Spooky, Stunning, Stylish or Sweet - Have a Scream of a Halloween at Rite Aid; Halloween Costumes, Treats, and Household Decor Fill Rite Aid Stores.

CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Halloween trick or treaters, party throwers, candy givers and decorators can buy everything their Halloween heart desires this year at Rite Aid. From classic to state-of-the-art costumes, traditional to trendy treats and decor that brings out the goblins in everyone, Rite Aid is ready to have a scream of a Halloween.

"Halloween is a great time of the year," said Bryan Shirtliff, senior vice president of category management for Rite Aid. "Consumers of all ages join in on the fun by escorting their children door-to-door, handing out treats, attending or throwing monster bashes, or simply decorating their home to create a mood. Rite Aid has a wide variety of Halloween and harvest merchandise that will help everyone celebrate the holiday in style."

Some of the hottest Halloween products include -

Kiddie Costumes -- The streets will be full of pint sized firefighters, policemen and princesses this year. Even toddlers and infants can join in on the dress up fun with animal plush costumes including lions, bears and tigers.

Costumes that enlighten and frighten -- Make sure the sidewalk is wide enough this year for the popular inflatable ballerina and sumo wrestler costumes. A built in fan keeps these suits large and puffy all night long. Wigs are always popular and Rite Aid has them all - mullets, clowns, fiber-optic that lights up, afros and dreadlocks - no need to go to the beauty salon this Halloween. On the scary side, there are skeleton masks that bleed, crypt masks and even talking monster masks.

Makeup and hats -- Whether a fairy princess, a colorful clown, a ghost or a ghoul, Halloween make-up is popular, especially glow-in-the-dark and glitter make-up. The sky's the limit on Halloween, even black eyes, black teeth and green skin is common. Put the final touches on that unforgettable face with a big foam goofy animal hat; be a tiger, a monkey or a turtle this Halloween.

Eat Your Heart Out -- "Candy is our most popular item at Halloween," says Shirtliff. "People love to buy jumbo sized bags of candy with a variety of treats at a great value. These bags offer ghosts and goblins knocking on doors many treat options." Traditional candies such as lollypops, candy corns, Snickers, M&M's and Hershey's Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are still tried and true favorites. But, look for new favorites like light-up Twist & Glo pops, light up Candy Rings, Scooby Doo marshmallow pops, Insane Brains and Ghostly Treats.

Light Up The Night -- Instead of fright, how about light? Halloween lights are great fun and offer added safely to trick-or-treaters. Selections include sticks, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Lights for decorating are always popular, includiing traditional strings of orange and purple lights, tube lights, hanging pumpkin and skeleton lights, ghost and pumpkin sculptures perfect for the lawn or warm glowing jack-o-lantern lamps to light up the home.

Toys of the season -- Barbie is back and she's joining in on the holiday fun. Rite Aid has Masquerade Barbie, great for that special little girl and also a collector's item. For those who are little tougher, Van Helsing figures also line Rite Aid shelves, as well as Universal Studios classic monster figures, including Dracula, Wolfman and Frankenstein.

Rite Aid's aisles are screaming Halloween fun and ready to supply consumers with what's needed for a fun, safe and wonderfully spooky October 31st.

Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains with annual revenues of more than $16.6 billion and approximately 3,400 stores in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available through the company's website at www.riteaid.com.

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