Happy Halloween
All Hallow's Eve comes a day before this loosely related Mexican holiday
On The Office, Jim pranked Dwight by putting his stapler in this.
What is Jello?
This director is famous for a variety of horror classics, including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, People Under the Stairs, and the Hills Have Eyes.
Wes Craven
Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry are annual staples, but these are the three lesser known members of the monster cereal line. (I will accept any one of them)
Who are Frute Brute, Yummy Mummy, and Carmella Creeper?
This shopping mall staple is a frequent haunt for goth kids everywhere.
What is Hot Topic? (Alternatively, Spencer's Gifts)
Many Halloween traditions are pulled from this Gaelic harvest festival.
What is Samhain?
"I've got a bridge to sell you" is a reference to a con artist who repeatedly 'sold' this famous bridge to gullible buyers.
The name of this offbeat ghost story is a pun on the name of a star in the Orion constellation.
What is Beetlejuice?
In Irish folklore, this is what a Banshee's scream represents specifically.
What is the death of a family member?
These people are depicted in the painting American Gothic.
Before pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns were made from this vegetable.
What is a Turnip? (Alternatively, Beets and Rutabagas)
This was the occupation of the inventor of cotton candy.
What is a dentist?
This is the first movie to feature Jason Voorhees as a hockey-mask wearing slasher villain.
What is Friday the 13th Part III?
Vampires have a long list of weaknesses, but this one was originally a minor inconvenience that movies like Nosferatu played up into being fatal.
What is sunlight?
This time period is the origin of the classic Gothic style of art and architecture.
When was the 12th Century?
Every year on October 31st, this item is banned in Los Angeles.
What is silly string?
What is chicken feed?
This horror icon was going to get brought into the fray in the cancelled film sequel to Freddy vs. Jason that eventually became a comic miniseries.
Who is Ash Williams from The Evil Dead?
Frankenstein is the doctor, not the monster, but the monster proposes this name for himself in the original story.
(or, if you think about it, Frankenstein is the monster, not the creation)
Who is Adam?
This musical subgenre takes gothic moodiness and applies gloomy lyrics to brighter, more upbeat instrumentals and a more colorful aesthetic.
What is Beach Goth?
Europe did it first, but what is the decade American children started trick or treating?
When were the 1930's?
She was entered as a prank, but this animal ended up winning the Sao Paulo city council election with 100,000 votes to the runner-up's 10,000.
What is a rhinoceros?
Out of the classic slasher franchises, this is the one movie from a series to not feature the iconic killer in any way.
What is Halloween III: Season of the Witch?
Sometimes viewed as the type of ghost that makes objects go bump in the night, many paranormal theories consider these spirits to come from repressed emotions of the living instead of the souls of the deceased.
What is a poltergeist?
This was the historical division between the Visigoths and Ostrogoths.