Monsters and Myths
Halloween Traditions
Scary movies
Creepy Creatures
Fun Facts
100

This vampire counts his victims — and lives in Transylvania

Count Dracula

100

Kids collect this sweet treat while trick-or-treating.

Candy

100

This movie features a killer named Michael Myers.

Halloween

100

This flying mammal is often associated with vampires

A bat

100

Halloween is celebrated on this date each year.

October 31st

200

A full moon brings out this howling creature

A werewolf

200

You light these up after carving scary faces into them.

jack-o’-lanterns

200

The Sanderson sisters return in this Disney film.

Hocus Pocus

200

These eight-legged critters spin webs

Spiders

200

This vegetable was first used before pumpkins for jack-o’-lanterns.

A turnip

300

He was created by a mad scientist from spare body parts.

Frankenstein’s monster

300

This night before Halloween is known for mischief.

Devil’s Night

300

A doll named Chucky stars in this horror series.

Child’s play

300

A group of these black birds is called a “murder.”

Crows

300

Americans spend billions each year on these for Halloween.

Costumes

400

This ancient Egyptian monster is wrapped head to toe

A mummy

400

The Celtic festival that inspired Halloween.

Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”)?

400

Freddy Krueger haunts your dreams in this film.

A Nightmare on Elm Street?

400

This melts witches in fairy tales.

Water

400

The colors orange and black symbolize these two things.

Harvest and darkness (or death)

500

This creature drains life energy instead of blood.

A succubus (or incubus)

500

The phrase people say at your door for candy.

“Trick or Treat”

500

This found-footage film terrified audiences in 1999.

The Blair Witch Project

500

These undead beings crave brains.

Zombies

500

The world record for the largest pumpkin weighed over this many pounds.

2,600+ pounds