Scary Movies
This 1986 David Cronenberg film set in Canada features a scientist whose experiment turns him into a human fly.
What is The Fly?
This small town in Ontario is famous for an old haunted hotel called the “Railway Inn.”
What is Kingston?
Children in early 1900s Canada often carried this simple household item to collect treats.
What is a pillowcase?
This sweet treat, popular in Quebec, is often made with molasses and shaped like animals or people for fall festivals.
What are sugar cookies / gingerbread treats?
This type of household decoration, often carved from a pumpkin or turnip, was believed to ward off evil spirits.
What is a jack-o’-lantern?
This 1970s Canadian horror movie about a haunted farmhouse was directed by Bob Clark, who also made A Christmas Story.
What is Black Christmas?
In Manitoba, this abandoned town is known for stories of ghostly miners wandering the streets at night.
What is Bissett?
In some rural towns, young people were allowed to play these mischievous pranks on Halloween night.
What is devil’s night / mischief?
This chocolate bar with peanuts, caramel, and chocolate has been a Canadian favorite since 1910.
What is Oh Henry!?
This old Canadian doll, often displayed in homes or museums, is rumored to move or appear in different locations overnight.
What is a haunted doll?
This 2017 Quebecois zombie film, also known as Les Affamés, is a uniquely Canadian take on the undead.
What is The Ravenous?
This Ontario jail-turned-hostel is famous for mysterious footsteps and ghostly sightings.
What is the Ottawa Jail Hostel (Carleton County Gaol)?
This Canadian province is credited with some of the first recorded trick-or-treating in North America.
What is Ontario?
This chewy, fruit-flavored candy sold in rolls was invented in Canada.
What are Wine Gums?
A famous piano in this Ontario town is said to play by itself at night.
What is the Old Town Hall / Kingston haunted piano legend?
David Cronenberg is known as the “King of _____ Horror” for films like Videodrome and The Brood.
What is Body Horror?
A historic Quebec town, this place has narrow streets where locals report hearing footsteps with no one there.
What is Trois-Rivières?
In Quebec, the Flying Canoe legend was often told at this time of year to entertain and warn loggers.
What is autumn / Halloween season?
This sticky sweet treat is made by pouring hot maple syrup over snow.
What is maple taffy?
This antique mirror in a Nova Scotia museum is said to show ghostly reflections.
What is a haunted mirror?
This 1980 Canadian horror film starred George C. Scott as a man haunted by a ghost in a Vancouver mansion.
What is The Changeling?
This Newfoundland fishing village was abandoned in the 1960s, but locals say lights and voices are still seen and heard.
What is Harbour Deep?
Some Indigenous Canadian communities hold ceremonies in late fall to honor these.
What are ancestors / spirits of the dead?
A bubbly, aerated chocolate bar popular in Canada.
What is Aero?
This supposedly cursed object, owned by a Canadian family, has been blamed for multiple misfortunes and is now displayed in a museum.
What is the Mirror of La Corriveau / haunted artifact?