Lore
This New England town where innocents were killed serves as a warning about moral panic and mass hysteria.
Salam, Massachusetts
This horror flick features the line “Do you like scary movies?” in the opening scene.
Scream
A quizzical child asks an owl about this hard candy in a famous commercials from the 1960s.
Tootsie pop
The home for this rifle company heiress features 160 rooms and stairways to nowhere.
Winchester house
This woman wrote one of the first science fiction novels about an artifical man brought to life.
Mary Shelley
This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona.
Bobbing for apples
Viewers cheered for children overcoming their fears to make this movie the top-grossing horror film of all time.
IT (2017)
This is chocolate treat that would kill Carson was named America's favorite Halloween candy according to a 2023 poll.
Reese's peanut butter cups
This investigator collects haunted memorabilia while he is not filming his adventures with ghost.
Zac Bagans
This sole mammal capable of flight provided a big inspiration for a classic horror movie monster.
Bat
This famous entertainer's artistry couldn't help him escape his fate of dying on Halloween in the 1920s.
Harry Houdini
The characters try to run from Death to escape their memorably gruesome fates in this six film series.
Final Destination
Jokes about a dangerous scooter were compared to this item that was said to have been embedded in some trick-or-treat candies.
Razor blades
Grab some sweet tea in this southern, coastal city that boasts the moniker "most haunted city in America."
Savannah, GA
These monsters find the perfect hunting ground when an Alaskan town experiences a month of polar night.
Vampires
All Hallows' Eve
Dracula wouldn't want to suck the blood of these extraterrestial monsters who "mostly come out at night, mostly."
Xenomorphs
The modern name of this tradition where children would dress up and perform songs or jokes in exchange for candy
Trick-or-treat
These paranormal investigators are a married couple who claim to be clairvoyant and laid claim to a famous haunted doll
Ed and Lorraine Warren
Ichabod Crane can't outrun this dullahan who throws a jack-o-lantern at him before he is never seen again
Headless Horseman
This phenomenon happened in the 1980s when fake stories of ritual abuse and demonic workship spread.
Satanic panic
This film follows Wolverine and Selene as they hunt down the most famous of vampires.
Van Helsing
This more literal interpretation was the original name for candy corn; strewn about for barnyard animals.
Chicken feed
This area of New Orleans is home to the grisly site of torture perpetrated by Madame LaLaurie
French Quarter
The vocals of this millenium-old creature were recreated in 2020 after scanning its vocal tract.
Mummy