Leering Literature
What was the name of the clown in Stephen King’s IT?
Who is Pennywise?
Casper is a friendly what?
What is a ghost?
This candy bar invites you to “Gimme a break” and then literally breaks in two.
What is a Kit Kat?
This carved vegetable is the most iconic Halloween decoration, often lit from within.
What is a jack-o’-lantern?
This Michael Jackson hit features zombies, Vincent Price’s eerie narration, and one of the most iconic dance scenes in music history.
What is Thriller?
R.L. Stine created this popular children’s horror series.
What is Goosebumps?
This town, ruled by Jack Skellington, celebrates Halloween all year long.
What is Halloween Town?
This candy was famously used to lure ghosts in Ghostbusters and is shaped like a pillow.
What is a marshmellow?
This symbol, often black and slinking through shadows, is said to bring bad luck if it crosses your path.
What is a black cat?
This Danny Elfman score opens a Tim Burton film where Jack Skellington sings about being the Pumpkin King.
What is This Is Halloween?
In what Stephen King book does a family move into a haunted hotel?
What is The Shining?
Where do the Ghostbusters set up their headquarters?
What is a firehouse?
This candy was used in E.T. after M&M’s turned down the product placement and sales skyrocketed.
What is Reese’s Pieces?
This Halloween symbol, often seen in graveyards, represents mortality and the thin veil between life and death.
What is a tombstone?
This song by Bobby “Boris” Pickett is a Halloween classic that describes a party in a lab with dancing monsters.
What is Monster Mash?
Which Shakespearean play does the quote, “double, double toil and trouble” come from?
What is Macbeth?
This masked killer from the Scream franchise asks his victims about scary movies.
Who is Ghostface?
This candy, often handed out in bite-sized squares, was originally created as a wartime ration.
This Halloween symbol, often black and perched on a branch, is linked to omens and Edgar Allan Poe.
What is a raven?
This 1984 hit by Rockwell features backup vocals from Michael Jackson and became a Halloween favorite for its eerie tone and themes of paranoia and surveillance.
What is Somebody’s Watching Me?
In addition to horror, what other genres did Dracula author Bram Stoker write in?
What is romance?
Where was Hocus Pocus filmed?
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
This best-selling candy bar was named after the Mars family’s favorite horse.
What is Snickers?
This five-pointed symbol, often enclosed in a circle, has been used in both protective magic and misunderstood horror tropes.
What is a pentagram?
This song by The Cramps plays during Wednesday Addams’ viral dance scene in the Netflix series Wednesday.
What is Goo Goo Muck?