Halloween History
This was the original meaning for dressing up in costumes on Halloween
To scare away spirits
This iconic horror movie features the song "Tip Toe Through the Tulips' by Tiny Tim
Insidious
Don't say this ghost exterminators name thrice!
Beetlejuice
This sweet treat is regualry voted the worst halloween candy
Candy Corn
Finish the lyrics from "This is Halloween": "This is Halloween, this is Halloween. _____ scream in the dead of night."
Pumpkins
This is the Country Halloween originates from
Ireland
This silent film released in 1922 is the first vampire movie
Nosferatu
This is another name for a Lycanthrope
This is the most popular kids' Halloween candy
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
In the movie Hocus Pocus, this is the name of the song the Sanderson sisters sing at the Halloween party
" I Put a Spell on You"
This is another name for Halloween
All Hallows Eve
" I See Dead People" is an iconic quote said by Haley Joel Osment in this movie
The Sixth Sense
This horror icon is introduced in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel
Frankenstein's Monster
The averge American household spends about this much on Halloween candy every year
$30
According to the song, this family was 'creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky
The Addams Family
This vegetable was originally used for Jack-O-Lanterns
Turnips
Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst and Brad Pitt co-star in this movie based on the novels by Anne Rice
Interview with a Vampire
This horror icon terrorizes the residents of Derry, Maine every 27 years
Pennywise
This treat was created by dentist William Morrison in 1897 and was known as Fairy Floss
Cotton Candy
Finish this Thriller Lyric: "It's close to midnight________"
And something evil's lurking in the dark
This is the decade that Americans started to give out candy to trick or treaters
1950s
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle in this 1954 horror film
Creature from the Black Lagoon
This horror icon is also known as "The Shape"
The average American eats about this much candy every Halloween (think in pounds)
3.5 pounds
Finish the lyrics from "Monster Mash": "I was working in the ____ late one night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight."
Lab