Halloween costume ideas inspired by iconic movie roles

Do you struggle to come up with the ideal Halloween gift for a cinema buff? Here are costume ideas that every cinema fan would like. Please identify these movies, actors and roles in the article’s comments area.

Here are some suggestions for Halloween gifts for movie buffs!

• Stephen King TV and Film Collection. From the prolific pen of acclaimed author Stephen King comes seven eerie and heart-pounding works from the master of the macabre! This must-have collection includes The Dead Zone with Christopher Walken and Brooke Adams; Silver Bullet with Gary Busey and Corey Haim; Pet Sematary with Dale Midkiff and Fred Gwynne; and Graveyard Shift with Stephen Macht and Brad Dourif. Adding to the terror are three of King’s edge-of-your-seat television presentations: Golden Years with Frances Sternhagen and Ed Lauter; The Stand with Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe; and The Langoliers with David Morse, Patricia Wettig and Dean Stockwell. Thrills, chills, and endless goosebumps are guaranteed with this terrifyingly collectible set!

• This box set comprises three terrifying films from one of the longest running horror series in cinema history. Michael Myers takes on Tommy Doyle and Dr. Loomis with help from a mysterious cult, comes face to face with Laurie Strode again and slashes his way through the cast of a reality TV show! This set includes all of the previously released extras plus some brand-new surprises

• From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise encyclopaedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters throughout the ages. It is the first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market. Over 200 entries written by experts in the field are accompanied by an overview introduction by the editor.

• From B-movie bogeymen and outer space oddities to big-budget terrors, Monsters in the Movies by legendary film-maker John Landis showcases the greatest monsters ever to creep, fly, slither, stalk, or rampage across the Silver Screen! Landis provides his own fascinating and entertaining insights into the world of movie making, while conducting in-depth “conversations” with leading monster makers, including David Cronenberg, Christopher Lee, John Carpenter, and Sam Raimi to discuss some of the most petrifying monsters ever seen.

• Nightmare on Elm Street Collection (8-Pack) (DVD) “Don’t fall asleep” – words to live by for Elm Street teens. Not a problem for fans wide awake with fear (and glee) as they Disc 2 – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge – Includes: Cast/Crew Biographies Jump to a Nightmare Disc 3- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors – Includes: Cast/Crew Biographies Jump to a Nightmare Disc 4- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master – Includes: Cast/Crew Biographies Jump to a Nightmare Disc 5- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child – Includes: Cast/Crew Biographies Jump to a Nightmare Disc 6- Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare – Includes: Original 3-D End Sequence Cast/Crew Biographies Jump to a Nightmare experience these first 8 Nightmare movies released from 1984 to 2003. Each features Robert Englund’s masterfully macabre incarnation Disc 7 – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare – Includes: Commentary by Wes Craven Cast/Crew Biographies Jump to a Nightmare Disc 8 – Freddy Vs. Jason – Includes: Commentary by Director Ronny Yu, Robert Englund (Freddy) and Ken Kirzinger (Jason) Jump to a Death of slouch-hatted, razor-fingered Freddy Krueger, who mixes wicked wit with even wickeder mayhem as he haunts teens when they’re asleep and most vulnerable. A newspaper article about children who died after having fearsome nightmares provided the real-life springboard for filmmaker Wes Craven’s breakthrough series. Perhaps that underlying reality helps make these shockers so unnerving. Or maybe it’s just that we all like a good scare…and that this series consistently, imaginatively delivers some of the best. Disc 1 – A Nightmare on Elm Street – Includes: Commentary by Director Wes Craven, Co-Stars Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon and Cinematographer Jacques Haitkin Cast/Crew Biographies Jump to a Nightmare

• The seventies were a decade of groundbreaking horror films: The Exorcist, Carrie, and Halloween were three. This detailed filmography covers these and 225 more. Section One provides an introduction and a brief history of the decade. Beginning with 1970 and proceeding chronologically by year of its release in the United States, Section Two offers an entry for each film. Each entry includes several categories of information: Critical Reception (sampling both ’70s and later reviews), Cast and Credits, P.O.V., (quoting a person pertinent to that film’s production), Synopsis (summarizing the films story), Commentary (analysing the film from Muir’s perspective), Legacy (noting the rank of especially worthy 70s films in the horror pantheon of decades following). Section Three contains a conclusion and these five appendices: horror film clichés of the 1970s, frequently appearing performers, memorable movie ads, recommended films that illustrate how 1970s horror films continue to impact the industry, and the 15 best genre films of the decade as chosen by Muir.

• This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released from 1990 through 1999. The horror genre’s trends and cliches are connected to social and cultural phenomena, such as Y2K fears and the Los Angeles riots. Popular films were about serial killers, aliens, conspiracies, and sinister “interlopers,” new monsters who shambled their way into havoc. Each of the films is discussed at length with detailed credits and critical commentary. There are six appendices: 1990s cliches and conventions, 1990s hall of fame, memorable ad lines, movie references in Scream, 1990s horrors vs. The X-Files, and the decade’s ten best. Fully indexed, 224 photographs.