Upon the release of Candyman in 1992, the lore of the Candyman became entwined with that of Bloody Mary. Growing up in the ’90s it was his name – and not Bloody Mary’s – we would stand in front of a mirror and say. Was this the same for you? It was through this silly (and scary) school toilet activity that we were first made aware of Candyman, well before we knew the films existed. Based on Clive Barker’s short story The Forbidden, Candyman was written and directed by Bernard Rose and released in cinemas in October 1992. The setting was changed from Liverpool, England to Chicago in the US,…

To round out our ghostly posts for Halloween Month, we’ve selected our favourite bedsheet ghost tattoos from Anthony Elliott aka @aelliott2 on Instagram. That budget-busting costume of a ghost made from an old bedsheet with eye holes cut out has a supernatural twist in these tattoos as these spirits have adopted the same disguise. These ghosts aren’t just chilling out, they’re trick-or-treating, practicing archery and haunting graveyards. The illustrative neo trad style of Anthony’s work really adds personality to each tattoo. Click here for details on how to book an appointment with Anthony for your very own ghost (or any other kind of) tattoo. If you’d like to learn more…

Is three posts featuring the tattoos inspired by Mean Girls two too many? We say no. If you’re a frequent visitor to LWG then you’ve probably seen our list of the Top 70 Mean Girls Tattoos and Mean Girls x Christmas Tattoos that we published late last year. We’re missing the spooky season so we thought we’d put together a collection of all the Mean Girls x Halloween tattoos we’ve found. There’s nine tattoos in total, with Karen and her mouse costume a clear favourite, and a couple of Hocus Pocus mashups included. We’d love to see a tattoo of Kady in her actually scary Halloween costume, or one of…

Halloween is all about the candy, but for those deemed too old to go trick-or-treating, Halloween foods are the next best thing. Throughout our hours, weeks and days of scrolling through various Halloween-themed hashtags on Instagram we’ve come across some sweet, spoopy treats in tattoo form. We’ve only got spoopy food tattoos for you today, but use these as inspiration for a more realistic, bloody and gory food tattoo for yourself. For even more imagery to assist you in your design process, check out our posts from Food + Drink Month and Halloween Month. Spoopy ghost and tea tattoo by @sarahktattoo Spoopy eye candy tattoo by @mimswah Spoopy jack-o’-lantern ice cream…

Casper’s origins begin several decades before the live-action Casper film. Created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, Casper turned 90 last year; the children’s book The Friendly Ghost was published in 1939. The rights to Casper were sold and in 1945 the Noveltoon titled The Friendly Ghost was produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios. Casper the Friendly Ghost began in 1950, with the comics published a year prior. In 1963 The New Casper Cartoon Show aired. If you grew up in the 90s, kids were a little bit in love with Casper (in his human form), played by Devon Sawa. Did you wish you could have traded places with Christina…

If there’s something spooky in tattooing, there’s almost always a spoopy equivalent – ghosts are no different. Casper is probably the most iconic character when it comes to cute ghosts, and while he makes no appearances in the tattoos below, we have selected some of the most adorable and sparkly ghost tattoos that the internet has to offer. Don’t you just wish that spoopy ghosts actually existed? Sparkly spoopy ghost tattoo by @keelyglitters  

There’s a whopping 348 days to go, but Pusheen is all ready for Halloween 2021 – are you? We’ll admit that this post was meant to be published for Halloween 2020; better late than never, right? Pusheen tattoos – and we mean good Pusheen tattoos – have certainly grown in numbers since we launched our Kawaii Month series in 2018. If you take a quick scroll through the hashtags on Instagram, one of the names that you’ll continually see popping up is Roxy Ryder. Roxy Ryder (@roxyrydertattoo on Instagram) owns Little Kawaii Workshop, a private studio in Altrincham, roughly 10 miles south-west of Manchester, England. You’ve likely seen Roxy’s work…

If there’s one thing spookier than a haunted house, it’s a graveyard. It’s ingrained in us to fear death, so even the thought of visiting a graveyard is enough to send a chill down your spine. A graveyard/cemetery is a place where our deceased loved ones, both good and evil people are buried. There’s got to be spirits roaming the grounds – we like to imagine that it’s a similar supernatural social scene to that in The Sims. If you love all things morbid, then this style and theme of tattoos is right down your alley. We have  selected a mix of tombstone-only tattoos and full-on graveyard pieces with multiple…

Halloween ’tis the season to be both spooky and spoopy! While we’ll be sharing a majority of spooky tattoos this Halloween Month, some of the 100 posts we have planned will have their own spoopy twist. You already know how a traditional jack-o’-lantern should look; a spoopy jack-o’-lantern tattoo has lots of colours, is sometimes sparkly, and you’ll find a sweet, smiling face carved into the pumpkin. If you love the merge of cute and creepy imagery, then a spoopy tattoo could be just the thing you need. For more creepier and unusual jack-o’-lantern tattoos click here.  

This is not a trap, nor a meme – these are the top 10 Admiral Ackbar tattoos. In this list there are the usual colour realism and neo trad renderings, but some of the tattoos featured, like those in this Yoda post, are a little silly (yet still quite tame) given Admiral Ackbar’s unusual appearance – think about it. Get your minds out of the gutter and show some respect to the commander of the Rebel Alliance by admiring these Admiral Ackbar tattoos…