Creepy Creatures
This mammal can eat up to 1,000 insects per hour.
What is a bat
This 1897 novel introduced [insert name] and helped define modern vampire lore.
What is Dracula
Cause this is thriller, thriller night! Cause I can - you - than any - would ever dare -
thrill
more
ghoul
try
The Celts believed that on this night, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred.
October 31st
This ancient Greek monster had snakes for hair and could turn anyone who looked at her to stone.
Medusa
Crossing paths with this is considered bad luck.
What is a black cat
In this 1973 horror film, a young girl is possessed by a demon, and two priests perform an exorcism.
What is The Exorcist
If you're seein' things - - - -
- - - call? (Ghostbusters!)
An - - sleepin' in your -
who you gon' call?
runnin' through your head
Who can you
invisible man-bed
Ghostbusters!
The name “Halloween” comes from the Christian holiday that follows it, called this.
All Hallows’ Day (or All Saints’ Day)
Originating from Eastern Europe, this undead creature was blamed for spreading disease and preys on the living for blood
vampire
An intelligent flier, linked to omens and can mimic speech.
What are crows
This Edgar Allan Poe poem begins with a man mourning Lenore and ends with the word “Nevermore.”
What is The Raven
I was working in the ---, late one night
When my eyes beheld an ----- sight
For my monster from his ----, began to ----
And suddenly to my surprise ----
lab
eerie
slab
rise
he did the monster mash
Medieval Europeans carved faces into turnips and beets before pumpkins — these were known as these.
Jack-o’-lanterns
This giant sea creature of Norse legend was said to drag entire ships and sailors beneath the waves.
Kraken
Nocturnal rodents, often seen on streets and associated with the plague.
What are rats
This play by Susan Hill, later adapted into a hit stage production and film, features a ghostly woman haunting a small English town.
What is The Woman in Black
This is -, everybody make a -
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of -
It's our town, everybody -
In this town of -
halloween
scene
fright
scream
halloween
“Souling,” a practice where the poor begged for food in exchange for prayers, evolved into this Halloween custom.
trick-or-treating
This lumbering, reanimated creature first appeared in an 1818 novel by Mary Shelley.
Frankenstein’s monster
This halloween hopper is often linked with witches and spooky spells.
What are toads(frog)
In this 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson, a group of people explore a haunted mansion with terrifying results.
What is The Haunting of Hill House
Well, don't go around -------
Well, it's ----- to take your life
There's a --- moon on the rise
tonight
bound
bad
The 1692 witch trials took place in this Massachusetts town.
Salem
This Greek creature was half-woman, half-bird, and lured sailors to their deaths with her song.
Siren
This 8-legged arachnid spins webs, but not all species use them to catch prey.
What are spiders
This classic 1931 Universal film featured Boris Karloff as the monster stitched together by Dr. Frankenstein.
What is Frankenstein
It was a --- eyed, one ------, ----- purple people eater
Sure looks ------- to me
one
flyin
strange
horned
These European trials between the 15th and 18th centuries led to thousands being executed for witchcraft.
The witch hunts
This massive dragon slain by Saint George symbolizes the triumph of Christianity over evil.
Dragon
In legends werewolf's are said to form in the lunar cycle.
What is a werewolf
In this 1991 thriller, Clarice Starling seeks help from imprisoned killer Hannibal Lecter to catch another murderer.
What is The Silence of the Lambs
I put a spell on you
And now you're mine
You can't stop the things I do
I ain't ----
It's been ----- hundred years
Right down to the ---
Now the witch is back
And there's ---- to pay
I put a spell on you
And now you're ----
lyin
three
day
hell
mine
During the Middle Ages, people believed black cats were companions to these
witches
In Native American legend, this antlered spirit embodies famine and cannibalistic hunger.
Wendigo
In folklore, ghouls are said to lurk in these places, feeding on the dead.
What are graveyards (or cemeteries)
This short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman follows a woman descending into madness while confined to a room with disturbing wallpaper.
What is The Yellow Wallpaper
They're ---- and they're ----
---- and----
They're all together ----
----------------
creepy
kooky
mysterious and spooky
okky
The Addams family
This medieval disease, spread by fleas, killed millions and inspired fear of death for centuries.
Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
From Haitian folklore, this reanimated corpse is controlled by magic.
Zombie