Charades & PictionaryNo. 1446 · The 2026 edition
27 Disgustingly Awesome Ways To Take Halloween To The Next Level
Get ready to gross out your guests with these 27 disgustingly awesome Halloween ideas!
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at buzzfeed.com.
This collection features gruesome makeup tutorials, sickening food recipes, and horrifying decor ideas to transform your Halloween from cute to terrifying.
About this
A BuzzFeed listicle from 2013 that gathers 27 gory, gross-out Halloween ideas. It covers creepy makeup and costume effects, bloody party food and drinks, and morbid decorations with links to tutorials, recipes, and products. The overall vibe is scary and gross rather than cute.
The plan
- Choose a gross-out Halloween theme instead of cute pumpkins and ombrè decor.
- before Halloween — Source the linked tutorials for makeup, nails, and prosthetics before Halloween.
- Buy or gather specialty supplies: latex liquid, facial prosthetics, contact lenses, body bags, props.
- Plan a gory menu and drink station with themed recipes and shots.
- Place body bags and props both outside on the lawn and inside the bathroom.
Decoration ideas
- Body bag decor on the lawn
- A body bag in the bathroom
- Realistic gory props such as a pail of fingers and guts
- Five horrific finger props
- Bloody cleaver ring from Etsy ($190)
- Maggot jewelry from Etsy ($25)
Food & drink
- Flayed skin cheeseball hors d'oeuvre, optionally with dried cranberries for a scab-like tartness
- Sweet intestines dish (surprisingly meatless)
- Curdled bloody brains shots made with Bailey's for brains and grenadine for drippy blood
- Ice cream mold for commemorating a favorite dead person
- Bloody baked rats (meat lovers special)
- Salty, beefy shots served in bone marrow shot glasses made with real beef broth
- Body buffet with ribs and little smokies smothered in bloody red BBQ sauce
- Brains in a jar gift
- Festive thorax cake
Activities
- Create a wince-worthy compound fracture with makeup (Instructables tutorial for realistic compound fracture makeup)
- Unzip your face for a bloody reveal
- Do gory eye makeup in 7 easy steps (via CosplayCandy)
- Be perpetually in the process of eating brains with split jaw zombie makeup using latex liquid (video tutorial)
- Strategically apply your zombie wounds for a convincing undead look
- Don't be afraid to get elaborate with artistic touches of yellow and green in your zombie makeup
- Create a Halloween manicure that will make your friends and family recoil in horror (tutorial from Reddit Laqueristas)
- For a less subtle look: crusty zombie nails
- Plaster your face with realistic, reusable facial prosthetics (with instructions)
- Cover up those smile lines with "Chelsea Smile" makeup
- Go your own gross way with bloody scab makeup, using mustard-colored goop to stand out
- Incorporate maggots into your end look
- Fake a killer wound with bubblegum and razor blades
- Put in some creepy contact lenses
More photos
Photos hosted by buzzfeed.com.
