Behind the Scenes - A Look at Movie Fancy Dress

The movie fancy dress connection is certainly a popular one. Over the last ten years or so licenses in fancy dress pertaining to motion pictures and television programs have grown immensely in the UK. If a successful film or TV show has characters that are defined in appearance and that you can easily identify them away from their reconisable settings then chances are there is a fancy dress costume available or there is one in production.

Movie character costumes come in all manner of forms from a variety of movie making ages. Movie characters fancy dress equal two things, firstly big earnings for the film studio and secondary official merchandise for you to buy.

Superheroes, murderers and crime fighters, take a look below at five of the most popular movie costume themes that we have found available today in the UK. Adult and childrens fancy dress, it's all here. Fancy dress film characters are big sellers worldwide, consider these costume guides for the most popular of 2008.

Ghostbusters Costume Guide

Looking for a Ghostbusters costume?
Ghostbusters was nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and a Grammy. The film was released in 1984 and features the acting talent of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis and Ernie Hudson. With an impressive cast the movie spawned a cartoon, a vast amount of merchandise plus a sequel in 1989 which won a BMI Film & TV Award.

Costumes for the Ghostbusters license include a men's fancy dress costume, a sexy women's costume, a boy's Ghostbuster costume and a couples Ghostbuster costume. Ghostbuster fancy dress is very popular and a cult favorite from the eighties.

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Saw Costume Guide

Looking for Saw Halloween costumes?
The Saw movie franchise began in 2004 with the James Wan directed Horror flick starring Tobin Bell and Danny Glover. The series at time of writing was up to Saw VI and has proven to be the most valuable horror franchise since Friday the 13th. Saw has won a whole series of awards and recently had a roller coaster open based on the Saw experience at Thorpe Park. Saw fancy dress makes ideal Halloween costumes.

Costumes for the Saw license include Jigsaw Puppet costume, deluxe Jigsaw Puppet costume, Saw pig costume and deluxe Saw pig costume. An official Saw Jigsaw puppet mask is also available. Saw fancy dress is rumored to be one of the biggest sellers over Halloween 2008 in the UK.

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Scooby-Doo Costume Guide

Looking for a Scooby Doo adult costume?
Scooby-Doo began life with the cartoon 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' in 1969. The franchise has developed into various TV specials, feature length Cartoon Network episodes plus two full-length motion pictures. Scooby-Doo released in 2002 and the sequel Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed from 2004 featured the acting talents on Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini.

Costumes for the Scooby-Doo license include an adult Daphne costume, adult Scooby-Doo costume, child ScoobyDoo costume, adult costumes for Fred, Shaggy and Velma plus a dog costume for Scooby. Perhaps Scrappy would be more appropriate.

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Batman Costume Guide

Looking for a Batman Dark Knight costume?
Batman, originally a DC comic book character debuting way back in 1939 has had varied success in comic, movie and TV. Actors which have played Bruce Wayne include Adam West of more recent Family Guy fame, Michael Keaton in the late eighties and early nineties, Val Kilmer and also George Clooney in the less admirable and successful movies Batman Forever and Batman and Robin.

Costumes for the Batman license include classic Batman for men, children and toddlers as well as dogs, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Batman costumes for men plus the Joker adult and child and certainly not least Batman and Robin fancy dress for both male and female.

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Batgirl Costume Guide

Looking for a Batgirl fancy dress costume?
Batgirl is featured in multiple comic books published by DC Comics, she first appeared in Batman edition number 139 released in 1961. Batgirl has been portraid by actress' Yvonne Craig and Alicia Silverstone on TV and in the movies.

Costumes for the Batgirl license include an adult Batgirl sexy super hero, Batgirl classic costume, a wonderful Batgirl and Robin combination plus Bat Girl costumes for children in a range or colours and designs. Batgirl fancy dress costumes are mysterious, sexy and always attractive, one pink Batgirl costume we found is very cute!

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