Movies
The pumpkin king of Halloween Town accidentally causes chaos in Christmas Town in this 1993 stop-motion musical, a film often debated as a Christmas or Halloween classic
The Nightmare Before Christmas
This candy gets its distinctive sour-then-sweet flavor from a coating of citric acid and a mix of other sour sugars.
Sour Patch Kids
Legends of this shape-shifting creature, whose name means "man-wolf," can be traced back to ancient Greek mythology.
Werewolf
This contemporary master of horror, who authored Carrie and It.
Stephen King
This viral Halloween music video, featuring backup dancers and a distinctive dance, was a major hit for Michael Jackson in 1983.
Thriller
This 1993 film, which didn't perform well upon its release but became a major cult hit through home video, features three 17th-century witches resurrected in modern-day Salem, Massachusetts.
Hocus Pocus
This popular, often divisive, tri-colored candy was originally named "Chicken Feed" when it was invented in the 1880s due to its role in an agriculturally-themed candy line
Candy Corn
Most modern mythology claims that the only way to permanently stop this creature is to destroy its brain/head
zombie
This character is the narrator and main protagonist of Mary Shelley's novel, and the one who actually creates the infamous monster.
Victor Frankenstein
This is the name of the young, mortal protagonist who falls in love with the vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight book and film series.
Iconic 1984 slasher film where the main villain, a former child killer with a bladed glove, hunt teenagers in their dreams, taking advantage of their shared psychological trauma
The Nightmare on Elm Street
The name of this chocolate bar is derived from the favorite horse of the Mars family.
Snickers Bar
In ancient Egyptian culture, the deceased were wrapped in linen bandages as a part of this process, which prepared them for the afterlife.
Mummification
In the Harry Potter series, this three-headed magical dog guards the trapdoor to the Sorcerer's Stone.
Fluffy
This 2004 cult classic film starring Lindsay Lohan gave us the iconic line, "I'm a mouse, duh!" in reference to a Halloween costume.
Mean Girls
What scream queen made her film debut in the original 1978 Halloween as Laurie Strode and later directed a number of episodes for the TV show Scream Queens?
Jamie Lee Curtis
The popular but false urban legend that mixing this candy with soda would cause your stomach to explode led to the FDA setting up a crisis hotline in 1979.
Pop Rocks
Besides sunlight, a wooden stake, and garlic, traditional folklore suggests this item is one of the most effective deterrents against a vampire.
crucifix
This 1980 Stephen King novel, which was immediately adapted into a film, tells the story of the psychic Torrance family staying in the isolated Overlook Hotel.
The Shining
This is the name of the eccentric, spooky family, who live in a mansion.
Addams Family
What classic actor's molded face was purchased cheaply and then famously painted white to create the iconic, blank mask worn by Michael Myers in the original 1978 Halloween?
William Shatner
Before it was the all-chocolate bar we know today, the original 3 Musketeers bar, when introduced in 1932, was sold as a trio of what three nougat flavors?
Chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry
In traditional folklore, this creature's piercing, wailing cry is said to herald an imminent death in a family.
Banshee
The narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart," is driven to madness by the sound of this.
Beating Heart
The popular 2016 Netflix series "Stranger Things" takes place in this fictional town in Indiana.
Hawkins