Awesome costumes

Halloween often has us believing that our eyes are playing tricks on us, but this special breed of costume will definitely have you taking a second look! No, it's not the black magic of Halloween - these abnormally-amazing costumes use the magic of creativity to deliver the spellbinding effects of illusion.

Pac-Man ghosts

Instagram users always get it right with their Halloween costume ideas! Check out these amazing costumes from talented influencers.

Halloween, as we know it, would be nothing without the costumes. However, coming up with an original look year after year (especially if you're a dinosaur like me and were born in the last millennia) is not that easy.

TV and movie character Halloween costumes are always a hit. Options include classic sitcoms like "Friends," sci-fi like "Stranger Things," superheroes from Marvel and DC, horror icons like Pennywise, and fantasy characters like Harry Potter. Perfect for couples and group themes!

For Halloween in 2010, artist Melissa Irwin and her husband Garen built four-legged "Stilt Spirit" costumes that move with a wonderfully unsettling,

I love illusion costumes, so I decided to be Marie Antoinette after her head was chopped off! I wanted a historically accurate dress and great illusion. Follow me step-by-step as I create this homemade Halloween costume that won Halloween Costume Contests and looked very realistic. I transformed a store bough dress to