VAMPIRE-POURRI (1 May, 2019)
Lady Gaga gave a fine performance as a bloodsucking countess on the "Hotel" edition of this FX series
American Horror Story
In the original film it's the night in 1963 when 6-year-old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death
Halloween
At Disneyland you can watch the Headless Horseman ride down this central road
Main Street
Dye some gauze in black tea for an aged look & wrap yourself up as this guy whom Abbott & Costello met in a 1955 film
the Mummy
For Halloween, 19th c. Louisianans made a midnight "dumb supper," a meal eaten without doing this, & waited for a ghost to join
speaking
Reading aloud from this novel: "Chapter 13, Concessions, 'Edward in the sunlight was shocking'"
Twilight
The sixth season of American Horror Story, about a haunted farm house in North Carolina***
Roanoke
"I got a rock" was Charlie Brown's lament in the 1966 TV special about this "Great" Imaginary being
Great Pumpkin
Why not dress up as this Barrie character, the boy who would not grow up
Peter Pan
This word follows "plague doctor" & "bleeding hocky" in Halloween products***
mask
Sink your teeth into this vampire-themed cereal that frequently makes a comeback around Halloween
Count Chocula
Both a 1999 film & its 2016 sequel feature found footage exploring this title figure in the Maryland woods
The Blair Witch Project
Because it's Halloween, Elliott dresses up E.T. like one of these so he won't be recognized
ghost
Roll up the sleeves of a blue denim workshirt, put a red bandana in your hair & you can be this feminist WWII icon
Rosie the Riveter
"Halloween" is coming - the 1978 horror film with this actress who strode in as babysitter Laurie Strode
Jamie Lee Curtis
This marvel character from a 1998 movie is described as "Part man. Part vampire. All hero."
Blade
"What's Wrong With Norman" was an episode of this drama on A&E
Bates Motel
This Warren Zevron tune about shapeshifters in England is a staple on radio stations in October
Werewolves of London
A costume for 2: this double-crossing pair from Mad magazine, one in black & one in white, created by Antonio Prohias
Spy vs. Spy
This 3,000 year old Mesoamerican holiday celebrates the gates of heaven opening, allowing the spirit of a diseased loved one to be reunited with their still-living family***
Día de los Muertos
The producer of this 1922 German silent film was accused of ripping off Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula"
Nosferatu
Ghostface, the white-masked killer in this 1996 film, asks, "What's your favorite scary movie?"
Scream
"Halloween III" was subtitled this, just like the title of a Donovan song
Season of the Witch
If the guys are gangsters, wear fringed dresses & be these '20s gals found in a Fitzgerald title
flappers
On Halloween 1846 heavy snowfall halted the progress of this hungry party near the pass now named for it
Donner party