Hallowed History
Fears of being seen as human by ghosts who had returned to earth led people to disguise themselves as spirits, leading to this Halloween tradition.
Wearing costumes
Hannibal Lector is the cannibal killer from this 1991 horror movie.
The Silence of the Lambs
This creature is said to be repelled by silver due to its holy nature.
Vampires
Many countries celebrate and honor the dead through All Saints’ Day, which is celebrated on this day, rather than October 31st.
November 1st
Halloween is the 2nd largest commercial holiday in the U.S., beat only by this holiday.
Christmas
A now-forgotten Halloween tradition was for young women to seek out this service in order to find love.
Matchmaking
This horror movie killer wields gloves with razors for fingers.
Freddie Krueger
In the Middle Ages, it was believed that witches would disguise themselves by transforming into this animal.
Black cats
Restaurants in this south Asian country go all out to create specific Halloween menus.
India
This creature of the night is the most popular costume in South Carolina this year.
Vampire
In early trick-or-treating, people would ask not only for food but for this, and play tricks on those who refused.
Money
This creature based on the Irish legend of the dullahan was featured in the Disney movie The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
The Headless Horseman
This furry monster was first mentioned in The Epic of Gilgamesh when a woman turned her previous lover into a canine.
Werewolves
This country near Germany holds a popular Pumpkin Festival for Halloween each year, and they believe that leaving lanterns, bread, and water will welcome spirits back to earth for the night.
Austria
This candy is ranked as the most popular Halloween candy in the U.S., followed by Skittles.
Reese's Cups
While Halloween was not originally celebrated everywhere in America, a flood of immigrants from this country during famine helped popularize the holiday.
Ireland
This movie features the famous line: “I see dead people”.
The Sixth Sense
This popular Halloween monster has its origins in West African voodoo practice.
Zombies
In this country of Halloween’s origin, they traditionally eat barnbrack, a type of fruitcake which has items baked into it to predict the eater’s future.
Ireland
Hershey begins producing Halloween-specific candy as early as this many months in advance.
6 months
The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrated the end of this, during which they thought spirits could mingle with the living.
Summer/The harvest
The 1929 Disney film The Skeleton Dance was banned in this country for being “too macabre”.
Denmark
In original tales of the Headless Horseman, he could kill you by speaking your name and carried a whip made of this.
A human spine
Cosplay and parties for adults, not children, are the focus of celebrations in this country, where Halloween wasn’t introduced until 2000.
Japan
Americans are expected to spend about this much on Halloween this year in total. (Within $0.5 billion)
$10.6 billion