70s Spooky 60s Films
Creepy Encounters
Halloween
Oldies Halloween
Candy
100

This 1960 Hitchcock thriller stars Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh.

Psycho

100

It can be creepy to become separated from your group in this outdoor, natural maze that crops up during the fall harvest season 

Corn Maze

100

Only one holiday surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales. What is it?

Christmas

100

Which candy bar was NOT one of the first to come in fun size (mini)

A) Milky Way
B) Mars
C) Snickers

Mars

100

True or False

The actual flavor of circus peanuts is banana

true

200

Jonathan Haze stars as Seymour in this 1960 horror-comedy about a flower shop.

Little Shop of Horrors

200

In the original series that aired from 1959 to 1964, Rod Serling brought creepy sci-fi to the small screen in this TV series.

The Twilight Zone

200

What was used before pumpkins to make jack o'lanterns?

Turnips and Potatoes

200

What year did "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" first air on television?

A) 1965
B) 1966
C) 1969

1966

200

What was candy corn originally called?

Chicken Feed
300

The tagline of this scary film of 1975 claims, “You’ll never go in the water again!”

Jaws

300

He wrote a scary poem about a raven that spoke

Edgar Allan Poe

300

What is the name of the friendly ghost?

Casper

300

What movie released in 1960 was the first American film to show a toilet and a woman in her underwear?

Psycho

300

What candy was given to soldiers in battle in the Korean War?

Tootsie Rolls

400

This actress and daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis stars in Halloween, one of the most iconic ’70s horror flicks 

(JLC)

Jamie Lee Curtis

400

These Halloween houses with warped mirrors can scare young children.

Funhouses

400

What medieval English tradition inspired trick-or-treating?

On All Souls Day, the poor would go "souling," knocking on doors offering prayers for residents' deceased loved ones in exchange for food.

400

The White House was first decorated for Halloween in 1958. Who did it?

A) Mamie Eisenhower
B) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
C)Jacqueline Kennedy

Mamie Eisenhower

400

How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year? 

A) 35 million pounds 

B) 55 million pounds 

C) 45 million pounds 

35 million pounds

500

Many of this Boston poet’s works have been adapted to film, including the chilling 1961 adaptation of The Pit and the Pendulum

Edgar Allan Poe

500

The shower scene in this Alfred Hitchcock film is famously frightening.

Psycho

500

What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time? 

A) It
B) Pyscho
C) Halloween

It

500

What magician died on Halloween night in 1926?

Harry Houdini

500

How many calories are in an average trick-or-treater's Halloween stash?

A) 11,000
B) 6,000
C) 15,000

11,000

600

1968’s Rosemary’s Baby stars this actress and daughter of director John Farrow.

Mia Farrow

600

One of the creepiest real-life events was the radio show where this host announced an alien invasion.

(OW) 

Orson Welles

600

Who sang the original "Monster Mash?"

(BP) 

Bobby Pickett

600

What decade did manufactured costumes start being sold in stores?

A) 1950s
B) 1940s
C) 1960s

1940s

  • Beginning in the 1940s, manufacturers began making costumes and selling them through Woolworths, Sears, JC Penney, and local five-and-ten cent stores for as little as $1.25
600

What is America's favorite Halloween candy?

A) Reese's Cup
B) Skittles
C) M&Ms

Reese's Cup. 

In WA toostie pops, salt water taffy, and M&Ms are the top 3