Halloween costumes are not just for the young. There has been a progressive widening of the segment of the adult population who wants to don Halloween Outfits and engage in little harmless role playing. Women have a wide range of choices available to them, with costumes ranging from vampy numbers, like the French maid, to the classic mistresses of horror, like the Bride of Frankenstein. Until recently, the selection of mens Halloween Costumes has been limited, but options are multiplying. Horror costumes based on some of the all time blockbuster films remain consistently near the top choices of outfits. Halloween Outfits that resemble Beetlejuice; Ghostface from Scream; Billy, the puppet from Saw; and Michael Meyers are always winners.
Beetlejuice is that sassy and somewhat irreverent ghost from beyond who enters the movie as a comic figure and grows darker as the story progresses and he becomes a force with which to be reckoned. He’s vulgar and crude, with distinctive body postures and movements. A man choosing to masquerade as Beetlejuice can have a lot of fun and freedom with the role. The well known black and white striped suit is an absolute must to pull off the role and is one of the best Mens Halloween costumes. A crafty person may be able to construct the suit, but that might cost more than a readymade costume. It is up to the new Beetlejuice to decide how far he wants to carry the role. Some accessories that will give the costume a more authentic look would be a Beetlejuice wig, although someone who has hair long enough to pull off the look may choose to tease it out and use white or gray colored hairspray. Makeup is an important accompaniment, and most chain stores, party stores, or seasonal stores carry what is needed.
Ghostface, from Scream, anotherone of the most popular mens Halloween costumes, that harbinger of terrible death, has a classic horror look that many rely on for simplicity and ease. A consistently dark persona, with a deep threatening voice that instills horror in those who hear him, his appearance was based on the painting “The Scream,” by Edvard Munch. Someone dressed as Ghostface needs to carry himself in a menacing manner. An advantage to choosing to dress up as Ghostface lies in the fact that no makeup is necessary. This is a costumes that consists of a long ragged black reaper’s robe, a long hunting knife (fake, if you please), and the eerie elongated white mask. This is not a look for someone who wants to play with makeup effects, as the mask goes beyond the shape of any human features.
Billy, the eerie and childlike puppet from Saw, manipulated by the killer known as Jigsaw, is easily recognized, even for those who are not fans. He communicates in a gravelly deep voice, usually starting with the phrase, “I want to play a game” in a manner that is anything but childlike. Masks are available that replicate the distinctive white face, with red circles on each cheek, deepset black eyes, and a hinged jaw. A person skilled with makeup may be able to replicate the face. Billy wears an old fashioned black suit with a white shirt and a red bowtie. He moves about on a vintage tricycle.
Michael Meyers from the Halloween series of movies is the quintessential scary monster from horror films, but is probably the easiest one to recreate. A silent hulking figure carrying an oversized butcher’s knife, someone choosing this costume need only don a pair of grease stained coveralls and the classic Michael Meyers mask. He may be able to pull off the look with makeup, but the mask plays an important role in the character, and the setting of suburban neighborhood streets emptied of trick or treaters, where there is a slim possibility he may, or may not, blend in.
These four classic mens Halloween Costumes are a mere sampling of the vast selection available today. They offer an opportunity to let go of the adult responsibilities for one night and engage in a little play and pretend time.
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Best Mens Halloween Costumes From The 80's
The 1980’s was definitely a decade cult film phenomena. The horror movies of the 80’s have set the trend for horror movie production up through this present time. Nightmare on Elm Street was a great series of horror movies. Freddy Krueger was the star villain of Nightmare on Elm Street. He was a man that terrorized the children in a small town. He was burned alive and the parents of the terrorized children watched him burn. Freddy’s got revenge by returning to the dreams of the teenagers in the town and killing them in their sleep.
Freddy Kruger used some pretty creative ways to kill the kids in their dreams. Johnny Depp actually starred in one of the earlier movies of Nightmare on Elm Street. The horror film franchise made a lot of money. A lot Mens Halloween costumes came forth from the birth of Nightmare on Elm Street. Whenever Freddy was killed in one movie, he would come back to life in the next movie through some crazy and insane ways. For instance in the beginning of Nightmare on Elm Street 4 a few kids get pulled into each other dreams and they all end up in a junkyard. A character by the name of Kinkaid had a dog, and his dog was in the dream with him. The dog finds his way to where Freddy is buried underground. The dog pees out fire and the camera gets a close up of Freddy’s skeleton and you can see all the muscles, tendons, and flesh form on the skeleton and Freddy is ready to begin another crazy killing streak. Freddy Krueger is one of the most popular mens Halloween costumes of all time.
Another favored horror movie is Pumpkinhead. In the movie Pumpkinhead, a man’s little boy was killed by a group of kids driving their motorbikes recklessly. The man wanted revenge for his son’s death. Pumpkinhead is a creature who can be conjured up by seeking a witch, but the price to pay is your soul (Evil Laughing). Pumpkinhead was a deformed boy who was killed by some mean kids; his mother whom is the witch, buried him. The man took his dead decaying boy’s body to the witch and she performed a spell to conjure up Pumpkinhead. He stands at 7”1 and he is one mean son of a gun. The man loses control of the demon and the demon starts killing at random. The demon had long arms razor sharp finger nails and protruding teeth. The only way the man was able to stop the demon was by killing himself. The demon killed one person by impaling him, lifting him like a ragdoll.
There are two words that speak for the next famed 80’s horror movie, “Michael Myers.” Michael Myers was a deranged killer who did not speak and he wore a mask. The movie is called Halloween. Michael Myers hacked and slashed his victims that tried to run away from him. The funny thing is, all he did was walk, and he never ran and still was able to catch his victims. There are many mens Halloween costumes that people wore from the movie Halloween. In the later 2000’s Rob Zombie remade the movie Halloween and it is truly a great film, it shows Michael Myers as a little boy growing up into adulthood. Anyone that loves horror movies knows that there are no horror movies like horror movies of the 80’s.
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