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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 ...

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...

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...