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Halloween costumery tips, alerts, items, and possibilities *

* Halloween countdown post #2 (restored)


 

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Bleed the Boy, $7.39
‘Our mask for recent production, so there are basic tastes, but as long as the kiss after receiving put ventilated place under the ventilation + sun to illuminate the taste of a period of time will gradually dissipate. Full head mask, terrorist without limit, want to stimulate, want to crazy choose this paragraph, let you the night before all saints incarnation as the evil spirits, on the PARTY out of the limelight. Note: China post Air Mail To he world fast or slow,advice Dear customers choose appropriate mailing method, in order to avoid delays Halloween.’ — aliexpress.com

 

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Boy’s Head in a Jar nfs

 

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Rabbits, nfs

 

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2014 new cross dress silicone tight party female halloween, $1,250.00
‘Item Code: 190471199. Buy Directly from China Suppliers:1AM SEX DOLL COMPANYCHINA NO.1 SEX DOLL SUPPLIERWe promises: You will get 100% same as below picture dolls. Thickness. Quantity: 1 Piece. Package Size: 55.0 * 43.0 * 28.0 ( cm ). Gross Weight/Package: 6.0 ( kg ).’ –dhgate.com

 

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Masque squelette noir adulte, 4.99€
‘Ce masque de squelette noir pour adulte est en PVC rigide. Il sera parfait pour compléter votre tenue lors de vos soirées déguisées ou à thème. Disponibilité Taille Unique 4D2LA115, Commandez avant 15h, Votre commande est expédiée le Jour Même! Matière PVC’ — deguisetoi.fr

 

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Nicolas Cage Costume, nfs

 

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New Novetly Festive Tokyo Ghoul Mask, $21.84
‘Type: Party Masks,Grimace. Mask Material: PU. Color: Black,Red,White. Brand Name: no. Age Group: Adults. Occasion: Party. Cover Area: Full Face. Model Number: SH-COS-108. Note: Since Russia post new policy about full name, pls every buyer offer your full name before you pay in your billing address. Thanks for your great cooperation!’ — Jean Zhou

 

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Clockwork Alex Costume nfs

 

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Self-Portrait, nfs

 

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Priest Costume, $176.95
‘This Pedophile Priest Costume will inspire them to “confess”. Our Pedophile Priest Costume includes a pull over robe with hook and loop closures, a white collar and stole, and an attached “boy” figure made of cloth and plastic that is as light as a scarecrow. Communion wafers not included. Adult Priest Costume includes: Robe, White collar, Stole, Attachable/detachable boy.’ — partymania.org

 

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Masque siamois adulte Halloween, 69.99€
‘Effrayant! Ce masque de siamois pour adulte est en latex souple. Il représente deux visages siamois effrayants. Des cheveux sont cousus sur le dessus et il vous couvrira entièrement la tête. Il sera idéal pour effrayer vos amis lors de votre soirée d’Halloween ou autre événement déguisé.’ — deguisetoi.fr

 

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Penholder, nfs

 

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Man-Dog, nfs
‘The Brazilian man, who has not been identified by name, offered an undisclosed but huge sum of money to doctors to transplant his face with a real dog’s face. The doctor transplanted the man’s facial features, like ears, nose, lips, and eyebrows, with parts obtained from the severed head of a dead dog.’ — The Brazilian man, who has not been identified by name, offered an undisclosed but huge sum of money to doctors to transplant his face with a real dog’s face. The doctor transplanted the man’s facial features, like ears, nose, lips, and eyebrows, with parts obtained from the severed head of a dead dog.’ — noa

 

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Ice Bucket Challenge Costume, $39.99
‘ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease is a serious illness that destroys nervous cells and lives. The Ice Bucket Challenge is the latest craze in “slacktivism” that helps raise awareness and donations to fund research in the ongoing struggle to end this terrible disease. Features: Bucket with Faux Water Film, White Tulle Tunic with Faux Ice Cubes, Cube Tray.’ — brandsonsale.com

 

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Unique Pvc Mask Christmas Scary Corpse, $92.40
‘Size: 18*15.6cm. Material: pvc. There may be color shading between the products and ones in pictures. Take the material object as the standard. We will send by EMS, DHL and UPS. It depends on the shipping cost and shipping time. That is, we may send by EMS though we write DHL. Thank you for understanding.’ — aliexpress.com

 

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Untitled nfs

 

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Pinocchio and Geppetto, $60
‘Here’s my son Rhett as Geppetto and Pinocchio. Don’t be confused, this is a one person costume featuring Rhett as Pinocchio’s top half and Geppetto’s bottom half. Geppetto’s torso was created out of a block of Styrofoam packed into a backpack and then fitted with a long sleeve shirt and yellow dishwashing gloves painted in peach for his hands. His head was simple – a Styrofoam wig holder with a Regis Feldman mask and a few added features like the mustache and white hair which we made using fun fur. Pinocchio’s overall straps are actually the back pack straps, then Pinocchio’s body is attached to that. In order to transition it all together we handmade a huge apron with paint splattered on it. Geppetto’s legs are actually Rhett’s legs.’ — Gail M., League City, Texas

 

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Leather Hawk Mask, €99.10 (only 1 available)
‘Become a bird of vision and power, a messenger and protector to those that see you on your next outing. Hawks are attributed with keen sight and with being a catalyst to greater creative energy and spiritual vision. The hawk has become an important symbol for me, hence my shop name, the Hawk & Deer. For me, the hawk is a representation of strength, courage in new endeavors, and new perspectives. This mask has individually defined leather feathers framing the face, and an attached shiny leather beak. Each stage of the process is hand done – the design, cutting, forming, painting, carving and finishing. Each mask has its own unique characteristics as a result of the organic nature of leather. The leather guides where the mask will go and what it will become. These pieces revel in the unique qualities of leather, the art of carving and painting.’ — Hawk & Deer

 

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Kid Centaur, nfs

 

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1985 HULK HOGAN COSTUME, $39.99
‘VERY RARE ITEM. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SHOWING ONLY MINOR WEAR. THE RUBBER BAND IS BROKEN AND WILL NEED REPLACED. THE BOX IS TIGHTLY BOUND AND HAS A SLIT IN THE CELLOPHANE ABOUT 2 INCHES LONG NEAR HIS CHIN. MEDIUM 8-10 FITS CHILD 47″ TO 52″ TALL. MADE IN USA.’ — snake120_0

 

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Pregnancy costumes, nfs

 

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Fantastic Scary Halloween Latex New Rubber Mask, $18.00
‘I am selling a brand new, latex, scary head mask. There really isn’t much more to say…it is what it is. We’ve discovered yet another universal truth – a person wearing this Mask looks downright disturbing. But don’t take our word for it, wear this latex mask to your next social function and watch as people scramble to avoid you. Fits most adult heads. GREATEST. PURCHASE. EVER. There is virtually no place where this mask of awesomeness is not appropriate. This is the greatest purchase I’ve ever made here. Excellent for online dating! I am BEGGED by people to wear this over their houses. This mask is totally insanely awesome!!! Bagged with illustrated tag.” — Hell Man

 

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Jimmy Savile, £14.99
‘Amazon has withdrawn from sale a Jimmy Savile Halloween costume after the fright-night uniform shocked shoppers. The online retailer had been promoting the costume but backtracked in the face of consumer anger and took the product out of circulation. Viewers were shown a version of “Britain’s worst paedophile” dressed in his trademark tracksuit and medallion, complete with blood dripping from his mouth and death mask white face paint. An oversized cigar was also provided with the £14.99 outfit – drawing additional criticism on the grounds that it would encourage children to start smoking.’ — ibtimes.co.uk

 

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Nazi Halloween costume, nfs

 

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Mutated Cannibal, nfs
‘The face took 7 hours to make and the dress took about an hour. The dress was cut up, made to look dirty and liquid latex on it. I also added fake blood to the dress to make it look like I had ate/killed another mutant. The face is all latex (not a mask) with make-up on it to match my skin. There is also fake blood on it and “sores” on my face, chest, arms, shoulders, and back. We mixed liquid latex and lotion to give the sores a “puss” look. The lotion turns to a yellow color when it sits for a while which is perfect for “sores”. I made my hair look as messy as possible with only hair spray. I wore this out to a Halloween bash on Saturday night and I was not able to see out of one eye and I could only fit a straw in my mouth.’ — Kim

 

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Matchstick Figure, nfs
‘YouTube user Visual Burrito made an LED Halloween costume for his 22-month- old daughter which made his daughter look like a matchstick figure in the dark.’ — vingle.net

 

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Goodbye Costume, nfs

 

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Zombie Steve Jobs Costume, nfs

 

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Latex Halloween Masquerade Masks Scary Horrific With 16 Designs, $195.00
‘These Latex Halloween Masquerade Masks Scary Zombie Masks Horrific Vampire Masks For Halloween are made from latex,Very cool and horrific. There are more than 16 deisigns for this item,we will ship random to you,If you do need to specify designs ,please contact us to confirm.’ — hongkongmasks.com

 

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Caught in a Mousetrap Costume, nfs

 

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Láir Bhán, nfs
‘An early 20th-century Irish Halloween mask (a “rhymer” or a “vizor”) donned by people to disguise their identities on All Hallows’ Eve when the dead were provided with one last chance to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving to the next world.’ — maskhist

 

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Rob Ford Vacuform Mayor Mask, $26.99
‘The Mayor of Toronto is back – in the form of latex! This Rob Ford mask puts you in charge of zany hijinx, meetings and all sorts of other fun action! The possibilities for fun are limitless! RoFo action at its best! If inventory shows ‘temporarily out of stock’, please place your pre-order. More masks are on their way!’ — Amazing Party Store

 

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Realistic Spider Insect Costume $3,811.76
‘First, getting through single doors might be an issue and also constant knocking into something or someone and annoying them is inevitable. It comes with a realtime electronic voice changer with several voice options, so your identity is totally covered. Also, it has a flicking tongue (yea, that’s the crimson thingy right in middle of the mask) to get conversation going in case this knock-everything-down costume does not managed to get the fair amount of attention it deserve.’ — Mike Shouts

 

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Car Seat Costume, nfs

 

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Suicide Bomber, nfs
‘Well there’s not to much explaining to do besides for the how-to. The costume is pretty straight forward. But be warned you can possibly get in trouble in some areas and around some people. I never had a single issue but I cant say that goes for you too. Supplies: Outfit: Tactical vest, camo pants, black t-shirt, black beanie, black hair dye and the head band. The vests are easy to find on craigslist, airsoft forums/stores and local army surplus stores. The head band was simply made by green fabric held together with iron on glue strips. Walmart has them. Suicide Bomb belt: Styro Foam blocks, colored wire, red duct tape, black electrical tape, zip ties, hair pins and some type of harness. The explosives: Christmas light bulbs, electrical tape, a candle, little cup of water, hand held bush trimmers or any type of smooth sliding pliers with two sharp blades near the pivot point. The little snip snip rose garden cutters works better tho. The fire crackers you will need are the cheap ones with the grey wicks. The green wicks really don’t ignite well from the light bulb. 1. Cut the Christmas lights in 2’s, 3’s, 4’s or what ever amount you want. I like 2 bulbs per strand. Snip the ends so the wire is showing. Twist it tight. 2. Light the candle. Place the very tip right over the flame so its just barely touching. It should take 3-5 seconds to get black. Once it turns black dip it in the water then right after snip the very tip of the bulb off. If you hold the cutters on the very tip and slide them back to the main body you can feel the edge. The goal is to expose the filament and not breaking the wire between the little probes in the bulb. Practice makes perfect. 3. Cut the wicks of the fire crackers shorter so it just stays around the filament. You don’t want it to bunch up. Then gently tape it up. Don’t put a lot of tape on the firecracker because then the nature of the explosion will be different. Detonator: Spice jar, 2 9volt connectors, momentary push button switch, wire, tape, and a hook. 1. Wrap the jar in black tape and make some type of hook so you don’t have to hold it all the time. 2. Hook the two 9 volt connectors red to red, black to black so you get 18volts. 3. Drill a hole in the lid to place the button. 4. Run the red 9volt wire to one side of the push button, the black wire to a longer wire that will reach to the bomber belt and get another long wire and connect it to the other side of the push button. On the ends of the long wires attach alligator clips. 5. Stuff all the wires in the jar. Once you attach the alligator clips to the firecrackers it will only take a second for the 18volts to cook the filament. Once that burns it ignite the wick and make costume magic.’ — Coolest Homemade Costumes

 

 

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p.s. RIP Annette Michelson, Paul Virilio. ** Corey Heiferman, Hi. Oh, that’s cool: you recording you reading it. Huh. I think those new Paris urinals have already been removed. That’s what I read. The fact that they were male-only caused a big outcry here, and I think that problem, plus other unknown factors, led to their swift demise, I’m told. That flight simulator game thing does look very curious. Thank you, man. I’ll check it. Totally understandable about your idea of pure devotion to Hebrew. You had me at Bresson, ha ha. Mm, I think the zealot is pretty strong in me. I’d have to ask bystanders, but I think it’s pretty firm. Great day to you. ** Sypha, Hi, James. I’ve seen at least some of your FB reports on SHENMUE, and I’m ever more interested and yet wary to get it, fearing that interest’s pull. Dennis Potter is pretty great, yeah. I’d like to revisit his stuff. ** Damien Ark, Hi, D! Glad you’re feeling better, and so sorry you had that two week suffering bout. No, I’m not going to Japan next month. I don’t get to tour with the shows. I’m one too many bits of expensive baggage, and I’m the first thing to get cut. I’m used to it, and, yeah, I’m not needed. But Zac and I are determined to get to Japan before winter is over, in December or maybe January. Good to see you! ** Steve Erickson, I missed that Simon Reynolds piece, but I’ll head to it today. The film of Christophe’s that I acted in — ‘Man au Bain’/’Man at Bath’ — was quite a few films ago for him. I play a guy who lives in the Paris suburbs and collects art and had been paying a character played by Francois Sagat for sex regularly but who now has a new boy I pay for sex, and my big scene involves me rejecting Francois’s character’s sexual advances rather meanly. I hope I don’t jinx it on my end by wishing you the very best of luck with the exciting sounding film programming project. ** Chris Cochrane, Hi, Chris! Thanks, yeah, it’s interesting to have my head, or part of it, back in my dormant novel. Now if I can only find time to actually work on it. Thank you again about ‘PGL’. I’m over the bad news, thanks. I’m luckily someone whose gloomy moods pass quickly. Your tooth! That was nuts! I’m glad it’s getting repaired, and hopefully not at too daunting an expense. Want to see the Spike Lee. I hope I didn’t miss its theater run here. I’ll give Zac your best, and he will no doubt return your greeting. THEM forward movement would be awesome, of course. Hm, shit, I don’t in fact remember the title of that Bolano book. I just checked my bookshelves, and it’s not there, which means it’s probably in LA, so, no, very sorry. Take good care, pal. ** Jamie, Good morning to you! I’m fairly good, thank you, and you? Mm, you would think the Artaud event was recorded, especially given that it was so spectacle-oriented, and it probably was, but I don’t remember seeing any cameras filming it. Hm. Sub-Suicide is a lure. I’ll tiptoe into their stuff with your caveat in mind. No, the bad news wasn’t horribly bad, and we’ve had some fairly good news since, so I’m back in my Optimist costume. Tuesday was kind of uneventful, I think. Work and emails. Pre-TV show meeting (tomorrow) prep/steeling. Not a lot. Ha ha, I was obsessively in love with the 60s Batman TV series as a teen, so thank you. May your Wednesday be as ‘good’ as a similarly timed, much derided but beloved (by me) 60s TV series whose premise was that the main character’s mother was reincarnated as a car and whose opening credits went like this. Gabba tempo love, Dennis. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. Oh, right, that booklet. Ultimately it’s fine and no big, but it is a little strange that the powers that be asked for writing from us that was supposedly intended only for the event’s program but that is now a book being sold separately. But whatever. Enjoy if you can. ** Nik, Hi, Nik. Oh, right, rights’ issues re: filming. iPhone at least maybe? That makes sense and is interesting about the transition into writer identity and how that freed up your interest in performing. Yeah, understood. Let me add my crossed fingers, should they be needed, for your story. How was it received? Me: I’m trying to work on some boring but necessary proposal documents re: funding Zac’s and my new film because, after the ARTE meeting tomorrow, I imagine I will be unhappily stuck laboring over that script revision for the next long time. Bon chance! ** JM, KS is someone to definitely taste and see what happens. Yeah, honestly, I’m just dead tired of talking or thinking about the JT Leroy thing. It was an obnoxious little blip in my personal life that’s being given this grotesque zombie afterlife by all these documentaries and films and stuff. The JT thing had no effect on my writing whatsoever. My first boyfriend when I was 17 was a street prostitute, as were a number of my friends, and the JT persona and bullshit brought nothing new whatsoever to me about that subject. So, yeah, there are no references to him or clues or hidden impact from that prank in my work at all. Try Franzen if you want. I did. I thought it was just one of the epitomes of your basic writing school cookie-cutter fiction gussied up with a bunch of faux literary affect and hand-me-down post-modern tropey structural overlays. So, yeah, ha ha. Day of days to you. ** Right. I decided to bring back this old, once-dead, now-re-living Halloween post because … I don’t know … it caught my eye? See you tomorrow.

10 Comments

  1. Damien Ark

    Suicide Bomber Costume seems a good idea, but also not a good idea, being that I live in the MidWest with lots of hillbillies… I’ve done Danny Phantom, Finn the Human, David Bowie, a medieval elf, Alex from Clockwork Orange (Was only 13 when I did that costume too)… I could try pulling off Robin since I have the mask – just need everything else! 😛
    Debating whether to get the new Dead Can Dance on vinyl or super expensive boxset. There’s a lot of good stuff coming out at the end of the year. Well, I was a bit disappointed by the new Tim Hecker tbh, one of my fav artists. Everyone is going crazy over the leak and I was pretty unimpressed. You’re probably not into prog, but the new live Steven Wilson (ordered), new live King Crimson this month (gotta order), new Daughters, Kikagaku Moyo, and Endon… The new Low was surprisingly awesome and unique.

  2. Damien Ark

    Oh fuck and I almost forgot – new Basinski “selva oscura” on Oct 12.

    <3

  3. Jamie

    Hey Dennis!
    After careful consideration my awards for this collection go to Goodbye Costume, Matchstick Figure, Kid Centaur (maybe the best?), Nicholas Cage Costume (some kind of genius!), Pinocchio and Geppetto and Boy’s Head in a Jar. There’s something off-ish about the ‘bun in the oven’ gag outfits, partly cos the bun looks a bit like a turd and partly cos the guy’s a baker. You’re putting me in a good old Halloween-y mood and I’m starting to think about buying some ghoulish stuff to have around the flat this year. Thanks!
    Great that you got some counterbalancing good movie news. Happy to hear it, if you care to spill?
    How’s everything else? TV, new movie?
    I’ve handed in my notice at work, which feels weird as it’s the first job I’ve ever had where I’ll genuinely be sad to leave it. I think the next couple of months are going to be odd, but what’s new?
    Man, was I laughing at the credit sequence to that show you linked me to! My Mother the Car, indeed! How come that never made it to the UK? They sure don’t make them like that any more and I for one wish they did. I also had a big love for that Batman series as a youth and have been eternally disappointed with all iterations of Batman since, tbh.
    How was your Wednesday?
    May Thursday Wham! Ka-blam! and Pow! you into a state of giggly joy.
    Quadratic love,
    Jamie

  4. JM

    There’s something super disconcerting about the wearers of these costumes being in a costume of a blog post themselves somewhat or somehow!! Yes, the way you describe Franzen sounds pretty much like what I’d anticipated! I do own Freedom though so perhaps I will take the dive sometime and find it fun. Or not.

    If my day is a day of days; have a day for all the days 🙂

    J

  5. _Black_Acrylic

    Hey I dressed up as a dead Steve Jobs back in 2011. Always ahead of the curve, that’s me.

  6. Steve Erickson

    At least Honoré did not ask you to play a character who kills a teenage hustler. If the timing worked out and you’re in New York in August 2019, I’d love to give you a cameo as the cameraman or something in the film whose script I’m working on now.

    His new film is quite good. Have you seen it? Given the early ’90s Paris and the role AIDS plays in its narrative, it’s inevitably going to get BPM comparisons, but it has its own tone, avoiding overt politics, and elegant direction with blue-tinged cinematography.

    I got the new Amnesia Scanner album today. This makes quite the dystopia trilogy together with SAFE IN THE HANDS OF LOVE & DOUBLE NEGATIVE, although Amnesia Scanner seems interested in having fun with noise and rocking out (one song quotes NIN’s famous “I want to fuck you like an animal” line) in a less complicated way than Tumor or Low.

    Ulrich Kohler’s IN MY ROOM was the first film I’ve seen at the New York Film Festival so far that hugely impressed me. It’s probably best to see it not knowing too much, because the narrative makes two large turns (both of which the NYFF’s program notes gives away.) I’ll just see that it’s a very inventive twist on a lot of tropes that are floating around recent sci-fi, placed in a context that’s theoretically a genre film but doesn’t really feel like one. Grasshopper Film will be releasing it in the U.S. early next year and I want to review it then, but my review will need a spoiler warning if I plan to say anything substantial.

  7. Misanthrope

    Dennis, You’re allowed to bring back any day from the dead that you want. You have my permission. ;P

    Very authoritative the other day, no? I like it. I think it’s a good occasional look for you. You wear it well.

    Man, I fell out last night so early. Still was tired as fuck today, though. No sleeping pills yet.

    I picked up The Corrections at a bookstore once, opened it at random, and read a few paragraphs. I got the same impression in those couple minutes that you describe as your experience.

    Halloween thing indeed. I’ll start soon and slowly build up. That’s the plan.

  8. Misanthrope

    Dennis, You’re allowed to bring back any day from the dead that you want. You have my permission.

    Very authoritative the other day, no? I like it. I think it’s a good occasional look for you. You wear it well.

    Man, I fell out last night so early. Still was tired as fuck today, though. No sleeping pills yet.

    I picked up The Corrections at a bookstore once, opened it at random, and read a few paragraphs. I got the same impression in those couple minutes that you describe as your experience.

    Halloween thing indeed. I’ll start soon and slowly build up. That’s the plan.

  9. Corey Heiferman

    I find the Goodbye Costume most impressive. Looks like a real feat of balance, especially if it involves saying “I’m outta here” and then leaning back just slightly enough to balance on whatever’s underneath the red tissue paper without falling backwards and cracking one’s skull open (which I guess would just bring this costume into the spirit of some of the others).

    I’ve been having a bit of a Trekkie relapse lately and found a commercial featuring a Klingon endorsing a skincare product:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNtUxNqxeHY

    In other news I’ve been getting really into Caterina Barbieri’s music.

    https://rockandrollglobe.com/pop/caterina-barbieri-is-the-future-of-pop/

    https://caterinabarbieri.bandcamp.com/

    I think part of my Hebrew zealotry is my conviction that the English language is a cancer that turns individuals and cultures into McDonald’s versions of themselves. For example, I get much more pissed off than most Hebrew-speaking Israelis about the common use of English and other foreign words in Hebrew rather than the “real” Hebrew words found or invented by the Academy of Hebrew Language. I’d imagine sentiments like these are popular in France?

  10. Corey Heiferman

    Also, do you recommend any theme parks in or near Berlin?

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