🎬 Horror Through the Ages
👻 Ghosts, Spirits & the Afterlife
🕸️ Witchcraft, Magic & the Occult
💀 Haunted Places & Cursed Objects
🍬 Halloween Traditions & Symbols
500

The 1968 film Night of the Living Dead was directed by this filmmaker.

George A. Romero

500

The word “poltergeist” comes from German and literally means this.

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Noisy Ghost

500

The Salem Witch Trials took place in this century.

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17th century

500

The Amityville Horror house is located in this U.S. state.

New York

500

The word “Halloween” is short for this phrase.

All Hallows Eve

1000

The 1996 film Scream revitalized the slasher genre and was directed by him.

Wes Craven

1000

In Beetlejuice, the handbook given to the Maitlands is titled Handbook for the Recently ____.

Deceased

1000

The “Black Flame Candle” is a key artifact in this Halloween movie.

Hocus Pocus

1000

The “Annabelle” doll, featured in The Conjuring universe, is actually this type of doll in real life.

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Raggedy Ann Doll

1000

Pumpkins are native to this continent.

North America

1500

The villain in Friday the 13th Part II first dons this signature accessory.

A burlap sack mask

1500

The film Crimson Peak was directed by this visionary known for dark fairy tales.

Guiellermo del toro

1500

In The Wizard of Oz, Glinda is known as the Good Witch of this direction.

The North

1500

This battlefield is rumored to be haunted by soldiers from the American Civil War.

Gettysburg

1500

The Irish originally carved jack-o’-lanterns from this root vegetable.

Turnips

2000

The 2007 Spanish found-footage film [REC] takes place primarily in this type of building.

An apartment building

2000

The “Lady in White” ghost legend often features this setting.

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A bridge or roadside

2000

The word “hex” comes from this language spoken by Pennsylvania Dutch settlers.

German

2000

The ancient tomb of this Egyptian pharaoh is often blamed for the so-called “Mummy’s Curse.”

King Tut

2000

This 1978 John Carpenter film was originally going to be titled The Babysitter Murders.

Halloween

2500

Hereditary and Midsommar were both directed by this filmmaker.

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Ari Aster

2500

In The Others (2001), the twist reveals that the main characters are actually this.

Ghosts

2500

The 1977 Italian horror film Suspiria revolves around a ballet school that secretly practices this.

Witchcraft

2500

This eerie Scottish lake is said to be home to a legendary monster affectionately nicknamed “Nessie.”

Loch Ness

2500

The colors orange and black represent harvest and this concept.

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Death or darkness

3000

The 1982 film Creepshow was a collaboration between George A. Romero and this horror writer.

Stephen King

3000

The 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In centers on this type of supernatural being.

Vampire

3000

The “Necronomicon” first appeared in a story by this horror author.

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H.P. Lovecraft

3000

The “Crying Boy” painting is said to bring this misfortune to those who hang it.

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Fire

3000

The fear of Halloween is known by this scientific name.

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Samhainophobia