Halloween Traditions
Horror Movies by Villain
Halloween Candy
Halloween History
Edgar Allan Poe
Horror Movies and Shows by Location
Fictional Witches
Creepy Cinema
Halloween-Pourri
100
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
Jack-o-lanterns
100
Jason Vorhees
Friday the 13th
100
Wow! The neighbors gave trick-or-treaters the king size of this Nestle candy bar with a noisy name
Crunch
100
This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe
a black cat
100
In this "colorful" Poe story, Prince Prospero tries to avoid a deadly plague
"The Masque of the Red Death"
100
Hawkins, Indiana
Stranger Things
100
Cho Chang & Fleur Delacour are 2 of the many witches in this book series
Harry Potter
100
Most of the movies based on Stephen King's books, including It and Pet Semetary, take place in this New England state.
Maine
100
In a TV special, the Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus awaits a visit from this mythic figure
The Great Pumpkin
200
It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest
orange and black
200
Michael Myers
Halloween
200
Abe Vigoda & Betty White have appeared in commercials for this candy bar that satisfies
Snickers
200
Originally, instead of pumpkins, this small root vegetable of the mustard family was used for carving
turnips
200
A man's harrowing escape from torture during the Spanish Inquisition is recounted in this Poe favorite
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
200
The Overlook Hotel
The Shining
200
In "Macbeth" the three witches who prophesy his success & doom are appropriately also known as these "sisters"
the weird sisters
200
Jack Torrance terrorizes his family after they move into a haunted hotel in this Stephen King-based film
The Shining
200
In the Hercule Poirot mystery "Halloween Party", a girl is drowned in a tub of water meant for this Halloween activity
bobbing for apples
300
The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when this president's wife hung owls & goblins
Eisenhower
300
Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street
300
This tri-colored sweet, popular on Halloween, has its own national day on October 30
candy corn
300
On Halloween in 1846, heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains
The Donner Party
300
Come gather by the fire while I share this 1843 story about a murdered man who "took a licking and kept on ticking"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
300
The 8th film in this franchise takes place in Manhattan; most of the rest are set near a lake in New Jersey
Friday the 13th
300
Jadis of Charn is the evil White Witch laying chilly havoc to this C.S. Lewis land
Narnia
300
In the 8th installment of the franchise, this title character "Takes Manhattan."
Jason
300
"Halloween" is short for "All Hallows' Eve" as it's the night before this holiday once called All Hallows' Day
All Saint's Day
400
This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona
bobbing for apples
400
Jack Torrance
The Shining
400
The name of these bite-sized, "rainbow" candies is also a British term for ninepin bowling
Skittles
400
This Christian holiday also called Hallowmas was created as the day after Halloween to convert people
All Saints' Day
400
Poe's wife (and cousin), who passed away at age 24, had this name, like the state at whose university Poe studied
Virginia
400
Amity Island and its surrounding waters, mostly during the Fourth of July weekend in 1975
Jaws
400
In "The Thirteenth Sacrifice", witches have returned to this city & Boston cop Samantha Ryan is hunting them
Salem
400
Season 1 of this popular Netflix show ends with this scene:
Stranger Things
400
Halloween's origins are in Samhain, a festival celebrated by these people of ancient Britain & Ireland
Celts
500
This 20th century illusionist and magician's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween
Houdini
500
Norman Bates
Psycho
500
1982, the film E.T. led to a significant increase in this candy's sales, with some reports saying the candy saw a 65% bump
Reese's Pieces
500
October brings out undead soldiers, vampires & ghosts, all serving the Headless Horseman at Philipsburg Manor in this N.Y. village
Sleepy Hollow
500
This NFL team was inspired by the poetry of Poe (who was also a resident of the city for most of his life).
The Ravens
500
Many movies based on his books take place in Derry, Maine
Stephen King
500
In this play, Rebecca Nurse, among others, is accused of witchcraft, and mass hysteria ensues.
The Crucible
500
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water", along came this 1978 movie
Jaws 2
500
At Disneyland you can watch the Headless Horseman ride down this central road
Main Street