Greatest MacGyver Costume Idea Ever
MacGyver was such an awesome television show that it’s being brought back in 2016. So in honor of the upcoming reboot, we decided to bring you the Greatest MacGyver Costume Idea Ever, because there is simply nothing that he can’t do. MacGyver is what many might call the ultimate super agent. Why? Well because he can make a weapon out of a plastic spoon if he needed to or fix a flat tire with gum and a paper clip. That plus...
Halloween Costume – Pee Wee Herman
In a decade of (delightfully) strange characters, one guy took that to the next level. When you see a person in a gray suit with a red tie. When you see an oversized, gigantic pair of shoes. When you hear the song Tequilla. When the words, “I know you are but what am I” come out of your mouth. When these things happen, you think of this guy: Pee Wee Herman. He was an icon of the 1980s, with his fantastic Saturday morning television...
Halloween Costume Idea – Elliott from ET
When you think back to iconic films of the 80s, I’m guessing 1982’s Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial comes to mind. I’m also guessing that when you think back on E.T., all or most of the following run through your head: “Phone Home” “I’ll be right here” (sniff) Speak ‘n Spell That plush, kind of leathery E.T. doll that EVERYBODY had Reese’s Pieces (yum) Adorable, young Drew Barrymore And this: That scene in the movie was...
Halloween Costume Idea – Gary and Wyatt from Weird Science
The 1980s introduced us to a whole new genre of film. Alongside action movies, horror movies and “The Coreys” movies, we also had another very important category: NERD MOVIES. Classics like Revenge of the Nerds, Better off Dead, Sixteen Candles, Real Genius and Can’t Buy Me Love all told the tales of lovable losers, delightful dweebs and ultimate underdogs who struggled in the beginning, but prevailed in the end. And sometimes, the...
80s Picture Day Costume Idea
Picture this: you get invited to an 80s party, and you need to come up with the perfect costume. Of course there will be the usual suspects in attendance: your Cyndi Laupers, your Madonnas, a few guys walking around in tiny shorts and “choose life” t-shirts, and maybe even a Beetlejuice or Duckie Dale. But what if you want a costume that is a little quirkier? Funny. Subtle. Dare I say . . . brilliant? Why go with the expected when you...
Beetlejuice Halloween Costume
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Are you sure you want to say it a third time? Because you know what’ll happen. Or, maybe you don’t. So go ahead, let’s hear it a third time; let ‘er rip and unleash the Ghost With the Most. Beetlejuice! Tim Burton’s 1988 horror/fantasy/comedy features Michael Keaton as a grotesque, obnoxious, and very funny ghost who hires himself out as a ‘bio-exorcist’ to rid haunted houses of their living occupants. The...
Hall and Oates Halloween Costume
Some things just go together: Peanut butter and jelly, chocolate and peanut butter, beans and rice, and Hall and Oates. Daryl Hall and John Oates had some of the biggest hits of the 80s. Seriously, it’s kind of crazy just how many hit songs they had throughout the decade: ‘Maneater’ (1982) ‘Private Eyes’ (1981) ‘Out of Touch’(1984) ‘One on One’ (1983) ‘I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)’ (1981) ‘Kiss On My List’ (1981) ‘Adult...
Revenge of the Nerds Costume Idea
Clap Your Hands Everybody So many movies of the 80s had the same great theme: the underdog faces adversity and trials, but ultimately comes out the winner in the end. Think of Lucas, Can’t Buy Me Love, The Karate Kid, and Sixteen Candles. And, many 80s movies also offered another related theme—“nerds” who were bullied by popular kids at school. I mean, just think of Lucas, Can’t Buy Me Love, The Karate Kid or Sixteen Candles. When you...
Risky Business 80s Costume Idea
Remember 80s Tom Cruise? “Outsiders” Tom Cruise? “All the Right Moves” Tom Cruise? “Losin’ It” Tom Cruise? (Bonus points if you remember “Losin’ It” Tom Cruise!) I’m talking pre-mega movie star “Rain Man”/”Jerry Maguire”/jumping on Oprah’s couch Tom Cruise. Now when you think of 1980s Tom Cruise, does this come to mind? “Risky Business” came out in 1983 — a coming of age story of Joel (Cruise) a high school student living in the...
Louis Tully 80s Costume From Ghostbusters
All Louis wanted was the love of his neighbor Dana, played by Sigourney Weaver. What he got was possessed by the demon Gozer and transformed into the demon Vinz Clortho, the Keymaster. Dr. Egon Spengler of the Ghostbusters rigged up Louis with some snazzy looking headgear to find out more about the impending invasion from the astral plane, and now you can pull off Louis’ signature “wired up” look. Here’s what you’ll need: 1 metal...
Lloyd Dobler 80s Costume Idea
In my book of 80s teen heartthrobs John Cusack deserves several long, loving chapters devoted to him. He was dreamy in a sweet/funny/nerdy kind of way, which somehow in my teen brain made him a possible candidate as a future boyfriend. Shockingly, this did not end up happening. His characters were usually the underdogs that you rooted for and wanted to end up with the girl – from Sixteen Candles to Better off Dead to The Sure...
80s Bathrobe Costume Ideas
By Lori Ferraro Do you own a bathrobe? Then guess what? You have a Halloween costume. The 1980s gave us many classic bathrobed figures, and now you can recreate their iconic looks with little effort. Michael Keaton – Mr. Mom It’s this easy. Props include a baby and a vacuum cleaner. What you’ll need: Bathrobe T-shirt Pajama bottoms Stubble Cousin Eddie – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Stick a cigar in your mouth,...
Jack Torrance Costume from The Shining
By Lori Ferraro At our house, we love Halloween. I mean love, love, love it, it’s kind of like our Christmas – we dress up, we decorate, our house glows orange and we watch a ton of scary movies during the month of October. There’s one particular movie that’s on my list of the all-time best, scariest, edge-of-my-seat, sweat, jump and squeal no matter how many times I watch it movies. It’s Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 masterpiece The...
80s Costume Idea: Duckie Dale from Pretty in Pink
OF COURSE one of my favorite 80s movies is Pretty in Pink! What an epic love triangle – both Blaine and Duckie vying for the love of our dear, sweet girl-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-Traxx (see what I did there?) Andie. I was Team Duckie all the way. He was a total dreamboat to me. I loved Duckie from head to toe – from his pompadour hair down to his trademark dirty white shoes. I dreamed of someday meeting a boy who would love...
80s Costume Idea: John Rambo
By Lori Ferraro Sylvester Stallone was one of the kings of 80s cinema. This triple-threat talent won us over as the writer, director, and star of Rocky, and he cemented his legendary status by bringing to life the character of John Rambo. Rambo: First Blood Part II gave us the definitive Rambo look, one which is relatively easy to emulate even if you don’t have the chiseled muscles of the Italian Stallion (although that would...
