Parents of young children are often spooked by the risks of last-minute Halloween costume shopping: wait too long and the costumes-of-the-moment may be all snapped up. But Jesse Tyler Ferguson has learned that planning in advance has its own perils.

There are so many family Halloween costume ideas for parents to play on. From superheroes to animals, the sky truly is the limit when it comes to creative family Halloween costumes. Draw your costume inspiration from some of your favorite films.

And Halloween is the chance to live the punniest life you can dream of. For those who want something that's easy enough to pass off as a coincidentally quirky outfit that you just happen to be wearing on Halloween at the office,

This year, celebrants will likely be channeling characters from hit franchises like "Beetlejuice," "Inside Out" and "Deadpool"

Halloween is right around the corner, and New Orleanians are hunting down the perfect costume. Zoom in: The costume idea at the top of the list? Kim Possible, according to Google data. Cue the Kimmunicator beeper tone!

From popular movie characters to online trends, here's what the kids (and young at heart) are planning to dress up as this year.

From postal workers to witches, and even a Bob look-alike from this year's "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," there was plenty to see.

Costumed pups were dressed up in bow ties, wigs and shades at the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City. The parade in Manhattan’s East Village drew thousands of onlookers Saturday to watch dogs dressed in their best in Halloween attire walking,