In John Carpenter’s The Thing an alien goes around killing scientists in the Antarctic then assuming their appearances – they don’t know who’s human and who’s not, and it’s all very scary.

So if you’re really stuck for a halloween costume this year, we reckon you should go as your housemate/sibling/close friend – ‘borrow’ their clothes and see how many people you can convince that you’re the real thing. If you’re at a party, you might have to mainly target the ones who have had a few too many – but if you’re lucky enough to be going for a shred you can cover most of your face and you might even be able to pull it off…