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30 Seriously Scary Halloween Costumes That Will Make You Sleep With the Lights On

Ideas for couples, best friends and anyone else who loves to dress up as creepy clown or bloody killer.

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The great thing about Halloween is that it doesn't ask you to feel good. While holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas are more about the warm feelings, Halloween is for one thing and one thing only: the scares! So while it's okay to find a funny costume or a sexy costume, it's always the spine-tingling costumes that make the biggest impression.

These scary Halloween costumes will certainly give everyone around you a start. You can even amp up the fear factor by adding more fake blood or creating a gruesome look with Halloween makeup. Some of these terrifying looks were inspired by nightmare-inducing movies, including new faves (did you see Scream?) or old classics (Freddy Krueger never goes out of style). Others prey upon more basic, primal fears, like zombies, scary clowns and creepy scarecrows. Ands some are just inventions all their own. You might want to rope in a sweetheart to make a couples costume, or a BFF for a best friend costume, just so you won't have to look at yourself alone. Then after throwing these on, prepare to have people to slam the door in your face rather than let you in to the Halloween party.

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'The Purge' LED Light Up Mask

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Best Scary Costume for Couples

Zombie Bride and Groom

Once you've perfected your zombie makeup, all you have to do is pull out a dress and blazer you don't mind getting a little bloody. The makeup kit here includes blood capsules, fake blood, tooth wax, horror flesh and everything you need to complete your terrifying look.

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Ghostface From 'Scream'

After this year's Scream, the fifth installment in the movie series, came out in January, Ghostface is back on top! Scare your film-fan friends with this Scream costume. It comes with a mask and robe, but you have to find your own prop knife.

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Scary Costume Idea for Adults

Headless Man

This costume pulls off a neat trick: Since the shoulders and neck are fake, and worn over your own head, it makes it look like you have your own face in your hands. Who needs a headless horseman when you have this?

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Leatherface From 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

With a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie streaming on Netflix all year, Leatherface has been popping up in preview screens across the country, subliminally burning his image into everyone's minds. Make the nightmare come true with this mask, and add a meat hook accessory. This one isn't available yet, but you can sign up to be alerted when it's in.

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Maleficent

The princesses may be the fairest ones of all, but Maleficent cuts the most striking figure, especially with those horns. The costume comes with the shawl and the horns, all you need is a black dress, black lipstick and a scowl.

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Demogorgon

After the fourth season, you already know some of your friends are going as the cast of Stranger Things. Scare them all to death with this costume, which features the classic monster from the Upside-Down.

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Scary Halloween Costume for Teens and Tweens

Killer Clown

This killer clown costume is perfect for high school and middle school students looking for something a little freaky. It comes with a jumpsuit, collar and full-head mask.

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The Nun

The fright is all in the mask for this Conjuring-inspired outfit. Bonus: The unisex robe itself is comfy, too.

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Scariest Halloween Mask

Scary Zombie

If you need a quick and cheap mask to scare everyone you know this Halloween, this zombie will do the trick. Amazon reviewers say it's easy to breathe in.

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Scary Halloween Costume for Women

Annabelle

Question: Why would anyone buy an Annabelle doll in the first, place, when it looks like this? Obviously haunted! This costume, which replicates the look of a possessed doll from The Conjuring and its spin-off series, includes a dress, wig and mask.

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Towering Terror Reaper

You don't need to be eight feet tall to dress up in this costume — it's oversized! And when you're not wearing it, you can use it as yard decor.

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Scary Halloween Costume for Men

Scary Pumpkin

You've tried to make terrifying jack o' lanterns before, but nothing has come out this horrifying. (Those aren't pumpkin guts on his pants.)

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Plague Doctor

Everyone definitely wants to keep this 17th-century plague doctor away. The mask isn't included with the outfit, but that just means you can choose if you want a black one or a white one.

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Best Scary Halloween Costume for a Teenage Girl

Carrie at the Prom

This costume saves you from spending time splattering yourself with fake blood — and from the mess. They won't dare laugh at you when you wear it.

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Regan From 'The Exorcist'

Included is a tattered long-sleeve nightgown, wig and cuffs. Throw it on, and you'll convince onlookers you just walked out of The Exorcist.

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Michael Myers from 'Halloween'

Scare everyone as the murderous Michael Myers from the Halloween movies — a mask that can truly never be forgotten. It's a full, over-the-head mask, so you'll be completely disguised. Bonus: You can wear this to your screening of Halloween Ends, which comes out this October.

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Zalgo

Even if no one you encounter has heard of Creepypasta comic terror Zalgo, also known as "he who waits behind the wall," they'll still find this image pretty scary. The Spandex bodysuit also features pointy claws, a hood and creepy blank eyes.

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Freddy Krueger

Rubie's

Forget Elm Street — you'll bring nightmares to any block while wearing this mask, inspired by the 1984 horror film. The iconic knife glove is sold separately.

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Scary Family Halloween Costume

'Us' Doppelgänger

This adult Us -inspired costume set comes with a fingerless glove and giant foam scissors, just like in the movie. Available sizes are small, medium and large, you can get your whole crew to dress like creepy doppelgängers.

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Billy the Puppet

Do you want to play a Halloween game? With this face, everyone who has seen a Saw movie will know the correct answer is no.

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Twisty the Clown

You don't need fancy makeup skills to portray the famously creepy American Horror Story character. This costume set comes with a half mask along with the clown outfit, but the clown shoes are sold separately.

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Best DIY Scary Halloween Costume

Candyman

After last year's Candyman reboot, no one will dare say his name five times in a mirror, but you can show up in Candyman garb anyway. All you need is this hook and a fur-trimmed trench coat.

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Plus-Size Scary Halloween Costume

Creepy Scarecrow

You'll scare away more than just the crows, that's for sure! The outfit comes with the tunic, straw collar, rope belt, hat and scythe, so you have everything you need to go make some nightmares.

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Scary Halloween Costume for Best Friends

'The Shining' Grady Twin

The dress comes with white socks, so all you need is a black pair of Mary Janes and a creepy way of saying, "Come play with us." The blood spatter is part of the dress, too.

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Pennywise From 'It'

There are so many takes on the scary clown — and they're all terrifying! If you want to float down as Pennywise from the movie version of It, this is your outfit.

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Boil Monster

Who comes up with these things?! This creature looks like Slimer and Jabba the Hut got together and had a dermatologist's worst nightmare.

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Evil Clown

It's hard to find a clown costume that isn't at least a little scary, but this one takes the cake. It comes with a wig for an extra-terrifying effect (and so you don't have to buy one).

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Baby Face Killer

The scariest thing about Halloween is the idea that you might have to re-live it over and over and over again, like in Happy Death Day. All this mask needs is a hoodie to go over it and you're set.

Marisa LaScala Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor Marisa LaScala covers all things parenting, from the postpartum period through empty nests, for Good Housekeeping; she previously wrote about motherhood for Parents and Working Mother.

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