In this installment of HorrorGram we look back at something all too familiar. No, I am not talking about pictures of your friends children or pets dressed up as Wayne and Garth, nor the inevitable, “look, I’m a sexy vampire/nurse/lobster” costumes. I’m talking about those horrible last minute, zero effort, all around epic costume fails. You know what I’m talking about. Heck, even I am guilty of the last minute rush to pick at the leftovers at the local Halloween shops. Infact, I think we all at some point or another in our lives have been, “that guy or girl”. But what makes the fail “epic”? Is it the total lack of originality or execution? Or is it the moment you stuff those gigantic cojones of yours into something so horrendous, something so ridiculous, that you’ll take every laugh and pointed finger on the chin, and live on in your friends memories and internet infamy for years to come? Either way, we at HorrorBuzz salute you.
Let’s take a look, shall we?
Do you even train, bro? Are your (sic) MMA classes keeping you from planning a decent costume this year? No worries! You have that $80 Elevation training mask with the upcharged Bane sleeve. Couple that with any camo-esk clothing, and you’re golden! Thanks, @bolly7g You’re epic!
Is the man keeping you down? Maybe your boss is working you to the bone, leaving you zero time to craft up something worthy of your surname. Here’s a tip for epicness; raid the company janitor’s closet for sponges! Who cares if your coworkers won’t be able to wash their “greatest dad” coffee mugs for a couple of weeks. Being epic demands sacrifices, and the memory of your Sponge Bob outfit will wash away those stains of clean coffee mug regret.
Come on Barbie, let’s go party! You know you’ve done this. You’ve been posting inspirational quotes on your social media about how great your relationship is. How you love to spend time at home, just the two of you… That is until you receive a last minute invite to the mother of all parties! You start to panic, you ransack your closet turning your whole wardrobe on its head, under the pressure to impress – your perfect relationship; full of mutual respect and admiration turns into stress cursing out your better half for having the nerve to suggest you wear last years Breaking Bad costumes. Through the tears and random stress eating, you finally give in. This is all you’ve got. We at HorrorBuzz can only hope this epic costume fail, like its costume-inspiring counterparts, have no genitalia to procreate more fails with.
Birds of a feather flock together. Cultural appropriation much? It looks like the baby is just as offended by this lackadaisical costume fail. Here’s a HorrorBuzz tip that will help you through these hard times! When you’re thinking of doing something like this, dont. Just don’t. But if you must, how about incorporating some flair!? Like a tomahawk to the head! Like, a real tomahawk to the head. *steps off his bloody soapbox*
SNIKT! Now I know what you’re going to say, “Halloween has already passed us by, Ryan… how the hell did this guy pull off, Bob, from The Hateful Eight?!” Slow your roll, Bub! This is one of the best Wolverine costume fails we’ve seen. He may not be able to humanely put down an injured grizzly bear, but if you need your biscuits buttered (and I know I do), then this maybe your HUGE Jackman. The scotch tape is a nice touch, though.
I have no words. No, really. I have no words… What the hell is this?! I can still see it with my eye’s closed…
Parenting fail 101! I would go as far as to count this as three fails in one. It seem’s to cover all of the epic fail bases without batting an eye. 1) Blackface. 2) Domestic Violence. 3) A child in blackface, portraying someone accused of domestic violence for all the internet to see! Some people’s gene pool’s could use a filter, but with that filter we wouldn’t have a fail like this.
WOOOOOOOOOOO! This is by far the furthest from a fail, and it’s dripping with epicness. Moist, even. So you know we couldn’t pass this one up. This Jet flyin’, limousine ridin’, kiss stealing, wheelin’ dealin’, son of a gun is Rashad Flair, ladies and gentlemen. Can I get a, “WOOOOOOOOO!”?
To InfiniFAIL and Beyond! DIY costume fails get somewhat of a pass. Not a full pass, but just a little tiny pass. An incy wincy pass. A miniscule pass. You catch our drift yet? This Box Lightyear has fail (and gaffer tape) written all over it. “A” for effort, and an “aye yai yai” for fail.
“Is mayonnaise an instrument?” I felt we should end this article on a high note of togetherness. So to close out this week’s HorrorGram I present to you another Spongebob character costume fail. If in some awesome interwebz related way, we could bring “office Spongebob”, and this amazing Patrick costume fail together… Well, I could just spit with excitement. Do two epic costume fails make a right? I don’t want to live in a world where that’s not true. There are safety in numbers, people. So if you’re going to fail, fail with a friend.
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