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50+ Cult Favorite Halloween Costumes

as if you’d get one of those store-bought costumes!

by Yasmeen Gharnit

It's that time of year again: the time when your mind goes blank and you somehow forget all of those great costume ideas you'd been saving up all year. The panic starts to set in. You wake up in a cold sweat. You don't want to have to resort to one of those generic polyester-silicone-blend costumes. The horror!!!

Don't fret, dear friends. We've rounded up 50+ kickass Halloween costumes from our favorite cult films. Because you shouldn't have to sacrifice your cool on the greatest day of the year.

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Romy and Michele, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Wednesday Addams

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The Craft

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A Clockwork Orange

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Lindsey Bluth, Arrested Development

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Laura Palmer, Twin Peaks

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Corey Mason, Empire Records

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Margot Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums

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Barbarella

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David Bowie, Labyrinth

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Clueless

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Mia Wallace, Pulp Fiction

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Lydia Deetz, Beetlejuice

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Cady Heron, Mean Girls

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Jackie-O Pascal, House of Yes

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Ghost World

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Daria and Jane

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Heathers

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Little Edie, Grey Gardens

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Lizzie McGuire

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Val, 200 Cigarettes

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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The Breakfast Club

Darla Marks, Dazed and Confused

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Michelle Burroughs, Dazed and Confused

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Marla Singer, Fight Club

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Audrey Horne, Twin Peaks

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Dawn Wiener, Welcome to the Dollhouse

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Wet Hot American Summer

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Angela Chase, My So-Called Life

Mathilda, Léon: The Professional

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Elizabeth, Prozac Nation

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Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest

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American Horror Story: Coven

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GIRLS

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Saved by the Bell

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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

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Halloweentown

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Freaks and Geeks

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Skins

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Jennifer, Jennifer's Body

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Jackie Burkhart, That 70's Show

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The Grady twins, The Shining

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Beverly Hills 90210

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The Sandlot Kids

Amy Blue, Doom Generation

Who Are You Polly Maggoo?

Suzy, Moonrise Kingdom

Pris, Blade Runner

The Holy Mountain