From Scary to Season
Tricks
Treats
Macabre Music
Nerdy Nonsense (Horror Movie Edition)
100

Goal! Just a minute ago I did this.

Scored

100

This magician and escape artist died after being sucker punched on the street, leading to abdominal swelling.

Harry Houdini

100

This similie means that something is particularly easy, like theft from an infant.

Like taking candy from a baby.

100

The main theme of this scary summertime film was written with just two notes a half step apart.

Jaws

100

This horror franchise created by Wes Craven features the Ghostface killers.

Scream

200

I'm looking high and low for my costume. Can you help me with this?

search

200

This is an idiom for a well-worn method for a specific task, a tried a true way to get something to work. 

the oldest trick in the book

200

This legume gives dark chocolate its bitter taste.

Cocoa bean

200

Danny Elfman both scored The Nightmare Before Christmas and sung for this key character in it.

Jack Skellington

200

This horror director named for woodworkers was responsible for such frights as The Thing, Halloween, and They Live!

John Carpenter

300

Like a smell, stench, or odor.

Scent

300

This Flash villain was played by Mark Hamill in both the 1990 tv show and the more recent CW program. 

The Trickster

300

JK Simmons, the actor behind J. Jonah Jameson, has voiced one of these chocolate candies in commercials  since 1996. Bonus points for naming the exact one.

the Yellow M&M
300

The nocturne, a musical form for piano, evokes this time.

The night

300

This sketch comedy veteran and former partner of Keegan Michael Key made the shift to horror filmmaking with 2017's Get Out.

Jordan Peele

400

This kind of animal does not hunt, but instead eats the remains of other predators' kills.

scavenger

400

This trick-taking card game features a set trump suit (the first in a fresh pack of cards) and is won with a total of 500 points.

Spades

400

Every year, enough of this candy, meliorated maize, is produced to wrap around the Earth four times.

Candy corn

400

The theme of this holiday-themed horror film is written in the odd time signature of 5/4.

Halloween

400

This movie killer dons a William Shatner mask after escaping the asylum and shares a name with the voice of Shrek. 

Michael Meyers

500

A way of binding together a book. Unlike a codex, this version is rolled up.

Scroll

500

A writing utensil and a verbose person, this magic duo is well-known for giving away some of their own secrets in order to fool the audience even further.

Penn and Teller

500

This candy company with a warlike name is behind Snickers, M&Ms, and Skittles.

Mars

500

Bach wrote this piece for the organ in the 1700s; it has since become synonymous with evil characters. (I will also accept humming the beginning of the piece)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor

500

Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, and Frankenweenie were all directed by this man, also the mind behind 1989's Batman film.

Tim Burton

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