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This year has been full of ups and downs, and there’s no time like Halloween to revisit every unforgettable moment. From instant horror movie icons making a splash to a Super Bowl lyric heard round the world, these are the trendiest Halloween costumes for 2025 that we can’t wait to wear. 

While horror in 2025 has been an embarrassment of riches, Zach Cregger's Barbarian successor, Weapons, has captured audiences' attention like an accident on the freeway. With solid performances and a refreshingly new framing, the real standout is the clownish spellcaster we'd never want to knock on our doors — Aunt Gladys. 

Her exaggerated '60s style, carefully distressed red wig, and eye-twitchingly smudged red lipstick are unbelievably striking. Whether you prefer that sinister, haphazard braided look or her most polished costume, she's a horror legend in the making. 

Animation's been a Halloween costume-inspiration gold mine for years, and KPop Demon Hunters is the cream of the 2025 crop. For all you fellow millennials, the bright and flirty costumes the demon-hunting popstars wear feel distinctly like a spiritual successor to Sailor Moon & its iconic sailor scout outfits. 

There are too many cool costumes and hairdos from this film to pick just one, making KPop Demon Hunters just what the plague doctor ordered. 

It's a wonder that one of the standout shows of the 2025 lineup managed to inject new life into a genre whose death knell we heard years ago. HBO's The Pitt is a harrowing portrait of the modern tribulations of an emergency department, and those iconic black scrubs make for one of the easiest Halloween costumes of the year. 

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Where Weapons dominated the late summer box office, Ryan Coogler's Sinners kept a death grip on pop culture for many months prior. As a beautifully crafted horror film with a killer soundtrack and incredible wardrobe, there are so many unique 1930s costumes to pick from. 

Have a hankering for all things blood and gore? The flashing eyes, sharp fangs, and costumes bathed in blood are right up your alley. 

You couldn't be on the internet in 2024 without catching some wind of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's feud, which kicked up extra buzz after Lamar's Super Bowl announcement this year. And if you tuned in to see just what the wordsmith cooked up, you weren't disappointed. 

While everyone was caught up in the shock of that crowd-shouted double entendre lyric of his diss track Not Like Us, we were reveling in his carefully crafted naughties look. The flared light-wash jeans and Pumas sneakers were the ode to everyday millennial style we've been missing, and we're ready to break out our dust-covered teenage 'fits this Halloween. 

We couldn't look back at major 2025 moments without acknowledging the chokehold that Labubus have had on...well, it feels like almost everyone. These cutesy, fluffy monster figurines are as big as ever and make for an easy DIY costume if you're running low on time. 

You can snag a fluffy romper to honor the age-old tradition of putting a sultry spin on a regular costume, or easily find a handmade adult onesie online. 

Succession launched corporate drama back into the stratosphere, and Severance happily carried that burden after the former's series finale in 2023. Apple TV+'s flagship series premiered its highly anticipated second season this year, and in true Severance fashion, answered just as many questions as it asked. 

From shlubby winter-appropriate 'outie' outfits to Milchick's crisp, stark-white ensemble from episode 4, Severance is chock-full of the easy-to-replicate Halloween 'fits that people with good taste will appreciate. 

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With Jaws turning 50 this year and temperatures continuing to stay uncharacteristically sky-high in October, we think the summer blockbuster is a great source for Halloween costume inspiration this year. 

Enjoy the seemingly everlasting summer with a couple of bathing suits and a blow-up Bruce the shark, or get your Chief Brody on with his black faux turtle neck and precariously placed cigarette. 

This year's been a whirlwind of harrowing news headline after harrowing news headline, but if there's one thing that's kept our spirits up, it's the return of Mike White's black comedy White Lotus. 

Season 3's hijinks were punctuated by so many iconic vacation outfits, from Victoria Ratliffs breezy caftans to Chelsea's strappy tops. Thanks to Halloween costumes like these, summer never has to end. 

2025 has been the year of many exciting things, and the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live is one of them. With 50 years of sketches to choose from, there's literally a Halloween costume for everyone. Whether it's Kristen Wiig's charming turn as Doooneese to Kate McKinnon's scene-breaking go of alien abductee Colleen Rafferty, you can't go wrong with an SNL-inspired Halloween costume. 

Haven’t planned your Halloween costume yet? Don’t worry. There’s still loads of time to send 2025 out in style. We can’t wait to see what you wear!