Adult Halloween Party Ideas - Crank Up The Scare Factor!

Adult Halloween Party Ideas take the scare factor of your Halloween party up to the next level.

If you have decided to throw an adult only Halloween party this year then you may find that it is far more difficult to come up with ideas than if you were planning a party for a younger child.

The reasoning behind this is that younger children are more easily pleased. Adults are not. You need to find more convincing and entertaining ways to up the fun and scare factor for your guests.

Before you start planning your scary Halloween party ideas you should try and think of a theme that will run throughout the party.

Parties with a theme always look more professional, guests find it easier to find a themed costume and you will also find it easier to buy supplies if you stick to a certain theme.

Some ideas for Halloween party themes are:

Murder Mystery Party - Buy a murder mystery game and base your party around it.
Gothic Theme - Think black, Victorian and antiques.

7 deadly Sins - Base your party around the 7 deadly sins of pride, lust, greed, envy, sloth, wrath and gluttony.
Haunted House - Cover your furniture in white sheets, play spooky noises and have hidden scares around the house.
Zombie - Party with the living dead!
Horror Film Theme - Choose your favorite horror film and get everyone to dress as the characters from that film.
Wicked - The increasingly popular musical about a Halloween favorite - witches!
Heaven and Hell Theme - Can also be called Saints and Sinners. Let your guests choose between being saintly or a sinner and decorate using a Heaven or Hell theme.
Vampire - An even more popular theme these days and can also be combined with a haunted house theme.
Crime Scene Investigation - Set up your party as a crime scene investigation. Buy Costumes in the USA has some great unique Party Scene Investigation Deluxe Party Kits that include decorations and props to help add those special touches.

Pink Heaven Occasions would like to give special thanks to Ceri Richards and her family from Cardiff, UK for her Halloween photos that have been used throughout this page. Along with her scary front door and graveyard scene front garden you can also see her costume if you scroll down to party costumes!

INVITATIONS

You will need to design the adult Halloween party ideas for invitations in keeping with your chosen theme. If you are going to make your invitations this may be easier.

Use publishing or word processing software on your home computer to create spooky themed designs. Or if you are feeling creative, pay a visit to your local craft shop for some Halloween themed card and embellishments.

For simple homemade Halloween invitations cut out a witches hat, haunted house, black cat or bat shapes out of black card and decorate. Then add the party details and deliver to your guests.

If you are throwing a murder mystery party or crime scene party as your adult Halloween party idea then these Party Scene Investigation Toe Tag Invitations (USA) are an ideal purchase.

If you want to make some easy but professional looking invites then the Pink Heaven Party Angel recommends creating extraordinary free digital invitations in minutes at Smilebox.com! You can even add your own photos, video clips and music.

If you would rather buy invitations then the Pink Heaven Party Angel recommends Tiny Prints (USA) who sell a wide range of unique Halloween invitations.

DECORATIONS

Adult Halloween party ideas for decorations is where the fun really starts and where you get the chance to start adding some scare factor! Use some of these more general ideas and then add a few more according to your chosen theme such as zombies, witches etc. Here are some Halloween decoration ideas:

Start off outside by using some of these tombstones (UK) and a fog machine to create a graveyard scene. You can also have a tape recorder playing creepy Halloween noises. You can also lay dead flowers along the pathway and tape the garden off with this Party Scene Investigation 20' Party Tape (USA).
On the front door have one of these ‘Beware! Do Not Enter’ signs (UK). A unique adult Halloween party idea is to get someone to dress as a butler with this Headless Butler Adult Costume and pass out goblets of champagne to each guest as they walk in.
Cover your furniture with white sheets, as in a old house, and have candles (in safe places) or colored bulbs to create an ambiance.
Decorate the house with spider webs (UK), fake bats (USA) hanging from the ceiling, blood covered curtains and this bloody chainsaw (USA) placed in the center of the table is a seriously scary Halloween party idea.
You can also used themed scene setters (UK), which hang on your wall transforming your room into a horror film scenes such as this chop shop wall scene (USA).

In the bathroom hang up this blood covered shower curtain (USA).
Also Party Delights in the UK has some seriously bloody props such as blood stained cloths, bloodied fake knives, body parts and skulls.
For the dinner table you can either use a black lace tablecloth (USA) with candlabras at either end of the table or you can use this Bloody Banquet Deluxe Party Kit (USA). For the place names for you can make headstones with each guests name written on.
Another great adult Halloween party ideas is to have a drinks fountain filled with a red wine (to look like blood) and place fake body parts in. You could also use this In My Veins Drink Dispenser (USA) filled with plenty of ‘Bloody Marys’! Keep other drinks cool in this Skeleton Inflatable Cooler (USA).
If you want to make your own spooky decorations then the Halloween Monster List has hundreds of great ideas.

PARTY COSTUMES

Adult Halloween party ideas for costumes can range from getting everyone to wear a witches hat to having everyone in full costume.

You can let everyone wear any costume they would like, even if it is not Halloween related, or you can choose a theme such as zombies, witches or vampires and everyone has to stick to that theme.

Guests can get creative and make their own or there are hundreds of online shops that sell Halloween costumes. The Pink Heaven Party Angel recommends Buy Costumes Halloween range (USA) or Party Delights Halloween range (UK).

Here are a few adult Halloween party ideas for costumes:

Zombies (USA)
Witch (USA)
Vampire (USA)
Fairytale
Horror Movie
Devil
Ghost

FOOD AND DRINK

For adult Halloween party ideas for food and drink all you really need to do is make party food and then give it a gruesome name such as devilled egg eyeballs. But here are some other Halloween party food ideas along with what to serve for drinks:

Jello brain (made from a Jello mould)
Worm roll (slice up hot dogs to make stringy looking worms, then cover in ketchup)
Devilled egg eyeballs

Mummified dogs (hot dogs wrapped in pastry or strips of cheese)
Bat wings (chicken wings cooked in a BBQ sauce with food coloring in)
Worm noodles with maggots (spaghetti bolognese)
Eyeball trifle (trifle with cherries in)
Caramel apples
Also pop in some of these severed fingers (UK) on a tray for gross appeal!
Jello shots (black, red, green or orange)
Skull shaped ice cubes (USA or UK)
Serve wine with some of these wine bottle labels (USA) attatched
Use this Party Scene Investigation drinks kit (USA) for cocktails
Test tubes and syringe shots (USA)
Place these Party Scene Investigation Evidence Picks (USA) in the top of each item of food and drink cocktails from these clear drinking goblet (USA)

ENTERTAINMENT

Many people how they are going to keep their guests entertained at a Halloween party but here are some adult Halloween party ideas for entertainment and games:

Who Am I (Horror Movies) - Other players need to guess your chosen horror movie star by you giving out clues or using charade rules.
The Mummifier – Divide the adults into groups of 3 or 4 with a couple of toilet rolls each. One person must volunteer to be the ‘mummy’ and the others must race against the clock to mummify that person using the toilet roll. The fastest team wins.
Ouija Board - Not for the faint hearted.
Build a Scarecrow - Store up some unwanted junk in the upcoming weeks to Halloween, place it in the middle of the floor and see which team can make the scariest looking scarecrow first. This game is a great icebreaker if some of your guests don’t know each other.
Murder Mystery Game - There are plenty of Halloween murder mystery games available to buy for a truly spooky game.
Fortune Teller - Hire a fortune teller or read up on some books and have a go yourself.
Tarot Cards - Get some cards and see what the future holds. This doesn’t have to be serious and you can make up joking answers if you wish.
Karaoke/DJ - Get everyone singing and dancing with some adult Halloween party ideas for music. For some example playlists visit Angel Fire.
Drinking Games - The Pink Heaven Party Angel recommend this Pick Your Poison (USA) shot drinking game.
Haunted Story - Everyone sits in a circle with the lights lowered. Someone starts off by saying a spooky sentence which acts as the beginning of the story. They then shine the torch at whoever they chose to say the next sentence, until everyone has had a go and a haunted story has been created.
Pass The Orange – Players stand in line and take turn to pass the orange to the next player via their chin. Arms must be behind backs and the players that drop the orange are out of the game and must do a forfeit of your choice!
Halloween Slayer Treasure – A scary adult Halloween party idea is Halloween Slayer treasure. The Halloween slayer has been out doing his rounds and is storing all his victims’ body parts in boxes in his cave. Each player must put their hands in each of the boxes and correctly name each of the body parts. For this game example of body parts to include would be spaghetti for intestines, boiled eggs for eyeballs, cooked cauliflower for a brain and small carrots for fingers.

FAVORS

Using some of these gravestone bags (USA) fill them up with some of these adult Halloween party ideas for favors:

Skull shooter glasses (USA)
Candy blood bag (USA)
Glow in the dark beads with shot glass (USA)
Wine bottle labels (USA)
Black disposable cameras
Halloween awards (USA) or trophies (UK)
Red green and orange jelly beans in a decorative glass with black ribbon
Halloween candles (UK)
Personalized Halloween chocolate (UK)
Test tubes and syringe shots (USA)
Skull key chains
Skull bottle opener (USA)

Remember, if you can't find what you are looking for here then why not ask the Pink Heaven Party Angel, who is there to answer all your party questions. Or why not help others with their party planning problems by answering their questions!

Then once you've thrown your party let everyone know about it at YOUR parties, readers can then rate your party and give their comments. Your party could then help others searching for the perfect party idea, whilst giving your ideas the fame they deserve!

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