NAME THE BOOK
It by Stephen King
NAME THE FILM
Halloween
Super Freak by Rick James
THE SHOW DOESN’T USE THE WORD “ZOMBIE” EVEN AFTER 10 SEASONS.
The Walking Dead
AUTHOR R.L. STINE WRITES THE BOOKS' TITLES FIRST, THEN COMES UP WITH A PLOT.
Goosebumps
BRUCE CAMPBELL MADE $93,000 FOR ARMY OF DARKNESS.
Army of Darkness
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs somehow turned the creepy topic of decapitation into this insanely-danceable anthem.
Heads Will Roll by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gillian Anderson AKA: _________________
Dana Scully
Anne Rice’s book introduced the world to vampires that were brooding and self-loathing and squabbled like humans.
Interview with a Vampire
THIS CLASSIC WAS THE FIRST HORROR FILM TO BE NOMINATED FOR A BEST PICTURE OSCAR.
The Exorcist
"When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way"
Superstition by Stevie Wonder
NAME THE SHOW
The Munsters
IT WAS STEPHEN KING’S FIRST BIG-SCREEN ADAPTATION.
Carrie
ROBERT ENGLUND WAS NOT THE FIRST CHOICE TO PLAY THIS NIGHTMARISH CHARACTER.
FREDDY KRUGER
This song takes us inside the head of a deranged murderer. It started when lead singer David Byrne decided to write something in the vein of Alice Cooper, whose shock rock was all the rage.
Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
STEPHEN KING HAD A HAND IN CASTING MILLIE BOBBY BROWN FOR THIS NETFLIX THRILLER.
Stranger Things
His most well-known poem, The Raven, saw instant success.
Edgar Allen poe
THIS GIANT KILLER DOESN’T FULLY APPEAR IN A SHOT UNTIL ONE HOUR AND 21 MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE.
Jaws
VINCENT PRICE MADE LESS THAN $1000 FOR HIS WORK ON THE TITLE TRACK.
Thriller
This series uses re-enactments and interviews to retell the circumstances of crimes, tales of lost love, unexplained history and paranormal events.
Unsolved Mysteries
At first, Mary had writer’s block, unable to come up with a good idea for a ghost story. Then she had a waking dream—“I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think,” she said. In the introduction to this 1831 horror masterpiece.
Frankenstein
SERIAL KILLER ED GEIN INSPIRED THREE MAJOR HORROR MOVIES. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs and this film about a taxidermist that loved his mother.
Psycho
"I'm just an average man with an average life
I work from 9 to 5, hey hell, I pay the price
All I want is to be left alone, in my average home
But why do I always feel
Like I'm in the Twilight Zone?"
Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell
Kathy Bates made her American Horror Story debut in season three as this a 19th century New Orleans socialite with a murderous streak.
Delphine LaLaurie
The Salem of today, boasting wax museums and gift shops full of witch tchotchkes, didn’t exist when Arthur Miller penned this drama.
The Crucible
Directed by Tom Holland and inspired by a Key West painter and author named Robert Eugene Otto who once claimed that one of his family's servants placed a voodoo curse on a childhood toy.
Child's Play
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
WHAT SHOW IS THIS STILL FROM?
American Horror Story
Anne Marie "Annie" Wilkes Dugan is the main antagonist in this 1987 novel by Stephen King. In the 1990 film adaptation of the novel, Wilkes was portrayed by Kathy Bates, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal.
Misery