After a while the standard scary Halloween costumes fail to frighten us. How many vampires do you have to see year after year before you have enough? Bloodied weapons, evil scientists, hump-backed monsters and various other legends lose their fright value at some point. It's up to you to create a new scary creature to master this popular theme. Halloween is supposed to be scary so go for it.
The most difficult part of this costume is coming up with the concept you will use. If you have a basic idea of what you want it's easy to build on that than to start with nothing at all. Not all of us have the imagination required to create a truly frightening Halloween character.
When it comes to scary Halloween costumes, there are no real rules or solid components each one must have. This allows for an unlimited amount of creative input, however it also leaves some people at a standstill. Where do you begin? Well make it simple, and start with what you know.
Serial killer novels, chainsaw movies, and other stories and images that send chills up your own backbone are good starting points for a new and truly scary Halloween costume. Watch some movies, read some Edgar Allen Poe or Stephen King. Watch Jack Nicholson's transformation in The Shining. The normal becoming abnormal is a good place to start.
Keep your mind open to possibilities as your go through your daily activities as creating this character effectively may take some time. When you have an idea for a costume or a theme, write it down before you forget it. Those notes might be very useful later on when you settle on a totally different concept for your scary Halloween costume. With your notes you may have the resources to finalize your character by adding a new dimension to the fright.
One good resource is the internet. Scour the web for scary tales-real and fiction. There are plenty of disturbing places as well, and plenty of adventurous explorers who visit and return with information and photographs that get added to websites. Do a quick search for abandoned towns or haunted places and check out the stories and images that fall into this category.
Copying another fright costume is usually not recommended as familiarity with a character reduces the fear factor of that persona. A vampire just another vampire - unless you can think of a twist on the idea. One mad scientist is like another, unless perhaps he is a wild geneticist cloning everything in sight.
Some of the same costumes meant to have the fright factor will be seen every Halloween. We have the standard vampire, the ghost, the evil witch, the slasher or chainsaw killer, and always there is our worst nightmare....Freddie. Whether supernatural terror or more realistic axe murdered or serial killer this might be research best conducted during daylight hours.
Ideas for scary Halloween costumes are out there, if you're willing to look. There is plenty of real life and fictional people, places and stories that can provide inspiration. Combine ideas for even more options, such as a serial killer turned vampire, or an evil spirit out for revenge. Remember to be patient, eventually an idea that has never been done before will come! Rather than settle for the canned scary Halloween costumes available each year, do something unique and make or modify your own! Edited by Svetchey Sanorols
The most difficult part of this costume is coming up with the concept you will use. If you have a basic idea of what you want it's easy to build on that than to start with nothing at all. Not all of us have the imagination required to create a truly frightening Halloween character.
When it comes to scary Halloween costumes, there are no real rules or solid components each one must have. This allows for an unlimited amount of creative input, however it also leaves some people at a standstill. Where do you begin? Well make it simple, and start with what you know.
Serial killer novels, chainsaw movies, and other stories and images that send chills up your own backbone are good starting points for a new and truly scary Halloween costume. Watch some movies, read some Edgar Allen Poe or Stephen King. Watch Jack Nicholson's transformation in The Shining. The normal becoming abnormal is a good place to start.
Keep your mind open to possibilities as your go through your daily activities as creating this character effectively may take some time. When you have an idea for a costume or a theme, write it down before you forget it. Those notes might be very useful later on when you settle on a totally different concept for your scary Halloween costume. With your notes you may have the resources to finalize your character by adding a new dimension to the fright.
One good resource is the internet. Scour the web for scary tales-real and fiction. There are plenty of disturbing places as well, and plenty of adventurous explorers who visit and return with information and photographs that get added to websites. Do a quick search for abandoned towns or haunted places and check out the stories and images that fall into this category.
Copying another fright costume is usually not recommended as familiarity with a character reduces the fear factor of that persona. A vampire just another vampire - unless you can think of a twist on the idea. One mad scientist is like another, unless perhaps he is a wild geneticist cloning everything in sight.
Some of the same costumes meant to have the fright factor will be seen every Halloween. We have the standard vampire, the ghost, the evil witch, the slasher or chainsaw killer, and always there is our worst nightmare....Freddie. Whether supernatural terror or more realistic axe murdered or serial killer this might be research best conducted during daylight hours.
Ideas for scary Halloween costumes are out there, if you're willing to look. There is plenty of real life and fictional people, places and stories that can provide inspiration. Combine ideas for even more options, such as a serial killer turned vampire, or an evil spirit out for revenge. Remember to be patient, eventually an idea that has never been done before will come! Rather than settle for the canned scary Halloween costumes available each year, do something unique and make or modify your own! Edited by Svetchey Sanorols
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