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Isn't that the point of Halloween? The non-religious, totally commercialized and traditional spirit of Halloween? I can't tell you what to do with your children but I'd generally let children dress how they want to on Halloween. The whole point is to be scary and/or be scared. Don't rob children of their Halloween experiences, I see that happen all of the time. It's just a holiday.
I don't really know what the grandparents specific issues are but if you make something to be more serious than it really is, you're teaching that to the child. Also, if you try to keep something from a child, eventually, they usually end up getting what they want and maybe not in the best way.
To tie this all up, every other kid is going to be celebrating Halloween and if you disallow your children to dress a certain way (scary), you're only going to ostracize your children. In high school, I had a friend who was from a Baptist family and they pulled her out of school on Halloween because they didn't want her to attend the Halloween parties. Instead, they brought her to church to pray. I know these are two different issues but they boil down to the same thing; taking the child from something they want that is harmless, making it into something serious when it's really just fun, and ostracizing your own children at a young age.
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