October
This Hindu festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated in October
Diwali
This is the name of the schoolteacher in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
A group of witches is called this, traditionally 13 of them
A coven
The Hash Slinging Slasher
This is the name of a powerful medieval siege engine that uses a compound lever, a swinging sling, and gravity (via a heavy counterweight or human pullers) to hurl heavy projectiles
A Trebuchet
This gift from France was given to the US in October of 1886
She wrote Frankenstein at the age 18
Mary Shelley
This plant keeps away Vampires
Garlic
Spongebob and Patrick get trapped on this ghosts ship during the Episode Shanghaied
The Flying Dutchman
Gandalf defeats this anceint demon monster in the mines of Moria
Balrog
She was executed via guillotine on October 16, 1793
Marie Antionette
This is the name of the clown in Stephen Kings, It.
Pennywise
This metal is the only thing that can kill a werewolf
Silver (silver bullet)
Spongebob dresses up as a ghost to attend a party at this establishment in Scaredy Pants
The Krusty Krab
In the 1966 Peanuts special, who waits all night in the pumpkin patch
Linus
This is the title of Adam Sandlers Halloween Movie based in Salem, MA on October 31st.
Hubie Halloween
This is the name of the motel in Psycho?
The Bates Motel
This woman of the fairy mound and Irish spirit wails when someone is about to die
A Banshee
Spongebob and Mr. Krabs try to cover up the murder of this professional in the episode The Nasty Patty
The Health Inspector
This 2017 horror film won Jordan Peele the Oscar for best original screenplay
Get Out
Tourmaline and this are the birthstones for October
Opal
This 1974 film introduced Leatherface
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
This Halloween novelty song reached number one in the United States in October 1962
Monster Mash
National Free Balloon Day
This mythological entity had snakes for hair and one look from her would turn to stone
Medusa