Here are the seven types of people you’re guaranteed to meet at a Glasgow Halloween Pres

Spooky season is officially upon us. Whether you’re planning on spending this Halloween stumbling through the streets of Glasgow dressed as a vampire, or half-heartedly glueing together a last-minute costume, you’re guaranteed to come across a few familiar characters.

From the girl deep in a situationship spiral to the one who blackouts before 11pm, here’s your guide to the people you’ll inevitably encounter this Halloween.

The Lazy costume

I might be a bit biased because I’m a Halloween fanatic, but the lazy costume, such as a t-shirt that says “this is my costume”, is SO boring. This person will make up some excuse, as if they didn’t have 365 days to plan it, or say they aren’t into dressing up. Why bother coming out then?

The girl in a situationship

We all know one — and a lot of us have been her.

She’s currently in the trenches of a situationship that will inevitably end in heartbreak. Halloween has stirred up a whirlwind of emotions, mostly anxiety about what her situationship will get up to on their night out. Her entire evening will be consumed by the need to show him what he’s missing, and she’ll end up waking up in his bed on 1st November.

The controversial costume

Every year, Halloween is plagued by people who make us question their morals. These are the ones wearing racially or religiously insensitive outfits, committing cultural appropriation, or dressing up as serial killers or dictators.

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Your interaction with them will be awkward but short-lived as they’ll be too busy showing everyone how “edgy” they think they are. They seem to think it’s some dark-humoured joke, but if you don’t want to be cancelled years down the line, it’s probably best to stay out of photos with them.

The one who’s blackout drunk before 11pm

The one who’s blackout drunk before 11pm and the girl in a situationship are an overlapping pair, but they’re also the ones who brings the party to the pres.

Halloween is the Olympic Games of drinking to this person. You’ll end up playing a game that leaves them barely able to walk, yet somehow they make it into the club and immediately order a round of Jägerbombs.

Chaotic? Definitely. But they’re also the best people to go out with. At least you’ll have stories to tell at the morning debrief.

The group costume

A Halloween staple — a group of friends dressed as sexy Disney princesses, Scooby-Doo characters, or Alvin and the Chipmunks.

They’ll either stick together the whole night or immediately lose each other, making their costumes a little less understandable.

Group costumes almost always come with drama: At least two people are resentful because they wanted to do something else, and then there’s another who completely misunderstood the brief (maybe on purpose) and ruined the “perfect picture” moment. Avoid commenting on it at all costs.

The one dressed as a niche reference

They’ll make you keep guessing until they eventually give in and reveal that they’re some obscure pop culture reference, such as a Trisha Paytas moment or King Kylie.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a unique costume, but it gets old very quickly when no one knows who you’re meant to be.

The Halloween Scrooge

Every Halloween pres will usually have one person who’s not dressed up at all or even going out because “Halloween is for kids”.

It might be your stuck-up flatmate who hates fun (and especially hates noise) and will let you know that it’s lame to be excited. Please don’t be this person. No one likes this person.

The Lorax

@kateelisabethh it just had to be done #halloween2025 ♬ som original – Kosta

Finally, my prediction of the most popular costume this year.

The Lorax is the overdone costume; it was funny in 2023, but not two years later when the joke has been posted all over TikTok. Seems like other people are beginning to tire of it too, as the “Lorax Costume Girl” term has been coined, which refers to those who find these costumes the epitome of humour.

Let’s be real, the joke is old and the trend is finished. As Mr O’Hare screams in the movie, “let it die.”