SpOoKy MoViEs
SpOoKy FaCtS
HaLlOwEeN
PhObIa
Monsters
100
Psycho is the first movie to feature this.
A. Toilet
B. Shower
C. Towel rack
D. None of the above
What is A. toilet?
100
Halloween is believed to have started in...
A. Germany
B. Scotland
C. Ireland
D. Transylvania
What is C. Ireland?
100
In Bellville, Missouri, it is illegal to ask for candy if you are over the age of ____.
A. 12
B. 14
C. 13
D. 11
What is C. 13 years old.
100
This is known as the fear of the dark.
A. Nyctophobia
B. Wiccaphobia
C. Noctiphobia
What is A. Nyctophobia?
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witchcraft
Noctiphobia: Fear of the night
100
Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, was this age when she wrote this classic.
A. 20
B. 21
C. 18
D. 16
What is C. 18 years old?
200
George Lucas playfully placed his _____ in the animatronic shark of the movie Jaws and Steven Spielberg activated the controls. When activated the animatronic shark was stuck and Steven Spielberg was unable to free himself.
A. Left Leg
B. Right arm
C. Head
D. None of the above
What is C. Head?
Edit: Don't worry he was freed!
200
Horned lizards can shoot ____ from their eyes.
A. Mucus
B. Water
C. Blood
D. None of the above
What is C. Blood?
A creepy fact about horned lizards is that their defense mechanism is squirting blood from their eyes. This stream of blood can shoot up to four feet from their eye socket, and these horned lizards can do this several times within a short period.
200
The sounds of the stabbing the "Halloween" was produced by plunging a knife into a ___.
A. Watermelon
B. Pumpkin
C. Cantaloupe
D. Gourd
What is A. Watermelon?
200
This is the fear of cats:
A. Ephebiphobia
B. Elurophobia
C. Entomophobia
What is B. Elurophobia?
Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers
Entomophobia: Fear of insects
200
This is known as one of the only ways to vanquish a Werewolf:
A. Fire
B. Silver bullet
C. Stake to the heart
D. None of the above
What is B. Silver Bullet?
300
This was removed from the scenes of The Ring.
A. Shadows of the actors
B. Doors
C. Color in the televisions
D. Pictures on walls
What is A. Shadows of the characters?
The cinematographer used very deliberate lighting to make it seem like they were floating in space.
300
A person will shed around ___ pounds of skin in a single lifetime.
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 15
What is C. 40 pounds?
Just like snakes, humans shed their skin too, just at a much slower rate.
300
According to superstition, if you see a bat on Halloween it means...
A. There are ghosts near by
B. There is a witch nearby
C. There are evil spirits around
D. There are black cats near by
What is A. There are ghosts near by?
300
This is known as the fear of ghosts.
A. Podophobia
B. Phasmophobia
C. Phobophobia
What is B. Phasmophobia?
Podophobia: Fear of feet
Phobophobia: Fear of fears
300
The original "The Mummy" was created in:
A. 1940
B. 1932
C. 1968
D. 1934
What is B. 1932?
References to the mummy as an undead monster gained popularity around the 20th century after King Tut's tomb was found.
400
In the novel "Carrie" the name of the Highschool was Ewen Highschool. When recreating the book into a movie, the high school was then named ________.
A. Krueger Highschool
B. Bates Highschool
C. Myers Highschool
D. Shining Highschool
What is B. Bates Highschool?
This reference was related to the character Norman Bates from the movie Psycho.
400
Some trees can grow inside your _____.
A. Stomach
B. Ears
C. Lungs
D. Intestines
What is C. Lungs?
In Russia, doctors performed surgery on a man called Artyom Sidorkin, suspecting that he had a cancerous tumor in his lungs. Instead of a tumor, they found a 5 cm fir tree branch in his lung. Doctors believe that Sidorkin accidentally swallowed a fir bud which later grew into a branch.
A similar case happened in Massachusetts when Ron Sveden suffered from a collapsed lung. After his family rushed Sveden to the hospital, his doctors found a growing pea plant in his lung. Some might find this creepy or even fascinating, but Sveden found it funny as he munched on peas during his first meal after the surgery.
400
Barmbrack is a traditional Irish fruitcake which people eat on Halloween. Bakers would hide items inside the brack. Finding a pea in the Barmbrack meant ___.
A. End up an old maid
B. Going to be poor
C. Not getting married that year
D. You will get married
What is C. Not getting married that year
- If you found a ring inside your fruitcake you would get married.
- A coin would mean you are going to be wealthy.
- A stick in your cake would mean that you were going to have an unhappy marriage.
- A pea would mean that you wouldn’t marry that year.
- A thimble inside your cake would mean you were going to end up an old maid.
- If you cut into your cake and found a bit of a rag, then unlucky you, it means that you are going to be poor.
400
This is the fear of thunder.
A. Trichophobia
B. Tonitrophobia
C. Trypanophobia
What is B. Tonitrophibia?
Trichophobia: Fear of hair
Trypanophobia: Fear of needles
400
According to legend, the headless horseman became headless due to...
A. Cannonball
B. Sword
C. Tree branch
D. None of the above
What is A. Cannonball?
500
The Gremlins (in the movie Gremlins) were all animatronic puppets with a price tag of ______ each.
A. $5,000 - $10,000
B. $20,000 - $30,000
C. $40,000 - $50,000
D. $30,000 - $40,000
What is D. $30,000 - $40,000?
It's understandable why the filmmakers hired security to guard the ghoulish figurines after hours.
500
Count Dracula was not the vampire's original name.
A. Vlad III "Tepes" Basarab
B. Vlad II "Losif" Basarab
C. Vlad IV "Turov" Basarab
D. Vlad I "Tepes" Basarab
What is A. Vlad III "Tepes" Basarab?
500
This percentage of children prefer chocolate on Halloween.
A. 50%
B. 25%
C 15%
D. 45%
What is A. 50%?
Fifty percent of kids prefer to receive chocolate candy for Halloween, compared with 24% who prefer non-chocolate candy and 10% who preferred gum.
500
This is the fear of knees:
A. Gamophobia
B. Patelophobia
C. Genuphobia
What is C. Genuphobia?
Patelophobia: Not actually a thing
Gamophobia: Fear of marriage
500
This was the first civilization to potentially fear zombies:
A. Greek Civilization
B. Inca Civilization
C. Aztecan Civilization
D. None of the above
What is A. Greek Civilization?
The Ancient Greeks may have been the first civilization terrorized by a fear of the undead. Archaeologists have unearthed many ancient graves which contained skeletons pinned down by rocks and other heavy objects, assumedly to prevent the dead bodies from reanimating.
