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Sometimes, we just want to scare the living lights out of people. If this is you, you'll love these gruesome scary Halloween costumes for women!

Over the years, Halloween has become a time for ladies to dress in whatever costume they want – and yes, and that includes sexy costumes. If you're familiar with Mean Girls, the iconic protagonist Cady says this near Halloween: "In the real globe, Halloween is when kids dress upwardly and beg for candy. But in girl world, Halloween is the i fourth dimension of year a daughter can dress like a full slut and no other girl can say anything well-nigh it."

However, there are besides ladies who are making it their life's mission to scare the living daylights out of people – no affair how gory and gruesome their costumes might be.

If you're someone who wants the existent deal – bloody, gory, ghoulish, and every other variation of the word "scary" on your costume, we got you covered.

Below, nosotros compiled the best scary Halloween costumes for women – some truly terrifying, whereas others only a petty. Some of them are makeup ideas that you lot can incorporate into your costume of selection, and y'all accept all the creative authorisation to mix and friction match dissimilar costume ideas!

Here's a quick list of the all-time places to get the latest Halloween Costumes:
  • Yandy
  • Halloween Costumes.com
  • Pretty Lilliputian Thing
  • Ami Clubwear
  • Etsy

Let's get started!

The Best Scary Halloween Costumes For Women

1. Zombie

Zombie Halloween costume for women

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2. Mouthless

Scary mouthless Halloween makeup look

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iii. Pagan Shaman

Scary pagan shaman Halloween costume for women

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four. Bloody Nurse

Scary bloody nurse Halloween costume for women

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five. The Purge

Scary the purge Halloween costumes for couples

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half dozen. Game Of Thrones

Scary Game Of Thrones skeleton Halloween costume

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7. Hot Pennywise

Hot Pennywise Halloween costume for women

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8. Resident Evil

Resident evil Halloween costume for women

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9. Creep

Creepy Halloween mask for women

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10. Skeleton

Scary skeleton Halloween costume

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11. Ripped Open

Ripped open mouth scary Halloween makeup look

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12. Plague Doc

Plague doctor Halloween costume

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13. Zombie Wonderwoman

Zombie Wonder Woman Halloween costume for women

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xiv. Broken Doll

Broken doll Halloween makeup

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15. Sugar Skull

Scary day of the dead makeup with golden headpiece

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16. The Purge

Scary The Purge Halloween LED mask

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17. Devoured by Cockroaches

Cool and scary cockroach Halloween makeup look

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18. Bloody Reptile by Veronica Di Fausto

Bloody Reptile for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Image via@veronica_difausto

19. Stilt Spirit

Spirited Away Stilt Spirit Halloween costume

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xx. Tentacle Confront

Scary Halloween makeup look with tentacles

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21. Wednesday Addams

Wednesday Addams Family Halloween costume for women

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22. Murderous Clown by Maya Christian

Murderous Clown for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Image and costume via@mayaachristian

23. Bride Of Frankenstein

Bride Of Frankenstein Halloween costume

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24. Attachment Eyes

Scary Halloween makeup looks with zipper eyes

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25. Gruesome Alice In Wonderland by Ola

Gruesome Alice in Wonderland for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Image and costume via@olab1995

26. Horned

Scary Halloween makeup look with devil horns

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27. It One-piece

Scary Clown Jumpsuit Halloween costume for women

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28. Quondam Witch

Scary old witch mask for Halloween

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29. Shaman Witch

Shaman witch Halloween costume for women

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30. Carrie

Bloody Carrie Halloween costume for women

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31. Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong by Vi Beloved

Plastic surgery gone wrong for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Image and costume via@vilove_forever

32. Evil Bunny

Evil scary bunny mask for Halloween

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33. Blue Babe

Blue skeleton Halloween costume for women

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34. Scary Pennywise

Scary Pennywise Halloween costume for women

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35. Stitches by Rafaela Roloff

Stitches for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Image and costume via@rafaroloff

36. Skull

Cute LED skull mask for Halloween

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37. Black Raven

Black Raven Halloween costume for women

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38. Rotting

Rotting open wounds scary Halloween makeup

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39. Murderous Clown past Shafia Sohail

Murderous Clown for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Epitome and costume via@shafiasohail

xl. Bloody Neck past Ashley Duvendack

Bloody neck for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Paradigm and costume via@ashleyduvendack

41. Maleficient

Maleficent Halloween costume for women

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42. Sliced Mouth past Alma Alicia

Sliced mouth for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Epitome via@almafloresxo

43. The Bent-Neck Lady by Ally Seago

Bent Neck Lady for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Image and costume via @allythingsbeauty

44. Annabelle

Scary Annabelle Halloween costume for women

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45. Gruesome Jester by Melissa

Gruesome Jester for Scary Halloween Costumes for Women

Epitome and costume via@glamm_by_m

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