Slashers / All of them Witches
This independent horror movie framed its bloody story as actual true crime
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
William Castle was the first director to use this vaguely sinister, aristocratic actor in horror movies and would go on to make them his specialty
Vincent Price
This is often considered to be "The Worst Movie of All Time"
Plan Nine From Outer Space
This unconstitutional practice was when a movie theatre would be forced to buy B-movies on the back of A-movies
Block-booking
This 1955 French horror classic warned viewers not to spoil its ending and gave William Castle his taste for gimmicks
Les Diaboliques (1955)
This figure makes it to the end of the film unlike the rest of her friends
The Final Girl
This Hammer Horror star was most famous for playing Dracula
Sir Christopher Lee
This independent film studio was the first to emphasize a "teenage" sensibility
American Independent Pictures (AIP)
Independent filmmaking under the larger umbrella of a major film studio was possible thanks to...
Unit production
The only way to kill The Tingler is to...
SCREAM
The killer's realm where the main character is fully at their mercy
The Terrible Place
Ruth Gordon won the Academy Award for playing the Satanist next door in this 1968 film
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Another name for the idea that something can so bad that it's good is...
Camp
Horror movies broadcast at a late night slot on television are also referred to as
Midnight movies
William Castle's career began on Broadway when he went to see this Universal film actor in this star-making play
Bela Lugosi in Dracula
She was the first official witch of Los Angeles
Louise Huebner
Duane Jones played the handsome leading man who met a tragic end in this pioneering zombie movie
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
This Willis O'Brien protege was responsible for animatronic monsters like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms Deep
Ray Harryhausen
The original jump scare was named after what Alice in Cat People mistakes for a wild cat
The Lewton Bus
At the climax of House on Haunted Hill, what would suddenly fly across the screen?
A skeleton (with glowing red eyes)
William Castle's last ditch at movie-making success was producing this 1968 film
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The electronic music pioneer who wrote the score for The Innocents (1961)
Daphne Oram
The original glamour ghoul and horror hostess who brought terrible movies to television screens and sparked a craze nationwide
Vampira (AKA Maila Nurmi)
This is the term used to describe making a whole movie from promotional art or a title
Ballyhoo
Before you could get a refund for William Castle's movie Homicidal, you had to go here first
The Coward's Corner