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...
Halloween Costume Idea – Watts from Some Kind of Wonderful
When I think back to 80s movies that featured really awesome strong female characters, I’m happy that so many great ones come to mind. Think back to our heroine Andie in Pretty in Pink who planned on going to prom alone because she wanted to let them know that they didn’t break her. Or JoBeth Williams fighting otherworldly spirits to bring her daughter back in Poltergeist, or Sigourney Weaver kicking ass in in Aliens or Madonna in all...
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...
