Haunting Melodies
Name the name of the famous song that begins, "This is Halloween" and was written for a stop-motion Halloween movie directed by Tim Burton.
What is "This is Halloween"?
Tim Burton’s movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas" mixes Halloween and another holiday.
What is Christmas?
On Halloween night, children go door to door to receive candy.
What is Trick or Treat?
Halloween is celebrated on this date every year.
What is October 31st?
This mythical creature is often described as a human who turns into a wolf during a full moon.
What is a Werewolf?
This song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett tells the story of a monster dance and is commonly played at Halloween parties.
What is the Monster Mash?
Name the classic movie monster who is stitched together from body parts and brought to life by a scientist.
What is Frankenstein?
Many cultures have fall celebrations that remember the dead. Name one other cultural celebration (not Halloween) that honors or remembers ancestors or the dead.
What is day of the dead, dia de los muertos, all saints day, all souls day, or Obon (Japan)
Give one reason why people long ago might have worn masks or costumes during Samhain or early Halloween celebrations.
What is to hide from evil spirits?
These undead creatures are often shown as reanimated corpses that walk and sometimes bite others, spreading their condition.
What is a Zombie?
When possessed by ghosts in Beetlejuice the family sings this song.
What is Day-O?
This 1993 Kenny Ortega movie features three witches who return to a town on Halloween night.
What is Hocus Pocus?
Faces carved into pumpkins with candles inside are known as this.
What is a Jack-o-Lantern?
Before Pumpkins people carved this vegtalbe.
What is a turnip?
In many stories, vampires are harmed by sunlight. Name one other common vampire weakness or protection.
What is garlic, wooden stake, or cross?
This song was written as the theme for Disneyland's grim and grinnings souls at the Haunted Mansion.
What is Grim Grinning Ghosts?
This classic 1960s TV show had a family of goths and quirky people and was adapted into several Halloween movies and spin-off series, also a broadway musical.
What is the Addams Family?
On Halloween some families hang or display this used-for-scaring decoration made from tree leaves, corn stalks, or straw bundled together and sometimes dressed in old clothes. This is also used by farmers to frighten away crows.
What is a Scarecrow?
The word "Halloween" comes from a phrase that names a religious evening before a Christian feast day. It is _ _ Eve.
What is All Hallows Eve?
A creature that is traditionally a reanimated human body often shown wrapped in bandages.
What is a Mummy?
The organ is an instrument often associated with spooky music because of its deep sound. Name one other instrument commonly used in spooky music for eerie effects.
What is violin, theremin, piano or bells?
This title character of a show, which involves a mystery solving gang of meddling kids and their great dane has had several cartoon series and both animated and live action movies throughout the decades.
Who is Scooby-Doo?
Most American Halloween traditions were brought by immigrants from this country.
What is Ireland?
Halloween originally comes from a festival called Samhain, which was celebrated by people from this broad cultural group. (They are located in Ireland and Scotland)
What is Celtic?
A person, typically a woman, who can perform magic and makes potions.
What is a Witch?