Jason English
Our Readers’ Favorite Halloween Costumes
by Jason English - October 30, 2009 - 9:30 AM

All fall, you guys have been filling up our inbox with your best Halloween photos. Get in the holiday spirit by looking at some of our favorite submissions. Apologies for all the pagination—we don’t typically do that, but we also don’t typically stick 60 photos in a post. Enjoy!

ninja-hostage

Olivia sent in this picture of herself dressed as a ninja. No word on the identity or whereabouts of the hostage beside her.

trek

Brian, Abby & Hannah Segool, circa 1993. (From Abby: “My parents started me on the road to nerd-dom early in life.”)

polar-bear

Marion Germaine sent in this photo of her daughter as a cute little polar bear. A cute little polar bear feasting on the flesh of a bloody severed leg.

ding-bat

Here’s one from the 1970s. Scarlett Messenger is dressed as a bat, and her shirt reads “DING” in big red letters. “Yes, I went to school dressed as a Ding Bat. I don’t think the scars have healed yet.”

FourCostumes

Elizabeth-Anne Cobb sets the bar pretty high for people who make their costume out of a box each year.

lovegood

We’ve all seen Harry Potter, Severus Snape and Cho Chang costumes, but Angela Kerchner’s family waded deeper into the canon—here’s her husband and daughter as Xenophilis and Luna Lovegood.

myrtle

Angela’s other daughter played a convincing Moaning Myrtle.

buddy-elf

The rules for Christopher Schwarz’s costumes are as follows: “1) A good amount of people must know who I am right away. 2) When I go to Halloween parties, no one else should be dressed the same way.” (You’ll hear from him again.)

soap

Jade Thompson and her boyfriend cleaned up at costume contests last year.

nathan-jackson

Nathan Jackson as…Nathan Jackson! (Apologies to the rest of you who submitted photos of your Nathan Jackson costumes. Only had room for one.)

frida-fish

Anneke Majors has pulled off both Frida Kahlo and a jellyfish.

birds

Anneke also sent in this photo of her friend Abby as Tippi Hedren (from The Birds).

bob-ross

Jake Meek said his Bob Ross attire was purchased in the ladies department at a local thrift store, “which I can only assume is where all men’s clothing from the ’70s currently resides.” He’s posing with the Orbit Gum Lady. Advertising characters are always a popular choice. Let’s run through a bunch of mascots…

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