Movie
In Scream, the Ghostface killer famously calls victims on the phone and asks them this iconic question.
What is "What's your favorite scary movie?"
According to urban legend, repeating this woman's name three times into a dark bathroom mirror brings her ghost into the room?
Who is Bloody Mary?
Michael Jackson’s 1982 iconic music video features him dancing alongside a troupe of resurrected zombies.
What is "Thriller"?
Consistently ranked as America's #1 favorite Halloween treat
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
This famous Transylvanian vampire can transform into a bat and is famously repelled by garlic, wooden stakes, and sunlight.
Dracula
The Shining, Jack Nicholson axes through a bathroom door and yells this famous late-night TV catchphrase.
What is "Here's Johnny!"
Massachusetts city famous for its 1692 witch trials, which now attracts thousands of tourists every October.
What is Salem?
The main hook of this movie theme song famously asks, "If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call?"
What is "Ghostbusters"?
This yellow, orange, and white triangular candy is notoriously polarized—people either love it or hate it.
What is Candy Corn?
Contrary to popular belief, this is actually the name of the mad scientist, not the monster made of reanimated body parts.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
Filmed on a tiny budget in 1999, this movie popularized the "found footage" genre using handheld camera video about a witch in Maryland.
What is The Blair Witch Project?
Superstition holds that breaking this everyday object brings seven years of bad luck.
What is a mirror?
"Boris" Pickett had a #1 hit in 1962 singing about a lab monster doing a dance that was a "graveyard smash."
What is "The Monster Mash"?
The tagline for this popular gummy candy brand is "First they're sour. Then they're sweet."
What are Sour Patch Kids?
Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem where a gloomy bird perches above a door and repeatedly squawks a single word.
What is The Raven (the word is "Nevermore")?
This famous killer doll, possessed by the soul of a serial killer, is the main villain of the Child's Play movie series.
Who is Chucky?
Created for an internet Photoshop contest in 2009, this tall, faceless figure in a suit became one of the internet's most famous modern urban legends.
Slender Man
Danny Elfman composed "This Is Halloween" for this iconic 1993 stop-motion animated film directed by Tim Burton.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This chocolate-and-caramel bar's name isn't an insult—it shares its name with a famous female laugh.
What is a Snickers?
In Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story, Dr. Jekyll drinks a potion that transforms him into this evil alter ego.
Who is Mr. Hyde?
In the movie Get Out, Jordan Peele uses this hypnotic mental state to trap victims deep inside their own subconscious minds.
What is "The Sunken Place"?
This monster from the Pine Barrens of New Jersey is described as having hooves, wings, and a horse-like head—and even has an NHL team named after it.
The Jersey Devil
This classic 1976 rock song by Blue Öyster Cult is famous for urging listeners not to fear death—and for its heavy use of a cowbell.
What is "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"?
Created during WWII as a candy that wouldn't melt in soldiers' pockets.
What are M&Ms?
According to classic monster lore, this rare metal is the only substance capable of killing a werewolf.
What is silver?