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3. Jeepers, Creepers! Where'd You Get Those Alien Peepers?

• Wolf Files: Halloween Costumes

These days, you can give people the evil eye even if you wear prescription lenses. The hottest development in Halloween eyewear is Wild Eye costume contact lenses.

For about $100, you can transform your pedestrian brown, green or blue peepers into burning red devil eyes. You can even blot out your pupils with shiny black X's, Magic 8-Balls or just about any sports team's logo.

Wild Eyes have the distinction of thrusting eye professionals into the costuming world. You shouldn't buy them from the same guys who sell you Groucho glasses, even if you don't need a corrective prescription. Just tell your eye doctor you want space alien contact lenses and hope you don't get referred to a mental health professional.

4. Plug 'n Socket Sex Appeal

Ever think of your electrical appliances as having a sex life? Costumer Rasta Imposta's hottest Halloween costume for couples is the "Plug 'n Socket" costume. The boy is the plug, the girl is the socket, and they fit nicely together.

Along the same lines Rasta Imposta also offers couples Nut & Bolt, Ball & Chain and Lock & Key costumes. "It all depends on the state of your relationship," says Tina Berman, who started the company about 10 years ago. "It's safe to say that each year costumes get more daring."

5. Modern Frights:

Where have you gone, Frankenstein? Nothing on a movie screen could be as frightening as the thought of nuclear war, and if you dare, Iparty.com offers a Halloween Biohazard suit, complete with gas mask and oxygen tank.

Another alternative to movie house horror: Don't bother dressing up as a traditional monster, go as a typical movie theater floor. The directions are in "The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book" (Workman) by Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg. Just make yourself a sticky-side-out duct-tape vest and cover it with popcorn kernels, candy bar wrappers and Jujubes — enough to make Dracula nauseous.