I usually have a dilemma on Halloween day. It happens each year, and it’s silly: I usually have two costumes and can’t decide which of the two I want to commit to. And in case you’re thinking, “that ain’t nothing to worry ’bout. Ain’t no commitment.” then you’re incorrect. It is a commitment because for only one night I get to be whatever it is I choose to be, and then I have to wait a whole year before I can be anything different. So my choice has to be one which is awesome.

Now, there are a few things which are perennially awesome (for Halloween, that is).  I have my own list so yours might differ but you simply will have a hard time convincing me that the following don’t rule:

1. Mummies
2. Vampires (classic Dracula-type)
3. The Wolfman
4. Michael Myers
5. Zombies

Yeah, I love all the above. They’re each either cool, scary, or both. But one of them has an advantage over all the others because it’s also easy. When you need a quick costume on short notice or on a tight budget you can always be a ZOMBIE.

A zombie is one of the easiest things to be - at minimum, a zombie costume requires some old clothes and some black makeup. You simply make dark rings around the eyes and lines extending around the lips (think of the way Michael Jackson’s eyes looked in Thriller).

For a higher-budget zombie, you can do a quality makeup job with more FX or you can simply get a zombie mask for Halloween. There are many different styles out there, but this is one I think looks cool:

Glom Zombie Mask

It’s not too too over-the-top, but it definitely is scary and observers undoubtedly will know that you, as the mask wearer, are attempting to portray a scary dead person.

This Halloween, I’m probably not gonna end up being a zombie. I’m leaning more towards a Wolfman.

But then again…