Trick or Trend? What’s Hot in Halloween Costumes
With Halloween 2025 fast approaching, there’s no better moment to secure your standout costume and make this year’s celebration unforgettable! Halloween is your chance to transform, turn heads, and express your personality—whether you want to shock, delight, or dazzle. With endless possibilities—from iconic witches and chilling zombies to trending pop culture icons—the only wrong choice is not making one. Dive into our ultimate guide to the hottest Halloween costumes for 2025 and make this your most memorable Halloween yet!
Traditional Halloween Characters
This is definitely the right time of year to be donning a frightening new look! Witches are always a popular choice for girls, as it gives them a chance to be scary, but elegant at the same time. For boys, it’s common to seek out the more disturbing looks. While there are refined options like Vampires and Devils, there’s also plenty of creepy costumes like Demons, Ghouls, and Monsters. This year it’s the Skeleton and Zombie costumes that are calling the loudest, with some fascinating and terrifying costumes to choose from.
Nightmare Before Christmas
Mixing the scary with the debonair, The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween staple and a perfect watch to get into the Halloween spirit. With new Jack Skellington and Sally Finkelstein costumes for Toddlers this year, fans of all ages can now dress up as the iconic pair. The new Oogie Boogie costume for adults, and the Jack Skellington costume for Pets will make your family’s journey to Halloween Town complete!
Wednesday
The hit Netflix show Wednesday, has turned The Addams Family from nostalgia to on trend! With Season 2 recently completed, bringing back Wednesday, Enid, Morticia, Gomez, Pugsley, and Uncle Fester, this is a great opportunity for kids and adults alike to get on the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and ookie Wednesday train!
Five Nights at Freddy’s
With the Five Nights at Freddy’s sequel coming out in December, Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Bunny, Chica the Chicken, and Foxy the Pirate will be huge costumes again this Halloween. The addition of Monty Gator to the costume crew, as well as new licensed FNAF light-up décor, will make Five Nights a hot property for boys this Halloween.
Monster High
These frightfully fabulous girls Halloween costumes let your daughter become Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf, or Frankie Stein so they can celebrate Halloween Monster High-style! Why not create a Monster Squad with a couple of friends to make it an epic trio costume for girls?
Skibidi Toilet
Whatever way we try to explain the phenomenon of Skibidi Toilet, we’re going to come across as cringe. And let’s face it, if you’re over the age of 13, you probably don’t understand the appeal of a disembodied head singing from a toilet! But we’re told these are all the rage with the cool kids, so who are we to argue?
Pennywise
The world can’t get enough of Pennywise the killer clown, and things are about to get even scarier with the release of Welcome to Derry on October 26th. This new take on Stephen King’s classic horror novel, It, is a prequel series, set in the 1960s. We love a good origin story and are keen to find out more about It! The Pennywise costume for men and the gender-bend Pennywise costume for women are sure to create a stir this Halloween.
Stranger Things
The wait is almost over for Stranger Things fans, with the final season set to drop in November 2025. So, step into the Upside Down this Halloween with officially licensed Stranger Things costumes. Whether you’re an Eleven or more of a Demogorgon, it’s a fun way to step into Hawkins, Indiana, and the strange world beyond.
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Little dinosaur fans will want to get their hands on the official Jurassic World costumes, especially with the fourth and final season of Chaos Theory coming out in November. The Jurassic World franchise has taught us to love and fear these prehistoric monsters, and they’re perfect for having a roaring time on Halloween.
Good vs Evil
While Halloween often brings out the scary monsters and the villains, it is also about conquering your fears, and what better way to show the battle between good and evil than with pairs costumes to battle it out? You can embrace this theme with superhero and supervillain costumes, or Disney Princesses and their villains. There are plenty of options to choose from with this theme!
Marvel Villains
Sometimes it’s not as simple and good vs evil. Marvel has created some great options for an internal battle – with characters like Zombie Captain America and the Venom symbiote bonding with favourites like Spider-Man, Captain America, and Groot. For a twist on your usual Halloween costume, these are a great option.
M3GAN
The 2022 sci-fi horror film M3GAN and its 2025 sequel provide a fun Halloween costume for girls and women. You’ll be practicing your deadpan looks, ready to play this killer doll. Let’s just hope it’s not a blueprint of where AI is headed in the future!
Gabby’s Dollhouse
Who says Halloween has to be scary? It’s a great chance for your little one to celebrate their favourite fandom and share it with the world (or at least your neighbourhood, and friends and family on social media!). If you’ve recently seen the Gabby’s Dollhouse movie and your little girl wants to be Gabby for Halloween, there’s no one to stop her!
Care Bears
Another fun option for the cute or the scary is the Care Bears! With the Trick or Sweet Bear costume especially for little Halloween-loving fans, or a range of cute and cuddly Care Bear onesies and adorable dresses, you can enjoy Halloween dreaming you’re up in the clouds around Care-A-Lot!
Wicked
The other hot property this Halloween will be Wicked. With the second instalment dropping in a matter of weeks, Halloween gives the perfect opportunity to let loose your inner Elphaba (or Glinda – there’s no judgment here!) and belt out your favourite Wicked songs. With the second movie intersecting with the events of The Wizard of Oz, we’re excited to see Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow, too.
You deserve a Halloween that’s bold, exciting, and uniquely you. Don’t settle for last-minute choices—start planning now and guarantee a costume that turns heads and gets everyone talking. Whether you’re partying with friends or trick-or-treating with family, Costume Super Centre Australia has the perfect look for every spooky style and age. The only question left: Who will you become this Halloween?
- Ann Thomson