Silver Screen Screamers
This masked killer armed with a chef's knife stalks babysitters in Haddonfield, Illinois in John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic.
Who is Michael Myers?
Featuring peanut butter wrapped in milk chocolate, this orange-packaged sweet consistently ranks as America’s top-selling Halloween candy.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
This 1982 Michael Jackson title track includes a zombie graveyard dance routine and a chilling spoken-word outro by horror icon Vincent Price.
What is "Thriller"?
In Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, this scarred villain with a bladed leather glove attacks teenagers in their dreams.
Who is Freddy Krueger?
Originally manufactured in the 1880s under the rural name "Chicken Feed," this tricolored waxy confection remains one of Halloween's most debated treats.
What is Candy Corn?
Bobby "Boris" Pickett hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 with this novelty song about a creature that rose from a laboratory slab to do a dance craze.
What is the "Monster Mash"?
Jack Nicholson improvised the iconic line "Here's Johnny!" while breaking down a bathroom door with an axe in this 1980 psychological horror film.
What is The Shining?
According to a classic 1969 animated commercial, a wise owl claims it takes exactly this many licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop before biting it.
What is three?
Written by Vic Mizzy, the catchy theme song for this eerie television family requires listeners to snap their fingers twice in rhythm.
Who are The Addams Family?
The projectile vomit spewed by Regan in the 1973 film The Exorcist was made using oatmeal and this brand's split-pea soup.
What is Andersen's?
Created during World War II with the slogan "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand," these button-shaped chocolates were designed to withstand heat inside soldiers' ration packs.
What are M&Ms?
Ray Parker Jr. earned an Oscar nomination for the chart-topping theme song of this 1984 paranormal comedy starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.
What is Ghostbusters?
Because Psycho was filmed in black-and-white, Alfred Hitchcock used this sweet kitchen condiment to stand in for blood during the famous shower scene.
What is chocolate syrup (specifically Bosco)?
Frank Mars introduced this bestselling peanut, caramel, and nougat candy bar in 1930, naming it after the Mars family's favorite pet horse.
What is Snickers?
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this burlap-sack villain who gambles with lives sings a jazzy showtune while holding Santa Claus captive.
Who is Oogie Boogie?