Halloween Traditions
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
What is jack-o-lanterns?
This tri-colored sweet, popular on Halloween, has its own national day on October 30
What is Candy Corn
Mary Shelley's famous 1818 gothic novel features a creature brought to life by a scientist, but the monster itself is never given this specific name.
What is Frankenstein?
A small town is gripped by fear as a mysterious killer targets teenagers
What is Scream?
This 1982 Michael Jackson masterpiece features a spoken-word sequence by horror icon Vincent Price and is the best-selling album of all time
What is Thriller?
This Halloween game may be derived from the inclusion of the goddess Pomona in the festivities
Wow! The neighbors gave trick-or-treaters the king size of this Nestle candy bar with a noisy name
What is Crunch?
Halloween brings tourists to the possibly haunted Baltimore house of this macabre writer
What is Edgar Allan Poe?
Three witches come back to life on Halloween, prompting a group of kids to battle dark forces to protect their community
What is Hocus Pocus?
Bobby "Boris" Pickett hit number one on the Billboard charts in 1962 with this laboratory-themed dance craze.
What is the Monster Mash?
For Halloween, 19th c. Louisianans made a midnight "dumb supper", a meal eaten without doing this, & waited for a ghost to join
What is speaking?
Sink your teeth into this vampire-themed cereal that frequently makes a comeback around Halloween
What is Count Chocula?
October brings out undead soldiers, vampires & ghosts, all serving the Headless Horseman at Philipsburg Manor in this N.Y. village
What is Sleepy Hollow?
A masked killer escapes from an institution and terrorizes a babysitter
What is Halloween?
This 1984 theme song warns listeners, "If there's something strange in your neighborhood," you should know exactly who to call.
What is Ghostbusters?
This 20th century performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween
What is Houdini?
When candy corn was invented in the 1880s by George Renninger of the Wunderle Candy Company, it's original name was somewhat unappetizing
What is chicken feed?
Dye some gauze in black tea for an aged look & wrap yourself up as this guy whom Abbott & Costello met in a 1955 film
What is The Mummy?
A family experiences unsettling occurrences in a remote hotel
What is the Shining?
This finger-snapping theme song represents a creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky television and film family.
What is the Addams Family?
"Peanuts" Linus has spent many a Halloween waiting for this being
What is the Great Pumpkin?
Named after a favorite horse belonging to the Mars family, this candy bar consistently ranks as the best-selling Halloween candy in the United States
What is Snickers?
This is Dracula's name on his driver's license
What is Vlad the Impaler?
A recently deceased couple enlists the help of a mischievous ghost to scare away the new inhabitants of their home
What is Beetlejuice?
Screamin' Jay Hawkins originally sang this haunting track in 1956, which was later famously covered by Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus.
What is "I Put a Spell on You"?