Tear the Genre to Shreds
Classic Monsters
Halloween History
Bring the Kids
Killer on the Loose
200
Anna Faris plays Cindy in this spoof of a '90s slasher.
Scary Movie
200
It’s alive!
Frankenstein's monster
200
Before pumpkins, this root vegetable was carved by the Irish and Scottish for Halloween.
Turnips (&/or potatoes)
200
In Peanuts, Linus has waited many a Halloween for this being.
The Great Pumpkin
200
You can score a version of this villain’s striped sweater online for about 40 bucks – finger knives included.
Freddy Krueger
400
"Limber Up" and "Double Tap" are essential rules in this 2009 horror-comedy.
Zombieland
400
They ride upon sticks.
Witches
400
Halloween is rooted in this ancient Celtic festival.
Samhain
400
They're creepy and they're kooky.
The Addams Family
400
This character drowning at Camp Crystal Lake lead to all kinds of trouble in Friday the 13th.
Jason Vorhees
600
The quote “You’ve got red on you,” takes on a new meaning throughout this movie.
Shaun of the Dead
600
Don’t invite them in, or you may find yourself reaching for garlic and a rosary.
Vampires
600
This divisive candy was originally called “chicken feed”.
Candy corn
600
In this film, Catherine O’Hara voiced Sally, a rag doll resentful of her creator Dr. Finkelstein.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
600
"What is your favorite scary movie?" The taunting phone call is the iconic catchphrase of this slasher.
Ghostface
800
It’s pronounced this way, not that – Gene Wilder as the title character.
Young Frankenstein
800
Don’t lose your head: this spooky trooper rides in Sleepy Hollow.
The Headless Horseman
800
This animal joined Halloween after a 15th century fear of witches spread throughout Europe.
Black cat
800
After 300 years, the Sanderson sisters are accidentally resurrected in this film when a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle on Halloween night in Salem.
Hocus Pocus
800
A butcher by trade, he provides the meat for his family’s barbecue and chili.
Leatherface
1000
Place your bets: A friend group, including Thor, goes to a remote shanty in the forest and is offed one by one.
Cabin in the Woods
1000
These are found in London, according to a 1978 song. Travel with silver bullets.
Werewolves
1000
DAILY DOUBLE
Halloween brings tourists to the possibly haunted Baltimore home of this macabre writer, who quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
Edgar Allan Poe
1000
This 1995 film centers on an amiable, lonely specter who befriends a young girl named Kat and helps her with his mischievous, but not-so-friendly, uncles.
Casper
1000
Haddonfield, Illinois’s mute serial killer, who wears a painted William Shatner mask.
Michael Myers