As it all seemed to go so well at the first Halloween party in 2003 it was decided that a second party was required. As with any follow up the pressure was on. The frog was out of the box as it were, and word of the legendary Halloween party had even spread as far as south London.

Luckily, the organisers managed to pull it off and over 150 people had made the effort to dress themselves up as all manner of curious and bizarre ways. Costume highlights included a guy dressed as the Tom Cruise character from A Few Good Men, The Hulk, Mum Ra, the entire Von Trapp family and the usual skeletons, vampires and so on.

After very little deliberation the award for best costume went to Beetlejuice mainly because he had got into the character a little too much and had caressed the naked, shriveled, naughty bits of the judges until they succumbed. I am reliably informed that no shelving was involved.

View a slideshow of all the pictures below

or visit the set on flickr.com

The end result was this rather impressive costume of Beetlejuice based on the character played by Michael Keaton in the film of the same name. On arriving Barry was highly amused that hardly a single person recognised him. The suit was created with white double sided tape stuck on to a black suit. The slap head hat and white paint were joke shop classics which he added later.

Barry couldn’t help staying in character all evening. He smoked, drank, burped and groped his way around the pub. Luckily most people were two drunk to notice.

All in all it was probably one of the least controversial awards of the best costume prize in history. It’s quite possible to recycle this costume should Barry want to go another year as the Doc from Back to the Future or Terry Nutkins.

Did Barry get it right?

Have a look at the real thing to see if he got it right