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There are plenty of face filters or lenses on Instagram this year. Instagram

If you’re not already in the Halloween spirit, opening one of the many social media apps you likely have on your phone might change that. Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat have all added Halloween filters and lenses in their latest updates. Even if you don’t have a costume, the lenses can instantly transform you into a scary looking zombie or vampire.

Facebook Halloween Update

The filters and lenses vary by app but all celebrate the holiday. Facebook's update added the most new features leading up to the holiday. The features were added to live, camera and messenger and there are also options to decorate any posts with fall themes.

In camera as well as in messenger, users have access to 12 masks and lenses available to dress up for their photos or for chatting with friends. There are also Halloween effects in live for users who want to get in the spirit of Halloween while broadcasting to their friends or followers.

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These lenses are available in Facebook messenger and on the camera. Facebook

On the actual holiday, which falls on Tuesday this year, users might also see a message from Facebook about the day and there will also be an option to add backgrounds to their statuses on the site. Lastly there is a game hidden in the Facebook camera. It allows users to turn into a trick-or-treater who has to escape a haunted house.

Instagram Halloween Update: New Lenses, Stickers

Facebook’s other social networking platform, Instagram, also has some new Halloween theme features on the app. Lenses and new stickers have already been added to the app. Now there are stickers like little devil horns, candy corn and zombie hand stickers to help decorate your photos on the app. There are also face lenses on this platform that can turn the users into a zombie or make them look like they’re in a horror movie.

Snapchat Halloween Filters

Snapchat, the first platform to ever come up with face filters and lenses, also has an array of available filters and lenses up for the occasion. The face filters or lenses, include one that turns the users into a dancing skeleton, as well as filters that can turn the users into a vampire or zombie and one that features a spooky strobe light.

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Snapchat has a filter that doubles as a countdown to Halloween. Snapchat

Not only does Snapchat have its signature lenses, but there are also some frames/filters available already. One says “This is my costume” with a blood red border framing whatever image the Snap users takes, and another features a countdown until the holiday on the front of a bubbling cauldron.

It’s safe to say there is no shortage of ways to have some great Halloween-themed social media posts this year with all the filters and lenses available.