The Year Without A Summer
This novel, considered to be the progenitor of science fiction, was written in a writing competition during the year without a summer
"Frankenstein"
This famous killer, not to be confused with a famous comedian, wore a white William Shatner mask during his rampage on babysitters
Michael Meyers
This ancient Celtic holiday is the origin of many Halloween traditions
Samhain
This vampiric novel is seen as the most influential of all time, telling of an evil count and Professor van Helsing
"Dracula"
This dynasty ruled the Kingdom of England for 300 years
Plantagenet
Mary Shelly, her husband Percy Shelly, John Polidori and this famous bisexual poet, held a writing in a cabin during the year without a summer
Lord Byron
Ed Gein
Jack-o'-lanterns were originally carved from this vegetable.
Turnips.
This famous Voivode, son of the Dragon, is the person Count Dracula is based on
Vlad Dracula/ Vlad the Impaler
This king, the son of Edward the Black Prince, came to power at a young age, and his overthrow was the catalyst for the Wars of the Roses
Richard II
This event, occurring in Indonesia, caused the year without a summer
Mount Tambora Eruption
This clown movie is the highest-grossing horror film of all time
"It"
This Catholic holiday is the origin of the name Halloween
All Hallow's Eve
This famous silent horror film was an unauthorized film version of Bram Stoker's famous novel
Nosferatu: A Symphany of Evil
These cadet branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought against each other for the throne for nearly 100 years
Gothic/ Gothic Horror/ Gothic Fiction
This famous horror author has the highest book-to-movie ratio
Stephen King
This famous magician, known for their great escapes, famously died on Halloween.
The real-life Dracula was the Voivode of this principality, a part of modern-day Romania
Wallachia
This king went nearly catatonic for the majority of his reign and was overthrown by Edward IV of York
Henry VI
John Polidori wrote this book during the writing contest, a revitalization of the pseudonymic blood-sucking genre
"The Vampyre"
This horror movie, directed by Georges Méliès, is considered the first horror movie ever
The House of the Devil
This Celtic spirit's screams are seen as foreshadowing death.
Banshee
Bram Stoker did the majority of the research in this capital city's miles-long library, where he is known for writing in the margins of several of the books.
London
What Tudor defeated Richard III, at the Battle of Bosworth Fields, to become king
Henry Tudor/ Henry VII