Scary Couples Costumes and Horror Movie Costume Ideas for Halloween 2018

In need of some scary couples costume Halloween Costume ideas? Funtober brings you the best horror movie couples costumes and other scary costume ideas for Halloween 2018:

Halloween: Prepare for the final showdown against Michael Myers with your couples costume as American slasher film Halloween 2018 comes to the theaters again this year. Get your mens and womens Michael Myers costumes for double the fun and killing from this popular horror flick series.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Leatherface was the star of a series of horror films where the lead character wore masks made of human skin. The original movie was released in 1984. Grab your best Texas lass and a chainsaw for some horror movie action this Halloween. The Leatherface costumes come in options for both men and women, making it perfect for your scary couples costume idea.

Joker & Harley Quinn: This classic couple from the Batman series would be a hit at your Halloween party. Everyone loves the Joker, Batman’s arch nemesis. And Harley Quinn has fast become the hit bad girl around thanks to her performance in Suicide Squad. Joker and Harley will make a terrific creepy couples costume for those looking to unleash their inner demon this October.

Friday the 13th: Get your hockey mask and machete out this October to unleash terror at your Halloween party as Jason Voorhees and accomplice make their appearance this Halloween. This American horror film classic started in 1980 and has gone on to have more than 10 movies as well as comic books, video games and other merchandise. Your Friday the 13th couples costume is sure to be a hit!

Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf: Everyone knows the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood. But you can bring out the untold horrors of this fairy tale this Halloween as you reenact the story in your couples costume. Who knows how it will turn out? Maybe the wolf will actually eat everyone this year.

VooDoo: A Witch Doctor and VooDoo Doll costume for couples makes for a unique but still creepy couples costume idea. Best known in the United States for its impact on the culture and traditions of New Orleans, the voodoo couples costume is nonetheless a terrific and interesting idea no matter where you are in the country.

Nightmare on Elm Street: Channel the spirit of serial killer Freddy Krueger this Halloween as Wes Craven’s horror film character takes his glove back from the TSA and starts more terror on Elm Street. With options for both men and women, this makes for a great couples costume idea.

Saw: Become a pair of mechanical ventriloquist puppets from the Saw franchise with Billy costumes this year. Billy the Puppet was first seen in Saw IV. Deliver recorded messages as a couple to the test subjects of John Kramer, the Jigsaw Killer.

Evil Clowns: The clown couples costume idea can be a fan favorite or a sinister way to drive nightmares through the sleep of all of your friends. Double the fun with two killer clown costumes this Halloween and ensure that there is an evil clown everywhere your friends look during the party.

Devils: What good is a handsome devil without a woman to pave the way to hell with him? The Devil couples costume is a popular one for those that want to bring the heat everywhere they go around Halloween. Two pairs of horns, two pitchforks and plenty of red face paint are in order to pull this costume idea off. Fortunately, there are plenty of amazing devil costumes for both men and women so it should be no problem at all to get the right outfit for this costume idea.

Ghost Pirates: These pirates just couldn’t give up the high seas after they found the buried treasure. Add some spookiness to the typical pirate couples costume by adding an undead aspect to your idea. Better avoid the daylight though as ghost pirates typically operate best in the fog of the morning.

Day of the Dead: The costumes for this Mexican holiday celebrating the lives of the dead are somewhat scary. There are a lot of Day of the Dead couples costumes out there to choose from if you are interested in walking into your Halloween party with your significant other ready for the Day of the Dead.

Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter: There are plenty of Alice in Wonderland couples costume ideas floating around out there – this movie is one of the more popular sources of inspiration for group costumes every Halloween. But the darkest costume pairing among them for a man and woman is the Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter costumes.

Child’s Play: The world first met Chucky in the 1988 American supernatural psychological slasher film during the 80’s as the first in the Child’s Play series to be released in 1988. Bride of Chucky was the fourth movie in the Child’s Play series (released in 1998), but there are women’s costume ideas as a result for your Chucky couples costume.

Beetlejuice: The Tim Burton comedy fantasy film for Beetlejuice following the life of Goth girl Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice was released in 1988. The movie later spawned an animated television show from 1989 to 1991 on ABC during 1991. Among the generations that lived through the 1980s, a Beetlejuice costume will be instantly recognized and there are several women’s costume options to pair with it for those in a relationship that want Beetlejuice couples costumes ideas.

Rocky Horror Picture Show: This 1975 musical science-fiction horror-comedy was released in 1975 and has since been a popular cult classic after the discovery of the eerie mansion of Dr Frank-N-Furter. There are two male and two female costumes sold for this movie, so pick your favorite couple and pair up to represent all of the scary characters this Halloween.

Frankenstein & Bride: The story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a monster in an unorthodox science experiment. If you are looking for a Frankstein couples costume ideas, consider going in Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein costumes this Halloween.

Dracula: The best known vampire in the world can make an appearance at your Halloween party if you decide to go with the vampire couples costume idea. Whether you decide to go as a male and female vampire or as Dracula and his victim, there are some great vampire costumes to buy and wear.

Corpse Bride: Victor and Emily make for a great couples costume ideas from this Tim Burton and Mike Johnson animated musical fantasy film.

Nightmare Before Christmas: Sally and Jack make for another couples costume option from this stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi in 1993, 12 years before BUrton’s Corpse Bride.

Edward Scissorhands: Another Tim Burton tale, this 1990 movie has Johnny Depp as the unforgettable lead of the romantic dark fantasy film. If you are a fan of the film, there are both male and female Edward Scissorhands costumes to turn it into a couples costume idea from among the scary films that we have here.

Addams Family: Morticia and Gomez Addams are a popular and well recognized tv couple that are still scary enough to deserve a place on this list of scary and horror movie couples costume ideas.

Skeletons: Show the world your inner demons with a pair of skeleton costumes for Halloween. The skeleton couples costume has been reinvigorated over recent years as glow in the dark technology and better costume makeup have turned this ordinary idea into a truly haunting possibility.

Bloody Doctor and Nurse: The operating room will be a disaster this Halloween when patients are forced to meet their fate with this scary couples costume ideas from the medical industry. If you want an evil take on the ordinary doctor and nurse couples costume idea, mix it up by making it a bloody doctor and nurse costume. If you want to make your own from your existing costumes from a past year, just buy a quart of blood from our costume accessories section.

Zombie: The fictional undead creatures popularized by the Walking Dead as well as other movies and TV shows over the past decade have become a staple of Halloween costumes. There are plenty of zombie couples costume ideas to choose from. One of our favorites is the Zombie Prom Queen and King couple.

V for Vendetta: Become one of the vigilante group using terrorist tactics to fight the fascist group occupying London. Be sure to break out your Guy Fawkes masks for your V for Vendetta couples costume.

Grim Reaper: This may have been a solo operation in the past but it is a lot more fun when you team up with another to play death personified this October. When you knock on the door to the Halloween party, all of your friends will quickly figure out that death times two is on their doorstep with your grim reaper couples costume.

Werewolves: Transform from your human form into a wolf under the full moon this Halloween with this costume idea and your significant other. There are plenty of options and wolf masks to ensure your trasnformation into fiercesome werewolf couples costume amazes all of your friends.

Other options:

Purge: Grab masks to hide your face during the one day out of the year where it is ok to cause trouble as you recreate the horror from The Purge movie.

American Horror Story: Couples costume options from this anthology horror TV series on FX that has now run eight seasons and was made by the co-creaters of Glee include Moira and the Rubber Man.

Pulp Fiction: This Quentin Tarantino cult classic starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurman was released into the movie theaters in 1994. Since then, the Pulp Fiction couples costume made up of Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace costumes has been a popular one among fans of this hip crime movie.