Horror Movie Mania
What 1996 horror movie opens with a phone call asking, "What's your favorite scary movie?"
Scream
What famous supposedly cursed gemstone was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Harry Winston in 1958?
The Hope Diamond
What candy bar was named after a horse owned by the Mars family?
Snickers
What famous author of The Raven died mysteriously in Baltimore in 1849?
Edgar Allan Poe
What 1922 silent horror film introduced Count Orlok, an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Nosferatu
In The Ring, how many days do victims supposedly have to live after watching the cursed videotape?
Seven days
What famous allegedly haunted doll is kept at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida?
Robert the Doll
From top to bottom, what is the correct order of colors on a traditional piece of candy corn?
White, orange, yellow
What famous magician died on Halloween in 1926 after suffering from appendicitis and peritonitis?
Harry Houdini
What legendary creature from medieval bestiaries is said to be so poisonous that even its gaze or breath can kill?
Basilisk
In The Blair Witch Project, what state are the three student filmmakers exploring?
Maryland
What supposedly cursed object, popularized by an online auction listing, is said to contain a malicious spirit from Jewish folklore?
The Dybbuk Box
What candy bar, introduced in 1921, was originally called the "Kandy Kake"?
Baby Ruth
What famous New Orleans cemetery is home to a tomb traditionally associated with Voodoo queen Marie Laveau?
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
What legendary creature from European folklore is a corpse that returns from the dead to terrorize the living?
Revenant
In The Shining (1980), what is the number of the hotel room that Danny is warned to avoid?
Room 237
What 1973 horror film became associated with rumors of a curse after several deaths and accidents connected to its production?
The Exorcist (released in 1973)
What candy was invented in 1896 by Leo Hirshfield and named after his daughter?
Tootsie Roll
What famous American president's body was targeted by grave robbers in 1876 in an unsuccessful ransom plot?
Abraham Lincoln
What creature from Scottish folklore is a water spirit that takes the form of a horse and lures people to their deaths?
Kelpie
In The Omen (1976), what is the first and last name of the young boy believed to be the Antichrist?
Damien Thorn
What famous chair, associated with Thomas Busby, was allegedly responsible for the deaths of anyone who sat in it?
Busby's Stoop Chair (also called the Dead Man's Chair)
What British candy company, founded in York in 1862, created the Kit Kat and Aero chocolate bars?
Rowntree's
What 19th-century Rhode Island woman became known as the "last American vampire" after her body was exhumed in 1892?
Mercy Brown
In the 1999 film The Mummy, what is the name of the resurrected Egyptian priest?
Imhotep