'Fright Night' Fancy dress ideas

NervousHomeowner

If you don't want to be something gruesome yourself, how about being the antithesis to that - a hero? Might be quite entertaining if you don't like zombies to be a zombie killer Just wear normal clothes with a bit of fake blood on them/on you and take a rounders bat or a fake axe or something with you. Job done!

Along the same lines, what about a horror movie heroine?
- Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from Alien/Aliens
- Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs
- Coraline from 'Coraline' (This could be a fun costume to do AND it's only a kid's film!)

Or what about something like a vampire's victim but from an old black and white movie? Wear a long flowing white gown (Like a nightdress), tousle your hair and draw bite marks on your neck?

Wednesday Adams or Morticia might be good too because although they're kind of 'dark' characters, they're not actually scary or evil and their costumes could be fun to do!

samtoby

I saw someone with white and blood stain and covered in those little cereal boxes...

The outfit title was 'cereal killer'. Loved it.

Tommelise

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bylromarha

How about an early Madonna style costume - lace gloves, puff ball skirt, big hair with rags in. She looked awful.

As you're not a horror fan, go for the "I look a fright" interpretation of the theme, and you have loads of options.

charlies-aunt

Bad fairy/fallen angel -black lacy wings, seductive outfit?

Amy Whitehouse-look-a-like - glam but scary!

Broken doll/puppet/Baby Jane

A unconventional conventionalist (my fav rocky horror look)

A half and half look - for example dress your top half down to the waist/hips as a severe policewoman with jacket, hat, glasses, hair pulled back,minimal makeup etc but on the bottom half - killer heels, stockings and suspenders?

Crisp_£_note

Go for something cartoon like as in Disneys Paranorman or there was a character in a similar movie (I forget the name sorry) who wore long stripey orange, white and black (?) stripey socks. Think it was the disney night before christmas or was it a Pixar animation or another suchlike? If I remember I will come back and edit this (sorry).

Or how about a white jacket backwards worn like a straightjacket - one of the best outfits I have seen at such events.

Or a ghosthunter?

I went to a similar party once, didnt really want to go so made little effort other than a black witches hat which I had threaded with cotton and hung a spooky spider from. I had a plastic cauldron which I filled with halloween candy (sqidgey eyeballs and jelly frogs) and dressed the rest of me accordingly. Very simple and easy to take off once the excitement had worn off so I was in normal clothes. I got the props from Poundland I think but they did the job. It was fun in the end and after a few hours I said to one of the other guests (as I conveiniently couldnt find the hosts) my dogs needed attending to and left quietly.

To be honest as usual is the way the once I dont fancy always are ok in the end.

However if you really dont want to go then dont as theres nothing more worse feeling like a party pooper and not wanting to be there I am sure the hosts would understand and would do the same in a similar situation ?

Lotus-eater

Take what you like to dress up as and just tweak it a little. Tada! instant halloween costume.
The right makeup counts for alot

Nenen

How about the most frightening character of Greek mythology - Medusa? She was supposed to be so frightening one look at her turned people to stone. She's instantly recognisable with the snake hair, yet not connected to witches and vampires.

My other thought is to go as if you have had a terrific fright/shock - e.g. hair standing on end, white face, eyebrows painted high up on your forehead, maybe even those glasses with the eyes popping out on springs.

Mind you, I think the pp's 'cereal killer' is brilliant!

moromir

I went to something as Mrs Lovett from Sweeney Todd.

Plus I ate the pie on the way home so didn't buy a kebab - very mse!

Kynthia

Buy the Ghostbusters jump suit. Go as a fairy or angel or a clown (many find clowns scary). A black cat, an elf, tinkerbell, a Jedi or Princess Leia. I like the suggestions to find something scary from fairytales or ancient mythology.