Harley Q said:
Samurai Goomba said:
Depends on who's going to be there. Don't go as something so obscure you'll be answering "what is that" questions all night.
One time (for my last trick-or-treating year) I went as Mario. Pretty decent costume, too. But I was constantly answering questions about my costume. Except for a few teenagers, who knew right away who I was.
Last year my boyfriend went as She-Ra and most people had no idea. This year he intends to go as Margaret Thatcher, the scariest woman in history. I'm beginning to suspect that he rather enjoys dressing up as women.
You could always go as Peter Sutcliffe., I actually live (for nine months of twelve, anyway) about 500m from the place where he attacked and killed one of his victims in Leeds. Bit of psycho trivia there for you...
Anyway, to avoid dangerously straying off topic there, I would recommend Countess Elizabeth Bathory. One of the most prolific serial killers of all time, and she was reputed to enjoy bathing in the blood of virgin girls. Though I doubt you'd be able to recreate that very well at a party or whatever.
Another choice would be a murder victim, and I don't mean a zombie. Get something like a fake knife or something and makeup to look like you've been stabbed repeatedly, wrists and throat slashed, the gorier the better, and plenty of fake blood. Really ragged clothes too. All it'll take is a trip to Oxfam and another to the local fancy dress shop for the gore, and you're set
To make it even more disturbing, try and make it look like the 'murderer' was a necrophile as well - that's even more bound to shock and horrify. I really do have a gory mind sometimes...