Pop Culture & Horror Movies
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington is accompanied by this ghost dog with a glowing pumpkin nose.
Who is Zero?
Infamous for its 1692 witch trials, this New England town is strongly linked to Halloween tradition.
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
This chocolate-and-peanut-butter treat is consistently ranked as America's #1 best-selling Halloween candy.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
As the only mammal species capable of true, sustained flight, it serves as a quintessential symbol of Halloween.
What is a bat?
Horror legend Vincent Price delivered a famous spoken-word monologue at the end of this iconic 1982 Michael Jackson title track.
What is "Thriller"?
A giant supernatural mascot made of marshmallow stomps through Manhattan in this iconic 1984 film.
What is Ghostbusters?
Before pumpkins took over, jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland and Scotland were originally carved out of this root vegetable.
What are turnips?
Included in WWII American soldier rations, this candy was chosen because its outer shell prevented melting.
What are M&M's?
Beginning at midnight on Halloween, this traditional Mexican holiday honors and celebrates deceased loved ones.
What is Día de los Muertos (or Day of the Dead)?
Vic Mizzy composed and sang the iconic TV theme song for this creepy and kooky family, famously accompanied by double finger snaps
What is The Addams Family theme song?
This horror villain terrorizes his victims while wearing a spray-painted white 1975 Captain Kirk mask.
Who is Michael Myers?
Tracing back to a Roman festival honoring Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees, this remains a classic party game.
What is bobbing for apples?
From top tip to base, these three stacked colors appear in this exact order on standard candy corn.
What are white, orange, and yellow?
In folklore, sprinkling this common kitchen staple across your doorway stops evil spirits from entering.
What is salt?
Bobby "Boris" Pickett had a #1 hit on the Billboard charts in 1962 with this novelty song about a graveyard dance party.
What is "Monster Mash"?
This legendary magician and escape artist passed away on Halloween day in 1926.
Who is Harry Houdini?
Medieval Europeans wore dark masks and costumes on Halloween night to trick spirits in this specific way.
What is disguising themselves so roaming spirits would mistake them for ghosts?
When invented in the 1880s, candy corn was originally sold under this farm-inspired commercial name.
What is "Chicken Feed"?
The world's first giant pumpkin to weigh over 3,000 pounds was grown in this tiny U.S. state.
What is Rhode Island?
Michael Jackson sang the uncredited chorus on this 1984 hit single by Rockwell about feeling constantly spied upon.
What is "Somebody's Watching Me"?
This immortal black cat protects the Sanderson Sisters' house in Hocus Pocus.
Who is Thackery Binx?
Marking the end of the harvest, this ancient Celtic festival is considered the historical predecessor of modern Halloween.
What is Samhain?
The phrase "Trick or Treat" made its very first documented appearance in print in North America in this year.
What is 1927?
Named after an ancient Celtic festival, this is the clinical term for an intense, irrational fear of Halloween.
What is Samhainophobia?
Screamin' Jay Hawkins pioneered shock-rock with his theatrical 1956 rhythm-and-blues classic about bewitching a lover.
What is "I Put a Spell on You"?