The Witching Hour
Geography of a Scare
Portmanteau
Mary Shelley
Classic Taglines
100
This 1999 movie revolutionized movie marketing, as filmmakers purported that the film was not fictional, but actual camcorder footage found from three young filmmakers who disappeared in the woods.
What is Blair Witch Project
100
In the Resident Evil video game franchise, this city's prosperity came to an abrupt end when the t-Virus leaked, triggering a citywide epidemic.
What is Raccoon City?
100
Ichabod Crane’s pursuer, while listening to Olivia Dean’s #1 hit single
What is Headless Horseman I Need?
100
In Shelley’s gothic classic, this creature was created in a lab via some questionable scientific means.
What is Frankenstein's monster?
100
You’ll Float Too (2017)
What is It?
200
Don’t get on her bad side! This cat-like Hogwarts professor led the notoriously difficult Transfiguration course
Who is Minerva McGonagall?
200
This state is the home of Stephen King, and the location of many of his books, including Derry. from It.
What is Maine?
200
Jordan Peele’s first movie meets Taylor Swift’s pop belt.
What is Get Out of the Woods?
200
Standing at 6’ 5,’’ this statuesque Australian starred in Guillermo Del Toro’s 2025 Frankenstein adaptation (perhaps he could fit the book in his pocket?)
Who is Jacob Elordi?
200
Be Careful Who You Wish For (2026)
What is Obssession?
300
Heard here, this New York born singer, known for her honeyed and ethereal voice, covered Season of the Witch for a 2019 film.
Who is Lana Del Rey?
300
Candyman is one of Chicago’s few horror films. Candyman resided at this public housing project on Chicago’s North Side.
What is Cabrini Green?
300
This scientist with dual personalities currently resides in this University of Chicago neighborhood.
What is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Park?
300
The subtitle, and less quoted part, of Shelley’s magnum opus, with reference to a fire-wielding titan: Frankenstein: __ ______ ____________
What is "The Modern Prometheus?"
300
No Accidents. No Coincidences. No escapes. You can’t Cheat Death. (2000)
What is Final Destination?
400
Who is Michelle Yeoh?
400
This Rust-Belt city’s the perfect backdrop for movies covering liminal spaces and deteriorating communities, like It Follows and Barbarian.
What is Detroit?
400
Comedy duo Will Ferrell and John Reilly try out writing an anthology of scary stories.
What is Step Brothers Grimm?
400
Mary Shelley's famous poet husband, who died by drowning at age 29.
Who is Percy Shelley?
400
If Only They Knew She Had the Power (1976)
What is Carrie?
500
This 12-year-old girl, immortalized in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, was one of the first to accuse her neighbors of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials.
Who is Abigail Williams?
500
A 1949 exorcism at this Missouri university was purported to be the origins of the 1973 horror classic, The Exorcist.
What is Saint Louis University?
500
Ella Langley, don’t stop for cannibalistic hitchhikers from this famous franchise.
What is Choosin Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
500
Shelley wrote Frankenstein in the “Year Without Summer,” after this Indonesian volcano erupted, causing so much ash in the atmosphere that global temperatures dropped and caused severe climate abnormalities.
What is Mount Tambora?
500
She’s More Than a Toy. She’s Family. (2022)
What is M3GAN?