'The Walking Dead' Special FX Artist Greg Nicotero's Tricks For Creating Halloween Gore

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Greg Nicotero, one of the masters of Hollywood's goriest special effects makeup, is spilling his top tricks to get you ready for Halloween -- using stuff from your own home!

TMZ caught up with Greg at LAX and grilled him about how to nail the full zombie look from his iconic work on "The Walking Dead" -- and he revealed latex is your best friend for achieving that perfect shriveled appearance.

Greg shared some seriously creative tips that we never even thought of ... including one food staple you can use to go all-out with your zombie face makeup.

Halle Berry Inspiring Pop Star Halloween Costumes ... Coi Leray, Halle Bailey & Tyla!!!

Halle Berry films were top of mind for Coi Leray, Halle Bailey and Tyla this Halloween -- they all reimagined the Oscar winner in completely different costumes!!!

On Wednesday, all 3 superstar artists released their Halloween photoshoots at noon EDT sharp ... though it doesn't look to be a coordinated effort -- more like a coincidence.

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Coi morphed into Halle's cult-classic "Catwoman" -- perfect stitching, cowling poses and all!!!

Bill Belichick's Ex Appears To Shade Coach ... Rocks 'Kill Bill' Halloween Costume

Seems Linda Holliday still ain't over her breakup with Bill Belichick ... as she was spotted over the weekend rockin' a "Kill Bill" Halloween costume.

A photo of her in Uma Thurman's iconic "The Bride" yellow get-up -- complete with a fake samurai sword -- made its way to social media on Tuesday ... and according to the "GoJo and Golic" podcast, the snap came from a costume party Holliday attended on Saturday night with her gal pals.

Holliday, of course, dated Belichick for more than a decade ... but split with the legendary NFL coach some two years ago.

'Hocus Pocus' Cast 'Memba Them?!

Before the clock strikes midnight tonight and the Halloween shenanigans commence, we're heading to Salem, Massachusetts and shouting out a spooky classic starring many Hollywood greats: The 1993 family/comedy film, "Hocus Pocus!"

The Sanderson Sisters -- played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy -- were 3 witches resurrected from the 1600s after the Black Flame Candle was lit by high schooler, Max Dennison (played by Omri Katz).

The town's kids were in danger of being sucked by the Sanderson Sisters' life potion. Max, along with his younger sister Dani (played by Thora Birch) and his high school crush Allison (played by Vinessa Shaw), were on a mission to stop the Sanderson Sisters at last!

Halloween Costumes Who'd You Rather?!

Celebs in costumes always hits different, 'cuz when it comes to Halloween there's no stoppin' these stars from going all out! Sometimes however, they select the same look and it gets real tricky real quick! So, we've gotta ask -- Who'd You Rather?!

It's a given Paris Hilton and Megan Thee Stallion are both classy n' bougie, but which Sailor Moon are you choosing to rock your world?!

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! Celeb couples, Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian AND Maggie Lindemann and Jordan Clarkson dressed to impress ... but which duo hit the spooky 1988 classic out of the park?

It's a "Snow White" showdown between Avani Gregg and Charli D'Amelio ... if you had to choose one gal to hold your apple, who's it gonna be?!

You know what to do ... hit up the gallery, cast your faves and vote Who'd You Rather?!

Celebs Dressed As Black Cats For Halloween!

Forget the naysayers and cut the cat-itude! ... stumbling upon a black cat is GOOD luck, and lucky for you ... we've got all the stars dressed up as black cats for Halloween. Check out gallery and see who's lookin' good and feline fine!

Happy National Cat Day!

Travis Kelce I've Got Singing Pipes Too!!! ... Shows Off Vocals On New Christmas Track

Taylor Swift ain't the only one with vocals in her relationship ... turns out, Travis Kelce can croon too!!

The Kansas City Chiefs star showed off his pipes for a song on Jason Kelce and his former Eagles teammates' new Christmas album -- and in a preview of the track that dropped on Tuesday, you can hear clear as day that Swift's boyfriend knows how to a hit a note or two of his own.

The tune -- called "It’s Christmas Time (In Cleveland Heights)" -- is a single that appears to be all about the holidays in the Kelce brothers' hometown of Cleveland Heights.

Stars Seeing Red For Spooky Season ... Major Drippage🩸!

The celebs are always providing inspo, so grab your fake blood, because it's a blood bath in Hollywood and the celebs are showin' out with some major drippage! These bloody pics may make you squeamish ... scroll slowly!

Double thumbs up for Sydney Sweeney who doused herself in some flake blood, Finneas better watch out, because his girl Claudia Sulewski has got a bloody hammer and she ain't afraid to use it!

Keepin' it the fam, Billie Eilish snapped a creepy selfie, showing a gashed nose and a slashed cheek, but not to worry: those "Ocean Eyes" were still intact!

And you better "get out, leave" before Jojo and Nicole Scherzinger end you and it's "too late"!

Enter our gallery at your own risk and see which stars are blood crazed!

Salt-N-Pepa Pepa Surprises Spinderella at Halloween Party Let's 'Push It' Like Ol' Times!!!

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Sandra "Pepa" Denton gave her former groupmate DJ Spinderella the shock of a lifetime at her annual Halloween party -- but in a good way!!!

We got the proof ... on Sunday, Pepa crashed Spinderella's annual Halloween Boo Bash and stuck around to perform their classic cuts "Push It," "Shoop" and "Whatta Man"!!!

Pepa played the cowgirl and Spinderella was dressed as the Beetlejuice ghost host with the most when she hopped out the DJ booth to perform her "Whatta Man" verse.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Praises Garrett's Terminator 'Fit ... 'No Notes'

Cleveland Browns superstar Myles Garrett's Halloween costume got the ultimate compliment on Sunday ... with none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger praising his Terminator outfit!!

The All-Pro defensive end was unrecognizable prior to the Orange and Brown's divisional matchup with the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday ... wearing an elaborate mask, leather jacket and sunglasses as he made his way to the locker room.

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The team's social media accounts shared footage of the epic entrance ... and it made its way to the Terminator himself, who was clearly thrilled with the end result.

Halloween 2024 Hollywood Gets Spooky ... Selena Gomez, More Dress For Halloween!!!

It's the time of year where even Hollywood A-listers wanna be someone else -- with many of them throwing on makeup and donning costumes for Halloween week!

With Halloween on Thursday this year, many celebs decided to dress in their scariest, silliest and sexiest costumes this weekend ... like Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco, who went down the rabbit hole with their "Alice in Wonderland" costumes.

Sophie Turner and Ice Spice wore outfits inspired by '90s movies ... with Sophie looking like Trinity from "The Matrix" and Spice dressed as Leeloo in "The Fifth Element."

'Scream' Cast 'Memba Them?!

Nearly three decades after Wes Craven's 1996 release of "Scream" -- the horror film surrounding a group of Woodsboro High School students, plagued by a harrowing serial killer -- is still a top scary movie amongst many generations.

A few of the breakout stars include Skeet Ulrich as Billy, Neve Campbell as Sidney, Matthew Lillard as Stu, Rose McGowan as Tatum and Jamie Kennedy as Randy.

It all began with Drew Barrymore's infamous over-cooked popcorn scene and a haunting phone call that ended with a "scream" that came a squeak too late ... And, of course accompanied by some eerily creepy, suspenseful music.

Just two years into her run on "Friends," Courteney Cox took on the role of Gale Weathers -- the hot and thirsty tabloid journalist who falls for the town's police officer, Dewey ...

Howl'oween Festival Barking Good Times For Pups ... Costumed Dogs Compete at Halloween Festival!!!

Werewolves, vampires and other ghouls are sure to come out on Halloween night ... but, Saturday was all about dogs -- with costumed creatures taking over Toronto.

The Howl'oween Festival at a shared space in the city known as The Bentway took place this weekend ... with local vendors hawking pet-related goods, prizes for pups who compete in the costume contest -- and, many dogs ready to strut their stuff.

Check out this rambunctious rottweiler ... dressed in a classic devil outfit -- looking ready to snap up some of the devilishly good treats the event had to offer.

Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco Halloween's On The Horizon ... Check Out Our Cool Costumes!!!

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco broke out their Halloween costumes early this year — and the couple looks like something straight out of "Alice in Wonderland."

That's because they channeled two of the main characters from the famous fictional children's novel with Selena dressing as Alice and Benny as the Mad Hatter.

Check out this series of photos posted to Instagram ... Selena does her best Alice impersonation, wearing a light blue dress, white socks and heels and a blonde wig with a black bow.