Sunlight, running water, a lack of invitation, or stabbing them with a stake through the heart while they are sleeping like the dead.
Bram Stoker's Dracula
From blurry photos and large tracks found in the Pacific Northwest
Bigfoot
A brother & sister who recently moved to Massachusetts help someone find a lost cat.
Hocus Pocus
This fruit is featured at almost every Halloween Party and is a common decoration.
Pumpkin
This MARVELous superhero costume is tangentially related to a common Halloween decoration
Spider-Man
Blade
From traditional funeral methods that are thousands of years old.
Mummies
A local leader/celebrity decides to steal the neighboring kingdom's culture and festivities to appease his boredom.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Halloween originated in this country. But you would probably associate this country with a different popular Boston holiday
Ireland
In 2024, this recent movie has led to many people shopping for spooky costumes. (probably best that you only answer this question once, maybe twice)
Beetlejuice
Van Helsing
From Vlad the Impaler
Vampires
Over the course of four films, a group of siblings fight a man, then his son, start a high school foreign exchange program, and then go to college.
Halloweentown
New York City
This popular couple's costume is based on a very famous dating couple that spans two different entertainment industries.
Travis Kelce / Taylor Swift
Dismemberment followed by burning of the remains
Twilight
From the Greek Legend of Lycaon
Werewolves
A local boy tries (unsuccessfully) to convince his friends to buy into a strange cult-like belief in a Halloween-based cryptid.
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
This was the original vegetable used to make Jack-O-Lanterns
Turnips
This Australian family has become the go-to for parents with young kids
Bluey / The Heelers
Repeated strikes a whip, holy water vials, cross-shaped boomerangs, and literally throwing Bibles at them.
Castlevania
From a writing competition while a group of authors were vacationing in Switzerland in the 1800s
Frankenstein's Monster
A man from a rural part of New Jersey decides to finally expand his horizons and heads to the Big City only to inexplicably spend most of the film on a cruise ship.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
In the 1900s there were common Halloween practices involved staring in a dimly lit mirror, tossing apple slices to reveal letters, and casting scrying spells all to summon ____
A boyfriend/husband
This video game which skyrocketed during the pandemic is SUSpiciously still a common costume even if the game isn't as popular as it once was.
Among Us