After seeing the attic scene in the movie Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, I thought that would be the the most awesome costume for my sister to wear this year. I began with an old dress w/matching jacket. Used a knife to shred certain areas that were wounded in the movie. I used red paint so … Read more
My Ring costume was the evil girl out of the Japanese film ‘The Ring’ (also the USA remake of the same name). I wanted to come across, as the scariest person at the party, so I thought this would be a good choice. I made the costume out of an old box (which in fact … Read more
For my Homemade Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Costume, I first found an old dress and jacket outfit. I attached fake birds that you can purchase from floral supply stores or craft stores all over my costume. Then I dribbled fake blood on the costume and my arms, legs, and face. Then I attached a few … Read more
I make my children costumes every year but this year I am at college full time so it had to be something quick and easy. For the Chucky costume, I had an old pair of dungarees from a bob the builder costume so I painted the sploges on them and also wrote good guys. I … Read more
This year we decided to dress our toddler up as Chucky. While shopping at Target I found a shirt that I thought would make a good Chucky shirt. We also picked up some overalls while we were there. We already had the red shoes. I also found some red felt letters at Michael’s to spell … Read more
This is a Homemade Freddy DIY Halloween Costume, make up and all. The burn face is actually gelatin! It took some time but turned out great!
My Homemade Exorcist Costume was inspired by the movie The Exorcist (1973). My costume was actually pretty simple to make. First I watched the movie to make sure I got every little detail I could to make the costume as similar as possible. I purchased contacts online to really give my Exorcist costume the full … Read more
I wanted to think of something original, that if I went to the bar I wouldn’t see at least three of me walking around. Originally I wanted to be an airline stewardess that had got in a plane crash, and not survived. But then I watched the movie The Birds. And I thought how easy … Read more
The TV sequence in The Ring is the scariest moment in any film which I have seen so I decided that the Ring costume would make an ideal costume for this year’s Halloween party. I started with no idea how I would produce my costume, only that I would go to the party as Samara/Sadako … Read more
My office had a party and our theme was horror films so I decided to go as Tippi Hedren from Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Birds.” I found the green suit at a local thrift store for $10 and bought a bunch of birds from Halloween stores for about $40. I tore up the suit using … Read more
My dad and I are really big horror movie buffs. My mom, brother, and sister, not so much. So, when they all left for a week-long vacation, we took the opportunity to rent a bunch of horror movies. I had read “Carrie” several months ago, and I decided to add the 1976 movie version to … Read more
Last year I came home from a Halloween party (dressed as Alex Delarge) and curled up on the couch in hopes of catching a scary movie before declaring my Halloween fun over for another year. As luck would have it, Carrie was just starting up, and I decided then and there that I had found … Read more