Even though the trick-or-treating, pumpkin patches and carving jack-o-lantern’s are right up a child’s alley, more and more adults are jumping on the Halloween bandwagon; but in a much different grown-up way. Some will be throwing outrageous costume parties, some will be hitting the club scene, while others will simply don a costume to go trick-or-treating with their kids. But don’t be mistaken, adults take their costume buying seriously.

Every year Hollywood has a big effect on the popularity of Halloween costumes. Whether it’s a movie based in comedy, action, drama, horror or sci-fi there’s always a few characters that seem to reach out to moviegoers just begging to be brought to life.

A lot of these characters are superheroes and usually portrayed as men; however, there’s no reason they have to be. Women give a sexy twist to the superhero costumes; throw in a short skirt, tight bodice and thigh-high boots and there’s not a sexier Superman, Spiderman, Captain America or Thor out there! Now, that’s not to say we don’t have our female heroes to aspire to; there’s always Catwoman, Wonder Woman, Princess Leia and Batgirl.

Television characters are also fun to breathe life into. For every Romeo you have a Juliet, for every Gilligan you have a Maryann, for every Fred you have a Wilma. TV has brought us Southern Belles such as Scarlett O’Hara, Midwest girls such as Dorothy and East Coast girls such as Snookie and JWoww. There’s never a shortage of wild and crazy girls on the Jersey Shore.