35 Pictures Of The Most Bizarre But Amazing Halloween Costumes
You can call them the crème de la crème of inventiveness and creepiness.
Halloween has a way of bringing out the most creative, bizarre, and unforgettable costumes of the year. Some people go for scary, some go for funny, and some somehow manage to do both at once.
This roundup pulls together a mix of celebrity looks, clever pop culture references, family costumes, and full-on costume chaos. From homemade outfits to polished cosplay, every image shows just how far people will go to win Halloween. Read on.
1. Dr. Evil and Mr. Bigglesworth for Halloween. Get ready!
Chefboymardee2. Halloween cosplay by NBA player Robin Lopez with his wife
donbosco20173. My mom just won her company's Halloween contest
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4. My wife, who is a school bus driver, dressed up as Ms. Frizzle for Halloween
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5. My Mando costume for our Halloween day
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6. All your screams are coming through this Halloween
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7. This Halloween, I'm the knocker
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8. Dressed as The Weeknd for Halloween
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9. Remember Black Swan?
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10. Menace Awaits
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11. I’m an anti-vaxxer for this Halloween
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12. Happy Halloween from us and the evilest Dr. ever
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13. Meme Alert
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14. Dressed as Doris from Shrek
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15. Couldn't resist dressing up our two-year-old triplets as Halloween hobbits
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16. First Halloween costume
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17. It's Happy Halloween from me
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18. What else is a tall girl supposed to be for Halloween?
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19. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
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20. The Queen says Happy Halloween
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21. Alessia Cara dressed as Amy Winehouse
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22. My son chose to Rickroll the school this Halloween
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23. Do rate my Thor costume for Halloween?
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24. Mittens Bernie is my proudest Halloween costume
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25. My family and our LOTR Halloween costumes
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26. Tell me this person won Halloween...
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27. Rocking Britney's
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28. Here's my opinion on Harry the Haunted Hunter from Beetlejuice
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29. A Zoidberg Halloween costume so I can fertilize everybody's caviar
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30. Sweet Baby Rays
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31. Female Avatar
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32. My zombie Jill Valentine cosplay for Halloween
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33. Will and Carlton in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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34. Being Sims for Halloween
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35. Had Edward Scissorhands in mind, but here's Edward Spoonhands
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Many people struggle to tell actors apart from the characters they play in movies. Still, wearing a Halloween costume is not a reason to start causing damage just because the character did the same on screen.
It is fine to have fun, but safety still matters, even on Halloween.
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