Movie Monsters & Killers
This silent, masked killer's first victim was his older sister, Judith, in 1978.
Who is Michael Myers?
The modern celebration of Halloween is rooted in this ancient Celtic festival.
What is Samhain?
The main location for the slasher series Friday the 13th is this summer camp.
What is Camp Crystal Lake?
A traditional Halloween superstition says that seeing this creature on Halloween means a loved one's spirit is watching you.
What is a spider?
Linus believes this character will rise from the most sincere one of these on Halloween night.
Who is The Great Pumpkin?
In the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this villain's horrific mask is said to be made of human skin.
Who is Leatherface?
The traditional Halloween colors of orange and black represent the harvest and this.
What is death (or darkness)?
The iconic Ghostface mask from Scream was based on the figure in this famous 1893 painting by Edvard Munch.
What is The Scream?
A group of witches is known by this collective noun.
What is a coven?
While trick-or-treating, Charlie Brown famously says this phrase three times after checking his bag.
What is “I got a rock”.
The demon possessing the young girl Regan in The Exorcist shares its name with a Babylonian devil.
Who is Pazuzu?
Before pumpkins, the Irish and Scottish carved lanterns out of this root vegetable.
What are turnips?
Chucky's full name, Charles Lee Ray, is an homage to these three famous real-life killers.
Who are Charles Manson, Lee Harvey Oswald, and James Earl Ray?
This song, originally recorded by Bobby Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, topped the charts in 1962.
What is “Monster Mash”?
This character is the one who chooses to stay with Linus in the pumpkin patch, foregoing trick-or-treating.
Who is Sally Brown?
This actor, known for his work with Tim Burton, played the title character in Beetlejuice.
Who is Michael Keaton?
This first lady decorated the White House for Halloween for the first time in 1958.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
The original final girl of the Alien franchise, she is the sole survivor of the USCSS Nostromo.
Who is Ellen Ripley?
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this is the name of Jack Skellington's faithful ghost dog.
Who is Zero?
Snoopy's primary WWI flying adversary, whom he repeatedly "engages in aerial combat" with on top of his doghouse.
Who is the Red Baron?
This character, played by Doug Bradley, was originally introduced in Clive Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart as the "Lead Cenobite."
Who is Pinhead?
This is the medical term for the persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of Halloween.
What is Samhainophobia?
This 1968 film directed by George A. Romero is widely credited with establishing the rules for modern zombie movies.
What is Night of the Living Dead?
This candy, originally called "chicken feed," has white, orange, and yellow stripes.
What is Candy Corn?
This is the official title of the music written by Vince Guaraldi that plays while Linus is writing his letter and waiting in the patch.
What is "The Great Pumpkin Waltz"?