laden song by '70s rock group, Blue Oyster Cult, the Reaper refers to the Grim Reaper, the ... more

If it's Halloween, it must be "Saw." Responsible for bringing back the concept of serial horror with a recognizable, sometimes sympathetic ... more

Scream was a film released in 1996. The film was directed by Wes Craven. The idea of the film was to bring the 70’s era slasher films back ... more

A skeleton is a framework of bones that supports the body of a human or animal and houses and protects the internal organs and soft tissues of the ... more

Get your preventative psycho designed jacket now! A straight jacket has overlong sleeves so that they can be wrapped around the body, when a ... more

The film that introduced Leatherface and his family to the world, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was a 1974 film ... more

The undead is the description or name given to mythological, legendary, or ghostly beings. Technically the beings are dead, yet they have living ... more

Get ready to get bloody with a Vampire Vixen look! The vampire vixen is another way of calling someone a vampiress or a female vamp. A vixen by ... more

Abraham Van Helsing is the arch-nemesis of Dracula, a Dutch doctor and vampire hunter in Bram Stoker's classic novel. In the classic Hammer horror ... more

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Werewolves are known as lycanthropes depending on which tale you want to believe. The werewolf is considered a shape shifter that was put under a ... more

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Although the concept had been done before in 1924, it was Lon Chaney, Jr's sympathetic portrayal of lycanthrope Larry Talbot in Universal's "The ... more

A zombie is a reanimated corpse of a human. The stories of zombies first appeared in Caribbean folk lore with the Vodou. It was thought that the ... more