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100

This horror movie features a masked killer named Ghostface.

What is Scream?

100

This phrase is what children traditionally say when collecting Halloween candy.

What is “Trick or treat”?

100

The fear of spiders is called this.

What is arachnophobia?

100

This monster is traditionally defeated with a wooden stake through the heart.

What is a vampire?

100

In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this character is known as the Pumpkin King.

Who is Jack Skellington?

200

This 1974 slasher film introduced the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface.

What is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?

200

In Mexican tradition, this holiday honors deceased loved ones around November 1 and 2

What is Día de los Muertos?

200

The name for the temporary inability to move while falling asleep or waking up is this.

What is sleep paralysis?

200

In Greek mythology, this monster has snakes for hair and can turn people to stone.

Who is Medusa?

200

This is the name of the town where the original Stranger Things story takes place.

What is Hawkins, Indiana?

300

In The Silence of the Lambs, this is the name of the imprisoned psychiatrist who helps Clarice Starling.

Who is Hannibal Lecter?

300

This famous 1692 Massachusetts event resulted in 20 executions for alleged witchcraft.

What are the Salem witch trials?

300

This type of fungus can manipulate the behavior of certain ants.

What is an Ophiocordyceps fungus?

300

This legendary creature is said to transform from human to wolf during a full moon.

What is a werewolf?

300

In Death Note, this is the name of the Shinigami who drops the notebook into the human world.

Who is Ryuk?

400

In The Shining, this two-word phrase is what Jack types repeatedly.

What is “All work and no play”?

400

This type of supernatural being is said to imitate the voices of people you know to lure you closer.

What is a mimic?

400

This condition causes a person to believe that they or parts of their body are dead or do not exist.

What is Cotard's syndrome?

400

This Greek monster has multiple heads that grow back when cut off.

What is the Hydra?

400

In Jujutsu Kaisen, this event happened on Halloween of 2018.

What is the Shibuya Incident?

500

In Psycho, this is the name of the motel owner who is secretly responsible for the murders.

Who is Norman Bates?

500

In Irish folklore, this is the name of the supernatural woman whose wail foretells a death.

What is a banshee?

500

This rare neurological disorder can cause a person to experience vivid, dreamlike hallucinations while awake. 

What is Charles Bonnet syndrome?

500

This Slavic supernatural being lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs.

Who is Baba Yaga?

500

In Five Nights at Freddy's, this is the name of the purple guy.

Who is William Afton?