Folklore
It was thought that throwing a handful of [this] on the ground in front of a pursuing vampire would compel them to stop and count it before resuming chase.
What is "rice"?
Before portraying the classic depiction of Dracula for Universal, this actor took part in WW1, where he defended his homeland of Hungary against Russian soldiersr. Right in the heart of The Carpathians, just like the real Dracula.
Who is Bela Lugosi?
This immensely popular 4-player zombie survival game also had an 8-player versus mode where half the players played as horrifically mutated ghouls!
What is "Left 4 Dead"
[This title] by Max Brooks was arguably the inciting event of the mid 00's zombie rennaissance. Plenty of fans had zombie apocolypse plans after reading this handy handbook.
What is "The Zombie Survival Guide".
Sorry, not World War Z.
When fighting a zombie or a vampire, it's thought that the destruction of "this" would always lead to the defeat of the monster
Italian vampires rejoice! It was originally thought that [this] isn't actually harmful to vampires, but rather it was the small white flowers they produce when ready to be picked.
What is "garlic"?
Oh hey so it turns out that this seminal zombie film never actually says zombie. Romero actually referred to his "walkers" as a number of things, but fans of the flick were the first to call them zombies.
What is "Night of The Living Dead"?
Count Dracula holds the Guinness World Record as the most portrayed literary character in film history, with over [blank] total portrayals since 1922.
(Give me the closest number without going over)
500!!!
500 ding-dang-movies!!
Holy bats!
In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the count his killed, not with a stake to the heart, but rather by getting stabbed in the throat and chest with one of these hunting knives.
What is a Bowie Knife?
Some stories and folklorists believe that vampires don't actually care much about crosses. In actuality, crosses were often made of this precious metal, which has a pure and reflective quality to it.
What is silver?
The origins of zombie, or "zonbi" as they were originally known, come to us by way of West Africa, and this carribean country.
What is "Haiti"?
Robert Eggers wasn't the first person to redo Nosferatu. The first remake was actually filmed by this german auteur back in 1979.
I vish to see ze vampyre.
Who is Werner Herzog?
Despite getting 35 emmy nominations, this amazing mockumentary of Staten Island's vampire community has only ever won once. That bites.
What is "What We Do in the Shadows"?
The first modern vampire story, The Vampyre by John W. Polidori (1819) was concocted during a summer vacation to Switzerland alongside Lord Byron and this queen of horror.
Who is Mary Shelley?
Rule #2 of Zombieland's rules for the zombie outbreak: always make sure the zombie is actually dead. AKA this
Double-Tap!
If a body was buried with "this" acrossed its neck, it was thought that the deceased might have been a vampire. The [blank] was there to cut off the vampires head as it rose from the dead!!!
What is "a Sickle"?
This late-80's horror flick features a young bleach blonde Kiefer Sutherland as a handsome and reckless vampire.
In an effort to teach people how to prepare for actual natural disasters, this government agency put out a "Zombie Campaign," in 2011.
Glad someone had fun at work that day.
Who/What is "The CDC".
Seth Grahame-Smith may be the mind behind "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" but he first debuted with his '09 novel featuring this undead meets literary classic mashup.
I wonder what Austen would say...
What is, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?"
In order to avoid being overrun by zombie-like deadites, you should never read from this ancient unholy text. No matter how cool the cover is.
What is The Necronomicon?
These middle eastern corpse eaters can be found in literature dating back as far as ancient Mesopotamia, and are accepted as the inspiration for not only Zombies, but also Vampires.
What are "ghouls"?
George Romero loved this 2004 horror-comedy so much that he called the main creators, Pegg and Wright, and asked them to be zombies in his next film, 2005's "Land of the Dead."
What is, "Shaun of the Dead."
DID YOU REMEMBER TO CELEBRATE WORLD ZOMBIE DAY?! It falls on this auspicious date each October. Let's hope it's not a Friday.
What is the 13th?
The first major literary work to set the "rules" of vampirism was not actually written by Stoker or Polidori. It was instead this title, written by Sheridan Le Fanu, a sapphic horror which came out 25 years before Dracula.
What is Carmilla?
True or False: vampires are only found in a few speficic cultures across Europe and parts of East Asia. These then spread when Stoker's Dracula came into popularity.
False! Almost every culture on earth has some form of undead flesh/blood eating monster in their folkloric mythos, dating back hundreds if not thousands of years.