20 pictures of terrifying costumes worn around Northamptonshire this Halloween

Residents did not disappoint with their creativity this year as children all over the county donned scary make up and costumes to go trick-or-treating last night

Halloween is now over but don't get those Christmas lights up just yet (please).

Hundreds of children all across the county last night got dressed up in their scariest costumes to go trick-or-treating last night for Halloween (October 31) - many of which, courtesy of their own parents' creativity - so let us look back on some of our favourites.

We asked our readers to send in pictures of their Halloween costumes and we hand picked out some of the best from over 400 submissions.

Here are 20 of them...