Halloween History
It is said the boundary between the worlds of these two opposite groups blurs on this day.
What is the living and the dead?
The high school the titular Carrie goes to is Bates High, a reference to the villain from this Hitchcock movie.
What is Psycho?
According to Tootsie Roll Industries, there have been at least three scientific studies with the goal of finding the number of these required to reach the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop. Their ultimate conclusion? "The world may never know."
This song, also the title of a popular horror-comedy, was nominated at the Oscars for Best Original Song. It lost to Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You".
What is "Ghostbusters"?
When it comes to spooky Halloween costume archetypes, this remains the most common.
What are witches?
This likely originated from the tradition of people going from house to house gathering treats or "soul cakes" for the dead.
What is trick or treating?
According to Drew Barrymore, after this premiered, caller ID use tripled. It might've had something to do with the scary phone call at the beginning of the film.
What is Scream?
These gummy creatures were actually invented by Hans Riegel, who founded the company Haribo. He was inspired by dancing ones at festivals.
What are bears?
What is a lab?
Originally, people would wear these to avoid being recognized by ghosts.
What are masks?
The somewhat tricky to pronounce festival that Halloween originated from.
What is Samhain?
In this movie, the iconic villain is wearing a stretched out, whitewashed Captain Kirk mask.
What is Halloween?
This polarizing treat was originally called "chicken feed".
What is candy corn?
Between this song by Rockwell and "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men At Work, it seems men in the 80s were very paranoid.
What is "Somebody's Watching Me"?
Last year, this movie was so popular that the titular character was the most popular Halloween costume...which makes sense because they have so many outfits to choose from.
What is Barbie?
These people originated the festival that would eventually become Halloween.
Who are the Celts?
Despite it's horrifying nature, this Jordan Peele flick was submitted to the Golden Globe Awards as a comedy in order to give it a better chance of winning.
What is Get Out?
During 1953 and 1967, the candy version of these were banned in North Dakota, due to the fear of kids being encouraged to pick up the real ones.
What are cigarettes?
Screamin' Jay Hawkins originally wrote this song as a lament over the loss of a girlfriend he wanted back.
What is "I Put A Spell On You"?
According to Google, Shrunken Head Bob from the sequel to this 80s movie, is this year's top trending costume. He is followed by Raygun, the Australian breakdancer, and CatNap from Poppy Playtime.
What is Beetlejuice?
The incoming population for these immigrants in the second half of the 19th century helped popularize Halloween in America.
Who are the Irish?
In this 1992 movie, the bees were real, including the ones in Tony Todd's mouth! He was paid $1000 for each bee sting (there were 23 of them).
What is Candyman?
According to CandyStore.com, this is the most popular Halloween candy in America in 2024. For double points, this second candy was the most popular in Texas.
What is M&M's? What are Sour Patch Kids?
In one of the first, if not THE first, goth songs, Bauhaus sings hauntingly about the death of this Dracula actor.
Who is Bela Lugosi?
While 59% of TikTok users are influenced by the platform for their costumes, 30% of Gen Z-ers and 26% of all adults turn to this site for their inspiration.
What is YouTube?