Cereals Go Bump in the Night
General Mills launched the Monster Cereal line in 1971 with Franken Berry and this chocolate-loving vampire mascot.
Who is Count Chocula?
In traditional European folklore, this shape-shifting monster can only be killed or permanently stopped by a silver bullet or wolfsbane.
What is a werewolf?
An enthusiastic Swedish community hosts a bright, floral, open-air midsummer retreat to help a grieving student process her emotions through community bonding.
What is Midsommer?
This 1977 Stephen King novel about a haunted hotel was adapted into a 1980 masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick, though King famously disliked the changes
What is The Shining?
This treat was originally called "Fairy Floss" and was co-founded by a dentist
What is Cotton Candy?
This strawberry-flavored mascot joined the spooky lineup in 1972 as the third official monster cereal.
Who is Boo Berry?
In Bram Stoker's original novel, Count Dracula lacks this common optical feature, which makes his presence in mirrors particularly problematic.
What is a reflection?
An eccentric, multi-talented theater director moves his production troupe to an isolated farmhouse to film a highly realistic indie project, though his elderly landlords find the crew's youthful energy a bit exhausting.
What is X?
This graphic novel by Neil Gaiman was adapted into a stop-motion film in 2009
What is Coraline?
This sour-then-sweet candy was created in Canada in the 1970s under the cosmic name "Mars Men
What are Sour Patch Kids?
The final monster cereal, introduced in 1987, featured this orange cream-flavored mascot whose name sounds like an upscale French dynamic.
Who is Yummy Mummy?
In Greek mythology, this multi-headed hound of Hades possesses a serpent's tail and a mane composed of venomous snakes.
What is Cerberus?
A patient property owneer allows a polite, ancient gentlelady to house-sit his modern, subterranean bunker, completely free of charge!
What is Barbarian?
This 1991 thriller film starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins is based on a chilling 1988 novel by Thomas Harris about FBI trainee Clarice Starling
What is The Silence of the Lambs?
This candy was originally launched as Opal Fruits in the United Kingdom with four original flavors: strawberry, lemon, orange, and lime.
What are Starbursts?
In 1972, General Mills had to change the formula for Franken Berry because a synthetic dye caused this alarming, though harmless, physical side effect.
What is pink/red stool? (or Franken Berry stool)
In 18th-century Eastern European lore, superstitious peasants would wedge one of these heavy objects inside a suspected vampire’s mouth to stop it from chewing its shroud and spreading plague
What is a brick (or stone)?
A dedicated family patriarch organizes a fun, surprise cross-country scavenger hunt to help his artistic daughter visually discover her deep, ancestral family tree
What is Hereditary?
This 1971 William Peter Blatty novel, which inspired a cinematic masterpiece, was actually based on a real 1949 case of an alleged possession in Maryland.
What is The Exorcist?
Originally named "Kandy Kake", this popular candy bar was later renamed, officially in honor of President Grover Cleveland’s daughter.
What is Baby Ruth?
Released in 1974, this werewolf-themed cereal featured fruit-flavored frosted oats but was discontinued as a year-round flavor in 1982.
What is Fruit Brute?
According to Jewish folklore, a Golem is an animated anthropomorphic being created entirely from this inanimate material.
What is clay (or mud)?
A loving father uses advanced acoustic audio equipment to track his son's deeply relaxing, long-term meditative trance state across multiple cosmic dimensions
What is Insidious?
The mechanical shark in Jaws has this name
What is Bruce?
This Halloween candy was originally called "Chicken Feed" in the 1880s.
What is candy corn?