70s Spooky 60s Films
This 1960 Hitchcock thriller stars Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh.
Psycho
It can be creepy to become separated from your group in this outdoor, natural maze that crops up during the fall harvest season
Corn Maze
Only one holiday surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales. What is it?
Christmas
Which candy bar was NOT one of the first to come in fun size (mini)
A) Milky Way
B) Mars
C) Snickers
Mars
True or False
The actual flavor of circus peanuts is banana
true
Jonathan Haze stars as Seymour in this 1960 horror-comedy about a flower shop.
Little Shop of Horrors
In the original series that aired from 1959 to 1964, Rod Serling brought creepy sci-fi to the small screen in this TV series.
The Twilight Zone
What was used before pumpkins to make jack o'lanterns?
Turnips and Potatoes
What year did "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" first air on television?
A) 1965
B) 1966
C) 1969
1966
What was candy corn originally called?
The tagline of this scary film of 1975 claims, “You’ll never go in the water again!”
Jaws
He wrote a scary poem about a raven that spoke
Edgar Allan Poe
What is the name of the friendly ghost?
Casper
What movie released in 1960 was the first American film to show a toilet and a woman in her underwear?
Psycho
What candy was given to soldiers in battle in the Korean War?
Tootsie Rolls
This actress and daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis stars in Halloween, one of the most iconic ’70s horror flicks
(JLC)
Jamie Lee Curtis
These Halloween houses with warped mirrors can scare young children.
Funhouses
What medieval English tradition inspired trick-or-treating?
On All Souls Day, the poor would go "souling," knocking on doors offering prayers for residents' deceased loved ones in exchange for food.
The White House was first decorated for Halloween in 1958. Who did it?
A) Mamie Eisenhower
B) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
C)Jacqueline Kennedy
Mamie Eisenhower
How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?
A) 35 million pounds
B) 55 million pounds
C) 45 million pounds
35 million pounds
Many of this Boston poet’s works have been adapted to film, including the chilling 1961 adaptation of The Pit and the Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe
The shower scene in this Alfred Hitchcock film is famously frightening.
Psycho
What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?
A) It
B) Pyscho
C) Halloween
It
What magician died on Halloween night in 1926?
Harry Houdini
How many calories are in an average trick-or-treater's Halloween stash?
A) 11,000
B) 6,000
C) 15,000
11,000
1968’s Rosemary’s Baby stars this actress and daughter of director John Farrow.
Mia Farrow
One of the creepiest real-life events was the radio show where this host announced an alien invasion.
(OW)
Orson Welles
Who sang the original "Monster Mash?"
(BP)
Bobby Pickett
What decade did manufactured costumes start being sold in stores?
A) 1950s
B) 1940s
C) 1960s
1940s
What is America's favorite Halloween candy?
A) Reese's Cup
B) Skittles
C) M&Ms
Reese's Cup.
In WA toostie pops, salt water taffy, and M&Ms are the top 3