Classic Horror Movie Villains
This hockey-mask-wearing slasher haunts the camp counselors at Camp Crystal Lake.
Who is Jason Voorhees?
According to New England folklore, this 1692 Massachusetts town held famous trials executing suspected witches.
What is Salem?
Botanically speaking, pumpkins are classified as this type of seed-bearing food rather than a vegetable.
What is a fruit (or berry)?
In 1982, Michael Jackson released this hit album and song featuring a legendary Vincent Price voiceover.
What is Thriller?
The chilling, spine-tingling dread you feel when this dashboard indicator suddenly lights up orange while you're driving on the highway.
What is the Check Engine light?
He haunts the dreams of teenagers on Elm Street while wearing a striped sweater and a razor glove.
Who is Freddy Krueger?
In Slavic folklore, this supernatural elder female lives in a house that stands on giant chicken legs.
Who is Baba Yaga?
Irish immigrants originally carved Jack-o'-lanterns out of this root vegetable before switching to pumpkins in America.
What is a turnip (or rutabaga)?
This fictional town serves as the setting for The Nightmare Before Christmas.
What is Halloween Town?
The absolute terror of hearing your mom's car pull into the driveway when you realize you completely forgot to take this out of the freezer.
What is the chicken (or meat)?
In Halloween, this masked murderer is frequently referred to in the credits as "The Shape."
Who is Michael Myers?
This Latin American myth tells of a "weeping woman" who haunts riverbanks searching for her drowned children.
Who is La Llorona?
This U.S. state produces the vast majority of processing/canned pumpkins in the nation, centered around the town of Morton.
What is Illinois?
In Hocus Pocus, the Sanderson Sisters perform this classic song at the Salem town hall party.
What is "I Put a Spell on You"?
The paralyzing panic of accidentally tapping this specific button on a company-wide email when you only meant to respond to your work bestie.
What is "Reply All"?
Every 27 years, this terrifying Stephen King entity awakens in Derry, Maine, most famously taking the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
What is "It"?
In Jewish folklore, this powerful anthropomorphic being is magically brought to life from inanimate matter, most famously from the mud and clay of Prague.
What is a Golem?
The term "Jack-o'-lantern" originally referred to this natural marsh light phenomenon, also called will-o'-the-wisp.
What is bioluminescence?
Bobby "Boris" Pickett had a #1 Billboard hit in 1962 with this graveyard dance craze song.
What is the "Monster Mash"?
The sheer, blood-curdling horror of taking a screenshot of a text conversation to complain about someone, and accidentally sending it directly to this person.
Who is the person you were just texting? (or the person in the screenshot)
In Hellraiser, this lead Cenobite is famously known for the gruesome grid of metal pins embedded in his skull.
Who is Pinhead?
This traditional three-legged iron pot is used by witches in folklore for brewing potions.
What is a Cauldron?
The world record for the heaviest pumpkin ever weighed in at (in pounds): 1,000 lbs, 2,000 lbs, or 2,700 lbs.
What is 2,700 lbs?
The second verse of this iconic TV theme song declares that their house is "a museum" where people come to "see 'em."
What is The Addams Family?
The absolute panic that hits when the waiter drops off the check on a first date, you confidently reach into your pocket, and realize you left this essential item sitting on your dresser at home.
What is your wallet?