Frightening Films
This breakout horror hit topped the box office on Halloween in 2009 and earned over 7000x its original budget
What is Paranormal Activity?
A Mexican holiday that commemorates ancestors and friends who have passed
What is Day of the Dead?
A man named stringy jack who fooled the devil and was forced to walk the Earth with a burning coal in a hollowed turnip to light his way
Who is Jack O Lantern?
Most loved Halloween candy
The 1973 movie that convinced Americans to throw away their Ouija Boards
What is The Exorcist?
The day before Halloween where mostly children and teens engage in jokes, pranks, and vandalism
What is Mischief Night?
The author of the horror classic Frankenstein
Who is Mary Shelley?
This famous Halloween song is by Bobby Pickett
What is Monster Mash?
This eerie film is credited with coining the notorious phrase, “Do you like horror movies?”
What is Scream? (1996)
This Halloween activity comes from "souling" where poor children and adults would dress as spirits accepting food in exchange for prayers
What is trick-or-treating?
In the late 1690s, more than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft in this village in colonial Massachusetts
What is Salem?
Colors of candy corn in order (tip to base)
What is White, Orange, and Yellow?
The colors (2) of Freddy Krueger's sweater
What is Red and Green?
In the period leading up to the Great Depression, Halloween had become a time when young men would cause mischief to blow off steam. This Halloween activity was created to prevent pranksters from causing mischief.
What is a Haunted House?
The most common ghost sighting in the White House (hint: former President)
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Shakespeare play where three witches say, “Double, double, toil and trouble”
What is Macbeth?
The hotel room # in Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of "The Shining" where Danny is warned to stay away
What is 237?
Day of ____ is celebrated in Romania, where hundreds flock to celebrate Halloween at Vlad the Impaler Tepes purported home at Bran's Castle
What is Dracula?
A fear of vampires originated from the spread of this illness during the 19th century
What is tuberculosis?
Country that brought Halloween (or "Samhain") to the US in the 1800s.
What is Ireland?