Halloween Facts
Also known as guising in European medieval times, this tradition has morphed children into dressing up and asking for candy, going door to door.
Trick-or-Treating
Hocus Pocus
This film features the misadventures of Jack Skellington, a beloved pumpkin king who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the real world. When he stumbles upon a new town, he gets a new lease on life and tries to take over a new role.
Nightmare before Christmas
In the oldest roots of Halloween, these animals had to pay a price and earn place at festivals, by being burned alive. It was said to believe that evil humans could turn themselves into these animals. It was also believed that witches could turn into these.
Black Cats
In Disney, there are 12 of these that kids love to be and dream about.
Princess
Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the country, where individuals spend almost 9 billion a year, especially in 2019. What is the first largest holiday?
Christmas
This 1995 film features the main character who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When an individual tries to communicate with the spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, that one of the spirits has quickly fallen in love for.
Casper
This 1998 fil was one of the first Disney Channel Original movies featuring a teenager who discovers her grandmother is a witch who lives in another monstrous dimension. In today's world, people travel to St Helens Oregon, to light the Iconic pumpkin from this film.
Halloween town
These symbols are a reminder of death. It reminds us that Halloween has always been a holiday about the dead. It's believed that on Halloween night, the spirits of the dead can walk the earth. It makes a great symbol due to the visual of white and black, especially looking good on TV and movies.
Skeletons
By definition, being one of these for Halloween means you are a fictional character with powers and have abilities that usually a normal person wouldn't have.
Superhero: Spiderman and Batman
According to the United States department of Agriculture, this Northern state has more than 15,000 acres devoted to farms that grow more than 500 million pounds of pumpkins each year. What northern state am I?
Illinois, Chicago
This 1984 Classic with its epic theme song features a team of scientists who lose their jobs in NYC, but then stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. They are now responsible to save New York from complete destruction.
Ghostbusters
This book series turned film features an individual who is upset about moving from the big city to a small town. He eventually meets his neighbor who's father is a famous author. The individual accidently unleashes the monsters from the tales and its up to the three of them to return the beasts back to the books where they belong.
Goosebumps
Found all over the holiday decorations, these animals date all the way back to the roots of Halloween during certain festivals. Sacred bonfires would burn that would attract these animals to fly and gather. Since they are nocturnal, they easily became linked to the holiday
Bat
These two are the faces of the Walt Disney Company and has been a popular couples theme as well.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse
Reaching #1 on the Billboard charts in 1962 just before Halloween, this classic song by Bobby Boris Pickett resembled Halloween and all its glory for music.
Monster Mash
This 2003 movie features a real estate agent who is accused by his wife of neglecting his son and daughter, so he takes the family on a vacation where they stop by a house that he has to sell, only to find out it's been taking over by a butler and his two servants who need some help breaking a curse.
The Haunted Mansion
This 1984 classic features these teenagers who fall prey to a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on teenagers in their dreams, which, in turn, kills them in reality. Nancy begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends' parents may be the key to unraveling this mystery.
Nightmare on Elm Street
This symbol is often the center piece in Halloween movies, costumes and even decorations when you want a scare factor. A classic reference to this symbol involves the vampire, which is a classic symbol of Halloween as well. The symbol represents life and mortality.
Blood
By definition, dressing up as this individual is a robber who travels by water. Mostly seen on the water, these people attack and steal from a ship at sea.
Pirates
The Jack O' lantern came from this European country's folktale where a man named Stingy Jack tricked the devil and therefore was not allowed in heaven or hell. What country did the Jack'o lantern originate from?
Ireland
This 1980 essential slasher classic takes place in the history of Crystal Lake where a bunch of counselors set up summer camp in the woodsy area. Locals warn them against it only to find themselves stalked by a brutal killer. The counselors struggle to stay alive against this one killer. (Jason)
Friday the 13th
This 1973 movie is considered the most profitable horror movies ever made. This features a demonic individual famous for her odd behavior, levitating nature, speaking in tongue. Her worried mother seeks medical help to no avail. A local priest believes this girl may be seized by the devil.
The Exorcist
This symbol's purpose is to instill fear and frighten away intruders. They were used by many cultures in the fields, sometimes with animals skulls as heads. During rituals, these symbols would be burned in celebration, while the ashes returns to the soil.
Scarecrow
The most common Halloween costume, these individuals tends to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak, pointed hat, and flying on a broomstick. They are known for practicing supernatural skills.
Witch