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Diseases
Diseases
Also known as the "Black Death", this flea-borne bacterial infection wiped out nearly a third of Europe's population in the 14th century.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
In this 1993 Disney classic, a virgin accidentally resurrects three ancient hags in Salem who are completely obsessed with sucking the lives out of children and really bad at operating vacuum cleaners.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This Scottish freshwater monster is said to inhabit a famous loch in the Scottish Highlands.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
Before the famous pumpkin, this root vegetable was traditionally carved into Jack-o-lanterns in Ireland and Scotland.
What is a Turnip?
The myth of the werewolf is heavily linked to this viral infection, which causes hydrophobia, aggression, and excessive salivation.
What is Rabies?
This iconic 1974 slasher film introduced audiences to Leatherface and his terrifying power tool.
What is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?
Translating to "goat-sucker," this Latin American mythical creature is famous for preying on farm livestock.
What is the Chupacabra?
This candy, originally invented in the 1880s by the Wunderle Candy Company, was first commercially sold under the name "Chicken Feed”.
What is Candy Corn?
Once called "consumption" because it seemed to slowly eat sufferers away from the inside, this pale-skin-causing lung infection inspired 19th-century beliefs that afflicted family members were secretly vampires draining the life of the living.
What is Tuberculosis?
In this 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic, Marion Crane meets a tragic end in the shower at the Bates Motel.
What is Psycho?
In Scandinavian legend, this massive, multi-tentacled sea monster was said to be so huge that sailors often mistook its floating back for a chain of islands.
What is the Kraken?
Early Hollywood makeup artists in black-and-white horror films used this sweet ice cream topping as fake blood because it looked far more realistic on camera.
What is chocolate syrup?
Victims of "Cotard's Delusion" suffer from this horrifying mental illness belief regarding their own body.
What is believing they are dead (or missing internal organs)?
Directed by William Friedkin, this 1973 film about the possession of 12-year-old Regan MacNeil was the first horror movie nominated for Best Picture.
What is The Exorcist?
Originating in Arabian folklore, this shape-shifting desert demon frequents graveyards, consumes human flesh, and inspired the modern English word for a dark monster.
What is a Ghoul?
Transylvania, the famous home of Count Dracula, is a real geographic region located in this European country.
What is Romania?