Modern Spooks
Horror Literature
Who's That Monster?
Trick or Treats
What We Have Learned So Far
100

This child-friendly series stars an energetic Dracula and his daughter running a recluse for the various creatures of the night.

What is Hotel Transylvania?

100

Now you see me, now you don't! This novel starts a man named Griffin who invents a potion that turns him into the titular, unseeable character.

What is The Invisible Man?

100

Whether shambling or sprinting, one bite from these decaying ghouls will have you joining their ranks in no time flat.

What are zombies?

100

While it may or may not come with almonds, this chocolate bar has its own amusement park.

What are Hersey's?

100

Those who are involved in a debate or issue.

Who are stakeholders?

200

What started out as an internet creepy pasta has become a best selling horror movie.

What is The Backrooms?

200

You'll float too if you encounter a dancing clown in a storm drain in this classic.

What is It?

200

Hey! Pennywise isn't the only creepy clown featured here! I've even got three terrifying, blood soaked movies to my name!

Who is Art the Clown?

200

Although the name of this candy bar sounds like the name of the famous baseball player, Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland

What are Baby Ruths?

200

This must be specific, debatable, and researchable.

What is a research question?

300

No no no no no. We were having a good time until these terrifying memes popped up! Stemming from a film where a magical wish turns into an existential horror as one man discovers the difference between a love story and a romance.

What is Obsession?

300

This horror classic redefined an entire understanding of this supernatural spook, complete with weaknesses to garlic and holy iconography. Interestingly enough, its titular antagonist takes a backseat to the school teacher, doctor, businessman, and professor who work together to thwart him.

What is Dracula?

300

Listen. The children of the night! What music they make! Such sounds make these creatures rather thirsty for a specific, scarlet delight. Any open veins around here?

What are vampires?

300

Bouncing here, there, and everywhere, these gelatin sweeties are a far cry from their carnivorous real-life counterparts.  

What are Gummy Bears?

300

The ways that a problem can be viewed.

What are lenses?

400

After many (many) failed attempts, this video game series by Capcom finally has a good movie adaptation. Shame about all the zombies, though. 

What is Resident Evil/Biohazard?

400

Contrary to popular belief, the antagonist of this novel is not a split personality of the main character, born from an experimental potion, but rather his dark desires made manifest.

What is the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

400

Whether British or American, those who suffer from lycanthropy are doomed to give into their inner beast at least one a month.

Also, a pretty good party game.

What are werewolves?

400

How long does it take to get to the center of this confection on a stick? The world may never know.

What are Tootsie Roll Pops

400
What the acronym IRR stands for.

What is Independent Research Report?

500

A Disney classic, this movie's witchy antagonists (the Sanderson Sisters) terrorize the small town of Salem. Their likeness has had the chokehold on Spirit Halloween for years.

What is Hocus Pocus?

500

Also known as Prometheus Unbound, this book, written by Mary Shelly in one night, tells the tragic consequences of one doctor's attempt to play God.

What is Frankenstein?

500
This uniquely American phantom is said to have been a mercenary who was killed by a cannonball. That's no way to get ahead in life.

Who is the Headless Horseman?

500

All for One and One for All is the motto of these heroes who feature in a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844. Today, they are more known for the candy that most people agree is sorta mid.

What are Three Musketeers? 

500

The very first thing we learned about. The process in which we conduct research and present our findings.

What is Q.U.E.S.T.?