Sunday 7 October 2012

The Very Best Of Mens Halloween Costumes

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.

Thursday 23 August 2012

Best Mens Halloween Costumes From The 80's

The Best In 80's Horror And Mens Halloween Costumes

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.

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Ghostbusters

Who ya gonna call?

If you just shouted your answer, then congratulations - you're among an elite force of Ghostbusters fans, the very same fans who propelled a little old movie from 1984 into a major media franchise with three sequels and countless Halloween Outfits. Ghostbusters isn't just the stuff of catchphrases and Mens Halloween Costumes: it's a blast from the past for an entire nation, an enduring pop culture legacy.

Let's start with the beginning. Back in 1984, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Bill Murray teamed up to make a movie about ghosts. Originally intended as an epic sci-fi adventure, budget restrictions made them scale back. Dialogue was improvised, effects were faked. Comedy was added.

Someone, somewhere, dreamed up the giant marshmallow man.

The plot is simple: a trio of out-of-work paranormal scientists decide to run their own ghost-hunting business. They give up their prestigious life and mens Halloween costumes for a retired firehouse, and they struggle to make ends meet while investigating the weird, ghostly underbelly of New York.

A chance encounter with a sentient blob leads to demigods, cult leaders, and a plot to destroy the city. When they save the day, the Ghostbusters become heroes.

The ghosts themselves go down in history.

The logo ghost, the slimer, the giant marshmallow man - they were all immortalized in everything from action figures to Halloween outfits. Not only did audiences love them, but they became the favored choice of trick-or-treaters everywhere.

If you were looking for costumes for Halloween, for Mens Halloween costumes or ladies then1984 was the year you were a Ghostbuster.

Even now, the legacy of Ghostbusters lives on. It has novels, comics, merchandise, amusement park rides, and a half-dozen video games. There's a live action sequel and two animated spinoffs (and rumors have been circulating for years that the directors want another movie). The firehouse has become a tourist attraction.

Halloween outfits have had the biggest boost, offering kids and adults alike the chance to become their favorite ghost - or ghost-chaser.

Who ya gonna call?

Ghostbusters was made with a budget of $30 million. It went on to net almost $300 million and become one of the famous films of all time. A fun little movie about ghost hunters, it slithered, slimed, squeaked, smoked, and stomped its way into our hearts - and Halloween outfits - remaining there for over two decades.

Who ya gonna call?

One thing's for sure - costumes for Halloween must have been so dull before Ghostbusters.

Friday 29 July 2011

Pennywise It And Mens Halloween Costumes

Stephen King's It

In 1986, Stephen King introduced the world to his latest incarnation of evil in with the publication of his novel, It. “It” is a shapeshifter, capable of transforming itself into personifications of its victims’ worst fears. He primarily appears as “Pennywise, the Dancing Clown,” in order to attract and murder young children. Pennywise masks for mens Halloween costumes resemble a classic children’s clown, with white face, a red nose and frizzed out red hair, but with eyebrows that hint at the evil within.

Stephen King’s novel was adapted into a two-part television movie, first airing on ABC in November of 1990. In an interview conducted while the film was still being edited, Stephen King referred to Lawrence Cohen’s screenplay as “a damn masterpiece,” although he bemoaned the fact that the network had demanded the film be cut from its original six hours to four. “Cohen still did a pretty good job,” King conceded.

Stephen King was aware that the changes and cuts to the television movie would upset some fans of the novel. “Sometimes I forget how angry the fans get if there are any changes,” he admitted. While many fans of the novel were, indeed, disappointed, the movie itself enjoyed great success. Part I garnered an audience of 17.5 million households. Part II was the second highest rated program on the night it aired.

One undeniable highlight of the television movie is Tim Curry’s portrayal of Pennywise. Curry's participation in the movie is one reason Halloween outfits portraying Pennywise are so fashionable. The star of the original The Rocky Horror Picture Show film, Curry dove into the role with characteristic gusto. “What’s fun about him is that a clown is traditionally a very cozy, comforting kind of image, and Pennywise is none of these,” Curry commented in an interview. “I think of him as a smile gone bad.” That “smile gone bad” description fits well with Pennywise Halloween outfits.

“The eyebrows were the hardest thing to get right,” Curry also noted. Mens Halloween costumes depicting Pennywise feature those carefully-arched eyebrows, as well as the typical “happy clown” suit that so belies the evil intent of Pennywise. A handful of balloons completes the costume. It is the mixture of innocence and evil that makes Pennywise such a memorable villain and that makes Pennywise Costumes for Halloween so popular.

In March of 2009, Warner Bros. announced that they would produce a new adaptation of Stephen King’s It, to be released in theatres in 2011. Currently, not much else is known about the upcoming remake. With a 25th anniversary edition of the novel expected to be released in 2011, it is a safe bet that the creature “It” will be terrorizing readers and film buffs for years, and that mens Halloween costumes depicting Pennywise will continue to be popular costumes for Halloween.

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Vampire's And Mens Halloween Costumes

Vampires and Their Halloween Outfits

If one thinks of traditional Halloween outfits, either being a witch or being Dracula usually comes to mind. Today, there’s also Scream, Freddy Krueger, and Beetlejuice, but in your area, you will still find quite a few little Dracula's at your door saying, “Trick or Treat!” Where exactly did Halloween costumes come from, and what influence do vampires have on them?

Dressing up, or “guising” for Halloween is first recorded in Scotland in 1895, where townsfolk would go door to door with hollowed out turnips, and were rewarded in kind with fruit, money, and cakes. In 1911, “guising” was first recorded in Canada, and by the 1930s, costumes were first mass produced in the United States. This coincides with the 1931 release of the film version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi. Prior to the literary, and subsequent film version of Dracula, popular folklore envisioned vampires as bloated, rather disgusting creatures. Bela Lugosi brought to the screen a charming, sophisticated vampire. It would soon be emulated in men's Halloween costumes worldwide.

The vampire men's Halloween costumes of today still resemble the character of Bela Lugosi as Dracula: a long flowing black cape with collar, a vest, a button down shirt, black pants, black shoes, and pendant. Perhaps the most memorable scene of Bela is when Renfield arrives, and we catch the first glimpse of Dracula coming down the stairs. In his first line of the movie, chillingly, he simply says, “I am Dracula.”

Women’s Halloween outfits of modern times are not completely dissimilar. They can be long and flowing, or short and sexy, but they typically adhere to the button and cape style of dress of the masculine Dracula. Children’s Halloween outfits follow the same pattern, and you can even order a Dracula costume for your dog.

Beginning in the late 1990s to early 2000s, vampire popularization experienced a new resurgence with TV shows like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and in 2005, an author named Stephenie Meyer released a novel called Twilight, which really brought vampires into the spotlight. Twilight exploded into a series of books and movies, the popularity of which was unparalleled.

The men's Halloween costumes from Twilight are quite different than that of your typical Dracula. Female costumes associated with Twilight are on the plainer side, if one is to emulate the character Bella, the main female character, correctly. To dress as Bella, your main accessory would be simply a corduroy jacket. Edward, the main male character in the book and movie, does not sport the flowing cape. He does favour a plaid button down shirt, Ray Ban sunglasses, and for the true Twilight fan, shimmer powder, as Edward does sparkle.

No matter what fads come and go, there will always be vampire costumes, and the traditional cape, vest, and button down look will always be the most popular, for both women and men's Halloween costumes.

Friday 8 July 2011

Mens Halloween Costumes And Michael Myers

Michael Myers Becoming One Of The Most Popular Mens Halloween costumes

With all the imagery of halloween Outfits and fancy dress, watching horror movies has become a tradition.With many of the most popular mens Halloween Costumes taken from the movies. Halloween was released on October, 25, 1978 with a budget of $325,000. It was turned into a novel written by Curtis Richards. The plot centers on the festival of Samhain and Michael Myer's (Nick Castle) incarceration at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. The police arrive to the Myers' family home in 1963 to find Judith Myers, a seventeen-year-old female murdered by her six-year-old brother Michael while wearing one of his Halloween outfits.

Michael is sent to Smith's Grove. On the eve of Halloween in 1978, Michael escapes the sanitarium and journeys to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois. Many of the citizens of Haddonfield have forgotten the violent events fifteen years ago. The only person aware of Michael's past history and violent nature is Dr. Samuel Loomis (veteran actor Donald Pleasence). Dr. Loomis is Michael's personal psychiatrist and has spent the past fifteen years getting to know Michael and his violent nature.

Dr. Loomis does his best to stop Michael from unleashing his violent intentions on the citizens of Haddonfield. Michael has an agenda throughout the movie revolving around a teenager named Laurie Strode (Jaime Lee Curtis). As the story unfolds, it is revealed that Laurie is Michael's younger sister given up for adoption after the violence of fifteen years ago. Michael stalks her along with her friends throughout the film you can easily reconise him in one of his more traditional Mens Halloween Costumes and Halloween Outfitsseen on the streets today at Halloween. He gradually violently murders everyone who is close to Laurie. Eventually, he gets to Laurie and finds resistance from Dr. Loomis who has pieced together Michael's agenda by uncovering Laurie's past. The film ends as Michael is shot in the chest six times by Dr. Loomis.

This film is Jaime Lee Curtis's first film role and earned her the title of "Scream Queen." The low budget of the film did not allow for many famous actors to be involved with the first film. The role of Dr. Sam Loomis was offered to Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee but they declined due to low pay.

Altogether, ten Halloween movies have been released all of them having there own individual Halloween outfits. He was promptly brought back for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. The sequel numbers for the original films stop at 5. After that 3 more Halloween films were released, including the curse of Michael Myers, H20 Twenty years later and Resurrection. In 2007, Rob Zombie directed the remake of Halloween and Halloween 2 in 2009. Zombie's creepier versions relied heavily on Halloween outfits and seventies fancy dress. The Halloween movies have influenced the design of Mens Halloween costumes for decades

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Mens Halloween Costumes 2011

Men's Halloween Costumes 2011

Every October 31 the men in the world get the chance to wear Halloween outfits from blockbuster movies. Men's Halloween costumes from movies are popular because they are based upon the iconic figures that we have all feared or had some strange fascination with.

When planning for the day's big events research some Halloween outfits that will truly make a party memorable. Some of the most popular Men's Halloween costumes are Uncle Fester from The Addams Family, Zombie from Dawn of the Dead, and Beetlejuice. These costumes can be purchased online or in most Halloween stores. There are a large number of other Men's Halloween costumes that can make the man the life and sole of the party.

Now that Jack Black is back in Pirates of the Caribbean, becoming that famous swashbuckler would be a great costume and it will be again this year. Halloween outfits that portray heroes and villains really are so popular. Another popular costume is that of the one and only caped crusader, Batman. Imagine showing up to the party with those bulging muscles and having everyone know that they will be safe at the party because Batman is there. There are a variety of Batman costumes available and there are other superhero's as well. Captain America, Spider-Man, and The Flash can appear at any Halloween party and have an effect on everyone that they will all remember. Some of the more famous villain Halloween outfits include the Joker, Dick Dastardly, and the legendary Darth Vader. If the men of the world are not into dressing up as men's superhero's or villains, they may prefer to dress as infamous serial killers. Everyone knows about Freddy Krueger and Jason, but some other famous movie psychos are Leatherface and Scream. Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Scream have thrilled audiences forever and these costumes will strike fear into the hearts of everyone on Halloween.

Men's Halloween costumes are also designed so that they can be worn appropriately with younger children. Dressing up as Buzz Lightyear or Woody from Toy Story will make any man a hit at Halloween time, or maybe disguising yourself as Fred or Scooby-Doo is more your style. Regardless of whom you choose to be on Halloween one thing is certain. In order to strike the most fear, get the most laughs, or have the most fun you need to dress in one of the many Halloween outfits from the movies