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This happens like clockwork once every few months. A perfectly nice Halloween costume manufacturer sends us the latest disguises based on [insert upcoming $150-million movie's name here] and we have an ethical obligation to make fun of them. More »
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Good morning, internet. As a prize for being up at such an ungodly hour, here is your Wampug (a.k.a. YouTuber StarWarsChick01's dog Chubbs). Now go seize that day, galvanized and emboldened by what you have witnessed here. More »
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Last night's crazy Halloween debauch marked the end of our annual io9 Halloween Costume Show. You guys really outdid yourselves this year. Damn! Check out the standouts from the weekend. More »
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Seeing as Halloween lands on a Monday this year, for many of us the most debaucherous festive parts of the holiday came and went this weekend. But Halloween is far from over. Tonight, an estimated 41-million trick-or-treaters will take to the streets en masse to demand candy from you, egg your house, and TP the trees in your front yard. More »
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Rowdy Roddy Piper from They Live is one of the great last-minute Halloween costumes, but what if you wanted to be the cheese-dip faces? Kiersten Essenpreis built these fantastic They Live alien faces using basic craft store masks. I would buy one of these bad boys in a heartbeat (but for my morning commute, not Halloween).

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Sunlight Labs recently gave io9 the heads up about this groovy motion-sensing Vigo the Carpathian painting they constructed using XBox Kinect. You can find the technical info on how to build your own Scourge of Carpathia here. More »
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It's almost Halloween, and you don't want to simply wear a t-shirt, alienate your friends, or buy a craptacularly slutty store-bought costume that will drop $30 come All Saints' Day. Good for you! The only problem is that daylight's burning, and you can't waste the last 72 hours of Halloween shenanigans on elaborate pageantry. More »
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As comic essayist Lucy Knisley prepares to head to a haunted house, she begins to consider the role of horror in our lives, the comfort of safe scares, and the real-life fears that go deeper than supernatural terrors. More »
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We're nearing the end of our annual io9 Halloween Costume Show, and you all look seriously hot. Check out some of the standouts from this week's batch, and post your own! More »
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I'm not really into putting on costumes, but I appreciate that this is the time of year when you're supposed to do it. That's why I went to a Halloween party a couple of years ago wearing a custom-made t-shirt that said: "This is my costume." If you're a tee-loving dork like me, there are actually better options that that. Here are just a few. More »
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Halloween is the season to splatter yourself with the fluids and entrails of the less fortunate. But you could do time for that, so why not just fake it with a little bit of fake blood? Check out some tricks and recipes below. More »
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My pumpkin will have the traditional smiley mouth and triangle eyes this year - just like every other year. But those of you who want to get creative can head over to ThinkGeek, and check out their yearly geeky pumpkin template contest. There's a Pac O' Lantern, a Death Star, and Iron Man's glowing chest thing (help me out, here, Marvel folks). Should you be inspired to create a template of your own, there's one more day to go before the deadline passes. More »
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Behold the glory that is an 16-person all Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure creation (with a bit of Bogus Journey thrown in there as well). They even remembered the Princesses! This is possibly the most wildly appealing and astoundingly excellent group costume we've ever seen. Then again, we're die-hard WYLD STALLYNS fans. More »
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One easy way to save money on a Halloween costume is to try your hand at a little fancy make-up art. It's much cheaper than buying some over-priced store-bought monstrosity. Plus, they're sick as hell. Here are the best of the "how-to" videos that can turn you into the Black Swan, Mystique, and even Jadzia Dax (retro throw-back).

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Tim Curry may be more famous for his performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, but his musical turn as "The Grand Wizard" in the 1986 British TV movie The Worst Witch is equally incredible. Watch as he warbles "Anything Can Happen On Halloween," a tune that will ignite the jack-o'-lantern in your loins. This song belongs in karaoke parlors across the planet. More »
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We're in the middle of our annual io9 Halloween Costume Show, and everybody is already outdoing themselves. Check out some of the standouts from this week's batch, and post your own! More »
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Halloween is coming up this weekend, and you still don't have a costume. Luckily, the store-bought costume industry is here for you! This year's weirdest, wrongest and sexiest ready-made Halloween costumes include Sucker Punch, various superheroes... and an inflatable Star Wars costume that you just have to see for yourself. Plus a large number of "steampunk" costumes that will make you cry. More »
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Halloween! It's the time of the year when some of us get dolled up in our finest regalia, and others have trouble remembering it's October. More »
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One little trick-or-treater finds a haunted house more haunted than he could have imagined. Another brings her new friend a grisly treat. Candy-hunting children meet all sorts of macabre ends in the watercolor comic series "The Last of the Trick-Or-Treaters." More »
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Hoping to find a timely Halloween costume this year — but not interested in being the 20th Nyan Cat at the same office party? Then try on these outfits for size. We've collected over a dozen great ideas for timely and exciting science fiction and fantasy costumes. More »
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Having your birthday on Halloween gives you an excuse to have a costume party every year, but a new Yale University study (PDF) seems to indicate that expecting mothers may actively be avoiding giving birth on All Hallows' Eve. More »
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Those of you keeping track at home will remember that the third Halloween film, Season of the Witch, had absolutely nothing to do with Michael Myers chasing Jamie Lee Curtis. More »
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Watch the tiny twins shimmy around in giant stormtrooper and Darth Vader helmets for their fashion line stylemint. A noble effort, ladies — but the key to cosplay is pretending that you like dressing up as Batman in a leather pencil skirt. More »
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How hard did Halloween hit audiences when it first appeared in 1978? Hear for yourself! Someone has cleverly spliced the audio from (what's rumored to be) a first run screening of the film onto the actual video of that scene. More »
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Tomorrow The Simpsons will unveil their 22nd Treehouse of Horror episode. In honor of this creepy cavalcade, we've rounded up Treehouse's top 10 horror stories. What made the cut? Dolphin overlords, doughnut rain, and an extraterrestrial Bob Dole. More »
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If you're going to dress up as a time-traveling police box, you might as well make it work for all seasons. This handmade TARDress by RingmasterGoldie works equally well at the office, the cotillion, and Gallifrey. [Spotted on Fashionably Geek] More »
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Welcome Children to the weekly (when I get to it) spooky recap of this week in io9. Enter if you have the guts to face the terror that is... More »
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Here's another incredible cyborg pumpkin to inspire your Halloween envy. A Doctor Who fan spent seven hours crafting a Dalek O'Lantern that will have the neighbors hiding behind the couch. And it's just as impressive with the lights on. More »
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In today's Halloween Foxtrot, Jason Fox knows what keeps him awake at night. Maybe to give it broader appeal, he should give folks a preview of how Jar Jar's tongue will look in 3D. [Foxtrot via reddit] More »
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Mr. Show's 1998 sketch "Monster Parties: Fact or Fiction?" has a fascinating conceit: what if "The Monster Mash" was non-fiction? This eight-minute comedic tour de force is a pitch-perfect imitation of Unsolved Mysteries-style documentaries More »
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Halloween is here, and although Frankenstein get all the press, we're going to showcase a lesser known (but no less distinguished) manmade man: the golem! Here are some portrayals of this Hebrew homunculus in film, comics, and music. More »
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One Portal fan created this jack o'lantern based on the talking turrets. This turret even pans left and right in search of targets, although there's no word on whether it politely asks you not to smash it. [via Nerdcore] More »
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King Kong's monstrous motivations aren't the same as Dracula's — one wants a castle made of bananas, the other a swimming pool full of hemoglobin — but, on a psychological level, their motivations differ too. Here's Chris Braak's monster taxonomy. More »
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What's the real truth about the "cursed" speedway at Talladega? Terry Gilliam uncovers the truth in his spooky short film The Legend of Hallowdega, appearing online Halloween night. You can watch the trailer now, at the link. [Legend of Hallodega] More »
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This week we bring you another sample of the insanity and the hotness going on in io9's Halloween costume show. Check out the amazing craziness in these pictures of your fellow io9ers getting all costumed on your ass. More »
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We love Halloween, but we also realize that some readers lack the free time or emotional investment to build a lifesize Power Loader from Aliens. Here are 20 costumes that you can whip up by Halloween weekend. More »
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Last night Glee took us on a strange journey with their G-rated version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. While the cast struggled through the poorly written script, the music, dancing, costumes, and shout-outs were electrifying! More »
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The io9 Halloween Costume Show is in full swing over in our Flickr group. Here are some of spine-tinglingly awesomest costumes you've posted so far. More »
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The oil in pumpkin seeds has a very rare quality. In a thin layer, it's green. In deep pools, it is red. Pumpkin seed oil is one of the most dichromatic substances in the world. More »
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We've rounded up a list of some of the most thrilling haunted houses across the United States. Including one peculiar "experience" where you have to walk barefoot and alone through the entire thing — no exceptions. More »
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