I think it goes without saying that for quite a few years now one of the top accessories for a Halloween costume has been the Michael Myers Mask. This year though, following the death of probably the most famous man on the planet, could the Michael Jackson Mask take top spot?
Halloween originated back in the days of the ancient Celtic races of Ireland, Scotland and Wales when on the 31st October the boundaries between living and dead were thought to dissolve giving the dead and gone the opportunity to create havoc for the living by making them ill or ruining their crops. In order to prevent the dead from doing this the ancient Celts used to dress up in scary costumes that were supposed to imitate the dead in order to placate them, so there you have it, the origins of the very first scary Halloween costume. http://www.dubaixpats.com/
In more recent years however Halloween costumes have taken on the form of representing movie characters, TV personalities and famous celebrities. Michael Myers played the central character in the film Halloween which was made way back in 1978 and was the slasher serial killer that murdered his big sister and wore a horrific mask and blood stained boiler suit as he went about his grisly business, killing as many people as he could lay his hands on.
So you can see, playing the central character in a really scary movie with the name of the film being the very event being celebrated had to put his character in a prime position for a favorite Halloween fancy dress costume.
But what of Michael Jackson, well apart from being one of the most famous celebrities ever he also produced 'Thriller' the biggest selling album of all time and for which the supporting video is all about the living dead, zombies and ghouls, the very essence of Halloween. On You Tube alone, the video for Thriller has been viewed at the time of writing over 69 million times. This is just one of the many achievements of Michael Jackson the legendary King of Pop.
Seems pretty fitting to me then that on the 31st October this year that there will probably be more Michael Jackson's running around than any other costumed film character or celebrity, he sort of has a tradition to keep up. A little ironic that his return to popularity is due to a large extent on his passing and even more ironic that if you do choose his mask you will be doing exactly what the ancient Celts did.
Whatever you decide find your Michael Jackson Mask or your Michael Myers Mask here, plus a few other options you might find of interest.
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