Horror Movies Described Badly
History/Traditions
Legends
Haunted Places
Miscellaneous
100

A quiet man in a jumpsuit takes a very long walk across town just to ignore social distancing and follow a babysitter.

What is Halloween?

100

People began this tradition as a way to hide from spirits so they would not be recognized or harmed.

 

What is costumes?

100

Common household pet that is often associated with bad luck and superstition.

What are black cats?

100

Famous Hotel in Colorado that inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining".

What is the Stanley Hotel?

100

Famous escape artist that died on Halloween night in 1926.

Who is Harry Houdini?

200
A group of overly online film students spend two hours getting lectured on horror tropes while actively failing every single horror trope.



What is Scream?

200

Name of this modern tradition that evolved from children and adults dressing up in costume to request food or money.

What is Trick-or-Treating?


200

Disease that sparked a fear of vampires in the 19th century.

What is tuberculosis?

200

Famous hotel in California that carries a dark history of death and stays by infamous serial killers.

What is the Cecil Hotel?

200

Famous Halloween candy that was originally called chicken feed.

What is Candy Corn?

300
A wise-cracking sweater enthusiast refuses to let local teens get a good night's sleep.



What is Nightmare on Elm Street?

300

What original jack-o'-lanterns were carved out of.

What is turnips?

300

Irish myth believed to have led to the tradition of carving pumpkins.

What is Stingy Jack?

300

Famous for being the site of famous witch trials from 1692 to 1693.

What is Salem, Massachusetts?

300

Phobia of Halloween

What is samhainophobia?

400

Three glamorous Victorian women wake up from a 300-year nap and get canceled by a talking cat and some local middle schoolers.

What is Hocus Pocus?

400

This medieval British tradition involved poor people going from door to door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for small square cakes called "soul cakes" 

What is souling?

400

Disease that Washington Irvine fled that prompted him to write "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".

What is Yellow Fever?

400

An 8-mile dirt and bog road in Saratoga, Tx famous for mysterious and unexplainable flashing orbs of light.

What is Bragg Road/ Ghost Road?

400

How often Halloween falls on a full moon.

What is 19 years?

500

A struggling writer takes a remote winter caretaker job to finally finish his manuscript, which mostly consists of typing the exact same sentence 500 times.

What is Hocus Pocus?

500

Name of the ancient Celtic festival that began Halloween.

What is the festival of Samhain?

500

Famous author believed to have carried around her husband's heart in a silk bag after his death.

Who is Mary Shelley?

500

A Greek Revival Home in California built on a former execution and burial site that is haunted by early settler spirits.

What is the Whaley House?

500

The Michael Myers mask was originally from this famous series, just painted white.

What is Star Trek?