History & Lore
This ancient Celtic festival marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter, and it is credited with the origins of Halloween.
What is Samhain?
In this 2013 dystopian horror film, all crime—including murder—becomes legal for one 12-hour period each year.
What is The Purge?
If this specific type of animal crosses your path, western superstition dictates you will suffer terrible bad luck.
What is a black cat?
In Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this famous vampire travels from Transylvania to England on a ship named the Demeter.
Who is Count Dracula?
Invented in the 1880s by the Wunderle Candy Company, this triangular, three-colored treat is highly debated as either an autumn classic or a Halloween trick.
What is Candy Corn?
The word "Halloween" is a contraction of this traditional Christian phrase.
What is All Hallows' Eve?
Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, accidentally stumbles through a portal to Christmas Town in this 1993 stop-motion Disney classic.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
You might want to watch your step or your coordination around the house, because breaking one of these reflective glass objects is said to bring seven years of bad luck.
What is a mirror?
This iconic monster is stitched together from corpses and brought to life by a mad scientist, though people often mistakenly call the creature by its creator's name.
What is Frankenstein's monster?
Originally introduced in 1974 with only a cherry flavor, this popular popping candy was temporarily pulled from the market in the 1980s due to an urban legend that it caused a child's stomach to explode when mixed with soda.
What are Pop Rocks?
According to Irish folklore, the jack-o'-lantern was named after a deceitful blacksmith named Jack who was condemned to wander the earth with only a burning coal inside a carved vegtable because he tricked this entity.
Who is the Devil?
Adjusted for inflation, this 1973 supernatural masterpiece about the demonic possession of a young girl remains the highest-grossing horror movie of all time.
What is The Exorcist?
To dodge misfortune, superstitious people avoid walking underneath one of these construction tools when it is leaned up against a building.
What is a ladder?
Lycanthropy is the supernatural condition that causes a human to transform into this terrifying, full-moon-loving creature.
What is a werewolf?
Before getting its final name in 1930, this popular peanut, caramel, and nougat chocolate bar was named after the favorite riding horse of the Mars family.
What is a Snickers bar?
Before people carved pumpkins in Ireland, they traditionally hollowed out and carved scary faces into these vegetables.
What are turnips?
In this 1988 Tim Burton comedy, a recently deceased couple hires a "bio-exorcist" to scare away the annoying new owners of their house.
What is Beetlejuice?
If you accidentally spill this common seasoning at the dinner table, superstition says you must immediately throw a pinch of it over your left shoulder to blind the devil.
What is salt?
This classic Universal monster, portrayed by Boris Karloff in 1932, is an ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep who is accidentally resurrected.
Who is The Mummy?
This fluffy, chocolate-nougat bar covered in milk chocolate is named after a classic Alexandre Dumas novel, though it originally came in three flavors.
What is a 3 Musketeers bar?
When the Romans conquered Celtic territory, they merged Samhain with their own late-October festival honoring Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees, which is likely why we play this traditional party game today.
What is bobbing for apples?
This micro-budget 1999 psychological horror film revolutionized marketing by pretending that three missing student filmmakers left behind real documentary footage in the Maryland woods.
What is The Blair Witch Project?
Opening this rainy-day item while inside a house is widely believed to insult the sun god or guardians of the home, bringing immediate bad luck to the household.
What is an umbrella?
This modern internet legend and faceless entity wears a black suit, has abnormally long arms, and stalks children in the woods.
Who is Slender Man?
This candy's name combines the first two letters of the inventor's first name, Leo, and the last three letters of his daughter's name, Spatula.
What is a Tootsie Roll?