--- title: Stranger Things: Halloween Costume Photos 2016 description: This Halloween, "Stranger Things" fan tributes reached a fever pitch as people dressed as the ordinary heroes from Hawkins, Indiana. canonical: https://time.com/4551336/stranger-things-halloween-costumes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-31T15:17:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:11.486Z og:title: The Best Stranger Things Costumes This Side of the Upside Down og:description: Fans of the Netflix series dressed as the adventurous crew og:url: https://time.com/4551336/stranger-things-halloween-costumes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Best Stranger Things Costumes This Side of the Upside Down twitter:description: Fans of the Netflix series dressed as the adventurous crew twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Absolute Best _Stranger Things_ Halloween Costumes by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 31, 2016 3:17 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 31, 2016 3:17 PM UTC Netflix’s not-that-scary series [_Stranger Things_](http://time.com/4436008/stranger-things-netflix-references/) has become a cultural phenomenon. Having already inspired its own costume party in Brooklyn, New York, [the show](http://time.com/4473961/stranger-things-season-2-plot/) scored a devoted fan base early on. Case in point: _Stranger Things_ cosplay started long before October. But this Halloween, fan tributes to the [nostalgic thriller](http://time.com/4426157/10-questions-stranger-things-still-needs-to-answer/) reached a fever pitch as people pulled out all the stops to pay tribute to their favorite ordinary heroes from Hawkins, Indiana. From the ever-popular Eleven costume to the elaborate demon, here are the best of the _Stranger Things_ Halloween getups. **People captured the group friendship spirit of the series by dressing up as the adventurous crew.** Hi Lucas! **_Stranger Things_** **fans nailed it all**—**right down to the facial expressions.** **Babies and dogs got in on the fun.** **In addition to dressing up as characters, several people recreated the show’s iconic wallpapered message board wall that Joyce (Winona Ryder) strung with brightly colored Christmas lights to communicate with her lost son.** **Some diehard fans even recreated scenes from the show as** **Eleven.** **All the points to the partiers who dared to go as the show’s flower-faced demon.** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4551336/stranger-things-halloween-costumes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4551336/stranger-things-halloween-costumes/"},"headline":"The Absolute Best Stranger Things Halloween Costumes","datePublished":"2016-10-31T15:17:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:11.486Z","description":"Waffles were never this cool before","url":"https://time.com/4551336/stranger-things-halloween-costumes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Holidays","Stranger Things"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4551336/stranger-things-halloween-costumes/","name":"The Absolute Best Stranger Things Halloween Costumes"}}]}] ```