Movies
Monster Origins
Halloween History
Candy
Mixed Bag
100
In this 1984 comedy, the team’s catchphrase is “Who you gonna call?”
Ghostbusters
100
In this Netflix series set in Hawkins, Indiana, kids face a monster called the Demogorgon.
Stranger Things
100
In this 2018 film, the Abbott family has to live in near silence to avoid blind creatures that hunt by sound.
A Quiet Place
100
In this 1993 Disney film, three Salem witches are brought back on Halloween night.
Hocus Pocus
100
This 1999 film, with the line “I see dead people,” ends with one of the most famous twists in movies.
The Sixth Sense
200
Most people call the monster this, but in the novel it’s actually the last name of the scientist who made him.
Frankenstein
200
Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel is about this count from Transylvania.
Dracula
200
This 15th-century Wallachian ruler, known for impaling his enemies, helped inspire Dracula.
Vlad the Impaler (Vlad III)
200
Mummy mania took off after the 1922 discovery of this boy king’s tomb.
King Tut (Tutankhamun)
200
This poet hosted the 1816 ghost story challenge at Lake Geneva that led to Frankenstein.
Lord Byron
300
“Halloween” comes from “All Hallows’ Eve,” the night before this holiday.
All Saints’ Day (Nov 1)
300
This famous escape artist died on Halloween in 1926.
Harry Houdini
300
This ancient Celtic festival, held at the end of harvest season, is the root of Halloween.
Samhain
300
Before pumpkins, jack-o’-lanterns in Ireland were carved from this vegetable.
Turnips
300
In Scotland and Ireland, kids going door to door in costume for treats was called this.
Guising
400
“Taste the rainbow.”
Skittles
400
“Melts in your mouth, not in your hands.”
M&M’s
400
Marketed as “chicken feed” in the 1880s, this tri-colored treat is a Halloween staple.
Candy corn
400

H.B. Reese, the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, used to work for this chocolate company.

Hershey’s

400
Mars named this candy bar after the family’s favorite horse.
Snickers
500
Fear of spiders is known by this name.
Arachnophobia
500
This flying mammal uses echolocation to find insects in the dark.
Bat
500
This organ piece in D minor, often credited to Bach, is the go-to spooky Halloween tune.
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
500
Michael Jackson’s 1983 music video for this song featured dancing zombies.
Thriller
500
In this Edgar Allan Poe poem, a bird keeps repeating “Nevermore.”
The Raven
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