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This sweet coating is made by heating sugar until it browns, commonly used on apples.

Caramel


100

This 1897 Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker introduced one of fiction's most famous creatures.

Dracula

100

This synonym for crazy is used in the title of the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock horror film, which famously features a murder in a motel shower.

Psycho

100

The term for the fear of ghosts, is also used as the name of the viral 2020 co-op horror game.

Phasmophobia

100

This country celebrates Chuseok, a harvest holiday involving family reunions and rituals honoring ancestors.

South Korea

200

This candy bar was named after a horse owned by the Mars family, originally famously promised to "satisfy."

Snickers

200

This monster's creation involved assembling body parts and bringing them to life through science.

Frankenstein's Monster

200

This 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie follows a young girl who discovers she's a witch after following her grandmother to a magical town where supernatural creatures live.

Halloweentown

200

The title of this 1982 Steven Spielberg movie is also the name of a noisy, disruptive spirit that can cause physical disturbances.

Poltergeist

200

This country celebrates the "Ghost Festival" or "Hungry Ghost Festival," where families offer food and burn paper money for wandering spirits, believed to return during the seventh lunar month.

China

300

This blueberry-flavored frosted breakfast cereal is part of the seasonal "Monster Cereal" lineup from General Mills.

BOO BERRY


300

This undead creature originates from Haitian folklore and is traditionally associated with being controlled by a sorcerer.

Zombie

300

Elliot disguised the titular character of this 1982 movie as a white, bedsheet ghost on Halloween to sneak him out of the house.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

300

This term, used in Ghostbusters to represent ghost slime or residue, also is the outer layer of a cell's cytoplasm.

Ectoplasm

300

This Japanese city is known for it's massive informal Halloween gathering on the public streets, but has been cracked down on since 2022.

Shibuya


400

Ronald Reagan was famously known for his love of this multi-colored candy, using it to help him quit pipe smoking.

Jelly Beans (Jelly Belly)


400

This ghostly woman from Irish folklore is known for her wailing, which is believed to foretell a death in the family.

Banshee

400

This 1968 black-and-white horror film, directed by George A. Romero, helped establish the modern cinematic zombie.

Night of the Living Dead

400

This term, for slight of hand or trickery, is also the name of a spell used by spellcaster classes in Dungeons & Dragons.

Prestidigitation

400

This Día de los Muertos flower is used in tradition to help guide the spirits of the dead.

Marigold

500

In the 1890s, the Goelitz company originally marketed candy corn under this name.

Chicken Feed


500

This creature is said to originate in medieval France, has a dragon-like appearance, and shares its name with an architectural water spout.

Gargoyle

500

This 1996 survival horror video game takes place in the Spencer Mansion and helped popularize the genre "survival horror."

Resident Evil

500

An Italian word for dramatic light and shadow.

Chiaroscuro

500

Carving this vegetable in Ireland was the original traditional predecessor to the modern North American Jack-o'-lanterns

Turnip

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