Every year Halloween arrives and you say the same thing: "I don't know what to be for Halloween!" If you're like us here at Movieline, that procrastination has led you to this moment: Less than 36 hours before the holiday and with no costume to speak of. But never fear! Ahead, here are nine suggestions you can put together at the last minute to wow your friends, neighbors and family.
Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit
What you'll need: Eye patch, goatee, cowboy hat, prodigious use of the term "son."
Bridges' embodiment of Rooster Cogburn is going to be the Daniel Plainview of this year's Oscar season, so jump on the bandwagon now before the rest of the world catches on.
[Photo: Paramount]
Temple Grandin as Temple Grandin
What you'll need: Red bandanna, black button-down shirt, glitter.
She was the most inspirational part of this year's Emmys, now she can be the most inspirational part of your Halloween party.
[Photo: Matthew Imaging/Getty Images]
Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network
What you'll need: Bathrobe, pajama pants, t-shirt; or, failing them, a hoodie.
If you guys were the inventors of this Halloween costume, you would have invented this Halloween costume.
[Photo: Sony Pictures]
Pregnant Joan Holloway Harris
What you'll need: Red dress, necklace pen, pillow.
Joan was so popular before her pregnancy, but will she be as hot afterward? Make a statement! (Just stay away from any Roger Sterlings; that man is trouble, Joanie!)
[Photo: AMC]
Christopher Nolan as Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception
What you'll need: Trench coat, hair gel.
Or are you going as DiCaprio as Nolan directing Inception? This is some second-level stuff. Add in buddy who looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt for full-fledged mind-blowing.
[Photo: Jeff Vespa/Getty Images]
James Franco as Aron Ralston in 127 Hours
What you'll need: Red shirt, blue hat, put right arm inside shirt.
Only problem: Your costume is a spoiler alert.
[Photo: Fox Searchlight]
Mel Gibson in The Hangover 2
What you'll need: Nothing. There is no costume.
Just act angry (though for your own safety, be careful not to make racial slurs).
[Photo: Kevin Walter/Getty Images]
Christine O'Donnell as a ladybug
What you'll need: Bubbly smile, pipe cleaner.
The sleazier types among you can add a Brillo pad to the proceedings as well. (Ducks.)
[Photo: Gawker]
Brett Favre as sexting old man
What you'll need: Wrangler jeans, your junk hanging out, graying hair, cell phone.
Yes, every frat boy on the planet will go as Brett Favre and his penis, but if you do it ironically, you win!
