Movies
In this 1993 Halloween comedy, three resurrected witch sisters return to Salem, Massachusetts, after a curious teenager lights the Black Flame Candle.
Hocus Pocus
This royal vizier from Agrabah uses a magic lamp to try to become the most powerful sorcerer in the world.
Jafar
This ancient Celtic festival, celebrated over 2,000 years ago, marked the end of harvest and inspired many modern Halloween traditions.
Samhain
Cause this is thriller, thriller night…”
Thriller
This peanut butter and chocolate combo is often sold in orange wrappers and is one of America’s top Halloween candies.
Reese's Peanut butter cups
This slasher film set at Camp Crystal Lake follows counselors being hunted by an unseen killer seeking revenge for a boy who drowned years earlier.
Friday the 13th
This horned villain curses Princess Aurora simply because she wasn’t invited to a royal celebration.
Maleficent
The name “Halloween” comes from the phrase “All Hallows’ Eve,” the night before this Christian holiday honoring saints.
All saint's day
“I ain’t afraid of no ghost!”
GhostBusters
“Taste the Rainbow” is the slogan for this colorful, fruit-flavored candy.
Skittles
Based on the real-life cases of paranormal investigators this 2013 horror film follows their attempt to help the Perron family rid their farmhouse of a dark spirit.
The conjuring
This smooth-talking god of the Underworld lights up in blue flames when he’s angry.
Hade
In medieval England and Ireland, poor people went door-to-door asking for food or “soul cakes” in exchange for prayers for the dead — a custom known as this.
Souling
“It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark…”
Monster Mash
This caramel-and-nougat candy bar shares its name with a famous baseball player — but the company says it was actually named after a candy maker’s daughter.
Baby ruth
In this family-friendly ghost movie, a kind young spirit befriends a girl and her paranormal therapist father move into Whipstaff Manor.
Casper
This villain keeps a girl locked in a tower to use her magical hair and stay young forever.
Mother Gothel
Irish immigrants brought this Halloween tradition to America, where they began carving pumpkins instead of turnips.
Jack O' Lantern Carving
“I put a spell on you, and now you’re mine!”
I put a spell on you
This crunchy candy bar is “crispy, crunchy, peanut-buttery” and comes in a bright yellow wrapper.
Butter finger
A murderer’s soul possesses a “Good Guy” doll who wreaks havoc after being gifted to a young boy named Andy.
Child's Play
Famous for shouting “Off with their heads!”
Queen of hearts
This 20th-century Halloween activity became popular after World War II, turning a night once filled with pranks into a candy-filled tradition for kids.
Trick or treating
“Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange?”
This is halloween
This long, chewy candy often comes in flavors like cherry, grape, and mystery, and you pull it apart into two strips before eating.
laffy taffy