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OCT/NOV around the world
400
This 1818 novel by Mary Shelley subtitled The Modern Prometheus was conceived during a rainy summer at Lake Geneva.
What is Frankenstein?
400
Located in central Europe, this historic region in Romania is famous for its Gothic castles and its association with Count Dracula.
What is Transylvania?
400
This cat followed Sabrina the teenage witch around making sarcastic remarks.
Who is Salem?
400
Vincent Price delivered a spoken-word voiceover for the iconic title track of this 1982 best-selling Michael Jackson album.
What is Thriller?
400
Armed with a razor-gloved hand and a striped sweater, this burned killer terrorizes teenagers in their dreams on Elm Street.
Who is Freddy (Krueger)?
400
Celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a major holiday originating in this country.
What is Mexico?
800
Narrated by an unnamed speaker who is tormented by a midnight bird repeating "Nevermore," this famous 1845 poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe.
What is The Raven?
800
This famous island prison in San Francisco Bay was closed in 1963 and is frequently cited as one of the most haunted sites in America.
What is Alcatraz?
800
Hermione Granger's exceptionally intelligent ginger cat who helps sniff out Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black.
Who is Crookshanks?
800
Ray Parker Jr. sang the memorable title song for this 1984 blockbuster film, famously asking "Who ya gonna call?"
What is Ghostbusters?
800
In Bram Stoker’s lore and numerous film adaptations, this Dutch doctor and vampire hunter serves as Count Dracula’s archenemy.
Who is Professor Abraham Van Helsing?
800
Modern Halloween traces its roots to Samhain (pronounced SOW-in), an ancient festival celebrated by this ancient culture.
What is the celts?
1200
In Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, this timid schoolmaster is pursued by the Headless Horseman after leaving a party.
1200
Stretching over 200 miles beneath the streets of a French city, this massive underground ossuary holds the remains of over six million people.
What are the Paris Catacombs?
1200
In the animated movie Kiki's Delivery Service, Kiki is accompanied on her journey by a talking black cat named this.
Who is Jiji?
1200
Bobby "Boris" Pickett hit #1 on the Billboard charts in 1962 with this graveyard dance craze song.
What is the Monster Mash?
1200
Wearing a iconic white Captain Kirk mask, this silent killer haunts the town of Haddonfield in the Halloween franchise.
Who is Michael Myers?
1200
Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as thyis day to honor heros of the Catholic faith
What is All Saints Day?
1600
Set in the isolated Overlook Hotel, this 1977 Stephen King horror novel features caretaker Jack Torrance's descent into madness.
What is The Shining?
1600
This sprawling California mansion, built by a rifle heiress, features continuous construction aimed at confusing spirits with stairs leading to nowhere.
What is the Winchester Mystery House?
1600
This boy-turned-immortal was a black cat from Disney's Hocus Pocus who protects the candle and helps stop the Sanderson sisters.
Who is Thackery Binx?
1600
Written by Danny Elfman for The Nightmare Before Christmas, this spooky opening song introduces the viewers to Halloween Town.
What is "This is Halloween?"
1600
Played by Doug Bradley in the 1987 film Hellraiser, this leader of the Cenobites has a famously prickly face.
1600
In the UK, November 5th is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks to commemorate the failed Gunpowder Plot of this 1605 conspirator.
Who is Guy Fawkes?
2000
Filled with strange cosmic beings, elements of noir and gothic horror, this authors name is now used to discribe any work of fiction involving cults, mystery, and madness.
Who is Lovecraft? (What is Lovecraftian?)
2000
Located in the Scottish Highlands, a monster lives deep in these waters.
What is Loch Ness?
2000
The evil wizard Gargamel depends on this wicked feline to assist in the assault on smurf village.
Who is Azrael?
2000
Blue Öyster Cult released a hit 1976 hard rock song advising listeners "(Don't Fear)" this mythic figure of death.
What is The Reaper (or "(Don't Fear) The Reaper")?
2000
In the Evil Dead film series, this one armed chainsaw-wielding protagonist played by Bruce Campbell battles the Deadites.
Who is Ash Williams?
2000
In Ireland and Scotland, traditional jack-o'-lanterns were originally carved out of these root vegetables before pumpkin carving became popular in America.
What are turnips? (or rutabagas / beets)