Classic Scary Movies
Movie Monsters & Villains
Halloween Traditions & Lore
Tricks, Treats & Sweets
Spooky Pop Culture
100

This 1975 Steven Spielberg thriller made millions of moviegoers afraid to go into the ocean.

What is Jaws?

100

This silent slasher villain wears a white hockey mask and haunts Camp Crystal Lake.

Who is Jason Voorhees?

100

According to classic superstition, crossing paths with a cat of this color brings bad luck.

What is black?

100

This tri-colored, cone-shaped candy is the most debated Halloween treat every October.

What is candy corn?

100

If there's something strange in your neighborhood, you call this movie quartet featuring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.

Who are the Ghostbusters?

200

In The Shining, Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at this snowed-in Colorado hotel.

What is the Overlook Hotel?

200

This nightmare-stalking villain wears a red-and-green striped sweater and a leather glove with razors on the fingers.

Who is Freddy Krueger?

200

A legendary werewolf transforms from a human into a wolf during this specific phase of the moon.

What is a full moon?

200

This classic autumn party game requires players to catch floating fruit using only their teeth.

What is bobbing for apples?

200

This spooky, eccentric family includes parents Gomez and Morticia, and their children Wednesday and Pugsley.

Who are The Addams Family?

300

This 1999 "found-footage" horror film followed three student filmmakers lost in the Maryland woods.

What is The Blair Witch Project?

300

In Stephen King's It, the shape-shifting monster most commonly takes the form of a creepy clown with this name.

Who is Pennywise?

300

According to folklore, vampires cast no shadow and cannot see their own reflection when looking into this object.

What is a mirror?

300

Packed with peanuts, caramel, and nougat, this chocolate bar consistently ranks alongside Reese's Cups as America's top-selling Halloween candy.

What is Snickers?

300

In the 1993 Disney classic Hocus Pocus, Bette Midler leads this trio of resurrected Salem witches.

Who are the Sanderson Sisters?

400

In The Silence of the Lambs, FBI trainee Clarice Starling seeks help from this imprisoned, cannibalistic psychiatrist.

Who is Hannibal Lecter?

400

The pale white mask worn by Michael Myers in Halloween was actually a modified $2 mask of this Star Trek actor.

Who is William Shatner?

400

Before pumpkins became the standard in America, Irish immigrants originally carved Jack-o'-lanterns out of these root vegetables.

What are turnips?

400

These chewy, human-shaped gummy candies use the slogan "Sour. Sweet. Gone."

What are Sour Patch Kids?

400

Legendary horror actor Vincent Price provided the sinister spoken-word monologue and evil laugh at the end of this 1982 Michael Jackson hit.

What is "Thriller"?

500

Before turning back to sci-fi, director Jordan Peele won an Oscar for writing this 2017 psychological horror film starring Daniel Kaluuya.

What is Get Out?

500

Created by author Mary Shelley in 1818, this scientist's last name is often mistakenly given to the creature he brought to life.

Who is Victor Frankenstein?

500

Halloween traces its origins back over 2,000 years to Samhain, an ancient harvest festival celebrated by this European people.

Who are the Celts?

500

First sold in 1896 and named after the inventor's daughter's nickname, this chewy, log-shaped chocolate candy was even included in soldiers' WWII rations.

What is a Tootsie Roll?

500

Hosted by writer Rod Serling, this classic black-and-white anthology TV series took viewers into "another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind."

What is The Twilight Zone?

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