Halloween
Traditions
Traditions
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
What are Jack-o-Lanterns?
2018: "Forty years ago, he came home. Now, he returns."
What is Halloween?
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft occurred in this Massachusetts town known today as Danvers
What is Salem?
A high school plane trip to Europe! What could possibly go wrong?; Making death mad... problematic; Hi, Mr. Bludworth!
What is Final Destination?
What is a zombie?
It's said these 2 colors trace back to the Festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest
What is black and orange?
2013: "One night a year, all crime is legal"
What is The Purge?
This novel by Gregory Maguire about the green-skinned Elphaba became a gravity-defying musical
What is Wicked?
Once a year, anything goes!; Ethan Hawke's son unlocks the door to trouble; later, it's "Anarchy"
What is The Purge?
Also known as a lycanthrope, this beastly monster can be killed by a silver bullet or other silver weapon
What is a werewolf?
This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona
What is bobbing for apples?
1992: "We dare you to say his name five times"
What is Candyman?
This 1989 Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyazaki features a young heroine who starts a flying courier service
What is Kiki's Delivery Service?
A torso-bursting good time; Ripley's continuing believe it or not; bad company, I can't deny
What is Alien?
In Egypt, it had the body of a lion & the head of a man; In Greece, it had the head of a woman & wings
What is the Sphinx?
In the original 1978 "Halloween", a Captain Kirk mask was the perfect disguise for this positively homicidal character
Who is Michael Myers?
2020: "What you can't see can hurt you"
What is The Invisible Man?
The 2 female founders of Hogwarts are Helga Hufflepuff & this witch
Who is Rowena Ravenclaw?
Title tool of the trade; locked up folks, cutting to the chase; the Tobin Bell tolls for thee
What is Saw?
Half-man, half-beast
Son of the Queen of Crete
What is the Minotaur?
Halloween goes back to Samhain, a word from this Irish language; in a Celtic festival, people wore masks so ghosts wouldn't recognize them
What is Gaelic?
2006: "Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright"
What is Snakes on a Plane?
In this Shakespeare play, Hecate appears as queen of the witches
What is Macbeth?
An extremely unlucky day at camp; Kevin Bacon got the point in film no.1; Jason's "Final Chapter"? Not even close
What is Friday the 13th?
This other name for a vampire may come from the Greek word "Nosophoros", or plague-carrier
What is Nosferatu?