Horror Movies
This shape-shifting villain usually appears as a clown in It.
Pennywise
Wrapped in a burial shroud, this ghost is commonly depicted hopping.
Pocong
This name refers to a hollowed-out pumpkin carved with a face and lit from inside.
Jack-o’-lantern
These are the only mammals capable of sustained, powered flight.
Bats
A jump scare can trigger a rush of this fight-or-flight hormone, also called epinephrine
Adrenaline
In Child’s Play, a serial killer possesses a “Good Guy” doll known by this name.
Chucky
This small, childlike spirit is said to steal money for its owner.
Tuyul
Children traditionally say this three-word phrase when asking for Halloween candy.
Trick or treat
Many bats navigate by producing sounds and listening for returning echoes. Name this ability.
Echolocation
This iron-containing protein carries oxygen in red blood cells and gives blood its red color.
Hemoglobin
This burned villain attacks people in their dreams and wears a glove fitted with blades.
Freddy Krueger
This long-haired female ghost resembles a kuntilanak but has a distinctive hole in her back.
Sundel Bolong
In this traditional Halloween game, players use their mouths to retrieve floating fruit from water.
Apple bobbing
Spiders, scorpions, and ticks belong to this eight-legged animal group.
Arachnids
This phenomenon leaves someone aware but temporarily unable to move or speak while falling asleep or waking up
Sleep paralysis
This silent, masked killer stalks Laurie Strode in the Halloween franchise.
Michael Myers
In Kalimantan folklore, this being appears as a flying head with internal organs hanging beneath it.
Kuyang
“Halloween” is a shortened form of this name for the evening before All Saints’ Day.
All Hallows’ Eve
This term names an intense fear of spiders.
Arachnophobia
This two-word Latin term describes the stiffening of muscles after death.
Rigor mortis
This hockey-mask-wearing killer is associated with Camp Crystal Lake.
Jason Voorhees
This female spirit in Javanese folklore is said to take neglected children and return them once their parents change their behavior.
Wewe Gombel
In Irish Halloween traditions, scary lanterns were carved from this root vegetable.
Turnip
Females of this notorious venomous spider typically have a red hourglass marking underneath the abdomen.
Black widow
This almond-shaped brain structure plays a major role in processing fear and detecting threats.
Amygdala