Famous Frights
This famous vampire lives in Transylvania and definitely isn’t a fan of garlic.
Who is Dracula?
Bobby “Boris” Pickett gave us this classic Halloween party song about a graveyard dance.
What is “Monster Mash”?
Jack Skellington is known as the Pumpkin King in this stop-motion Halloween favorite.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Halloween is believed to have originated largely from traditions in this European country, where the ancient Celts celebrated Samhain.
What is Ireland?
This wooden container is traditionally used to bury the dead.
What is a coffin/casket?
This green, grouchy character lives with the Addams Family and is known for saying very little.
Who is Lurch?
Michael Jackson released this famous spooky song and music video in 1983.
What is “Thriller”?
This friendly ghost starred in a 1995 movie featuring Christina Ricci.
Who is Casper?
In Mexico, these colorful flowers are commonly used to decorate Día de los Muertos altars and graves.
What are marigolds?
This term describes a house or building believed to be inhabited by spirits.
What is a haunted house?
This Greek mythological creature has snakes for hair and can turn people to stone with her gaze.
Who is Medusa?
Ray Parker Jr. recorded the theme song for this 1984 supernatural comedy.
What is “Ghostbusters”?
In The Addams Family, this disembodied hand helps the family around their mansion.
Who is Thing?
In Scotland, this Halloween tradition involves trying to grab floating fruit using only your teeth.
What is bobbing for apples?
This eerie phenomenon involves the feeling that you have already experienced the exact moment happening now.
What is déjà vu?
This headless supernatural rider chases Ichabod Crane in a famous Washington Irving story.
Who is the Headless Horseman?
This Rockwell song about feeling like someone is always watching him features Michael Jackson on background vocals.
What is “Somebody’s Watching Me”?
This horror villain wears a hockey mask and is associated with Camp Crystal Lake.
Who is Jason Voorhees?
In this country, Halloween is sometimes called “The Night of the Witches,” or La Noche de Brujas.
What is Spain?
In folklore, this supernatural double of a living person is sometimes considered a bad omen.
What is a doppelgänger?
This Irish supernatural figure is known for a wail that is said to announce an approaching death.
What is a banshee?
This spooky 1962 novelty song by Bobby “Boris” Pickett became a Halloween classic and topped the Billboard Hot 100.
What is “Monster Mash”?
This 1960 Alfred Hitchcock horror classic takes place partly at the Bates Motel.
What is Psycho?
In Mexico, this sweet, skull-shaped treat is traditionally decorated with colorful icing for Día de los Muertos celebrations
What is a sugar skull (calavera de azúcar)?
his legendary creature is said to appear as a warning before disasters and was famously sighted in West Virginia in the 1960s.
What is Mothman?