As an introvert, I’ve never been one for parties, yet my passion for cosplay equals my distaste for social interaction, which presents a bit of a paradoxical situation since there’s hardly any point dressing up if there isn’t an audience.

Most previous attempts were unambitious, and included ideas such as a witch and a vampire (I was in a hurry!), though I’d count Faith Connors from Mirror’s Edge a success…in large part due to my husband’s steady hand in replicating the tattoos!

 

So imagine my delight when an opportunity arrived to organise a Halloween charity event at work. For a small donation, a member of staff could materialise on the day as any spooky character of their choice, with cakes or other yummy goodness a bonus.

I did consider turning up as Gogo Yubari, but due to time constraints, decided that Sadako Yamamura from Ringu would be more realistic since less prop-making would be involved. Plus, I have the hair for it! So one long victorian nightdress and a huge sheet of cardboard later, and the result was freaky enough to unnerve even colleagues taking the photos on this page.

All in all, it was a pretty good Halloween…lots of great pics, and we got to stuff our faces. I doubt a lot of work was done that day, but it made a change to be haunted by something other than deadlines!