Movies
Who plays Pennywise in 2017’s It?
Bill Skarsgård
What mythological monster was said to be produced when a chicken egg was hatched under a toad or a serpent?
a basilisk
Where did the Salem witch trials take place?
Massachusetts
This story is from 1820 and depicts a terrifying headless man who goes about terrorizing the village of?
Sleepy Hollow
The Whitechapel Murderer" and "Leather Apron" are two alternative monikers used to refer to what famous London serial killer?
Jack the Ripper
What is the name of the spacecraft the crew is aboard in Alien?
The Nostromo
What famous monster did Mary Shelley create in the summer of 1816, while visiting the poet Lord Byron at his villa in Switzerland?
Frankenstein's monster
When did Halloween first become popular in the United States?
Late 1800s
This urban legend tells of a large, hairy, ape-like creature that roams forests in the US.
The legend of bigfoot
What American serial killer, nicknamed the Milwaukee Cannibal, killed and dismembered 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991?
Jeffrey Dahmer
Which two horror movie franchises were first video game series?
Silent Hill and Resident Evil
The Dracula legend is believed to be based on what historical figure?
Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler
What was "Candy Corn" originally called?
“chicken feed” (because it looked like corn kernels)
The legend states that a woman named Mother Leeds became pregnant with her 13th child, and said "Let this one be [a/the] devil." Once the child was born, it grew hooves, wings, horns, and a tail.
The legend of the Jersey Devil
What serial killer, who killed at least 30 young women in the 1970s, grew up in Tacoma, Washington and went to college at the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington?
Ted Bundy
In which state does 1968’s Night of the Living Dead take place?
Pennsylvania
In Greek mythology, the story of Lycaon serves as one of the earliest examples of what kind of monster?
werewolf
Ireland (they originally used turnips to ward off evil spirits)
part of Navajo mythology, they possess supernatural abilities, including speed, stealth and the power to mimic the voice or appearances of others to deceive or cause harm.
Skinwalkers
The "Lake Herman Road attack" and the "Blue Rock Springs attack" are two of the most famous incidents involving which (still uncaptured) serial killer? Three of this killer's four cryptograms remain unsolved as well.
The Zodiac Killer
Which 2021 horror movie is a sequel to the 1992 movie of the same name?
Candyman
What mythological creature was once a beautiful maiden until she was changed into a snakelike monster with six heads by the sorceress Circe?
Scylla
Where did the practice of trick or treating come from?
“souling,” where children would go door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for food.
This story tells tells of a woman who, in a fit of grief or rage, drowned her children in a river. Overcome by guilt for what she had done, she took her own life. Instead of finding peace, she was instead cursed to wander the earth, forever searching for her lost children.
The story of La Llorona
Luis Garavito murdered over a hundred victims in Colombia and neighboring areas in the 1990s. He was given what “B” nickname due to his animal-like viciousness, a name otherwise often associated with beauty?
The Beast