Movies
This actress played Lauri Strode in the 1978 movie "Halloween"
Jamie Lee Curtis
Originally called "chicken feed", According to a survey of 17,000 Candystore.com customers, this Halloween treat is considered the worst.
Candy Corn (followed by Circus Peanuts)
Abracadabra! This famous magician died on Halloween day in 1926.
Harry Houdini
Count Dracula
This 1984 song asked "Who you gonna call?"
Ghostbusters
This 2017 movie remake is considered the most commercially successful horror movie of all time
IT
According to YouGov's 2021 survey, this treat is the most popular adult Halloween candy (with the cutest mascots)
M&M
This first lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween in 1958
Mamie Eisenhower
The legend of these monsters most likely originated in Haiti
Zombies
Thriller
The mask this frightful movie character wears is a spray-painted Captain Kirk mask.
Michael Myers
These candy bars were the first two to come in "fun size"
Snickers & Milky Way
Samhain (SAH-win or SOW-in)
Lycanthrope is another name for this popular Halloween K9.
Werewolf
We need more cowbell! This Blue Oyster Cult song was featured in a popular SNL skit.
Don't Fear the Reaper
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice! This is the number of minutes Michael Keaton appeared on screen in this movie.
17
This fruity square Halloween candy was originally called "Opal Fruits"
Starburst
This root vegetable was traditionally used to carve jack-o-lanters before the pumpkin
Turnip
This movie monster is immortalized with a life sized statue at the bottom of lake in Crosby Minnesota
Jason Voorhees
The year the "Monster Mash" was released
1962
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, and Silence of the Lambs were all inspired by this famous serial killer
Ed Gein
According to the American Chemical Society, eating this many fun size candy bars would be enough to poison a 180 pound person
262
"Double, double, toil and trouble". This rhyme was originally featured in this Shakespearean play
Macbeth
This monster creature was modeled after an Academy Award
Creature from the Black Lagoon
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" composer, Danny Eflman, also performed in this 1980's band who had their own big Halloween hit with "Dead Man's Party"
Oingo Boingo