How to Host an Awesome '80s Halloween Bash

For researching your 80's Halloween party, I would suggest spending any Friday or Saturday night at one of the 80's themed Culture Club nightclubs that they have in most major cities. There, you will quickly get an idea of what you will need for your 80's Halloween Party which must include the following:

A music selection which covers the following genres: romantic new wave era dance music, bubblegum pop, Hair Metal, 80's hard rock, and heavy metal. A mix of Cyndi Lauper's Bebop, Guns n' Roses Paradise City, Judas Priest's You've Got another Thing Coming and Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf would be a good lead in to get any 80's party rolling. Play more hits by these bands and of course include old school Prince, Madonna, Motley Crue, Depeche Mode and all the one-hit wonders you can find. If you're really serious, you can go to Respond.com and search for 80's theme party planners and DJ's in your area, or just buy a CD collection like Totally 80's.

You will also need 80's era movie posters which can be easily found on Ebay.com. Think Pretty in Pink, The Terminator, and The Karate Kid.

Also, a strict dress code must be enforced. For women, only tight jeans, leotards, or leopard print pants will do. Also, multi-colored hair petrified with Aqua Net, looking like cotton candy, should also be permitted and encouraged. .

For men, you want your patrons to either feather their hair high and wear a letterman's jacket and Levi's jeans or jack up their hair to get the look that was common in the Sunset Set club scene. Effeminate men with makeup can fit in, if they adopt the padded shoulder romantic new wave look of John Taylor and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran

For your beverages, anything mixed and fruity will do, as well as beer kegs kept ice cold in a garbage cans of ice. The 80's Culture Club Nightclub for example names their drinks after 80's icons and events. For example they have the "Ronald Reagan" or the "Back to the Future" as well as others. Some vodka Jell-O would also go over well, as long as it's not overindulged. Just make your Jell-O as usual and substitute vodka for the water. You can find many recipes for this favorite just by searching on Google. Perhaps you could name a covertly created beverage the "Oliver North" or the "Iran Contra."

Including games like twister, 80's trivial pursuit, and making it a movie night with the likes of Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast The Outsiders, Fast Times at Ridge Mont High, The Karate Kid, Friday the Thirteenth, and Nightmare on Elm Street will help establish yourself as an 80's aficionado and remind people of a care free era of indulgence, silliness and living in the moment that I personally miss.

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