Boston - October 31, 2008

Freaky Friday

2008 Halloween Guide

You’re not fooling anyone with that refuse sack/street cone witch combo; there’s still time to whip up a Joan Holloway (red dress + stuffed bra + kitten heels), and it may just get you a pumpkin full o’ treats. Here’s where to find ’em.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
The Snake Bite Halloween bash raises money for Green Labyrinth’s hurricane relief efforts, as well as The CouchSurfing Project (Saturday, $20, 9 p.m., at Rattlesnake Bar & Grill, 384 Boylston Street, Back Bay; 617-859-8555).

Candy Corn
Fill up on loot: Redline’s Bipartisan Boogieman Bash is doling out cash prizes for the best political and affiliate costumes (tonight, free with costume, 8 p.m., at 59 JFK Street, Cambridge; 617-491-9851).

Caramel Apples
Har, matey. Rum runners are pouring one on RumBa’s Captain Morgan Halloween party, where rum-caramel candy apples, reggae, and prizes — like a free overnight stay at the InterContinental — are up for grabs (tonight, free, 9 p.m., at InterContinental Boston, 510 Atlantic Avenue, Downtown; 617-217-5148).

Blow Pops
Eat well with Om’s fear-inducing prix fixe menu: nightmare salad, mummy monkfish, and full moon tart (tonight, $50, at 92 Winthrop Street, Harvard Square; 617-576-2800). Then waddle over to Noir for a classic Hollywood bash with $5 St.-Germain cocktails and prizes for the best Bogart (tonight, free, 9 p.m., at 1 Bennett Street, Harvard Square; 617-661-8010).

Go on: We scare you.