Halloween London

Halloween 9 at The CAMP, Old Street 29/10/11

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:23:56 +0000

Halloween 9 will take place downstairs at The CAMP, 70-74 City Road, London EC1Y 2BJ (map) starting at 8pm on Saturday 29th October 2011. All are welcome to attend – bring mates along with you.

As Halloween will no doubt be busy we advise you all to arrive as early as possible. Atire is fancy dress – even a token gesture is appreciated. You can see lots of examples of past costumes on this site.

This year we are asking for a suggested entrance donation of £3 towards the Oxjam Music Festival which raises money for Oxfam (we are supporting Oxjam Islington Takeover which takes place the week before Halloween on Saturday 22nd October).

If you have any questions drop us a line.

Our 2011 poster is based on the film poster from A Weekend at Bernies.

Halloween 8 at Drop East, Commercial Street 30/10/10

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:59:16 +0000

Halloween 8 took place at Drop East, 54 Commercial Street.

Costume highlights include Lady Gaga, Super Mario Brothers, Skeletor, Mona Lisa, Queen of Hearts from Alice on Wonderland, Mime Artist and a Ghost Cyclist.

See a slideshow of all the pictures below.

Or have a look at the Set on Flickr.

Lady Gaga meat dress costume

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:58:22 +0000

This costume was hand made from individual pieces of leather. In terms of workmanship, definitely one of the best costumes on show. It’s a shame we don’t have more pictures.

Have a look at the real thing to see if they got it right:

Ghost cyclist costume

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:38:39 +0000

This chap got caught out at the Elephant & Castle roundabout one day on his way to deliver a parcel. He rode a ghost bike to the party but had to park it outside.

Here’s how it might have happened:

Super Mario Bros. costumes – Mario and Luigi

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:16:37 +0000

As you can see Mario refused to wear his moustache for much of the evening. Luigi didn’t need to draw on fake eyebrows.

Princess also got in on the act…

Have a look at this bizarre TV show intro below to see if they got it right

Skeletor costume from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:04:39 +0000

Back in the day He-Man and the Masters of the Universe featuring He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Orco and Beast Man (amongst others) was the coolest cartoon in town and Skeletor was the ultimate bad guy.

Have a look below to see if they got it right:

Mona Lisa costume

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:58:27 +0000

This rather clever tribute to the Leonardo Da Vinci painting has been given a Halloween blood lust twist – hence the blood around the mouth. Either that or this lady got a bit careless with her make-up.

See what the real thing looks like below

Queen of Hearts costume from Alice in Wonderland

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:50:21 +0000

Based on the Queen of Hearts from the recent film of Alice in Wonderland directed by Tim Burton. His wife Helena Bonham Carter played the Queen.

There may have been more than one Queen…

Have a look below to see if they got it right

Mime Artist costume

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:26:56 +0000

This costume may or may not be based on the famous mime Marcel Marceau or perhaps someone else?

Have a look below to see if they got it right. I thought the guy in this video looked particularly silly in those little shorts.

Halloween 7 at Bar 104, Old Street 31/10/09

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:57:54 +0000

The 7th edition took place at Bar 104 on Old Street Roundabout. The bar was drunk dry unless you wanted a quirky drink like Tia Maria and cherryade.

Costume highlights included Optimus Prime (x2 although there was little doubt over which one was better), Poison Ivy, Captain Scarlet, Frank Sidebottom, Gandalf the Grey, Baron Samedi and (Melanie Daniels from) Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds.

See a full slideshow of all the pictures below

Or see the set of Flickr

Frank Sidebottom costume

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:54:21 +0000

Frank Sidebottom liked these pictures so much he put them on his fantastic Myspace page.

Have a look at the real thing to see if they got it right