It’s that time again: the annual roundup of this year’s most popular adult Halloween costumes options. Some of these come from statistical data released by the National Retail Federation (NRF), while others come from gut intuition; regardless, if you want a recognizable outfit that won’t have people asking, “So what are you, again?†these are [...]
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The Top 5 Adult Costumes for 2012
Posted: 5th October 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: halloween costumes, Top Adult Costumes for 2012
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London Opens Human Flesh Meat Market
Posted: 4th October 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: capcom human flesh market, halloween costumes
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While we continue to grow excited for showing off our Halloween costumes, there’s something strange brewing in the UK: Capcom, video game developer and publisher of the widely successful Resident Evil franchise, has opened an edible meat market in London. No big deal, right? Wrong. It’s a human flesh meat market. Take a look: Reminds [...]
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HAPPY OCTOBER FRIGHT FANS! We here at fright catalog are getting more and more excited for the best day of the year, HALLOWEEN! And as we buzz around the office, fulfilling orders, answering calls and basically being the Christmas elves of Halloween- a certain conversation topic keeps resurfacing. Halloween movies of course! As we all [...]
Bomb Squad Called Due to Halloween Costume
Posted: 2nd October 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: bomb squad, halloween costumes, halloween decorations
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It wouldn’t feel like October if someone somewhere weren’t having a bomb squad called due to hyper realistic Halloween costumes. Thankfully, in San Mateo, California, that’s exactly what happened. At 9:30am today, a man identified as Gilberto Masias was driving around town while wearing a gas mask with grenades hanging from his neck. This freaked [...]
Are Zombie Costumes…Dying?
Posted: 28th September 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: batman costumes, joker costumes, zombie costumes
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Zombies may finally be a dying breed. According to the National Retail Federation’s annual list of popular Halloween costumes, the number of adult individuals wearing zombie costumes this year has fallen from 2011’s fourth place to 2012’s fifth place, with only 3.6% of the adult population wearing them. Some could interpret this as a sign [...]
Presidential Halloween Masks: Obama Outselling Romney
Posted: 27th September 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: obama masks, presidential halloween masks, romney masks
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Although the presidential election is still a month away, many costume companies believe the election has already been decided by the number of presidential-themed Halloween masks sold. To date, Obama masks are well in the lead over Romney masks. The Huffington Post states, “This year, Obama masks are outselling Romney masks by more than 30 [...]
The Walking Dead Blood Drive Sweepstakes
Posted: 26th September 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: the walking dead, the walking dead costumes
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Wondering how you could end up on an all-expenses-paid trip to The Walking Dead‘s filming set? Read on, we’ll tell you. But if you win, you better be equipped with some The Walking Dead costumes. Season three of The Walking Dead returns on October 14, just in time to satiate one’s pre-Halloween zombie desires. Fans [...]
George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead May Become a Theatrical Play
Posted: 24th September 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: night of the living dead, night of the living dead live, zombie costumes
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On October 1, 1968, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead premiered in Pittsburgh, with a total budget of only $114,000. Although the film originally received mixed reviews from film critics, it eventually was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation within the National Film Registry as a film deemed “culturally, historically or [...]
Happy Birthday, Stephen King
Posted: 21st September 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: halloween costumes, stephen king
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On September 21, 1947, Stephen King was born, going on to create books that became symbols within the world of horror and Halloween costumes. Now known as one of the godfather’s of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy, King’s books have sold more than 350 million copies. In total, King has published 50 novels, [...]
Horror Films Releasing Before Halloween
Posted: 18th September 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: halloween costumes, upcoming horror films
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While we’re still all excited about the release of John Carpenter’s Halloween, let’s look forward to the other films coming to theaters this October. (After all, we can’t all wear the same Halloween costumes – we need a wide range of hot new ideas.) Unfortunately, besides the unique exception of Halloween‘s re-release, it appears that [...]