Five Non-'Twilight Saga' Alternatives for an Awesome Vampire Costume

OH SNAP! Joanna's Ultra Halloween Bloodmoon Vampire Extravaganza Party is tomorrow night and you still haven't gotten your righteous costume together! You decided weeks ago that you were going to be a shining beacon of individualism at the party by dressing up as a non-'Twilight Saga' vampire, but you got so caught up in seasonal activities like apple picking and witch burning that you totally forgot to think of one! Now you're so stressed out about it that the only costumes you can think of are "ghost" and "Patrick Swayze from 'Ghost,'" but one of those is too easy to mess up and you don't own a maroon button down to make the other one work! CURSE YOUR FORGETFULNESS!

It's okay, calm down. Everything's cool. The MTV Movies Blog has got your back. Film history is littered with literal hundreds of bloodsucking, sun-fearing fiends. We're going to help you show your Halloween partying what's up by using our exhaustively nerdy knowledge of cinematic history. Turn that frown upside down yo. Try these five non-'Twilight Saga' vampire costume ideas on for size.

Kirsten Dunst from "Interview With the Vampire"
This one's relatively simple and it has the added benefit of being totally horrifying. First, get yourself a curly blonde wig or, if you already have naturally long, blonde hair, perm that business pronto. Now get yourself a shiny, green ball gown. Finally, get yourself a pack of Chiclets to shave down into freaky Dunst-style baby teeth. Now walk around on your knees all night accusing Brad Pitt of damning you to live as a pre-pubescent freak for all of eternity. Your performance will only get better the more intoxicated you get!

Traci Lords from "Blade"
Another one that's crazy easy to pull off, though a perilous costume because you risk blending in with all the other people most likely wearing "sexy [insert occupation here]" costumes. Go out, find a long leather coat, get some glowsticks, some fangs and a doofy boyfriend. Put some weird line tattoos on the boyfriend's neck to reinforce that you're a "Blade" vampire. Now just keep telling everyone about your fruitful porn career and how much you hate that darn Wesley Snipes and his pal Kris Kristofferson. Done and done.

Leslie Nielsen from "Dracula: Dead and Loving It"
Now listen closely, because this part is essential to the success of your Leslie Nielsen costume. Get a big shoebox. Now cut it in half. Now cover it with white hair. This is the only way for you to properly capture the right angles of Leslie Nielsen's sweet 'do. Now go to the drug store and get yourself a generic vampire costume, the kind that comes with a plastic, golden broach, and you're good to go. Make sure to take a lot of falls and look befuddled at the party.

Corey Feldman from "The Lost Boys"
Might be tricky to get this just right, but if you can pull it off in the next twenty-four hours, you will be a god. Start by going to a drug store and picking up some fake fangs, a switchblade comb and a tube of really strong hair gel. Now go home and finish building that time machine you're been working on since last summer. Use the time machine to go back to 1986. You're here to pick up a whitewashed denim jacket and to decant a bottle of pure awesome. Since your time is limited, you'll have to pick up both at the same place, so hit a Motley Crue concert. Return to the present in time for the party, gel your hair, comb it often with your switchblade, and remember to occasionally sip from the bottle of awesome. You will be The Feldman.

The entire bar in "From Dusk 'Til Dawn"
Good thing your dad used to run the costume department for a Texan burlesque show, right? Of course. You're going to need damn near every prop in the old man's arsenal to pull this one off. On the one hand, you have to wear like seventy different crazy stripper costumes. On the other, you won't be wearing much so it'll be easy to change. Sneak into the party early and leave costume parts in convenient places. Hide some leathery demon wings behind the headboard in a bedroom, a golden bikini in the vegetable crisper and vials of Quintin Tarantino's blood in every room of the house. If you can spare the cash, go ahead and hire a dozen or so Mexican bikers -- or better yet, hire Danny Trejo! -- for you to seduce. Have them fight every so often during the party. Let's see how your party-mates respond when you show up dressed like an entire bar of monstrous vampire strippers!

Tags blade, Dracula Dead and Loving It, From Dusk 'Til Dawn, Interview with the Vampire, The Lost Boys, Twilight