Horror Movies
In American Psycho, Patrick Bateman gives his review of this band while playing “Hip to be Square” as he murders Paul Alan.
Huey Lewis and the News
Watch out for face huggers, or you’ll end up with a bursted chest and a new born of this creature.
Xenomorph
Halloween originated in this country, where people would wear costumes and light bonfires to ware off ghosts.
Ireland
Often considered horror-adjacent, this fighting game franchise has featured horror icons such as Leatherface, Jason, and Freddy Krueger.
Mortal Kombat
Candy, Bread, Ear
Corn
In Child’s Play, audiences are terrorized by a possessed children’s toy. But the murderous doll’s name does not appear in the title of a films until this one.
Bride of Chucky
This monster was originally created as an allegory for the nukes dropped on Japan.
Godzilla
This Halloween traditon originates from poor children and adults going door to door begging for food in exchange for prayers for the dead.
Trick-or-treating
This creepypasta liminal space inspired a YouTube web series, video games, and a theatrical release this year.
The Backrooms
Patch, Carving, Latte
Pumpkin
This low budget film became an instant classic spawning 9 sequels and is one of the reasons for the escape room craze.
Saw
Often being referred to as Predators, this alien race faces off against a number of foes throughout film including a Californian governor.
Yautja
Despite pumpkins being synonymous with Halloween, this vegetable was originally used for Jack-o’-Lanterns.
Turnips
This indie game had groups of players scavenging abandoned planets for random treasures while avoiding creatures like Coil-Heads, Thumpers, and Hoarding Bugs,
Lethal Company
Rebecca Black, Jason Voorhees, "Thank God it's..."
Friday
In first Friday the 13th, this character is revealed to be the killer.
Pamala Voorhees, Jason Voorhees’s mother
The cenobites from the film “Hellraiser” torture and torment any who dare mess with this puzzle box.
The Lament Configuration
As Catholics integrated Halloween into religious celebrations, it was referred to one of these three names.
All Saint's Day, All Hallow's Eve, or All Soul's Day
One of pioneers of the survival horror genre, this game traps players in a creature infested town with thick fog obscuring their view at all times.
Silent Hill
Hades, Osiris, Morrigan
God/Goddess of the Dead
The “Fear Street” trilogy, released weekly in June 2021, is loosely based on the book series of the same title by this author.
R L Stein
These demons possess and kill anyone who disturbs the Book of the Dead in the Evil Dead series.
Deadites
In 1958, the White House was decorated for Halloween for the first time by First Lady Mamie, wife of this president.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Along with Resident Evil, this Sega arcade game is credited with not only popularizing zombie video games, but also re-popularizing zombies on broader pop culture during the turn of the century.
The House of the Dead
Left 4, By Deadlight, Space
Dead