"Here's Johnny!"
The Shining
What is emetophobia?
The fear of throwing up
This president was jumping for jelly-beans and loved them so much that Air Force One was outfitted with special holders so that turbulence would not cause his beloved beans to spill.
Ronald Reagan
This type of torture apparently lives on in the minds of creative types, as it has been featured recently in the film 2 Fast 2 Furious and in the TV series Game of Thrones. A bucket is placed on the subjects chest/stomach and must chew its way out…
Rat/Rat Torture
In The Addams Family, what is the name of the uncle with a deranged smile and plan to take the Addams’ fortune?
Uncle Fester
"I want to play a game"
Saw
What is the fear of small holes or textures with lots of holes?
Trypophobia
In the 1960s, Mars began selling smaller candybars for affordability. Instead of calling these bars “small,” they gave this type of candybar what name?
Fun Size
a type of punishment specifically for sailors, dreamt up by the Dutch navy in the late 16th century. Offenders were tied with rope and dragged underwater from one end of the ship to the other.
keelhauling
In Hocus Pocus, what are the names of the three witches who are resurrected on Halloween night?
Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson
"You'll float too."
It
What is the name for the fear of heights?
Acrophobia
According to the American Chemical Society, eating this many smaller variants of Halloween candy bars would poison a 180-pound person, [give or take 10]
262
Invented in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE; a hollow bronze statue cast in the shape of an animal. The victim was locked inside, and a fire was lit beneath it. As the metal heated, the person within was slowly roasted alive.
Brazen Bull
In Hotel Transylvania, what is the name of Dracula’s daughter?
Mavis
"Whatever you do, don't... fall... asleep"
A Nightmare on Elm Street
What is the name of the fear of blood?
hemophobia
Franklin Mars named the Snickers bar after what type of beloved pet that had passed away on their family farm in Milky Way, Tennessee? [Name the animal]
Horse/Racehorse
This was a method of torturous execution practiced in China. The condemned was tied to a post and bits of skin and limbs were gradually removed one by one, usually culminating in a final cut to the heart or decapitation. Formally called Ling Chi, This is often referred to as ___, which shares a name with a Taylor Swift song from the Lover album.
Death by a Thousand Cuts
In Coraline, the Other Mother offers Coraline a choice between black, pink, vermillion, or chartreuse ________?
Buttons
"It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
The Silence of the Lambs
What is the fear of monsters called?
Teraphobia
Invented by anti-smoking advocate Eduard Haas III, this candy, known in German as “pfefferminz”, was originally marketed as mints to help smokers kick the habit.
PEZ
The torture device used in this movie is simply called The Machine. Invented by Count Rugen, it is a gear-operated contraption with suction cups and levers that extracts life force and years from a victim's lifespan with each increasing level of pain.
The Princess Bride
Beetlejuice’s “Miss Argentina” works this bureaucratic job in the afterlife?
Receptionist