Boys in black eyeliner dance to dark, trance-inducing beats. Fishnets, black goth gear and feather boas abound. This Sunday, Halloween returns with a vengeance and a 1980s trick up its sleeve.

DNA Lounge celebrates All Hallows Eve on October 31 – the club’s fourth Halloween bash since a major renovation in 2001. In spooky style, All Hallows Eve offers club-goers surreal fun that includes a live performance by a pagan-lounge ensemble, trapeze artists, vaudeville acts and an emphasis on goth, industrial and '80s new wave music.

Fortuitously, the '80s and Halloween just seem to go together.

“Both Halloween and the 1980s are about expression and having fun,” said Deirdre Sue, an SF State credential student in child and adolescent development. “I was raised in the '80s, and it was a time when straight boys wore eyeliner, feminist girls were sexy and everybody danced and felt the music.”

The parallels Sue draws are definitely illustrated at All Hallows Eve.

The costumes are often flamboyant and clever. Last year, among the best were detailed group costumes like the characters from The Royal Tenenbaums, nearly-naked Egyptian gods and goddesses, and a trio of extremely bloody zombie cheerleaders.

There is also a consistent goth-new wave base with revelers costumed in black latex, dark red and black wigs, feather boas, and plenty of Cure-inspired make-up.

Bringing a healthy dose of The Cure and other '80s bands to All Hallows Eve is Steve Indig, a San Francisco DJ who has helped to revive the '80s new wave culture in the city.

Indig is co-creator of New Wave City, a roaming '80s dance party that has been featured at DNA Lounge, Rawhide and Space 550. The party presents the very best in new wave – 1980s music with a slightly punk or gothic twist. Spinning under his alias, Shindog, Indig brings the dark side of dance back with cuts by New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

“We started New Wave City 12 years ago as a reunion for an '80s club called The I-Beam that was in the Haight [District],” said Indig. “We had a lot of fun, and we’ve been doing a party once a month for years now.”

As the children of the '80s are reaching the clubbing age, Indig and others are finding a fresh audience keen on dancing till dawn to their favorite '80s icons.

“New wave is the best music besides hip-hop to dance to,” said Sue. “Prince is the king, and I love Duran Duran, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode and The Cure.”

Sue will definitely hear her favorites at All Hallows Eve. Indig and New Wave City co-creator DJ Skip will be spinning '80s classics from Sunday night to Monday morning. Bring your eyeliner.

All Hallows Eve is at DNA Lounge, which is located at 375 Eleventh St. Doors open at 9 p.m. Cover is $13. New Wave City is held monthly. For more information, visit Shindog and Skip at www.newwavecity.com.