If you're hunting for Halloween [1] costume inspiration, why not go way back and get ideas from some horror classics? Director Alfred Hitchcock was the master of big-screen chills, so we've gone through his considerable repertoire to bring you costumes inspired by his most iconic characters and films. Click through to find your perfect Hitchcockian costume, that is, if you can handle the suspense, and see all our Halloween costume ideas [2] here.
Madeleine Elster and Scottie Ferguson From Vertigo
- What to wear for her: A black dress with a white wool overcoat, black scarf, and black gloves. Wear a blond wig and pencil your eyebrows in with a brown pencil.
- What to wear for him: A suit and fedora. If you really want to go for it, carry around a makeshift window ledge and raise it over your head as if you're dangling from it.
- How to act: If you're Madeleine, you're pretty off-kilter. You're suicidal and have a bit of an identity crisis. If you're Scottie, you're quite dizzy.
Marion Crane From Psycho
- What to wear: Re-create the infamous shower scene by wearing a nude-colored dress and gel in your hair to give it that wet look. Take a cue from another famous movie and make your own shower [6], too.
- How to act: Screamy.
Norman Bates From Psycho
- What to wear: A collared shirt and dress pants with a blanket wrapped around your shoulders. Carry a butcher knife and a stuffed bird.
- How to act: Smile creepily and talk about your mother.
Mrs. Bates From Psycho
- What to wear: Make your face as skeleton-like as possible. Wear an old sweater set, the dowdier the better.
- How to act: Dead.
Roger O. Thornhill From North by Northwest
- What to wear: A suit with the tie flung over your shoulder. Affix a toy airplane to the end of a broomstick or a wooden dowel and carry it behind you.
- How to act: Run from that plane!
Lisa Fremont From Rear Window
- What to wear: A ball gown with a black top and white skirt, plus a belt and a pearl necklace. Style your blond hair or wig into a soft flip and wear red lipstick.
- How to act: Like high society, but still demure.
L.B. Jefferies From Rear Window
- What to wear: A pair of blue pajamas. Get a prop wheelchair and use a long-lens camera or binoculars.
- How to act: Paranoid.
Melanie Daniels From The Birds
- What to wear: A green skirt suit and a blond wig pulled into a French twist, but muss it up — you've been attacked by birds. Put a couple of fake black birds on wires to carry around with you.
- How to act: Twirl the birds around you as you walk and scream at them.
Alfred Hitchcock
- What to wear: If one of his characters aren't enough for you, imitate Hitch himself, like Anthony Hopkins [7] did in the 2012 biopic. Round yourself out with some pillows and wear a suit over it, plus a bald cap.
- How to act: Droll. Say "good evening" a lot.
Alfred Hitchcock Characters Halloween Costumes
