# Cinematic Halloween Party

> This prompt instructs an image model to generate an 8K, photoreal, cinematic fine‑art portrait in a vintage Hollywood horror fashion style, specifying camera angle, framing, shallow depth of field, lighting, wardrobe, props, and color palette to achieve an elegant yet unsettling mood. It emphasizes strict identity fidelity to a provided reference face while integrating period styling, candlelit ambience, and Halloween-themed foreground/background elements, resulting in a matte, filmic 4:5 portrait that looks like a still from an old glamour-horror film.

- Skill: `betterpromptme/cinematic-halloween-party` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add betterpromptme/cinematic-halloween-party`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/betterpromptme/cinematic-halloween-party/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Design & Media
- Author: BetterPromptme (https://skillmd.com/u/betterpromptme)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/betterpromptme/cinematic-halloween-party

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## What it does

This prompt instructs an image model to generate an 8K, photoreal, cinematic fine‑art portrait in a vintage Hollywood horror fashion style, specifying camera angle, framing, shallow depth of field, lighting, wardrobe, props, and color palette to achieve an elegant yet unsettling mood. It emphasizes strict identity fidelity to a provided reference face while integrating period styling, candlelit ambience, and Halloween-themed foreground/background elements, resulting in a matte, filmic 4:5 portrait that looks like a still from an old glamour-horror film.

> For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.

## Inputs



### imageInputs

This prompt requires **exactly 1 image**. You **must pass exactly 1 image flag** (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.

| Index | Required | Description | Allowed CLI flags |
| ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| 1 | Yes | Your photo | `--image-input-url <url>` or `--image-input-path <path>` |


### Models and options

This skill's modality is: **`image`**.

To discover which `model` values you can use (and which `options` keys/values are valid for each model), run:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where `modality` is `"image"`.

## How to run

### Step 1: Collect inputs

First, run `betterprompt resources --models-only --json` and filter to `modality: "image"` to discover valid models and available options:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.

Then collect all inputs from the human:

- Required images:
  - **Exactly 1** images: image 1 (Your photo). Images must be provided in this order.
- Optional: model and options.
  - Present the human with the default model **`gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`** and its available options. Look up `gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview` in the `betterprompt resources` output (filtered to modality `"image"`) and show its `availableOptions` as: `key: val1, val2 (default), val3  |  key2: ...`. Mark a value `(default)` if it matches these defaults: `{}`.
  - If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model `gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`, options `{}`. Other models from the resources call are also available.

If the required images are missing, **ask the human for what's missing**. Do not assume or fabricate values. Tell the human: **"Please provide images in this order: image 1 (Your photo)"**.

### Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI

Use the frontmatter's `name` as the positional argument (for this skill, use `cinematic-halloween-party`).

Command form:

```bash
betterprompt generate cinematic-halloween-party \
  [--image-input-url <url>] \
  [--image-input-path <path>] \
  [--model <model>] \
  [--options <options JSON>] \
  [--json]
```

Notes:

- Pass each image using `--image-input-url` or `--image-input-path`, in the order matching the imageInputs descriptions (image 1 first, then image 2, etc.).
- If the human does **not** mention a model, **omit** `--model` and BetterPrompt will use the default model: **`gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`**.
- If the human does **not** mention options, **omit** `--options` and BetterPrompt will use the default options: **`{}`**.
- If the run times out, the response will include a `runId` you can use to fetch the result later.

Example (using defaults shown above):

```bash
betterprompt generate cinematic-halloween-party \
  --image-input-url https://example.com/image1.png \
  --model gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview \
  --options '{}'
```