It’s Halloween ya’ll. Time to rummage around in the back of your closet and find those fake fangs and that all-in-one kinda-looks-like-a-baby-grow skeleton outfit. Spookalicious!
But a party to celebrate All Hallows is riddled with potential controversy: how bad taste can your fancy dress outfit actually go? How to stop green face paint going all over your deposit-dependent clean walls? So here's where we answer the most important questions every prospective party planner needs to ask.
What's a Halloween Party Costume that just-controversial-and-anything-but-sexy/slutty?
Now you're talking. It's time to get creative. For a start, there’s the zombie bride, a la Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls. Or maybe even just Lindsay Lohan IRL. Simply borrow your Mum’s wedding dress, get out some green paint and voila! (Jk, Mum! We’ll get a cheap one down the second hand shop or in Beyond Retro).
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What are some good Halloween Party Decorations to help make the house all ghouly?
If you like your Halloweens completely over the top, there’s no better place (read cheaper) to shop for decorations than Poundland. Fake skeletons, weird Halloween themed tinsel and even bat lights will make your house look super tacky but great in a bad-90’s-horror movie kind of way.
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The perfect Halloween party food comes in the form of drinks
Red wine is the fastest way to look like a vampire - something no one wants, even on Halloween. Instead, turn your pumpkin carving efforts into well not just a latern but a great-tasting cocktail with this ingenious recipe for Spiced Ghouls Delight. (Ok, we made up that name but you get the drift. And it serves 10 so perfect to make in bulk).
All you need is:
One 700ml of Bacardi Oakheart
700ml Pumpkin Puree (homemade or can buy canned)
700ml Cloudy Apple Juice
2-3 tablespoons Maple Syrup
3 cinnamon sticks
3 star anise
Grated nutmeg
Then just follow these simple instructions:
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CBA with the pumpkin carving? Also works by serving your drinks in old jars (you can splash them with fake blood before if you’re feeling energetic).
What are some good Halloween party games?
Is it still legit to go trick or treating in your 20s? Dodgy territory perhaps? We’re all for celebrating your inner child but while it was once cute to dress up and demand sweets from elderly neighbours, there’s probably some law somewhere that says it’s not acceptable, or even legal, to do so at this age. If you really want to have some childish fun, there’s always Murder in the Dark.
Halloween party film ideas?
No Halloween party is complete without Hocus Pocus, is it? So if you’re still having trouble letting go of that kid-like desire to gorge on sweets while being scared shitless by the three un-scariest witches ever, then get out that projector and show it on the wall next to the DJ. And when it finishes – well, is that not the perfect time to get out Scream? You’re a child of the 90s after all…
And the film to get you over your hangover?
Want to feel better the next morning? Then head to the cinema to see Queen Of Katwe, the Lupita Nyong'o starring true story of a Ugandan chess champion. It's almost certainly heartwarming enough melt even the most viscous of hangovers. *
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.