Cosplay: When Horror Icons Go on Holiday

Even the baddies deserve a break at the beach – let’s catch up with Freddy, Jason, Michael, and Pinhead!

It’s not easy being the bad guy. Misunderstood, disenfranchised, hated everywhere you go… How are you supposed to work on your tan line without a chance to get away? This week, we’re following our favorite Hollywood Horror characters as they take a day off to chill at the beach.

This hilarious photoshoot popped up on my feed a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t resist reposting it. June marks the time of year that my closest friends start the countdown to spooky town, so how best to ramp up for October and the excitement around Halloween than with a bunch of ridiculous, irreverent cosplays taking their air at a shiny beach. It’s a picture-perfect moment, and we hope you enjoy the laughs.

All photos by York in a Box.

“I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little soul, too!”- Freddy Krueger

“Why, uh, why should we fight? We’re old friends, you and I. Remember?” – Freddy Krueger

“Come to Freddy.”- Freddy Krueger

“The box. You opened it. We came. Now you must come with us, taste our pleasures.” – Pinhead

“We have such sights to show you!” – Pinhead

“I want to hear him confess, himself. Then maybe… maybe.” – Pinhead

“You see, Jason was my son and today is his birthday…” – Friday the 13th

“In the lake, the one… the one who attacked me… the one who pulled me underneath the water.” – Friday the 13th

“He neglected to mention that downtown they call this place Camp Blood.” – Friday the 13th

“It’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” – Halloween

” You can’t kill the boogie man!” – Halloween

“You’ve fooled them, haven’t you Michael? But not me.”- Halloween

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Author: Jennifer Larsen

Jennifer aka "Mayhem's Muse" is the Cosplay Editor for BoLS and manages Ad Sales and Communications. Her cosplay awards include the RTX Judge's Choice Award and Dragon's Lair Austin's Cosplay Symposium. Jennifer has been a Cosplay Guest Judge at RTX, Tacticon and Genghis Con in Colorado. She regularly attends conventions to cover cosplay for BoLS. Her cosplay work has been featured in publications such as Girls Who Love Monsters, Geek Fuel, and Renaissance Magazine. Jennifer has modeled in the Her Universe Fashion Show, Precision Camera's yearly Precision Camera University, and has taught several workshops for photographers about partnering with cosplayers and creative muses/models. Jennifer is a lifelong enthusiast of retro video games and loves Dungeons & Dragons, urban fantasy, tabletop games, VR technology, and historical archery. She has set National Records through USA Archery’s Traditional Division for Asiatic Bows and earned 4th Place in the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 for Women’s Korean Archery. Jennifer is currently studying for her Masters's Degree in Organizational Leadership.