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Around Town after dark
London comes alive after dark and Halloween is the perfect time to get to grips with the eerie spectres of the capital’s past by embarking upon a spine-tingling Halloween walk, a late-night tour of a ghost-filled museum or a visit to one of the capital’s famous haunted houses.

Devilish dances
Halloween is a night of devilish decadence in clubland, when it’s most lurid creatures crawl out of their caves to stage a series of weird, wonderful and whacked-out parties. There’s everything from fetish fiestas to grotesque burlesque soirees, decadent warehouse raves and masked balls. Read our round-up of the creepiest club nights around.

Frightening fancy dress
Find out where to get the best creepy costumes, fake fangs, blood-curdling make-up and mind-boggling masks. We've compiled the essential fancy dress guide to London. And read our tips for dressing up this Halloween.
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Freaky fun for kids
Children love Halloween for several reasons. Firstly they get to dress up in strange costumes and prance about being the centre of attention. Then they get to demand sweets and/or money from neighbours while threatening to terrorise them with stink bombs and fake turds if they refuse to give generously. If you’re fed up with the complaints, the stockpile of ‘tricks’ littering the house and the facepaint that takes three days to scrub off then grab the little blighters by the hand and march them off to any of this huge range of fun and freakish activities.

Creepy comedy
There’s a host of creepy comedy around this Halloween, perfect for indulging your dark side. We’ve cherry-picked the best ghoulish gags around with everything from magic tricks to mouse-swallowing. Eek!

Monstrous music
There are lots of scary bands around, both intentional and unintentional, and Halloween sees a spate of monsters' balls with everything from indoor mini-festivals to cult gigs and reunion tours.

Scary movies
Not only is the remake of 'Halloween' still on general release but there’s a wealth of scary movie screenings destined to have even the most committed sceptics cowering behind their popcorn. We’ve selected our pick of the Fright Night films.