Spooky Cinema
Winifred, Sarah, and Mary are the names of the three spooky Sanderson sisters in this 1993 Disney favorite
What is Hocus Pocus?
To keep a vampire out of your house, folklore says you should avoid hanging this pungent, bulbous root vegetable on your door.
What is garlic?
Introduced in the 1880s, this tri-colored triangular candy was originally sold under the name "Chicken Feed."
What is candy corn?
This 5-letter word refers to a formal gathering or official group of witches.
What is a coven?
This 1962 novelty smash hit by Bobby "Boris" Pickett proclaims that the graveyard sounds were "a smash" and "caught on in a flash."
What is the Monster Mash?
This traditional Halloween game involves attempting to grab a specific floating orchard fruit out of a basin of water using only your teeth.
What is bobbing for apples?
In It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, this blanket-carrying character skips trick-or-treating to wait in a patch.
Who is Linus?
Though often called by his creator's last name, this iconic stitched-together classic monster is officially just called "The Monster."
What is Frankenstein's Monster?
This popular chocolate candy tells you to "Taste the Rainbow," even though its fruity counterparts are actually the ones with that slogan.
What are M&Ms?
Before pumpkins became the standard, people in Ireland and Scotland traditionally carved these white root vegetables to scare away evil spirits.
What is are turnips?
The iconic, Vincent Price-narrated 1982 music video for this pop megahit features a dance routine performed by a troupe of zombies.
What is Thriller?
This gothic family matriarch, famously played by Anjelica Huston and Carolyn Jones, is the pale, black-gowned centerpiece of the Addams Family.
Who is Morticia Addams?
This 2017 Jordan Peele psychological horror film follows a young Black man visiting his girlfriend's family for the weekend.
What is Get Out?
If you want to stop a werewolf dead in its tracks, you had better make sure your weapon is loaded with ammunition made of this metal.
What is silver?
This classic candy brand features a distinctive red wagon on its corporate logo and makes popular kids' outdoor gear.
What is Radio Flyer?
If you are visiting the historic "Witch City" to see the site of the infamous 1692 witch trials, you are traveling to this Massachusetts city.
What is Salem?
This pop superstar uncreditably sang the catchy, paranoid chorus on Rockwell's 1984 hit song "Somebody's Watching Me."
Who is Michael Jackson?
In 1958, this First Lady became the first to extensively decorate the White House for Halloween, hosting a lunch for staff wives complete with hanging skeletons and jack-o'-lanterns.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
This series' killer calls in a quiz show from inside the house in a Ghostface mask.
What is Scream?
Count Dracula's famous castle is located in this mountainous historic region of central Romania.
What is Transylvania?
According to the official Hershey packaging, the individual snap-apart sections of a standard Kit Kat bar are called these body parts.
What are fingers?
This midwestern state grows more pumpkins than any other in the U.S., supplying roughly 40,000 acres of the festive gourd annually.
What is Illinois?
Ray Parker Jr. famously asked "Who you gonna call?" in the chart-topping theme song for this blockbuster 1984 paranormal comedy.
What is Ghostbusters?
This legendary magician and escape artist died on Halloween night in 1926, leading to a long-standing tradition of holding seances on October 31st to reach him.
Who is Harry Houdini?
In the classic slasher film Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis made her iconic film debut playing this resourceful babysitter.
Who is Laurie Strode?
This classic mythological monster is a hybrid beast with a lion's body, a goat's head on its back, and a snake for a tail.
What is a Chimera?
Named after a classic cartoon pup, these fruit-flavored snacks shaped like various mystery-solving characters are a nostalgic lunchbox staple.
What are Scooby-Doo fruit snacks?
This ancient 3-day Celtic festival, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, is the direct ancestor of modern Halloween.
What is Samhain?
This English synth-pop band went double platinum with their haunting, gothic 1981 track simply titled "Ghost Town."
Who are The Specials?
Mary Shelley famously conceived the idea for her classic horror novel Frankenstein while staying near Lake Geneva during this historic, weather-devastated calendar year known as "The Year Without a Summer."
What is 1816?