Halloween (1978)
"1-2, This horror movie monster's coming for you," so be sure not to fall asleep. Or, just call the Dream Warriors.
Who is Freddie Krueger?
Whenever you say the colloquial name of this bolt-necked monster, the most annoying person in the room is likely to sprint over to you to proclaim, "well technically, that's the doctor's name!"
Who is Frankenstein?
If anything weird or supernatural happens tonight, Ray Parker Jr. has a rhetorical question for you: "Who you gonna call? _____________."
What is 'Ghostbusters!'
Mom will be glad to hear that these are the best-selling candies in the United States. I'm not surprised either, because when they're in cereal form, I eat 'em up, eat 'em up, eat 'em up.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
You're telling me if I say her name three times in the mirror I might get a free vodka cocktail? That doesn't sound so bad.
Who is Bloody Mary?
As part of the promotion for this 1960 horror film, Alfred Hitchcock featured in a widespread print ad letting moviegoers know that they would not be allowed to enter a showing after it started. "We won't allow you to cheat yourself," the ad read. "We said no one, not even the [theater] manager's brother, the President of the United States, or the Queen of England (God bless her)." With Paramount's support in the age of vertical integration, this rule was actually broadly enforced, and people were turned away at the door after the movie started.
What is Psycho?
Before there were witch trials, England had several of these trials. Many historians argue that medieval townfolk thought they or others were one of these monsters because they were unwittingly wacked out on hallucinogenic mushrooms. Early modern trips must have been so beastly that people felt like they were undergoing bodily transformations every month.
What is a Werewolf?
Blue Oyster Cult apparently have a death wish when they sing, "Romeo and Juliet / Are together in eternity.../ Come on baby / Don't fear (him)"
Who is The Reaper?
The iconic, purple-wrapped "mystery flavor" of this lollipop brand is actually a combination of two existing flavors, and are briefly produced when the factory switches up the flavors on its assembly lines.
What are Dum-Dums?
After I visited Plaid Room Records and a enjoyed quick ride down the bike trail in this city, I swear I saw that Frog Man everyone talks about. And wait, was that a tiger?
Where is Loveland?
Ghostface from Scream (1996) really wants you to remember that Jason Voorhees was not the killer in Friday the 13th (1980). Instead, it was this character, to whom Jason builds a touching shrine in Friday the 13th Part II, complete with their decapitated head. Paging Dr. Freud!
Who is Pamela Voorhees (Jason's mother)?
In Bobby Pickett's song "Monster Mash," this creature eventually joins "The Crypt-Keeper Five." However, the famous literary and film monster is first referenced in an earlier verse when he arrives at the party alongside his son and fellow Universal Monster The Wolf Man. And what music they make, those children of the night!
Who is Count Dracula?
In "Thriller," Michael Jackson seems to name-drop these two movies, some of the most famous horror films of the 1970s, in one sentence when he warns "There's no escaping the ________ of the __________ this time / this is the end of your life."
What are Jaws (1975) and Alien (1979)
Milton Hershey was only 19 in 1871 when he set up his confectionary shop in this U.S. state.
Where is Pennsylvania?
Alan Moore, a graphic novelist best known for Watchmen and V for Vendetta, explored the still-unknown identity of this notorious 19th century English serial killer in his sprawling opus, From Hell.
Who is Jack the Ripper?
In the original Halloween film, Michael Myers' expressionless mask is actually a mask of this actor's likeness that director John Carpenter spray-painted white. Michael has been shot, stabbed, and even burned alive, yet he somehow continues to live long and prosper.
Who is William Shatner?
Ishiro Honda very blatantly conceived of this havoc-wreaking 1950s movie monster as a metaphor for the American nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All those Hollywood remakes feel a little awkward.
What is Godzilla?
If you don't catch the freaky title of this 1977 Talking Heads hit as David Byrne sings it, you might accidentally sing along with him as you ask for clarification: "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"
What is 'Psycho Killer'?
The rock band Van Halen famously put a clause in their tour contract that only allowed the brown color of this candy backstage at their shows. When the info went public, they insisted they were not divas, but instead claimed the clause was only there as a litmus test to ensure venues were actually reading their contract.
What are M&Ms?
A haunted copy of the original Sonic the Hedgehog game, a lost episode of SpongeBob Squarepants where Squidward's eyes bleed, and a show we supposedly all watched as kids but forgot called Candle Cove are all staples of this internet horror genre, popularized by the Something Awful! forums in the early 2000s.
What is 'Creepypasta'?
The fun-filled but conspiracy-laden documentary Room 237 uses moments from horror classic The Shining (as well as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) to make the bold claim that this director staged the Apollo 11 moon landing on a studio lot in 1969.
Who is Stanley Kubrick?
This mythical creature isn't usually associated with Halloween--its time to shine is about seven months earlier in the year. Though, one did feature heavily as the monster in a series of horror-comedy films in the 90s and early 00s when Warwick Davis terrorized Jennifer Aniston, went 'Back 2 tha Hood,' and even went to space!
What is a Leprechaun?
In The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), things feel tense over at The Frankenstein Place, especially as a cast of oddball characters break into spontaneous dance. They seem to be having fun, as they keep insisting: "Let's do (this dance) again!" Simple enough; it's just a jump to the left, among other things.
What is 'The Time Warp'?
The makers of the Baby Ruth candy bar want you to know that their candy is not named after the baseball player Babe Ruth. Instead, it is named after the daughter of this 19th century U.S. president who, despite his name, is from New Jersey, not Ohio.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Ed and Lorraine Warren really did do some paranormal investigating of a doll named Annabelle as they did in the Conjuring films. The real Annabelle, though, was not a stained porcelain doll. Instead, it was one of these, an iconic two-named line of cloth dolls with a blue blouse, a white apron, and hair made of red yarn.
What is a Raggedy Ann Doll?