78 Really, Really Clever Movie-Themed Halloween Costume Ideas
We asked the BuzzFeed Community to show us the best movie-themed Halloween costumes they've ever worn. Here are the coolest results.
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1.Edward Scissorhands and a bush:
2.Ariel getting eaten by a shark:
3.The Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz:
"My work department does a group theme every year (and we always win first place in the companywide costume contest). In 2017, we dressed in a The Wizard of Oz theme, and I went as the Emerald City."
4.Ralphie and the leg lamp from A Christmas Story:
"My fiancé is an amputee, so we went as Ralphie and the leg lamp. He was fragile, but it was worth it!"
5.Regina George at Spring Fling:
6.The basketball-playing dog (Buddy) from Air Bud:
"I made this costume a couple of years ago. It was definitely a ~slam dunk~."
7.This literal 50 Shades of Grey costume:
8.A post-dance Seth from Superbad:
9.The Matchmaker from Mulan:
10.Everyone from The Emperor's New Groove:
"My friends and I dressed up as Kuzco, Yzma, and Kronk. We put everything together from stuff we had around the house, and luckily, I didn’t have to carry Yzma around all night!"
11.Both versions of Nina from Black Swan:
12.Cousin Itt from The Addams Family:
13.Okoye and the rhino that licks her in Black Panther:
14.Regina George's mom:
"I'm not a regular mom. I'm a cool mom."
15.Jack, Rose, and the door from Titanic:
16.P.T. Barnum and Lettie Lutz from The Greatest Showman:
17.This DIY Dumbo:
18.Carrie, before and after the pig's blood prank:
19.Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy from Blades of Glory:
20.Jack (and the door) from The Shining:
21.Sexy Gandalf the Grey and Sexy Gandalf the White:
"We originally wanted to be the Tower of Sauron and Isengard, but we settled for Sexy Gandalf the Grey and White."
22.Zenon from the Disney Channel:
23.Georgie from It:
"Don't mess with clowns in sewers, folks. Ain't worth it."
24.A DIY Olaf from Frozen:
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25.Furiosa and Max from Mad Max: Fury Road:
26.Cindy Lou Who and the Grinch:
27.The nurse from Silent Hill:
"This was by far my favorite costume."
28.Foxxy Cleopatra from Austin Powers in Goldmember:
29.Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling:
30.Cher and Dionne from Clueless:
"As if!"
31.Dennis Nedry and a Dilophosaurus:
32.Smokey and Craig from Friday:
33.Bugs and Lola Bunny:
34.Gaston and Belle from Beauty and the Beast:
35.Detroit from Sorry to Bother You:
36.Jack and Jinks the cat from Meet the Parents:
37.Geppetto and Pinocchio:
38.Fran from Dodgeball:
"I practiced saying her full name (Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky) for about a week. The hair took me AGES to take out, but it was totally worth it for the laughs!"
39.Russell and Carl from Up:
40.A flying monkey from The Wizard of Oz:
41.Powerline from A Goofy Movie:
42.All three Sanderson Sisters:
43.Harry and Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber:
44.Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in Ghost:
45.The Joker and Harley Quinn:
"My husband and I were the Joker and Harley Quinn. Unfortunately, they were only selling the Suicide Squad Joker costumes. Smh."
46.Mia from Pulp Fiction:
47.Buzz Lightyear, made solely from duct tape:
48.Lady Loki and Thor:
"I dressed as Lady Loki, and my boyfriend dressed as Thor. I made my entire costume. His is from the Halloween store, though he did make his own oversize hammer."
49.Dorothy, before and after the tornado:
50.Gracie Lou Freebush from Miss Congeniality:
51.The house from Up:
52.Beetlejuice and Lydia:
53.Hal L. and Grandma from Happy Gilmore:
"'See the name tag? You're in my world now, Grandma!' By far my fave costume I've done with my fiancé!"
54.Columbia and Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show:
55.The entire gang from The Nightmare Before Christmas:
56.Marty McFly, complete with the DeLorean:
57.Patrick Bateman from American Psycho:
58.Lilo and Stitch:
59.Romy and Michele:
60.Megan with her nine puppies from Bridesmaids:
61.Harry and Marv from Home Alone:
"We were the Wet Bandits. My husband doesn't have any facial hair, so I created his beard with eyebrow palettes and fiber mascara!"
62.Anger and Joy from Inside Out:
"I'm really proud of these costumes. I made that Anger head!"
63.Mia from Evil Dead:
"My take on Mia from Evil Dead in 2016, along with my homemade Necronomicon from my Ash Williams costume back in 2014."
64.A pair of Disney villains:
"My boyfriend and I went as Hades from Hercules and Scar from The Lion King. We almost won $500 in a costume contest but were beaten out by a guy dressed as Mr. T."
65.This group of X-Men:
66.Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff from The Princess and the Frog:
67.Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians:
68.Effie from The Hunger Games:
"I handmade over 200 butterflies out of orange craft foam and paint for this Catching Fire costume."
69.Five different stages of Forrest Gump:
"We even ended the night with young Forrest running so the leg braces (made from curtain rods) would break off."
70.Kevin from Up:
71.Scout as the ham in To Kill a Mockingbird:
72.The Zoltar machine from Big:
73.Jigsaw from Saw:
74.Peter Pan and his shadow:
75.Jimmy Buffett in Jurassic World when he double-fisted margaritas:
76.Regan and Father Karras from The Exorcist:
77.Mrs. Doubtfire, hot flashes and all:
"It was a run-by fruiting!"
78.And Mini-Me and Dr. Evil:
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