halloween
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Tim Burton Maleficent
I made this costume for 2019 Halloween. When I went out I received a lot of compliments and everyone loved that it was handmade and different. I came up with the concept for a Halloween costume to blend the villain Maleficent from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty with the style of Tim Burton. I am a huge Tim Burton fan and have loved the styles of his movies. For this look I pulled from the movies Edward scissor hands, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Catwoman from Batman. Edward scissorhand and catwoman had black leather outfits so that inspired me to make my look out of a black pleather material. With this twist on Maleficent’s outfit I wanted to incorporate the thorn bushes which she surrounds her castle to prevent the prince to getting to sleeping beauty. These thorns were black in the movie so black pleather was perfect to make this look. So I ,with the help of my boyfriend, cut out over 300 strips with 20-30 spikes on each strip. I then twisted each strip and put it through the sewing machine. Very carefully I sewed the length of the strip in order to keep it twisted. This was a 3 day time consuming process but love how the results turned out! I wanted to give a fringe effect when I moved with all the hanging thorn vines. I wore all black under the vines so that they would stand out. I added a elastic bands down each arm so that the vines would stay in place. For the head piece, I purchased a pleather Maleficent head piece from Amazon. But I want to put a twist on it so it would look different from other peoples. I added a wire through the top of the horns and made it look like the iconic Tim Burton swirl from Nightmare Before Christmas hill. After having the shape of the swirl I added foil around the wire to make the swirl bigger and blend into the headpiece horns. After creating the base of wire and foil I used black electrical tape to cover the foil. Black electrical tape had the same sheen as the head piece so it matched perfectly! I wanted to incorporate the white stitches from Cat woman’s costume from Tim Burton’s Batman. I found this white rubber string that worked perfectly. So I used a leather needle and stitched the edges of the head piece. Made it look like the costume was being held together by stitches. In Sleeping Beauty Maleficent had a pet raven so I bought a replica ravens skull on Amazon for my necklace. For the makeup I went similar to Edward scissorhands. I wanted dark gaunt eyes so I darkened around each eye. I shadowed under my cheek bones to make me look more deathly skinny. I wore glowing green contact lenses that popped with the dark makeup. For the staff I took a pvc pipe and used a heat gun to bend it and give it more of a stick like look. On the top I curled the end like the nightmare before Christmas hill. I added a remote control puck light in the center. I set the puck light to glow green and had the controller in my pocket so I was able to make it flash and blink and change colors. It was great to have my own lighting when we were walking through the crowd of West Hollywood. I was able to shine the light on my face and really made my green eyes glow. One of my favorite costumes and really proud of it!
By Wes Santos5 years ago in Horror
Magical, But Make It Chill
I’ve always loved that Halloween is so much easier than most of the other big holidays. There’s no strict, standard routine that everyone’s expected to follow. It’s not about impressing anyone or making everything look picture perfect. And it doesn’t involve spending a small fortune.
By Jaye Ruggiero-Cash5 years ago in Horror
Halloween 🎃
A small shadow of fog as dark as night makes its way down the road. You look in the sky as the clouds form. Dark & gray clouds blend together like two colors on a paint tray. You look around as the fog spreads like a wildfire covering the land. The fog feels like dry ice as it comes close to the town. You walk around along the brown dried sidewalk through the fog.
By The Kind Quill5 years ago in Horror
Halloween Costumes
I was running down the street as I had forgotten my wallet at the cash desk in the Halloween costume shop. I was hoping that I'd find it there untouched or behind the counter. How could I be so forgetful and with important things too. The other day I forgot to take my keys out of the car and the doors were unlocked. Anyone who tried could have gotten in and drove off. Thankfully I spotted my wallet on the cash desk and ran to it to check if everything was there and with great relief, I saw that it was all there. I didn't have a lot of money in there, so that was the least of my concerns. I was worried about losing my ID and my family pictures.
By Yvette McDermott5 years ago in Horror
Twisted for Twizzlers
Breaking News! The date, October 28, 2020, only three days away from Halloween Night. Everything and ANYTHING is happening this year. We should have known it was only a matter of time before out of this world creatures disembarked onto earth.
By Shanice Wadell5 years ago in Horror
Halloween 2020
Halloween is right around the corner. With that, you can expect trick or treaters to roam around your neighborhood in the evening. While some people may be looking forward to the usual trick or treat adventure, it is important to keep in mind some safety precautions this year (2020). This year is unlike other years. The entire world is trying to operate while staying safe from the coronavirus. Therefore, I’ve laid out several pieces of advice in order to have fun while staying safe this Halloween.
By Frank Sartain5 years ago in Horror
Halloween costumes through the years
Oh, Halloween, such a bizarre time of year; where children sweep the streets in the hopes of getting sweets, while adults dress up as monsters and ghouls, or rather sexy monsters and ghouls. For me, it always seems to awaken something of a creative spark in me - sadly just not in the way that I would hope as a writer. Rather than bringing about some inspiring horror story or sinister psychological play - no, instead I opt for trying to create my own costumes. I have no idea why this comes about, I'm not even very good at it, actually, I'm just awful. So, here are some of my more noticeable memories of hideous and falling apart Halloween costumes...
By Joe Harris5 years ago in Horror
Rock & Howl. Top Story - October 2020.
Did you know this Halloween (October 31, 2020) it will be this month’s 2nd Full Blue Moon? The perfect combination for all the ghost and ghouls to come out and play. And even more fitting for a werewolf set out and prowl the night! Well what do you say? Are you ready to…
By Shanice Wadell5 years ago in Horror
10 Scary films to watch this Halloween
So, Halloween Is going to be different this year, events have been cancelled, trick and treaters will have to stay indoors and even real ghosts and ghouls are running scared of the global pandemic. What better way to spend Halloween by watching a scary movie or two. Here are ten of the best in no particular order.
By Steven Dyer5 years ago in Horror
The COVID-19 Marathon
Alright, y'all. Tis the COVID-19 season to wear sweatpants, off the shoulder jumbo sweaters, and a cup of coffee or tea on hand. There may be a spot on your shirt from where you tripped earlier or walked too fast with it in your hand, and it splashed on you.
By Jacki Grimaldi5 years ago in Horror
