Every year, winning Halloween is getting harder and harder. With people’s endless creativity and willingness to put a smile on everyone’s faces, making a good Halloween costume is an art form in itself.
And this year, just like previous years, people were more than happy to take it a step further when creating their spooky looks. From the Gossip Girl meme and the real-life Mr. Proper incarnation to Van Gogh’s sunflowers infamously vandalized by Just Stop Oil activists, there’s everything in this collection of insane Halloween costumes: 2022 edition–the sheer level of quirkiness and absolute relevance to the times we’re living in.
Scroll down to see what people came up with this year, and upvote your favorite eye-catchers that stole everyone’s hearts on this year’s Halloween.
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Weather Reporter During Halloween
It's disappointing to click on an article in 2022 about people who "already won Halloween this year" and the top voted photo is from 2014...
We Get Told That We Look Alike All The Time, So This Costume Seemed Inevitable
I Normally Don’t Make Halloween Costumes But I Love The Way This One Turned Out!
Attention all foundation personal, SCP-049 has breached containment. I repeat, SCP-049 has breached containment.
This isn't the only SCP I've seen on these pages. On a completely related note, I'm a dead man walking.
Load More Replies...Lauren McMenemy, a south London-based writer of gothic-influenced folk horror and an editor of Trembling With Fear, HorrorTree.com’s weekly zine full of dark fiction stories, told Bored Panda that just like for many other horror aficionados, Halloween is her favorite time of year, “if only because I get to indulge all of my spookiness.” Lauren is also a creative coach with more than 20 years’ experience in journalism and marketing, and she is a host with the London Writers Salon’s daily virtual writers' hour sessions.
When it comes to celebrating Halloween, Lauren enjoys the creativity in a lot of house decorations you see at this time. “It’s not as prevalent where I live, but I do appreciate the efforts I see online. Did you see the family who had a floating Max from Stranger Things in their driveway?! That was awesome,” she said.
Buying The Cool Costumes As An Adult That My Mom Couldn’t Afford To Get Me As A Kid
Omg I begged to be a ninja turtle every year at Halloween when I was a little kid... I would have loved seeing this!!!
My Halloween Costume !
OK, had I not known this was a halloween costume, I would actually guess it's her. XD
Omg I thought the same thing, for like a spilt second I was like what is helena doing here lol
Load More Replies..."Not my daughter, you bítch." -Molly Weasley. I think Julie Walters said it was her favorite line. I'm not sure now. Correct me if I'm wrong
Load More Replies...LOL Would you be more surprised if it had been a rottweiler?
Load More Replies...This is @bigguylittlesworldsanctary on IG. He's a huge manly man who rescues sick and elderly chihuahuas. Give him a follow! (:
This is hilarious! I wouldn't put it past chihuahuas to be little chest-bursters though...
That's the Taco Bell dog. And that's not blood, it's "Fire!" sauce.
Yay, you've sussed the true source of the "blood"!
Load More Replies...“Jack o’ lanterns are also a creative highlight - the efforts some go to with them are just incredible. Even trick-or-treating can encourage a community feeling. But there are also some of the really innocent party games that are fun, like bobbing for apples,” Lauren told Bored Panda and added that her husband grew up in the Middle East in the 1980s where “bobbing for apples at home was really the only Halloween tradition he could indulge in; he has very fond memories of it.”
My Halloween Costume
Del Rio Texas is where this costume is at. My mom saw it on the scanner and showed it to me. We thought it was really cool!
Load More Replies...Nobody sees the invisible man And nobody cares where it is that he stands And nobody notices the touch of his hand He'd be invincible, had he a plan He's the invisible man
A Rockford Tree And Their Peaches
On the other hand, there are many Halloween skeptics who see the celebration as just another opportunity for excess consumerism and waste. Lauren argues that inevitably, when something becomes commercial, it can easily become overdone, tacky, or even ridiculous.
“There is quite a bit of this in Halloween these days - heck, I was on public transport on Saturday night with a lot of very drunk people in costumes! It is increasingly seen as a time to dress up and party.”
Mr. Clean Made "Sponge" Cakes To Help Clean Up All The Blood This Halloween!
What a creative and wonderfully executed costume. Mr.Clean always looked a little shifty to me.
My Halloween Costume
Not sauron's eye! Run and hide! Hide in the short bushes in the dead marshes!
The red thing on top of her head is the eye of Sauron, The representation of the evil in Lord of the Rings
Load More Replies...We Were Told Next Year His Costume For The School Halloween Party Needs To Be A Little Less “Intense”
stop preventing kids from expressing themselves just because a few kids get scared. that is the point.
I’m not casting judgment here, I legit want to know from parents who do horror character costumes like this with their kids: do the kids know what the costume is or do they just like how it looks? I assume this little one hasn’t seen IT? I’m just curious! I was always very into ghosts as a child so I understand kids like spooky things.
Think this scary. Look at old photos of kids in Halloween costumes when they were handmade
Hahaha. Random yet relevant, a girl at my work in a medical clinic dressed like this yesterday with red balloon and all but no make up. Just a yellow rain jacket and rain boots. I overheard her telling another coworker really loudly, “I’m NOT Winnie the Pooh!”
He's Pennywise (the murdering clown from Stephen King's "It") as a child. A red balloon is Pennywise's trademark.
Load More Replies...I luv his costume. Literally everything about it. If I'm not mistaken, he's Pennywise.
However, Lauren said she would ask critics of Halloween to look deeper than scratching the surface and look for the origins of the celebrations. Like many things, there is folklore and ancient traditions behind the scenes.”
In fact, “Halloween gets its beginnings in the ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain, where people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. This is, after all, the time when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, and our ancestors had their own ways to try to ward off evil spirits looking to wreak havoc on their livelihoods,” Lauren explained.
City Builds Multimillion Dollar Concrete Pillars, They Crack In 6 Months. Woman Dresses Up As One For Halloween. She Writes, "Just Wanted To Show My... "Support"!"
It is in Edmonton, AB. It's actually one of our Radio DJs. Her costumes are usually pretty Epic
Not an architect but I don’t see how a downwards facing isosceles triangle ending in a pillar would be a good idea to bear a heavy load. Could be wrong.
First piece of information: triangles are considered to be the strongest shape when building (correct me if I'm wrong) Secondly, if you had it facing upwards you'd either have a big balancing act or it would have to have an additional point and the top would end up being stretched to a square instead of the stronger triangle
Load More Replies...Every Year, I’m Pam For Halloween. I Tell People It’s Just When I Can’t Find Another Costume, But In Reality I Never Try To
you have NAILED the facial expression. Scrolling down, I looked for your costume, thinking that that was the reference photo. its just that good.
Jealous. So cool have the look for a great forever Halloween costume!
Are we 100 percent that isnt just isnt Jenna Fischer? Maybe she just dresses as "Pam" on Halloween cause she can. The show not only paid het $ but also gave her a lifetime halloween costume!
I couldn’t care less about the royals, but I’ve been learning a lot about her recently and I’m like damn! This woman was capital C Cool
Load More Replies...I'm not really into the royals, but I thought Diana was really cool. RIP.
And for those who still think that Halloween is a modern invention, let us tell you that even trick-or-treating is centuries old. “It comes from the Scottish and Irish tradition of guising, where people would go from house to house and put on a small performance to be rewarded with food or treats. It’s definitely not as overblown as, say, Christmas!” Lauren concluded.
Emperor’s New Groove Villains Yzma And Kronk
I only had to see the head while I was scrolling to know who it was!!!
Load More Replies...This took me entirely too long to figure out who it was he was dressed as 🤦♀️
My 4 Year Old Won The Halloween Contest In Our Town!
Glad the internet didn’t exist when I was a kid; my mom dressed me up for the clout without any regard to what I actually wanted to be as well. Yay, so much fun…
I know how you feel. My mom got to choose all my Halloween costumes for my sister and I for many years XD No internet when I was a kid either, I'm pretty sure my mom just liked to show off her sewing skills (which WERE pretty impressive, to be fair.) I remember feeling such victory when I convinced her to make me a dragon costume when I was 10 or so. She modified an alligator costume pattern.
Load More Replies...Scary! I'd like to think a 4-year-old hasn't seen the movie (nor even read the book!) this creepy costume's based on, but that would be wishful thinking these days, right? There was a Mom on the local media this morning delighted with how popular her 7-year-old's Joker costume was in her neighbourhood. I felt like an old fuddy-duddy, but my first thought was, "What 7-year-old has seen a movie like that?!". According to my hubby, they all have.
When my husband and I went to see the second It, there was a family in the theater who had their child with them who was about 4. It didn't bother me that he seemed "too young" for the movie, because everyone has different perceptions about what is scary, but it made me REALLY sad that the kid was TERRIFIED during the movie, crying and everything, and the parents didn't take him to the lobby. :(
Load More Replies...Who are the people outchere letting all these little kids watch this movie?!!! (LOL!!)
Now... that's intense! I wonder whether it looks scarier for those who know the story. Without context it's just an evil looking clown.
and that‘s how all her friends will never sleep without nightmares again...
Chocolate Lady From Spongebob Squarepants
What Am I???
LOL-I did a similar costume once. I used those single-serve boxes and we "killed" each one differently. We smashed one then used paint and a toy car to draw tire tracks on it. Attached a noose to one. Stabbed one and so on.
In some homes breakfast can be very stressful, but that’s a little extreme though.
Wife And I Won The Costume Contest At Our Friends Halloween Party
*screams in Luke Skywalker*
Load More Replies...Kevin spilling the chili from an episode of The Office
Load More Replies...I get that its Kevin spilling his chili I just don't understand why there's a lady in the chili lol wth?
I Made An Undead Strange Costume For Halloween This Year
For a second I thought one of the hand was holding the guitar and it was super awesome. Still is though. XD
He did a little hop off his right foot when they took the photo
Load More Replies...I mean Marvel did come out with Marvel Zombies so it's technically canon
Spirited Away
this is almost as good as the creative cosplay guy- didn’t he do something like that?
Favorite movie ever, wait Howl's Moving Castle, no wait....Grave of the Fireflies, no... wait
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWi6inPpY8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= She nails it in my book!
This Alien Costume
Click on the name under the pic (gnuman1979) to see the short video, it's worth it! Or go here: https://twitter.com/gnuman1979/status/1586077132996112384
…Totally off topic but..did I really just try clicking the play button?
is that the Lizard, the Green Goblin, a combination, or something entirely different???
Van Gogh’s Vandalized Sunflowers
About a week ago two climate change "activists" (aka jerky little kids) threw cans of tomato soup on a Van Gogh painting in a museum and then glued their hands to the wall. The painting was protected by glass, so just the frame got souped. They were arrested and probably enjoyed their 15 minutes of fame.
On a side note, two vandals (I will not call them activists they are nothing but vandals) who threw food at Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring, have just been jailed for two months In the Netherlands. Good!
Umm, the same was said about suffragettes. But I guess they were wrong and women shouldn't have all these pesky rights, eh? If lazy f***s would get away from their computer and phones and protest a little more so that governments would not let us run into a global catastrophe, nobody would have to do publicity stunts. But hey, you're a good citizen, sweetie.
Load More Replies...It's to raise awareness. Google "suffragette" and what their similar actions did for you, "Janet".
Load More Replies...Happy Halloween!
Not familiar with the movie, so I thought Republican as well.
Load More Replies...In the movie the main character would wear special sunglasses and could see if they are actually aliens or creatures or whatever. They looked normal until he put on the glasses. Cool concept.
The Princess And The Pea
Its cut the most important part of the picture! Attached in full for your enjoyment. FgRP7R-WAA...a1dbdd.jpg
Thanks for the link. I can't believe they didn't show the dog, especially at a doggie costume contest
Load More Replies...If you click on the link it takes you to the full pic on Twitter. The dog is the princess on top
Load More Replies...I dressed my 4 year old in a gorgeous pink princess costume, her 5 year old brother was the frog prince and their 1 year old baby sister was the pea!!
In case you don’t live in the U.S., where there is a CVS pharmacy in about every town…their receipts come out ridiculously long because they have a bunch of coupons on the end. So many people can relate to that moment where you are waiting for the ridiculously long receipt to print when you run in to buy a soda, making this an amazing costume idea!
Thank you for providing context, Angie! Have an updoot from me! +1
Load More Replies...When social distancing was still a thing, they asked us to please stand one CVS receipt apart.
I said this before and I’ll say it again “I am an extracare card member just gimme the goddamn coupons on my card!”
They're supposed to be bags of money. That's where that would go...on the front of the bag.
Load More Replies...I have an opinion on your comment but nobody wants my 2 cents
Load More Replies...No, but the bisexuals and gays are I swear
Load More Replies...Men at the same time want to be honoured as "the great provider for the family" but not provide anything for the family.... It's a shame - I like the concept, but it's just poor execution. I think, some parents dressed up as 'taxis' - same idea, much better (and I bet real parents could come up with many even funnier ideas).
Load More Replies...Shouldn't the mom wear the ATM costume? Since all the kids came out of her?
My Sandman Halloween Costume
Lisa Rinna
My Last Minute Halloween Costume, Hahahaha
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim, millions of families suffer from it every year.
Load More Replies...Best couples costume I ever saw was a couple (white girl, black guy) that dressed as salt and pepper shakers.
Sexy Steve Harvey
This Clapback Costume
Curious. What does he mean by "reclaiming?" I honestly don't know.
The last part of the comment on the left picture was cutoff. It called him “lady liberty”, insinuating that this tik-toker is gay. Well, he indeed reclaimed the name by dressing as a fabulous and hot lady liberty version. It’s like the old saying, “beat someone at their own game”. He used the insult-name and made it into an awesome cosplay. Regardless of his sexual preference, this person is confident enough to turn a bad comment into a good post.
Load More Replies...The whole comment was cutoff. It called him “lady liberty”, insinuating that this tik-toker is gay. The whole comment refers to the sexual preference of gay couples, a bottom or a top.
Load More Replies...Scary Movie 2
The Gossip Girl Meme
Turning Red’s 4 Townies
Who’s the one on green? Bc I know someone who looks exactly exactly like her! The plaits the braces everything
It's a cartoon about a girl that turns into a red panda. Of course it's unrealistic. omg.
Load More Replies...Pretty Woman
Prostitutes are appropriate for any occasion.
Load More Replies...Acnh Switch Controllers! We Won Cutest Costume At A Halloween Party
Shrek
Cancelled hallowe’en party, or party is canceled I don’t speak Spanish but I do speak French and they're similar
This appears to be Argentinian Spanish like RafCo and Pedro who politely corrected me said. The Halloween party was canceled. ME:.....
Load More Replies...Lisa Rinna
Yup. By the same person.. about 11 hours before the other one
Load More Replies...This is kinda mean. Why is everyone making fun of this lady? I had to Google her to see who she was. Has she done something terrible or are people just making fun of the way she looks to be funny? If so, that's pretty shitty.
A D-grade celebrity with surgically enhanced lips 👄
Load More Replies...Making fun of someone's looks is a low blow. Why do you think people, including Lisa, get plastic surgery? Because they dont think theyre attractive enough. Plastic surgery doesnt always go the way its supposed to go. If I was so uncomfortable with my looks that I was willing to go thru surgery and then someone made fun of mt looks for it, I'd be devasted.
Click the name potiacmadeddg and the bottom corner. The full costumes are amazing!
Load More Replies...That's how twitter displays it. You can probably see the full images if you look up the original tweet and click on them.
Load More Replies...How Do You Guys Like My Halloween Costume?
My Wordle Costume - Try To Solve. Hint: It Is Halloween Themed
No you weren't /jk, you meant it and it was funny! 😂
Load More Replies...Lil Nas X
The Onion’s Sickos
White Chicks
The Wayans brothers movie "White Chicks" where they play FBI agents who go undercover as... white chicks. It's quality cinema.
Load More Replies...Muna's Freaky Friday Costume
Jamiroquai
Fleabag
Yeah, stick to French or at least California champagnes. Those Florida vintages, well ...
Beyoncé At The Stand Up To Cancer Performance
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie World
Julia Fox
Chris Pine On The Don't Worry Darling Press Tour
Pearl
The Rehearsal
Happy Halloween Guys God Save The Queen
Objectively it's a well-made costume, but made in poor taste. Whether you liked her or not or just indifferent, she was still a human being with a family who mourns her loss.
Yikes, have some respect; she's still warm in her grave. I'm not a royalist, but her family and a lot of the world are grieving.
Yikes, this is in pretty poor taste in my opinion. I am in no way a fan of the royal family, but for many people in the United Kingdom, you cannot deny what a profound influence the Queen had. She has a family and many people who mourn her.
Well, I must be getting old or something because I couldn't make out who/what many of these costumes were supposed to be and in other cases, i never would have known if a picture of the show/movie wouldn't have been there.
Some of these were amazingly imaginative. Most of them, not so much.
I saw a good one this year, it was a kids with and open zipper stuck to his face, closed at the forehead then open and going down the nose and his cheeks with blood coloured makeup in the open part. I don't know how the zipper was attached, but it looked like part of his face! It was cool!
IN 2010 I worked for Rosanna, Inc. in Seattle. For that year's Halloween Costume Contest, I dressed as a Hell's Angel. Had the leather pants & a pair of Docs, borrowed my brother's cut and a Metallica (?) shirt from the hubs. Also a black & purple wig. Found tattooed "sleeves", black feathered wings & a Halo, and a biker's cap at Value Village. I wore my mirrored riding glasses into the building and had one of our newest employees come running up to me saying, "Um. We're not open to the public and you can't be in here." So, I'm assuring her that I can, in fact, be there. She keeps insisting - I lowered my glasses and said, "If you want your f*cking paycheck, you might want to get the hell out of my way". She STILL didn't recognize me. My supervisor had to come out of her office (once she could stop laughing) to let her know that, YES, I did actually work there.
The following year (2011) I was a Pirate. Captain Cordelia Crowe, as a matter of fact, Jack Sparrow's cousin. I did the weird hand things and slurred quite a lot. 001-6700d1...7a4d7a.jpg
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWi6inPpY8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= She nails it in my book
I wish I got to go to more costume contests, most were cancelled or we couldn’t make it, I won $25 at one but I mostly just wanted to take my costume out more, we just couldn’t find enough events
Well, I must be getting old or something because I couldn't make out who/what many of these costumes were supposed to be and in other cases, i never would have known if a picture of the show/movie wouldn't have been there.
Some of these were amazingly imaginative. Most of them, not so much.
I saw a good one this year, it was a kids with and open zipper stuck to his face, closed at the forehead then open and going down the nose and his cheeks with blood coloured makeup in the open part. I don't know how the zipper was attached, but it looked like part of his face! It was cool!
IN 2010 I worked for Rosanna, Inc. in Seattle. For that year's Halloween Costume Contest, I dressed as a Hell's Angel. Had the leather pants & a pair of Docs, borrowed my brother's cut and a Metallica (?) shirt from the hubs. Also a black & purple wig. Found tattooed "sleeves", black feathered wings & a Halo, and a biker's cap at Value Village. I wore my mirrored riding glasses into the building and had one of our newest employees come running up to me saying, "Um. We're not open to the public and you can't be in here." So, I'm assuring her that I can, in fact, be there. She keeps insisting - I lowered my glasses and said, "If you want your f*cking paycheck, you might want to get the hell out of my way". She STILL didn't recognize me. My supervisor had to come out of her office (once she could stop laughing) to let her know that, YES, I did actually work there.
The following year (2011) I was a Pirate. Captain Cordelia Crowe, as a matter of fact, Jack Sparrow's cousin. I did the weird hand things and slurred quite a lot. 001-6700d1...7a4d7a.jpg
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWi6inPpY8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= She nails it in my book
I wish I got to go to more costume contests, most were cancelled or we couldn’t make it, I won $25 at one but I mostly just wanted to take my costume out more, we just couldn’t find enough events
