In my opinion, Halloween makeup has never had a better inspiration than Freddy Krueger. As someone who came of age in the 80’s, that glorious decade of excess and purple leg warmers, the first Nightmare on Elm Street will be forever etched in my mind as the one of the scariest horror movies I’ve ever seen. And I think that’s mostly because Freddy was real enough to truly terrorize without going over the top. The fear of going to sleep, friends getting knocked off one-by-one, and a final showdown with a decomposing, reincarnated child murderer- this movie has it all. No-Doz, anyone?

Here’s some inspiration for making a really goofy costume with Halloween prosthetics. Get yourself a pig nose, and pretend to be a cursed heiress, just like in Penelope. You could always give it a horror movie twist by adding some Halloween makeup like blood or scarring.

Summer blockbuster season has begun and this week we have the Wachowski Brothers’ Speed Racer.

Trailer Check:

Emile Hirsch stars as Speed, the wholesome racing hero from the 1960s cartoon “Speed Racer”. Speed races against his arch enemy, Racer X, played by Matthew Fox. And Christina Ricci is Trixie, Speed’s girlfriend. I dunno, it’s not really impressing me. The trailer just makes everything seem too campy. I’ll probably see it eventually, since the I do own all the Matrix films.

Learn more about the Speed Racer with the behind the scenes interview in this week’s SciFi Weekly.