Halloween History
Christianized name of the holiday that would eventually be called Halloween.
This serial killer is famously known as the "Killer Clown."
What is John Wayne Gacy?
Stephen King's novel about a hotel that possesses people.
What is The Shining?
Johnny Depp played the title character in the film adaptation of this play about a murderous barber.
What is Sweeney Todd?
The weapon of the killer in Nightmare on Elm Street.
What are knife gloves?
There is a theory that many Halloween traditions are influenced by the pagan practices of these people.
What are the Celts?
In 1995, Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people by bombing a building in this city.
What is Oklahoma City?
The title characters of this 1886 novella have become a shorthand for people with split personalities.
What is Jekyll and Hyde?
Jack Skellington is also called this name.
What is the Pumpkin King?
This movie killer asks about your favorite scary movie.
Who is Ghostface?
This vegetable was carved into the original Jack O' Lantern.
What is a turnip?
Serial killer Dennis Rader called himself BTK, which stood for these three words.
What is Bind, Torture, Kill?
The author of Frankenstein was the daughter of this famous feminist writer.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
Hadestown is based on a version of these ancient characters.
Who are Orpheus and Eurydice?
This sound is associated with a very specific horror movie.
What is The Grudge?
Trick or treating became popular in the United States during this decade.
What are the 1930s?
What is three or more?
This 1971 horror novel was inspired by a real event that supposedly happened in 1949.
What is The Exorcist?
If people find out that you have never seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show live before, they will write this on your forehead.
What is a V (for virgin)?
The killer in Friday the 13th (1980).
Who is Mrs. Voorhees?
People in Detroit give this name to the night before Halloween.
What is Devil's Night?
The name of the renowned FBI agent who helped develop the FBI's Serial Crime Unit.
Who is John E. Douglas?
This 1764 novel is considered to be the first gothic novel.
What is the Castle of Otranto?
In the Phantom of the Opera, the Phantom uses this to lure Christine during their first encounter.
What is a mirror?
This little known film is considered by some to be the first proto-slasher movie.
What is Peeping Tom?