Halloween costume trends for 2026

Store has everything you could possibly need for a viral hit this year. Be prepared to be scared and have your pop culture tested because there are so many viral hits being come alive as a costume. So there is this website called Fright Geist, and it took compiled Google searches to compile a list of all the trending costumes this year. Buddy the Unicorn, but not like this is trending now. That is the star of the 2026 horror comedy. He's both magical and murderous. Think Nightmare Twist on Barney. Now, according to the site, Buddy actually overtook kids' unicorn costume searches for the first time this September, of course. At number three is Freaky Nicky from Obsession, another breakout horror hit this year. And then there's a lot of movie inspo characters from the Odyssey also in the top 20 searches, as well as real-life icons such as Dolly Parton with people searching blonde wigs to complete her signature look as well as Michael Jackson from the Thriller era. At the iconic Halloween Adventure Shop here in the East Village, you'll find the usual ghouls and goblins as well as people looking for pieces to get a little more creative this year to run back a classic look or bring a viral hit alive. The K-pop Demon Hunters, the kids love that. oh my goodness a lot of spider-man you know the spider-man movie just came out what do you think are going to be the trendy costumes this year um probably like the maybe like the odyssey carrie or uh jason because those shows just came out recently so maybe one of those a gothic vampire and i have not been here for like 10 years so i'm excited i'm gonna be a vampire i'm gonna be bruno mars for halloween yeah i don't know if i'm trending but i'm making my boyfriend be austin powers i'm gonna be a fembot my hot take like i don't think people are gonna dress up as obsession because everyone was like oh everyone's gonna be nikki from obsession halloween so like everyone's gonna be worried so they won't do it so as you heard you have to be creative of course i have to talk about sports ones i've seen Alyssa Liu maybe just paint some black um stripes on a blonde wig and you have her infamous hair as well maybe just find to find a gold medal lying around. She's an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, of course. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey are good couples costumes, and be sure to see a lot of Nick's costumes this year after the team won its first championship in decades.