Scary or Kid Friendly Scary

Halloween approaches - my kids have several spooky parties lined up with their spooky little friends and most of them involve me tagging along with them - cos basically I am still a 'cool Dad'.  This is not because I am particularly up there in the hip stakes (though I like to think I can hold my own against the other Dad's at the the school gates - and quite often with the Mum's too!) it is that they are still young enough for me to be... well not a disappointment.  The secret to this is getting down with them and playing on their level... I don't find this hard as it is pretty much my level anyway.....  I digress before I even start! 

The biggest problem I face is when I come along to the parties how spooky should I dress up?  I made the mistake last year of misjudging this slightly.  I thought - I know Zombie! Everyone loves a Zombie!  Personally I didn't think it was the scariest Zombie I have ever created... unfortunately four of the kids at the party did and started screaming... then crying.....and crying....and crying. 

Here it is - exhibit 1.

What you can't see is that my t-shirt had slash marks across it and blood oozing out and my arms had a few veins painted in with a bit more blood oozing from those too.....

However not too scary I thought.  So this year the kids will all be a year older - can I go a bit more horrific? Was thinking vampire - all the trappings of looking glam with a couple of sharp teeth - maybe a Mummy - that way nobody will know it is me?  Or perhaps werewolf - I could so do a werewolf - but one maybe mid-change......  Will post the final decision on Nov 1st.