Mong Kok Halloween Street Party Spooks into Action: “Mong Kok Haunted Minibus” Steals the Spotlight

2026-11-01 15:07 Last Updated At：15:07

Halloween has arrived, and the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has expanded this year’s celebrations by joining hands with industry partners to launch the first-ever “Hong Kong Halloween Month”. The “Next Stop, Mong Kok! Langham Place Halloween Street Fest” held on October 31 is one of its highlights. The organiser has blended street culture, live music, costume photo ops and local delicacies into a street carnival brimming with Hong Kong characteristics, drawing crowds of residents and tourists who came specifically to take photos and soak in the atmosphere.

Ms. Tang, a resident, said she is usually busy with work and learned about the event through social media, so she came specifically to experience the vibe. She felt the event combines a variety of distinctive elements, and that the overall decorations and atmosphere are refreshing, attracting many tourists to the site for photos.

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The “Next Stop, Mong Kok! Langham Place Halloween Street Fest". Photo source: FB@Langham Place

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Among the attendees were travellers who had dressed up elaborately. Shan, a tourist from Jamaica, and her daughters came dressed as characters from “101 Dalmatians”, drawing passers-by to stop and take photos with them. Shan said her family chose a family-themed costume to show their togetherness. She also felt Hong Kong’s festive atmosphere is very harmonious, and they planned to head to Tsim Sha Tsui during the weekend to celebrate Halloween with relatives and friends.

Mainland tourist Ms. Bao described the scene as a large-scale “cosplay” party with a lively atmosphere and friendly staff. However, she found the crowd too congested and suggested that crowd management could be improved in the future to enhance the experience. She added that she and her friends had not yet visited other events and were looking forward to a wonderful evening in Lan Kwai Fong over the Halloween weekend.

Heidi Klum reveals Halloween costume as her iconic party marks 25 years

Heidi Klum underwent a bloody transformation to become a giant, gruesome severed hand for her annual Halloween party in New York on Saturday, 25 years after she began hosting the much-anticipated event.

Klum was unrecognizable, with only her eyes and mouth showing, blood dripping from her mouth as she stuck her tongue out. The top of the hand ended in a gory assortment of dangling ligaments and tendons. She had an ensemble of helpers in blood-stained hazmat suits.

The idea came to her last year to be a giant hand — specifically her own left hand, with long red nails, a thumb ring, and her engagement ring and wedding band.

“I looked at my hand and I thought, ‘Hey, I think I could fit my body in this somehow,’” Klum said.

The supermodel-turned-TV personality went viral in 2022 when she arrived at the party on the end of a fishing line, encased in a slithering worm costume.

In past years, Klum has come dressed as the Greek myth Medusa, a peacock, an 8-foot-tall (2.4-meter-tall) “Transformer,” a werewolf from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video, a clone accompanied by several Klum-lookalikes, and Kali, the multiarmed Hindu goddess of death and destruction.

Klum said it took about five to six hours to get into her hand costume this year, but making it took a lot longer. She posted hints on her Instagram earlier in the day as bloodied prosthetics were applied to her face.

“Hands down, the hardest thing is carrying it,” Klum said. “It's quite heavy.”

Her husband, musician Tom Kaulitz, did not attend this year because he was on tour. But the details on her costume include a tattoo of his name on her ring finger, along with her palm lines and veins.

“A little bit of Tom is with me,” she said.

Mong Kok Halloween Street Party Spooks into Action: “Mong Kok Haunted Minibus” Steals the Spotlight

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