Pop Culture — Dark Side of Fame
What 2024 psychological thriller starred Emma Stone as a socialite haunted by an AI version of herself?
What is "The Perfect Replica"?
What horror film is set in a haunted hotel called the Overlook?
What is "The Shining"?
Which hilltop venue in Singapore is infamous for wartime hauntings?
What is Old Changi Hospital?
The churel is a South Asian spirit believed to be the ghost of what kind of woman?
What is a woman who died during childbirth or was mistreated in life?
What is the scientific term for the fear of mirrors or seeing one’s reflection?
What is eisoptrophobia?
Which pop icon’s 2009 death sparked conspiracy theories about him still being alive?
Who is Michael Jackson?
What 1978 film introduced the character Michael Myers?
What is "Halloween"?
The Pontianak is a female spirit said to appear near which type of tree?
What are banana trees?
The “Black Hole of Calcutta” refers to what grim historical event?
What is the 1756 imprisonment of British soldiers that led to mass suffocation deaths?
Which animal’s brain remains active for minutes after being decapitated, inspiring myths of undead farm animals?
What is a chicken?
In Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, what is the name of the fictional video game company that drives the protagonist mad?
What is Tuckersoft?
What cursed word must not be spoken five times in front of a mirror in a 1992 horror movie?
What is "Candyman"?
Which island, once a POW camp, is rumored to echo the screams of wartime prisoners?
What is Pulau Tekong?
Which 1857 rebellion against the British began after rumors about pig and cow fat on cartridges?
What is the Sepoy Mutiny (or First War of Independence)?
Which real medical condition inspired vampire legends due to pale skin and aversion to sunlight?
What is porphyria?
Which cult film features the line, “We all go a little mad sometimes”?
What is "Psycho"?
In The Babadook, what form does the monster take when grief consumes the mother and child?
What is a storybook creature manifesting from repressed trauma?
In colonial Singapore, executions were carried out at which now-serene park?
What is Fort Canning Park?
What brutal military operation launched by the Pakistani army in March 1971 aimed to suppress Bengali nationalism and marked the beginning of the Bangladesh Liberation War?
What is Operation Searchlight?
What phenomenon causes corpses to sit upright or move slightly after death?
What are postmortem muscle contractions (cadaveric spasm)?
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks centers on the murder of which character?
Who is Laura Palmer?
Which Japanese horror film inspired The Grudge and introduced the vengeful ghost Kayako?
What is "Ju-On"?
During WWII, which is the most significant pogrom that took place in Singapore?
What is the Sook Ching Massacre?
The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb is unique because of what haunting detail?
What is that it’s unadorned and simple, reflecting his guilt and austerity?
Which cemetery is said to have inspired the phrase “saved by the bell” due to safety coffins installed for the undead?
What is Highgate Cemetery (or 19th-century London cemeteries)?