Count Dracula operates a high-end, humans-forbidden resort for classic monsters in this hit animated movie franchise.
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R.L. Stine created this iconic book series featuring titles like Night of the Living Dummy and The Haunted Mask.
Goosebumps

This quiet, green, explosive mob in Minecraft is famous for sneaking up behind players and ruining their builds.
Creeper
Monsters discover that harvesting kid laughter generates far more clean energy than terrifying them in their sleep.
Monsters, Inc.
A dramatic, tall, skinny individual who suffers an existential crisis, decides his current job making scares is boring, and attempts to take over a completely different winter holiday with disastrous results.
Jack Skellington
A black-and-white striped suit, wild green hair, and a tendency to appear whenever someone says his name three times.
Beetlejuice
In Stranger Things, this dark, decaying alternate dimension exists parallel to the human world of Hawkins, Indiana.
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They made this book into a three part movie series, following the unlikely adventures of a short individual named Bilbo Baggins.
The Hobbit
Equipped with the Poltergust vacuum cleaner, this plumber spends his time clearing haunted mansions instead of saving Princess Peach.
Luigi (Luigi's Mansion)
A girl finds a hidden door to a seemingly better family, only to realize her new mom wants to replace her eyes with sewing supplies.
Coraline
An 11-year-old explorer with bright blue hair who moves into a creepy apartment building, ignores warnings from a talking black cat, and has to rescue her parents from a creature that wants to replace her mother.
Coraline
A high-tech proton pack, tan jumpsuit, and a no-ghost logo patch.
Ghostbusters

Dipper and Mabel Pines spend their summer vacation working at the Mystery Shack and investigating weird anomalies in this Oregon town.
Gravity Falls
In this Neil Gaiman novel, a boy named Nobody "Bod" Owens is adopted and raised by the ghostly inhabitants of a cemetery.
The Graveyard Book.
This Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon evolves from Haunter and is famous for its wide, mischievous purple smile.
Gengar
A teenager lights a black candle to impress his crush and accidentally resurrects three 17th-century singers who love chaos and collecting children.
Hocus Pocus
A teenage vampire daughter with an overprotective vampire dad who runs a luxury resort to keep her safe from humans. She can turn into a bat, but might have feelings for a human that wanders into the hotel.
Mavis
Four brothers. Four different colored headbands. Four different weapons. One giant, talking rat dad.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
In this Disney series, a human girl named Luz Noceda gets transported to the Boiling Isles to train as a witch under Eda the Owl Lady.
The Owl House
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire constantly outsmart the villainous Count Olaf in this gloomy 13-book series.
A Series of Unfortunate Events

This yellow animatronic chicken loves pizza, wears a "Let's Eat!!!" bib, and hangs out at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria.
Chica
A moody boarding school student plays the cello, solves a local murder mystery, and hangs out with a detached, sentient hand.
Wednesday
A bubbly werewolf teenager at Nevermore Academy who wears bright pastel sweaters, paints her claws neon colors, and is the complete opposite of her gothic roommate.
Enid Sinclair
A glowing yellow jacket, a bicycle, and a small alien hiding in the front basket covered by a white blanket.
E.T. / Elliott
In Laika's stop-motion movie ParaNorman, Norman Babcock has the unique ability to speak to these individuals.
Ghosts / The Dead
In Katherine Arden's middle-grade bestseller, an old watch warns a girl to run into the mist when "the Smiling Man" comes to town.
Small Spaces
In this viral multiplayer co-op game, players travel to abandoned industrial moons to collect scrap metal for "the Company" while dodging terrifying creatures.
Lethal Company
Two brothers get lost in a creepy, timeless autumn forest and spend the whole time arguing over a teapot hat and a pet frog.
Over the Garden Wall
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A giant, fire-breathing, spike-shelled villain who secretly plays the piano and pours his heart out singing a dramatic hit ballad about his crush on a princess.
Bowser
A yellow raincoat, a red floating balloon, and a paper boat drifting down a stormy gutter.
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This classic ghost movie features the titular character, who's really very kind and is just looking to make a friend.
Casper, the Friendly Ghost
The Necronomicon
In this retro playstation side-scrolling game, you play Alucard, son of Dracula, and battle your way through your father's castle in an attempt to end his reign of terror.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
A teenage girl figures out she has to balance school life, cheerleading, and getting to the heart of her town's very aggressive nighttime creature problem.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A young boy with terrible swimming skills eats a fruit, befriends a strange cast of characters, and sets sail in search of something because a dead pirate told him to.
Monkey D. Luffy
One's a good guy and a doctor. The other's not a doctor, or a good guy. The thing is, they're both the same person.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde