16 Scary Couples' Costumes For Halloween

An unzipped face is a Halloween staple. For the DIY crowd, dress however you like — maybe in all black, all red, or camo — and then purchase a zipper set to glue on to your face with body paint. Depending on how realistic you want to make it, expect your friends, family, and trick-or-treaters to be majorly impressed (and maybe even a little grossed out).

With your partner, dress up as the ultimate scary movie villains: Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Make it a competition to see who can make their version of the couples' costume scarier.

Yes, you can turn what many people may consider to be #couplesgoals into a scary couples' costume idea. Enter: bloody Sandy and Danny from "Grease." Simply dress in your all black, leather outfits and add some red body paint.

Dressing up as zombies is a classic scary couples' costume idea for a reason. The best part is, you can pretty much dress up as a zombie a billion different ways. Need some inspo? Try this grunge zombie couples' costume, as pictured.

Pennywise and Georgie from "It" venture into the categories of both a sexy couples' costume and scary couples' costume idea. Do with that what you will, but you can absolutely adjust your face makeup to be as scary (or not) as you want.

Chucky and Tiffany from "Bride of Chucky" is a fantastic option for those of you looking for a horror couples' costume, especially since most people will know immediately who you and your partner dressed up as.

It doesn't get much scarier than dressing up as a demon with your partner. For this scary couples' costume idea, make it as elaborate or not as you want with face makeup and horns.

If the movie "Annabelle" gave you the creeps, then this scary couples' costume idea absolutely will too. Dress up in your version of Raggedy Ann and Andy by shopping for a costume online or DIY-ing something yourself.

The only way to make Ronald McDonald creepier is by dressing up as the dead version of Ronald McDonald. For this scary couples' costume idea, both you and your partner can dress up as a dead version of Ronald McDonald, or, as shown in the picture, one of you could dress up as Wendy too.

When deciding on a horror couples' costume to wear, remember that it doesn't always have to be based off of fictional characters or pop-culture moments. Dressing up as a killer couple is just as easy, scary, and efficient — especially with some red body paint you can DIY as blood tears.

If you're looking for a scary couples' costume idea inspired by a chilling pop-culture moment, dress up as the Grady Twins from "The Shining." Find a blue dress, some knee-high socks, a pink ribbon, and a brown wig.

One of the most creative ways to dress up this Halloween is to take a concept that may not be scary, and then make it scary. For example, dressing up as a circus trainer and tiger may not be a scary couples' costume, but when you add graphic face makeup to it, it could easily become one.

Beetlejuice and Lydia are a classic scary couples' costume idea — and when recreating this costume, you can make it as hard as easy as you want. All in all, some green spray paint on the hair and a black and white blazer for Beetlejuice and a long black dress for Lydia should do the trick.

If you are having trouble coming up with a scary couples' costume idea, when in doubt, buy a scary looking mask. Then, the partner not wearing the mask can dress up as the "victim" with DIY body paint that looks eerily similar to blood.

Perhaps the scariest couples' costume idea on this list? Evil nuns. Buy traditional nun outfits at your local Halloween-costume retailer, and then DIY them to be as evil as you want. You can pair the look with a scary mask, body paint, or scary-looking makeup.

Yes, chef! Dress up as a classic butcher or make it a pop-culture moment and DIY some outfits from "The Menu." For the latter, you can have one partner dress up as a chef and the other partner dress up as a marshmallow. (If you know, you know.)

Ashley Paige is the former assistant editor at PS.

Taylor Andrews (she/her) is the balance editor at PS, specializing in topics relating to sex, relationships, dating, sexual health, mental health, travel, and more. With seven years of editorial experience, Taylor has a strong background in content creation and storytelling. Prior to joining PS in 2021, she worked at Cosmopolitan.