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Trick or treat? The nightmare behind October 31st

Trick or treat? The nightmare behind October 31st

It’s the spookiest time of the year, but perhaps not in the way you would expect. Emma Price discusses the dangerous after-effects of Halloween.
Review: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Review: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Goosebumps 2 has been released following the success of the first, but doesn’t seem worth the wait.
Halloween looks: if you’ve got it, haunt it!

Halloween looks: if you’ve got it, haunt it!

Ruby Johnston takes to Instagram to shortlist our top 5 Halloween makeup looks for some serious creative inspiration. ‘Cause if you’ve got it, haunt it, honey!
In conversation with Conor Peek of Peaked Apparel

In conversation with Conor Peek of Peaked Apparel

Jack Sedgwick speaks to Conor Peek of Peaked Apparel on future plans, creative influences, and what it’s like to run a cult label
Antwerp Mansion reveals sister venue for Halloween

Antwerp Mansion reveals sister venue for Halloween

Antwerp Mansion have announced a partnership with a new sister venue for their Halloween event.

Live Review: Capital FM – Monster Mash-up

Capital returned with a star-studded line-up this Halloween

Scary snot and sinew soup aka pumpkin soup with melting cheese and bacon

Wanting to get in the Halloween spirit? Try this easy recipe for a spooky Pumpkin soup.

Halloween Picks 2017

A selection of spooky cinematic treats to sink your teeth into this Halloween

Halloween makeup on a student budget

Jenny Knowles reveals her top bargain beauty buys for this Halloween season

Halloween’s unlikely style icons

Fashion and Beauty Editor Talia Lee-Skudder discusses the trials and tribulations of the Halloween period and its unexpected fashion icons

The PVC Renaissance

Amy Nguyen discusses the recent resurgence of the much-maligned material

Costumes and cultural appropriation – where to draw the line

It’s time for trick or treat, pumpkins, and scary outfits. Halloween has crept up on us once more. Many are prepared — coloured contacts, litres of fake red blood, and the spookiest of outfits ready and waiting — whilst some such as myself are clutching at straws for a sinister yet sensational costume for a […]

Top 5 Horrorcore Songs

It’s Halloween, the spookiest time of year — why not delve into one of the darkest subgenres of hip-hop on this terrifying holiday?

Top 5: Halloween dance tracks

Charlotte Ridout helps us pretend Halloween isn’t over with this selection of ghoulish tunes

Pro-EU intellectuals must speak out

Intelligence continues to be feared by the political elite, as demonstrated by some of those campaigning for a ‘hard’ Brexit

Students attacked with fireworks in Fallowfield

Students in the Fallowfield area were given a scare on Halloween night after fireworks were thrown at them and into their homes

Channeling the glamour goth – Halloween does not have to be cliché

Beyond cliché costumes there are numerous ideas to spookily dress up whilst keeping it subtle. Tarun Daryanani addresses how?

Celebs that scare

Jenny Knowles weighs in on the alter egos of celebrities and their impact on popular culture

Top 5: Halloween films for wimps

Not a fan of scary films? Here’s how to get in the Halloween spirit

Vamp it up: Halloween inspired makeup

Shannon Winterbone reveals the top makeup collections, from low budget to high end, that will get you Halloween ready