Halloween History
Macabre Movies
Haunted Houses
Seasonal Snacks
Vile Villains
100
The largest one of these fruits was grown in Italy in 2021:
Pumpkin
100
This 1978 slasher film features a killer named Michael Myers:
Halloween
100
This medieval fortress on the Thames River is widely considered the most haunted site in this capital city:
London (The Tower of London)
100
This triangular candy is widely regarded as the most controversial of the Halloween season, with most people either loving or hating it:
Candy corn
100
This Gothic novel by Bram Stoker introduced the world's most famous vampire:
Dracula
200
This U.S. city, known for its witch trials, is a popular Halloween tourist destination:
Salem, Massachusetts
200
This 1988 Tim Burton film features a mischievous bio-exorcist ghost who can be summoned by saying his name three times:
Beetlejuice
200
This infamous and purportedly haunted prison in San Francisco once held America's most famous gangster, Al Capone:
Alcatraz
200
This vegetable is said to repel vampires:
Garlic
200
This novel by Mary Shelley features a scientist who creates a monster:
Frankenstein
300
This Washington Irving story about a headless horseman takes place in what nearby Westchester town?
Sleepy Hollow
300
This 1980 film adaptation of a Stephen King novel is about a family who cares for an isolated hotel with a grisly past while it is closed for the winter:
The Shining
300
This retired ocean liner from the 1930s was a glamorous icon of the golden age of travel. Today, she is famously the world's most haunted ship:
Queen Mary
300
According to sales data, these candies, which are named after their creator and come in the form of ghosts, pumpkins, and bats, are the most popular Halloween candy:
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
300
This character, played by Robert Englund, haunts teenagers in their dreams:
Freddy Kreuger
400
Stemming from the popularity of the highest-earning film of 2023, this was the most popular Halloween costume of the same year:
Barbie
400
This 1973 film about a possessed child tops Rotten Tomatoes' list of the Scariest Horror Movies Ever:
The Exorcist
400
This house on Long Island was the scene of a mass murder and was later made internationally famous as the subject of multiple bestselling books and feature films:
112 Ocean Avenue (The Amityville Horror House)
400
Starbucks sells approximately 20 million of these seasonal drinks every year:
Pumpkin spice lattes
400
This iconic horror movie villain wears a hockey mask and terrorizes Camp Crystal Lake:
Jason Voorhees
500
Transylvania, the home of Count Dracula, is located in what modern-day country?
Romania
500
This 1999 supernatural horror film, considered a pioneer of the "found footage" subgenre, tells the story of a group of students who disappear in the woods while investigating a local legend:
The Blair Witch Project
500
This sprawling California mansion, built by a rifle heiress, features staircases to nowhere and doors that open into walls:
Winchester Mystery House
500
This is the most popular food served at Halloween parties:
Pizza
500
This is the name of the shape-shifting clown in Stephen King's It:
Pennywise