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How to Make Halloween Costumes of Horror Movie Villains

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

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Leatherface, 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

Leatherface Halloween costumePhoto Courtesy PriceGrabber
Your Motivation: You are a slow-witted man who acts mostly on instinct. You're slavishly obedient to your family and will do almost anything they say with reckless abandon...and a chainsaw. Oh, and you're a cannibal.

Key Characteristics: Dress shirt, tie, optional ill-fitting sports jacket, bloody cannibal apron, mask made of human skin, spastic desire to saw people.

Typical Dialogue: "SQUEEEEEEEEAAAALLL!!!"

How to Achieve the Look*: Pack on 30 or 40 pounds, find several friends willing to donate their skin for a way-cool Halloween mask, learn to appreciate the taste of human flesh.

The Easy Way Out: Compare prices on Leatherface costumes

*For macabre entertainment purposes only. Do not try this at home.

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