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An Instagram user and Squid Game fan wearing a DIY costume recreating the iconic doll in the show. Photo: Instagram

Squid Game Halloween costumes – get yours from the Netflix shop, Amazon or even make your own with TikTok and Instagram tutorials

  • Hashtags related to Squid Game Halloween costumes have nearly a million views on TikTok, where users create tutorials on how to assemble the outfits for cheap
  • Amazon is also filled with listings for numbered tracksuits, red jumpsuits and black masks, while Netflix’s store includes customisable T-shirts and hoodies
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Netflix’s Squid Game, a violent, dystopian and hugely popular thriller, has already inspired countless Halloween costumes, with DIY tutorials abounding on the internet and costumes flooding Amazon.

In the South Korean survival drama, debt-laden contestants play children’s games in the hopes of winning an enormous cash prize, but face lethal consequences if they lose. The show features a handful of simple, recognisable costumes that are easy to replicate, including the green, numbered jumpsuits contestants wear, the red jumpsuits worn by guards, and the black costume worn by a mysterious front man character who watches the murderous show from behind the scenes.

Hashtags related to Squid Game Halloween costumes already have nearly a million views on TikTok, where users create tutorials on how to assemble the outfits for cheap.

One Tik Tok and Instagram user utilised anti-fog goggles, white tape and a red suit from Money Heist, another popular foreign language drama on Netflix, to create their costume.

Amazon is also filled with listings for numbered tracksuits, red jumpsuits and black masks, which each item typically clocking in at around US$20 to US$30.

Fans of Squid Game can also grab any greenish-blue tracksuit and iron on their favourite character’s player number or wear a yellow shirt under a red dress with knee-high socks to play the show’s creepy robot doll, who initiates the fatal red light, green light game.

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Though Netflix hasn’t released any official costumes, the Squid Game official merch store includes green and white T-shirts customisable with the number of your favourite player, and hoodies customisable with the guards’ ranks (either squares, triangles or circles).

“Accept the invitation at your own risk,” the website said. “If you’re like us and love Squid Game, you’ve come to the right place – and the stakes aren’t as high.”

In addition, the white slip-on Vans that look similar to the sneakers worn by contestants in the TV show have seen a 7,800 per cent surge in sales, and the term “white slip-ons” saw a 97 per cent increase in search volume.
A still from Squid Game. Photo: Netflix

Netflix’s online store also includes merchandise for other Netflix hits, like Lupin, Sex Education and The Witcher.

Netflix predicts Squid Game will become one of the streaming service’s most popular TV series of all time, and the show has already surpassed Bridgerton in online audience engagement. The show has also impressed critics, and it boasts a 95 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score.

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