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    38 Best And Worst Celebrity Halloween Costumes

    Get some costume inspiration (or learn what not to do this Halloween).

    Kristin Harris
    by Kristin Harris

    BuzzFeed Staff

    In order from best to what-the-hell-were-you-thinking:

    1. Neil Patrick Harris as Frankenstein

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    Level of creativity: 10
    Level of difficulty: 9.8
    Overall score: 10+ !!!

    2. Heidi Klum as an old lady

    Getty Images for Heidi Klum Mike Coppola

    Level of creativity: 8.5
    Level of difficulty: 9.8
    Overall score: 9.7

    3. Ellen DeGeneres as Nicki Minaj

    4. Josh Duhamel and Fergie as skeletons

    5. Michelle Trachtenberg as Tim Burton's Blue Girl

    Getty Images Jemal Countess

    Level of creativity: 8.7
    Level of difficulty: 9.2
    Overall score: 9

    6. Shenae Grimes as Frankie Stein

    Getty Images for Mattel Christopher Polk

    Level of creativity: 8.7
    Level of difficulty: 9.2
    Overall score: 9

    7. Katy Perry and her BFF as Daria and Jane Lane

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    Level of creativity: 8.6
    Level of difficulty: 8.9
    Overall score: 8.8

    8. Miley Cyrus as Lil' Kim

    9. Demi Lovato as a zombie

    Getty Images for Philymack Christopher Polk

    Level of creativity: 5.5
    Level of difficulty: 8.9
    Overall score: 7.8

    10. Chrissy Teigen as a girl from Toddlers & Tiaras

    Getty Images Jemal Countess

    Level of creativity: 7.8
    Level of difficulty: 6.4
    Overall score: 7.7

    11. Chris Colfer as R2D2

    12. Vanessa Hudgens as a vampire

    13. Nicole Richie as Danny DeVito from Twins

    14. Tina Fey and Will Ferrell as their Megamind characters

    Getty Images Stephen Lovekin

    Level of creativity: 7.2
    Level of difficulty: 6.9
    Overall score: 7

    15. Ashley Tisdale as a zombie

    16. Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz as a peacock and Batman

    Getty Images Ethan Miller

    Level of creativity: 6.4
    Level of difficulty: 6.7
    Overall score: 6.6

    17. Paris Hilton as Miley Cyrus

    18. Naya Rivera as Carmen Sandiego

    19. Beyonce as an angel

    20. Elle Fanning as Marilyn Monroe

    Getty Images Ana Elisa Fuentes

    Baby Elle in 2004!

    Level of creativity: 4.5
    Level of difficulty: 5.9
    Overall score: 6.3 (extra points for cuteness)

    21. Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon as angels

    Getty Images Mike Coppola

    Level of creativity: 4.2
    Level of difficulty: 6.7
    Overall score: 6.3

    22. Kim Kardashian as a mermaid

    Getty Images Dave Kotinsky

    Level of creativity: 5.4
    Level of difficulty: 7.2
    Overall score: 6.3

    23. Kate Upton as a Marilyn Monroe zombie/skeleton

    Getty Images Jemal Countess

    Level of creativity: 6.4
    Level of difficulty: 5.8
    Overall score: 6.2

    24. Busy Philipps as Tinkerbell

    Getty Images Frazer Harrison

    Level of creativity: 5.8
    Level of difficulty: 6.2
    Overall score: 6.1

    25. Lucy Hale as the "rare jagicorn"

    26. Jason Biggs as Dorothy

    Getty Images Evan Agostini

    Level of creativity: 6.2
    Level of difficulty: 5.6
    Overall score: 5.8

    27. Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady as Dorothy and the lion

    28. Anne Hathaway as an Egyptian ~goddess~

    Getty Images Evan Agostini

    Level of creativity: 4.9
    Level of difficulty: 6.6
    Overall score: 5.8

    29. Rumer Willis as a sailor

    30. John Stamos as a devil

    Getty Images Jerod Harris

    Level of creativity: 2.4
    Level of difficulty: 5.2 (for having to glue horns on his head)
    Overall score: 5.5

    31. Britney Spears as Snow White

    32. Bethenny Frankel as Marilyn Monroe

    Getty Images for Heidi Klum Mike Coppola

    Level of creativity: 3.5
    Level of difficulty: 6.1
    Overall score: 5.3

    33. Martha Stewart as a fairy godmother

    Getty Images Michael Buckner

    Level of creativity: 4.3
    Level of difficulty: 5 ???
    Overall score: 5.2

    34. Kenan Thompson as a mummy

    Getty Images Michael Buckner

    Level of creativity: 4.2
    Level of difficulty: 5.3
    Overall score: 5

    35. Lea Michele as a german beer girl

    36. Kelly Ripa as an astronaut

    Getty Images Eugene Gologursky

    Level of creativity: 5.2
    Level of difficulty: 4.8
    Overall score: 4.7

    37. Hilary Duff as a mouse

    Getty Images Jerod Harris

    Level of creativity: 5.1
    Level of difficulty: 4.3
    Overall score: 4.6

    38. Ryan Seacrest as the Phantom of the Opera

    Getty Images Jerod Harris

    Level of creativity: 5.3
    Level of difficulty: 1.2 (just a mask????)
    Overall score: 4.2