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This 1996 meta-slasher film revived the horror genre with a killer who asks, “What’s your favorite scary movie?
What is Scream?
This specter rides a horse and haunts Sleepy Hollow.
Who is the Headless Horseman?
This teen witch used her magic to help her cat Salem and her aunts Hilda and Zelda.
Who is Sabrina?
Most Popular Halloween Costume in 2025?
What is KPop Demon Hunters
Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel about bringing the dead back to life.
What is Frankenstein?
In Psycho, what is the name of the eerie motel where the story takes place?
What is the Bates Motel?
In Greek mythology, these sea creatures lured sailors to their doom with enchanting songs and voices.
What is Sirens
The Wicked Witch of the West famously melts when this is thrown at her.
What is water
The tradition of carving jack-o’-lanterns began with this type of vegetable, not pumpkins.
What is a turnip
In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the Count moves from Transylvania to this city
What is London
In The Sixth Sense, what phrase does the young boy Cole famously whisper to reveal his secret?
What is I see dead people
This Irish spirit, often seen washing bloody clothes by a river, foretells death.
Who is the Banshee?
Tituba was one of the first women accused during this infamous 1692 event.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
Halloween is thought to have originated from this ancient Celtic festival.
What is Samhain?
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, this author explores the corruption of the soul through eternal youth and a cursed portrait.
What is Oscar Wilde?
In The Shining, what phrase does Jack Torrance repeatedly type on his typewriter?
What is “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”?
In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga lives in a house that stands on these.
What are chicken legs?
The enchantress from The Odyssey, used her magic to turn men into these animals.
What is Pigs
In Mexico, Día de los Muertos is celebrated on these two days in early November.
What are November 1st and 2nd?
H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional deity, a gigantic cosmic being sleeping beneath the sea, is named this.
Who is Cthulhu?
This 2019 film by Ari Aster, set during a festival, takes place almost entirely in daylight.
What is Midsommar
This Japanese ghostly woman, often depicted with long black hair and white clothing, inspired The Ring.
Who is Sadako (or Onryō)?
This 15th-century woman, nicknamed “La Voisin,” was executed for sorcery and poisoning at the court of Louis XIV.
Who is Catherine Monvoisin?
Trick-or-treating is partly inspired by a medieval practice called this, where poor people offered prayers for the dead in exchange for food.
What is souling?
What Stephen King novel set in a dystopian 1970s follows fifty boys in an annually televised competitive walking marathon.
What is The long walk