Sixteen great celebrity Halloween costumes - in pictures

Eli Roth appears to be in a spot of bother during the 2012 Halloween bash at his Goretorium in Las Vegas Photograph: Denise Truscello/WireImage

Stalwarts of outrageous costume ideas, Seal and Heidi Klum arrive at their 10th Annual Halloween Party in Hollywood in 2009 dressed as a pair of crows Photograph: Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic

Exquisitely topped off with ill-advised headgear, Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb, Ann Curry, Meredith Vieira and Al Roker re-enact the royal wedding at NBC's Today 2011 Halloween celebration in New York Photograph: Bennett Raglin/WireImage

Arguably the sickliest couple of the season, Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey at a 2009 Halloween celebration in New York in all-white angel outfits Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Kyle Maclachlan sports a golf ball injury guaranteed to make any makeup artist jealous in 2007 Photograph: Matt Baron/Rex Features

Aghast from the past: Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, in werewolf costumes in 1997 Photograph: White House/AP

Unperturbed by the lack of a discernible theme connecting their outfits, Miranda Kerr, Kate Upton, Chrissy Teigen, Nicole Trunfio and Jaslene Gonzalez pose at Kerr's Sexy Circus Halloween party in New York in 2011 Photograph: Jerritt Clark/WireImage

Tina Fey and Will Ferrell appear on NBC's Today Halloween episode in 2010, dressed in their Megamind outfits Photograph: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Another Heidi Klum/Seal triumph from 2011 Photograph: Startraks/Rex Features

Christina Milian prompted onlookers to gouge their own eyes out with this horror from 2012 Photograph: David Livingston/Getty Images

This year, Kelly Brook went for an ambitious 'Jane-Austen-murder-victim' look for her outfit in Los Angeles – and pulled it off Photograph: Beverly News/Rex Features

Heidi Klum effortlessly cements her position as queen of Halloween with this muscle-tissue effort from 2011 Photograph: Startraks/Rex Features

Jamie Hince and Kate Moss arrive at Jonathan Ross's annual party this year Photograph: Alex Davies/FilmMagic

Julie Macklowe and Perez Hilton twerk their way into Heidi Klum's Halloween bash in New York. It doesn't get more scary than this Photograph: Henry Lamb/Photowire/BEI/Rex Features

Gok Wan goes terror-chic at Jonathan Ross's party this year Photograph: Rotello/Rex Features

And, finally, yes, it's Heidi Klum again at her 14th annual Halloween party this year in in New York. Let's hope those varicose veins are part of the costume … Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Heidi Klum