Halloween Movies
This classic animated movie follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, as he tries to take over Christmas.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This tri-color sweet candy looks like a small piece of corn.
What is candy corn?
This nocturnal flying mammal is often associated with vampires and haunted houses.
What is a bat?
Children say this two-word phrase when they knock on doors to collect candy.
What is "Trick or treat"?
The classic Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples actually began as a British matchmaking ritual to predict future romance.
What is a Truth? (Young women would mark an apple, and the boy who bit it would supposedly be her future husband).
In Hocus Pocus, the Sanderson sisters are brought back to life when a virgin lights this special candle.
What is the Black Flame Candle?
This peanut butter and chocolate candy bar is wrapped in orange foil during Halloween.
What is a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup?
A group of crows is ominously referred to by this name.
What is a murder?
Carved pumpkins with a candle glowing inside are known by this traditional name.
What are jack-o'-lanterns?
The state of Illinois produces the vast majority of the United States' pumpkins, growing about twice as many as any other state.
What is a Truth? (Illinois has ideal soil for pumpkins, producing over 500 million pounds annually—mostly for canned pumpkin puree).
This friendly ghost lives in Whipstaff Manor and just wants to have a friend.
Who is Casper?
According to popular superstition, you should always inspect your candy for these before eating them.
What are tampered items / hidden objects (or pins/razors—kept kid-safe: stranger safety / sealed wrappers)?
This eight-legged arachnid weaves sticky webs in the corners of dark attics.
What is a spider?
This traditional party game involves trying to catch a floating fruit in a tub of water using only your teeth.
What is bobbing for apples?
Animal shelters across the U.S. completely ban the adoption of black cats during the entire month of October due to ritual safety concerns.
What is a Myth? (While some shelters used to do this, modern shelters reject the myth and actually promote black cat adoptions in October to clear out crowded facilities).
In Hotel Transylvania, this famous monster character operates a resort for monsters away from humans.
Who is Dracula?
This chocolate bar with a spooky-sounding name features crisp rice covered in milk chocolate.
What is a Crunch bar (or Nestlé Crunch)?
This mythical creature transforms into a beast under the light of a full moon.
What is a werewolf?
This spooky 1962 novelty hit song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett tells the story of a monster dance party.
What is "The Monster Mash"?
In the original, ancient Celtic festival people wore scary masks specifically to disguise themselves from wandering spirits so they wouldn't be possessed.
What is a Truth? (The Celts believed the boundary between the living and dead blurred on October 31st, so they wore costumes to blend in with the ghosts).
In the stop-motion film Coraline, the main character is given a creepy doll with this specific object sewn over its eyes.
What are buttons?
This sour-then-sweet chewy candy comes in spooky shapes like zombies and vampires.
What is Sour Patch Kids?
In folklore, this animal is traditionally kept as a companion by witches.
What is a black cat?
Michael Jackson’s famous music video where he dances with a zombie mob.
What is "Thriller"?
It is legally a misdemeanor crime to dress up as a priest, nun, or monk for Halloween in the state of Alabama, carrying a fine or jail time.
What is a Truth? (Under Alabama Code Section 13A-14-4, it is illegal to falsely masquerade as a member of the clergy, and the law applies year-round, including on Halloween
This viral 2025 Blumhouse phenomenon features a socially awkward music store employee who uses a "One Wish Willow" artifact, only for his crush Nikki to mutate into an uncanny, obsessively clingy creature.
What is Obsession?
This candy bar was named after the family favorite horse of its creators, Frank and Ethel Mars.
What is Snickers?
This legendary Latin American creature's name literally translates to "goat-sucker" in Spanish, due to its alleged habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock.
What is the Chupacabra?
The Addams Family theme song is famously accompanied by the sound of doing this twice.
What is snapping your fingers?
The infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692 resulted in dozens of convicted witches being burned at the stake in the town square.
What is a Myth? (No witches were burned in Salem; under English law, witchcraft was a felony punished by hanging. One man was pressed to death with stones, but none were burned).
This 2005 Tim Burton stop-motion musical tells the story of a nervous groom named Victor who accidentally marries a deceased spirit named Emily.
What is Corpse Bride?
Invented in 1953, these marshmallow treats originally took 27 hours to make by hand using a pastry tube, but automation cut the process down to just six minutes.
What are Peeps?
In the hit Roblox horror game Doors, this blind, terrifying creature stalks players inside the "Library" (Room 50) and relies entirely on hearing the player's heartbeat to hunt them down.
Who is The Figure?
This viral, high-pitched 2024 TikTok audio trend features a group of girls screaming "Happy Halloween!" while aggressively doing a rhythmic, robotic dance in public parking lots.
What is the "Spooky, Scary Skeletons" dance trend? (Or the "Oh my god, it's Halloween" trend).
Frankenstein’s monster was a strict vegetarian in Mary Shelley’s original 1818 novel, explicitly stating he only ate acorns and berries.
What is a Truth? (In the book, the monster tells Victor Frankenstein: "My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.")
In It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, this character spends his entire Halloween night waiting in a sincere pumpkin patch while everyone else goes trick-or-treating.
Who is Linus?
During World War II, this hard, colorful candy was exclusively sold to the U.S. military because its hard shell prevented melting in tropical climates.
What are M&M's?
This faceless creature, which stalks players in the 2024 viral indie co-op game Lethal Company, wears a red tuxedo and instantly cracks the necks of players who look away from it.
What is the Nutcracker (or Bracken/Flower Man)?
In the popular Roblox horror game Piggy, which became a massive streaming sensation during 2020, the main antagonist's design and storyline are heavily inspired by this children's television cartoon.
What is Peppa Pig?
The iconic shape of the modern, smooth orange pumpkin we carve today was engineered by American colonial farmers specifically to hold a candle upright.
What is a Myth? (The smooth, round orange pumpkin, known as the Connecticut Field pumpkin, is an ancient heirloom variety that existed naturally and was grown by Indigenous peoples long before European colonization).