Clue: This 1978 John Carpenter film introduced the world to the silent, masked killer Michael Myers.
Halloween
Clue: This "King of Pop" released the 1982 album Thriller, which features a famous horror-themed music video.
Michael Jackson
Clue: He's the "King of Horror" from Maine, famous for penning It, Carrie, and The Stand.
Stephen King
This long-running AMC show follows survivors like Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse.
The Walking Dead
Clue: "Here's Johnny!" is the iconic, ad-libbed line from this 1980 Stanley Kubrick film set at the haunted Overlook Hotel.
The Shining
John, Paul, George, and Ringo were the four members of this legendary "Fab Four" from Liverpool.
The Beatles
In 1897, this Irish author introduced the world to the most famous vampire of all in his novel Dracula.
Bram Stoker
This '80s-set Netflix series follows a group of kids in Hawkins, Indiana, as they battle creatures from the "Upside Down."
Stranger Things
Clue: Director Jordan Peele won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for this 2017 film about a Black man's terrifying visit to his white girlfriend's family.
Get Out
This pop superstar's record-breaking "Eras Tour" covers her career, from Fearless to Midnights.
Taylor Swift
This 19th-century American poet and author was a master of mystery and the macabre, writing "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Edgar Allan Poe
This movie franchise, rebooted in 2022, features the killer "Ghostface" who loves to ask, "What's your favorite scary movie?"
Scream series
This 1999 "found footage" film follows three student filmmakers searching for a local legend in the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland.
The Blair Witch Project
This Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, known for "The Starry Night," famously cut off part of his own ear.
Vincent van Gogh
At just 18, she began writing the gothic masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Mary Shelley
Clue: This supernatural anthology series, created by Ryan Murphy, has featured seasons set in a Murder House, an Asylum, and a Coven.
American Horror Story
In Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho, this sweet, edible item was famously used as the "blood" in the shower scene.
chocolate syrup
This British band's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon spent a record-breaking 988 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
Pink Floyd
She wrote the classic 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House and the chillingly famous short story "The Lottery."
Shirley Jackson
Rod Serling was the creator and host of this classic 1959-1964 anthology series that took viewers to "another dimension... a dimension of mind."
The Twilight Zone