Halloweens origins can be traced back to this Celtic festival which was a pagan celebration of the harvest and the new year
What is Samhain?
100
When this young boy is 11, he has unexpected events happen in where he gets his letter from a hairy half giant to Hogwarts, a school of witchcraft and wizardry
Who is Harry Potter?
100
This movie is one of Tim Burtons most famous, which follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloween’s beloved pumpkin king who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the real world
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
100
this young boy brutally murders his 17 year old sister Judith. He is then sentenced and locked away for 15 years until he escapes and returns to his hometown looking for his next victim
Who is Michael Myers?
100
This undead monster gained popularity around the 20th century after King Tut’s tomb was found. They are reanimated corpses and their main purpose is to get revenge
What is a mummy?
200
This Halloween tradition is believed to have originated from the Celtic’s belief that spirits would visit their homes during Samhain
What is Trick or Treating?
200
This mythical figure is known from the legend of King Arther, where he is an advisor for Uther Pendragon and later his son Arthur. (Some say he would be in the house of Slytherin)
Who is Merlin?
200
Don’t say his name three times as you don’t really want his help
Who is Beetlejuice?
200
Sidney Prescott and her friends start experiencing some strange phone calls which they later learn are calls from this crazed serial killer
Who is Ghostface/ Stu Macher/ Billy Loomis?
200
This fictional character is from a 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, where a scientist creates a monster from body parts and brings it to life
Who is Frankenstein?
300
This Halloween tradition was first thought of as a way to disguise oneself from spirits and ward them off during the festivities
What are Halloween costumes?
300
This wizard is known for terrible crimes, including the murder of Lily and James Potter
Who is Lord Voldemort/ He who must not be named?
300
This 1989 film, follows a man dress up to fight dangers of the night and his biggest enemy known as the joker
Who is Batman?
300
Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine are about to face their worst nightmare. This ancient shape shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town’s children
Who is Pennywise?
300
This legend became popular between 1776 and 1820 in America. In 1776, a trooper in the Battle of the White Plains was decapitated by a cannonball and his fellow soldiers carried his body away while leaving his head on the battlefield. Washington Irving wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow based on the incident which led to the creation of this legend
What is the Headless Horseman?
400
This candy came to be Americas favorite for Halloween in the 2023 poll.
What is Reese?
400
This popular wizarding newspaper is based in London, England
What is the Daily Prophet?
400
A scientist builds an animated human being but dies before he can finish assembling the him, leaving the young man with a freakish appearance accentuated by the scissor blades he has instead of hands
what is Edward Scissorhands?
400
Gunned down by a detective, a dying murderer uses black magic to put his soul inside a doll, who is then purchased by Karen Barclay for her young son Andy
Who is Chucky?
400
The history of this creature can be traced back to ancient folklore and mythology. In Greek mythology, King Lycaon is punished by Zeus for serving him human flesh and he and his sons are then turned into wolfs
What is a werewolf?
500
This song by Bobby picket was first released in 1962 and was No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 that year on October 20 through October 27
What is Monster Mash?
500
Voldemort uses 7 of these to keep his soul separated so he can never truly die
What are Horcruxes?
500
This film about an eccentric child-like man who loves his red bike and he won’t sell it, is Tim Burtons first film that he directed
What is Pee-wee’s Big Adventure?
500
Several midwestern teens fall pray to this disfigured midnight mangler who preys on them in their sleep which in turn kills them in reality
Who is Freddy Krueger?
500
This mythical character was based off Vlad III, a ruler of Wallachia (a region in Romania) three times. He was known for his brutal rule and for impaling as a form of execution. There was 1897 novel also based off this character