Heidi Klum is at it again. The supermodel and 'Project Runway' host made a jaw-dropping entrance at her annual “Heidi-ween” party in New York City, revealing her most chilling transformation yet, a full-body Medusa-inspired serpent creature, complete with glowing green scales, fanged teeth, and a crown of live-like snakes.
For decades, Klum has turned Halloween into a full-blown spectacle, hosting her star-studded bash nearly every year since 2000, with brief pauses in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. Each year, the 52-year-old raises the bar for creativity and shock value.
Last year, she and husband Tom Kaulitz became everyone’s favorite extraterrestrials, dressing as E.T. from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic. Klum even bent her finger to match the iconic alien. “E.T. has been part of most of our lives,” she told People in 2024. “I’ve always been a big fan.”
This year, however, she traded outer-space cuteness for pure nightmare fuel. “I’m going to be very ugly because I always try to do something different,” Klum told People earlier this month, and she delivered.
Arriving covered head-to-toe in intricately detailed green and gold reptilian prosthetics, Klum was unrecognizable. Her eyes were lined in yellow, her teeth sharpened into fangs, and a nest of snakes (crafted with animatronic movement) slithered from her scalp. Her entire look was accented by clawed hands and serpent-scale textures that shimmered under the red-carpet lights.
Adding to the spectacle, Klum’s husband perfectly complemented her mythological theme by dressing as a soldier turned to stone. The musician appeared covered in gray cracked makeup and armor-like textures, embodying a lifeless statue caught mid-battle, a clever nod to Medusa’s legendary power to turn men to stone with a single glance. The pair posed together on the red carpet outside the Hard Rock Hotel New York, where the 24th Annual Heidi Klum Halloween Party took place.
Klum elaborated to USA Today, saying she wanted to create something “very ugly and unusual, but something also that everyone will recognize and know.”
Behind-the-scenes images shared on Instagram earlier in the day showed Klum in prosthetic makeup and holding wires for animatronics, hinting at the complexity of the transformation. She had teased fans with close-ups of sharp teeth and eerie green paint before the reveal, leaving followers to guess whether she’d appear as The Grinch, a Gremlin, or a sea monster.
The supermodel has long collaborated with prosthetic makeup designer Mike Marino, whose work on 'The Penguin' and 'A Different Man' has earned critical praise. Marino once described creating Klum’s Halloween looks as “an extreme challenge," a sentiment that surely applies to this latest masterpiece.