Frightening & ghoulish Halloween costume ideas

At Halloween there are no rules - so let your creative and ghoulish side have full reign! On Halloween you can be whoever you want, however outlandish or bone-chillingly frightening! So if you are ready to explore your inner crazy - here are eight macabre and grisly costume ideas for the most fiendish night of your life!

Once Upon a Nightmare

This category of insane Halloween costume ideas takes totally innocent character costumes and gives them a spooky or demonic spin, but it also takes nasty characters and makes them even nastier! There's nothing more sweet and innocent than Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Alice from Alice in Wonderland or Little Red Riding Hood, but rough these characters up a bit, add a little psyhco babble and manic costume magic, and you have some really crazy insane characters! Just imagine the evil twin of Little Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland or Dorothy. Then we have the Mad Hatter turned zombie or the devilishly evil Queen of Hearts. if you want a nightmarish costume that's a mix of sugar and spice and all things evil, then check out our Once Upon a Nightmare crypt for some bone-chilling Halloween costumes!

Hell Hounds

Calling all Hounds of Hell! Who wouldn't want to be a werewolf on Halloween? It's the perfect getup! We have werewolf costume ideas for everyone and you can go all out with a full costume or just wear a werewolf's head and you own raggedy clothes. Gals can even wear a pair of furry ears and a sexy outfit, choosing between soft squirrel brown fingerless gloves or grizzly werewolf gloves with claws. CostumeBox has werewolf makeup, animal attack prosthetics, coagulated blood and coloured contact lenses for Halloween buffs who value authenticity. Check out our Hell Hounds crypt for all thing werewolf!

Creepy Carnvial

Welcome to the freak show! There used to be creepy clowns before the IT movies, but when Pennywise came along - all bets were off! This is one really scary and bone-shattering clown, just perfect for Halloween! This movie took creepy clowns to a whole new level and CostumeBox has a vault full of clowns just waiting to curdle your blood! Check out the evil Jester, the sadistic clown or the wicked trickster. What about the crazy gypsy, possessed Judy, twisted clown or the Big Top terror? If you want to join the freak show this year, CostumeBox has all the Creepy Carnival Halloween costumes you need!

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration of the dead, celebrating the lives of the dead with a fiesta! The focus of the costumes are the Sugar Skulls, highly painted faces that perfectly match the coloured costumes worn by both men and women. From a dark Senorita to a Day of the Dead doll, ghoulish dead bride or Mr Bone Jangles, CostumeBox has all the Day of the Dead costumes you could ever need for the best Sugar Skull Halloween parties!

Awful Afterlife

From ghosts to reapers and vengeful spirits, Halloween wouldn't be the same without at least one graveyard ghoul! Why not scare your guests with a ghostly bride or dead groom's costume, maybe the headless horseman, ghost pirate or screaming ghoul? The Awful Afterlife is a celebration of all things dead and undead with malevolent spirits and voracious ghosts just waiting to snatch the souls of the living! Check out CostumeBox's Awful Afterlife graveyard crypt today!

Insane Asylum

Ever thought that life is insane enough and then along comes Halloween? Well on Halloween all the crazies come out to play! From mad scientists to cell block psychos, demented doctors and strait jacket patients - pick your type of crazy and let the games begin! Check out the CostumeBox Insane Aslyum today!

Zombie Apocalypse

On Halloween, the dead come back to life to eat the souls of the living, so what about a blood curdling zombie costume? Living corpses are one of the sheer joys of Halloween, but one bit isn't enough! Think of rotting flesh, decayed corpses, ripped throats and severed hands, and you come to close to what it feels like to be a zombie! Anyone can become one of the living dead, from cheerleaderes to graveyard brides, teachers, nurses, priests and ogres! Check out the selection of Zombie Apocalypse Halloween costume ideas at CostumeBox today!

Hollywood Horror

There are so many horrific killer movies that it's difficult to know where to start! Halloween wouldn't be the same without hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs, Pennywise from IT, Michael Myers from the Slasher movies and Uncle Fester from the Addams Family. Bring forth your inner horror on this All Hallows Eve with a killer Hollywood Horror ensemble designed to drive everyone to the depths of despair!

Magical Halloween costumes

Everyone loves magic and Halloween is the best night of the year to bring forth all things magical! Have you ever wanted to be a witch or wizard? Do you want to put dastardly spells on people and turn them into toads? Well, grab your spell book and magical costume and hit the Halloween parties with gusto this year!

Spellbound costumes

From gothic witches to black magic, spooks, spells, and mignight witches, there are so many magical witches for to empower! Think of the wicked witch of the west, an evil sorceress or Salem witch, a beguiling spellcaster witch or an enchantress witch. CostumeBox has covens full of witches, so grab your spell book and you flying broom and let's create some magic with the CostumeBox Spellbound costumes this Halloween!

Harry Potter Halloween costumes

Who hasn't wanted to be Harry Potter for a day? With a Harry Potter costume from CostumeBox, you can fight Voldemort, Severnus Snape or Scabior all day long! Why not become a student at Hogwarts and run amuck with your friends? You could even step it up a notch and wera a wereowolf's mask as well, turning Harry Potter into an evil version of himself for Halloween. Check out the huge range at CostumeBox and select a Harry Potter costume this All Hallowed Eve.

Mythical Magic

From voodoo queens, black magic, evil sorceseresses and mystical wizards, Halloween is the time to hone your inner magic! Turn your supernational powers to the dark side this All Hallowed Eve and use your powers for despicable evil, not for good. Check out the CostumeBox collection of Mystical Magic costumes this Halloween and conjure up some of the wickedest creatures of all time!

Sexy Halloween costume ideas

Just because it's Halloween, doesn't mean that you have to go all Zombie dead with the rotting flesh and bloody gore oozing from open sores. You can also breate life into your inner self and select a seductive and sexy costume for All Hallowed Eve. Think of Twisted Sister or a divine empress, a devilishly sexy nurse, red devil bride, alluring witch, seductive assassin or a pinup prisoner. Check out the CostumeBox range of tantalizing and coquettish sexy Halloween costume ideas today!

Angels & Demons

This Halloween why not hone your alter ego? Have you ever wished to become a devilish temptress for a day or wear a red spendex catsuit? What about a fallen angel, devil lord, demonic master or a horned enchantress? Whatever wicked angel or demon you can imagine, CostumeBox has all the Angels & Demons you could possibly imagine in our graveyard crypt!

Bad to the Bone

Skeletons! Halloween wouldn't be the same terrifying even if there weren't lots and lots of skeletons! Imagine a black and white themed Day of the Dad costume, a skeleton catsuit or tutu, even a glow-in-the-dark skeleton ensemble or skeleicious mermaid? If you want to be Bad to the Bone this All Hallowed Eve, check out the clatter of skeletons at CostumeBox!

Couple Halloween costumes

Looking for a couple's costume this Halloween? The best strategy is to select a fun pair of matched costumes and add a horrific, evil or disgustinly zombie facemask or a few festering sores! This will transform your sweet and innocent ensembles into the Zombie Apocalyse and scare the living daylights out of everyone! So think about Adam and Eve, bacon and eggs, cheese and wine, or the King and Queen of Hearts, all with a ghoulish and bone-curdling twist! Check out CostumeBox valuts for the perfect couple's costume this Halloween.

Where do you get Halloween costumes?

The primary repository for all things Halloween is the fabulous and crazy CostumeBox - we don't leave any stone or crypt unturned to bring you the scariest, most disgusting and ghoulish outfits for Halloween! So if your friends ask you "where do you get Halloween costumes?", tell them to come to CostumeBox! Check out the graveyard crypts at CostumeBox for all your most blood thristy and brain dribbling Halloween costumes this year! Spend over $99 and get free delivery in Australia or pay $12.99 for the next business day delivery!