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It’s Halloween today, now, this evening. With it comes the ever-annoying question: What will you dress up as this year? So here we are, hours before the Halloween party and you don’t know what you’re going as. You don’t have time to Amazon Prime it, and the luck you'd find in thrifting outfit is very slim. Now you wouldn’t be reading this if you wanted to just buy a costume from the store, so here you are. We’re hoping that you’ll have the essential parts of these costumes just hidden in your closet. We have a couple serious costumes, and a couple pop culture inspired ones, hopefully we have a few options for you that you can do something with this Halloween.  Firstly if you’re the type to love puns, and especially love when people roll their eyes when they get the pun then these two costumes will be perfect for you. Starting with the ‘Bread Winner’ Very simple and easy, you can wear whatever you want, but sports /gym wear would be best. Then you just need one of the plastic ...

Be afraid, be very afraid, we’re right around the corner from the spookiest parties of the year. You may have been celebrating Halloween this past weekend but there’s still so much more to come, don’t you worry. Now even though Halloween night is on a Thursday, there’s no harm in showing up looking like a zombie on Friday right, just one more day to go until the weekend yeah? However, if that’s really not your ideal night, we have you covered for the weekend too. Even though it will be November there’s still lots of spooky fun to have! Starting off with a brilliant one, we have a 90’s vs 00’s Halloween night. Truly the best classic songs all throughout the night, and even better whilst every single guy is dressed up as this year’s new Joker. It’s going to have the best of pop, rock, hip-hop, and dance from the best years of the millennials, right? You’ve got two whole decades of inspiration for your Halloween costume too. There’s still tickets available so make sure to get in qu...

The history of London has so much going on, that really is anyone surprised that we have more than a few ghost stories to tell? For those of you who just love ghosts or you’re really trying to get into the Halloweeny spirit, then walking the streets of London at night, with a guide telling you the worst of the worst can really set those spirits in for you. We’ve rounded up some of the spookiest, scariest, and down right silliest ghost tours across London! There are so many out there, you’ll never be done hearing of the ghosts that haunt London To start off we have a ghost tour that is on every single night, so don’t worry about trying to find a date for you and your friends to finally get together, you’ll get to hear about the ghouls eventually. The Ghost Bus Tour, is complete with a rag tag crew of poltergeists, demons, and some fun spirits too. You’ll be taken on the darkest journey London has to offer, going through it’s evil past, and you’ll hear the stories of how it all w...

The fact that us adults can’t go trick or treating anymore is a fright in itself, but it’s okay October cinema can be just as fun, we promise! It’s not the same scares as a club where everyone is dressed up as the Joker or Harley Quinn, but don’t stress we can really send a chill down your spine with these great Cinema spots! London is always an amazing spot for cinema action, and not just every Vue and Odeon on the corner, we’re talking nitty gritty independent cinemas, that can offer you unusual showing, big ballrooms, and lots of snacks that won’t cost you an arm and a leg. So where’s better to go for those classic Horror films right? We’re talking the classic Horror films, the cheesy, and stupidly funny too. Have a  loo of our list of halloweeny cinema events! First off we have The Exhibit Cinema, it’s always showing a mix of everything! It has the modern hits and if you fancy some of the older classic they show films such as The Omen. Now for the month of October, they wi...

This Halloween, prepare to be scared by the City of London. It's easy to feel spooked while wandering the city considering the frequency of ghost sightings and things get even worse after discovering the twisted fates that some of London’s resident ghosts met before their deaths.  Whether you believe in the supernatural or not, exploring these spooky hotspots will make for a memorable night. Here’s our list of just a few of our favourite spooky spots in the city. And no, there aren’t any graveyards, remember, it’s a resting place, not a box to tick on the goth bucket list. First off you can head down to this pub originally known as the Jack the Ripper, this Spitalfields pub can't get away from its gory history. Now named The Ten Bells, some accounts of the Ripper story link two of his victims, Annie Chapman and Mary Jane Kelly, to the pub. Annie Chapman may have drunk at the pub shortly before she was murdered; and it has been suggested that the pavement outside of the pu...

October is only four days away, and that means all of the Halloweeny spooky things are as well. You may believe that Halloween is for one day only but London is spooky all year round. You can’t escape the scares when London has survived everything, including the plagues, the Great Fire of London and a whole lot more. If you’re brave enough to head down to a few of our favourite spooky spots then you can have a great October with a bunch of scares. If you think you’re too old for trick or treating then we have a list of places you can visit, shows to see, and food and drink to get to keep you all in the Halloween spirit. A great place to start and a bone-chilling experience, there is so much to do at the London Bridge Experience. Creepy clowns, menacing spiders, and walls dripping with blood are just a few of the scary things you’ll encounter whilst there. Taking a trip into the Bridge’s history, and going through the haunted London Tombs, this isn’t just a fun attraction but very...

Halloween came around fast and everyone is trying to find the perfect costume and the perfect party. However, for all our friends who are staying in this Halloween, we have compiled a list of all the best spooky movies for you to binge! From the family-friendly to hiding under the covers, we’ve got it all! Corpse Bride This 2005 classic was a Halloween staple back in the day. Corpse Bride is all about a young man named Victor who is stuck in a love triangle with two women, one alive and one a corpse. It is definitely one of the more family-friendly ones on the list.   Hotel Transylvania Take a trip to Hotel Transylvania this Halloween, as a young human goes to stay there and has to pretend to be a monster but when he meets Dracula’s daughter, he is bound to end up in trouble! This is a popular one amongst the young ones nowadays and with a third film coming out it is definitely a good time to re-watch the lovable monsters of Hotel Transylvania. Gremlins An old...

London is the heart of the United Kingdom and a destination for travellers from all over the world. We’re only a couple days away from halloween now, and if you’re not feeling spooky enough right now then read ahead to hear about some of the most unsettling stories behind places all around London. If you’re up for it then you can take a venture around London to see if they are either haunted, or just generally unsettling. Firstly we starting off quite gruesome, at the Bleeding Heart Yard. The name of this small square is enough to give you chills. It might look pleasant enough, but Bleeding Heart Yard in Farringdon has a horrific history. Legend has it that on January 27 1626 the mutilated body of society beauty Lady Elizabeth Hatton was found in the cobbled courtyard. She had been murdered and her limbs strewn across the ground, but her heart still pumped blood. Charterhouse Square, is where we are off to next  where 35,000 plague victims were buried. The history behind it ...

You’ve managed to piece together the perfect outfit for Halloween, or...you didn't, and you used one of our last minute options. Either way you’re wanting to spend a spooky evening out clubbing with your mates, betting on how many people will be dressed as IT. Thankfully you’re in luck, and we’ve got together a few different options for the weekend before Halloween and if you’re really committed to the Thursday morning hangover then we’ve found you one that’s actually on Halloween night! For our first option we have the Twisted Circus Halloween Festival , this one is only a day away, on October 26. It’s not just a Halloween party, but an entire festival. Not only will there be an amazing DJ set, but also incredibly talented circus performers, with death-defying tricks. To top it off, if you’re afraid of clowns be ready to face your fears as there will be lots of hauntingly scary evil clowns wandering around making sure to keep you on your toes. Okay this next one is al...

Halloween comes round every year quicker than you expect, and you almost never have time to execute those perfect group costumes that you spoke about in late August. Oh well, there’s always next year right? Well for now, here’s five super quick and simple options to try and convince the party guests around you that you do actually make an effort sometimes. If you aren’t able to get these right then maybe you should stay in and queue some scary movies, but there’s probably not much scarier than your lack of commitment but i’m sure you know that.   When life gives you lemons, make a punny costume that will surely have a lot of people rolling their eyes. Just get a plain white tee, if you don’t have one already you can pick one up for really cheap. Depending on your creativity level you can either just write ‘LIFE’ on the shirt in black pen, or cut the shapes out of black card and stick them to your shirt. Next step, an absolutely crucial one...buy a bag of lemons. Go around hand...