by Mike Morris, editor

Popular culture dictates the trendy costumes every Halloween, and this year is no different. From popular movies and TV series to pop stars and politicians, everybody’s dressing the part this Halloween. A growing trend? Dressing up your dog!
Here’s this year’s list of the hottest costumes:
- Vampires
- Transformers
- Captain America
- Zombies
- Harry Potter
- Captain Jack Sparrow
- Green Lantern
- Conan the Barbarian
- Snooki/Jersey Shore characters
- Lady Gaga
- Thor
- Glee characters
- Barack Obama