Halloween Creatures
This animal, commonly associated with Halloween, is the only mammal that can fly.
What is a bat?
This Irish band has a hit song titled "Zombie".
Who are the Cranberries?
The full name of the black cat in Sabrina the Teenage Witch is this.
What is Salem Saberhagen?
Looking for the Great Pumpkin to appear, this character diligently waits in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night.
Who is Linus?
A man who practices witchcraft is called this.
What is a warlock or witcher?
A group of witches is known as this.
What is a coven?
The Puritans associated this animal with witchcraft, leading to an association with Halloween (and bad luck).
What are black cats?
The song "This is Halloween" is featured in this Halloween movie.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This zombie apocalyptic horror TV series was based on a comic book series of the same name.
What is The Walking Dead?
In The Sixth Sense, the main character sees these.
What are dead people?
This real-life candy was created from a popular novel series and it boasts flavors such as earwax, grass, dirt, and many others.
What are Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans?
The Goosebumps series was written by this author.
Who is R.L. Stine?
This term is used for those with an irrational fear of spiders.
What is arachnophobia?
"Starlight" was the original title of this hit Halloween-associated song.
What is "Thriller"?
Spike was one of the vampire antagonists on this TV series that debuted in 1997.
What is Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
This author of horror books holds the record for the most book-to-movie adaptations.
Who is Stephen King?
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was established in 1692 to aid in the trying of these?
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
In this 1845 poem by Edgar Allen Poe, a talking bird repeats the word "Nevermore".
What is "The Raven"?
A lycanthrope is also known as this.
What is a werewolf?
This man penned the 1962 song "Monster Mash".
Who is Bobby "Boris" Pickett?
An 80's inspired sci-fi/horror series, this TV show stars Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven.
What is Stranger Things?
The first American film ever to show a toilet on screen was this horror movie.
What is Psycho?
There are this many bones in the human skeleton.
What is 206?
This was the most popular Halloween costume in 2023 due to a high-grossing box office success.
What is Barbie?
The vampire on Sesame Street goes by this name.
What is Count von Count? or What is The Count?
The spooky monologue at the end of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was provided by this actor, who was best known for his work as a villain in horror movies.
Who is Vincent Price?
This odd character from a classic TV show speaks in rapid, unintelligible gibberish that only his family can understand.
Who is Cousin Itt?
This actor was the first person to play Frankenstein's monster in a feature film.
Who is Boris Karloff?
This classic Halloween costume is the most popular costume for pets.
What is a pumpkin?
Coulrophobia is the extreme or irrational fear of this.
What are clowns?
A ghost or spirit that causes physical disturbances is called this. (There is a particularly annoying one in the Harry Potter novels.)
What is a poltergeist?
There are hundreds of covers of this song, but the original was sung by Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
What is "I Put a Spell on You?"
This family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
Who are The Munsters?
This movie is number one atop the list of "Scariest Horror Movies Ever" on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb.
What is The Exorcist?
This past U.S. president is rumored to haunt the White House.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Edvard Munch's most famous painting is aptly named this.
What is The Scream?
There is a law on the books in Haiti that makes it a crime to turn someone into this creature.
What is a zombie?
The author of this movie theme song was sued for plagiarism, alleging that the melody had been copied from Huey Lewis's "I Want a New Drug".
What is "Ghostbusters"?
The one season spin-off show of Bewitched was called this, after a character from the original series.
What is Tabitha?
Debuted in 1940, this film was the only movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock to win an Academy Award.
What is Rebecca?
Before pumpkins, the Irish and Scottish carved this root vegetable on Halloween.
What are turnips?
Halloween was nearly cancelled in this decade due to pranksters and vandals causing millions of dollars of damage to U.S. cities on Halloween night.
What is the 1930s?