Top Halloween costumes for 2025: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Wicked,’ more

This Halloween is going to beryllium other K-pop-alytic.

With nan spooky play shrieking toward us, revelers are scrambling to bargain up nan hottest — and hautest — costumes earlier they alert disconnected nan shelves.

It’s not conscionable nan tykes getting gussied up for nan shriek play — nan black-and-white vacation is going to beryllium peculiarly celebrated among grownups pinch 51% of adults who observe Halloween readying to dress up this year, per nan Halloween Costume Association. A staggering 34% scheme to get their pets to cosplay on arsenic well.

This comes arsenic Halloween spending is expected to scope a grounds $13.1 cardinal this twelvemonth — eclipsing nan erstwhile grounds of $12.2 cardinal group successful 2023 — pinch 71% of expenses going toward costumes, according to nan National Retail Federation’s annual user survey.

But which costumes will beryllium successful nan astir demand? A Google Trends hunt reveals that this All Hallows’ Eve will spot a monster mashup of caller and aged arsenic outfits from this year’s astir celebrated media titles get rocked beside nan nostalgic ghosts of Halloween past.

Based connected these trends, The Post has frightened up nan pick of nan costume harvest truthful group won’t beryllium shamed by nan Halloween manner constabulary travel Oct. 31.

Kids’ Halloween costumes: Rumi from ‘KPop Demon Hunters‘

Rumi from “KPop Demon Hunters.”

Perhaps it’s nary astonishment that nan apical trending kids’ costume is nan purple-haired protagonist of nan deed Netflix series, which is now nan most popular Netflix movie of each time, pinch much than 236 cardinal views to date. 

Rumi (voiced by Arden Cho is 1 3rd of a K-pop trio, alongside Mira (May Hong) and Zooey (Ji-young Yoo), who moonlight arsenic demon hunters battling a rival boy set of — you guessed it — demons disguised arsenic humans.

A assortment of retailers connection Rumi costumes from Amazon to Spirit, nan second joining forces pinch Netflix to connection exclusive “KPop Demon Hunters” Halloween costumes.

Also celebrated among nan kiddies, per Google Trends, were a perennial classic, nan racecar driver, and nan titular characteristic from nan Predator franchise, which coincidentally comes up of nan “Predator: Bandlands” merchandise connected Nov. 7.

Adult Halloween costumes: Art nan Clown from ‘Terrifier’

Art nan Clown, nan antagonist of nan hugely celebrated “Terrifier” franchise.

Art nan Clown from “Terrifier” has taken Pennywise’s spot arsenic nan “It” harlequin costume among adults. That is possibly nary excessively shocking, fixed nan occurrence of nan blood-flecked franchise, nan past 2 installments of which were released successful October 2024 and 2022 to overmuch fanfare.

Most successful was nan 3rd movie, which earned much than $50 cardinal worldwide connected a humble $2 cardinal budget, making it nan highest-grossing unrated movie ever — contempt nan truth that nan flick was truthful gory it had viewers “vomiting” and walking retired of theaters during nan premiere.

The astir celebrated “Terrifier” costumes characteristic Art successful nan classical achromatic and achromatic harlequin costume pinch humor splatters galore, for illustration a macabre Jackson Pollock painting.

Other deed costumes among adults see nan animated characteristic “Kim Possible” and a pooch from “101 Dalmatians.”

Costumes for dogs: Gizmo

Gizmo from “Gremlins.”

Don’t provender your canine aft midnight!

Gizmo from “Gremlins” classed among nan most celebrated costumes for dogs, and Amazon features a smorgasbord of nan Furbie-adjacent getups; their wide prime runs $28.99.

Other deed costumes were Jake nan Dog from nan animated bid “Adventure Time” and a Ty marque dog.

This comes arsenic pet getups are connected nan emergence — a caller study by Metlife Pet Insurance recovered that complete half of pet owners (53%) bargain Halloween costumes for their fur babies, while 1 successful 5 pet parents (20%) shell retired much than $50 connected their pet’s Halloween costume.

Boy costumes: Ghostface

Ghostface, nan creepy slayer from “Scream.”

The iconic “Scream” baddie has been a fixture of Halloween trick-or-treaters since nan merchandise of nan original movie successful 1996. Now, pinch nan seventh movie slated for an early 2026 release, it seems that this ghost-faced thriller whitethorn beryllium seeing a renaissance.

In fact, the classical costume apt besides sewage a bump successful 2023 and 2024 pinch nan TikTok “Ghostface trend,” successful which users encouraged their partners to deterioration nan “Scream” slasher villain’s masks for humorous and risqué videos that often progressive role-playing scenarios.

The Joker and nan titular angry golfer from Adam Sandler’s drama “Happy Gilmore” classed among different celebrated getups for boys. In August, “Happy Gilmore 2” shattered nan Nielsen streaming grounds aft clocking 2.9 cardinal viewing minutes during its opening weekend.

Girls’ Halloween costume: Elphaba from ‘Wicked’

Elphaba from “Wicked.”

The emblematic witch costume sewage a awesome upgrade this twelvemonth successful Elphaba, nan green-skinned protagonist of nan acclaimed 2024 movie “Wicked,” based connected nan deed Broadway philharmonic by playwright Winnie Holzman.

The movie took nan civilization by storm, while character Cynthia Erivo received an Oscar information for her capacity successful nan role. Amazon features respective costume variations of Elphaba.

And while tots won’t beryllium capable to enlist Academy Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell, they tin take from immoderate decent getups connected Amazon and elsewhere.

One, priced astatine $27.99, comes pinch Elphaba’s trademark pointy chapeau and cloak and moreover features greenish sleeves and leggings, avoiding nan request to spell ham pinch look paint.

This seemed to beryllium nan twelvemonth for emerald-hued antiheroes arsenic Batman baddie Poison Ivy besides proved a favourite among girls, according to Google Trends.

Fittingly, “Mean Girls”-inspired outfits were besides a go-to, coming disconnected nan heels of a box office-topping remake successful 2024.