Spooky History
This is the era you don't want to time travel to, or you may be declared a witch.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
The fictional figure known as Dracula is based off of this real person in history.
Who is Vlad the Impaler?
'Is it a Christmas movie, or a Halloween movie' has been the age-old question for this stop-motion feature.
What is the Nightmare Before Christmas?
The origin of this traditional carving comes from the Irish folktale of Stingy Jack.
What are Jack-o-lanterns?
This sweet is made from suger and corn syrup, and was originally called chicken feed.
What is candy corn?
This famous magician died on Halloween.
Who is Harry Houdini?
They are the names of three witches that decend upon Salem in the movie Hocus Pocus.
Who are the Sanderson Sisters? (Sarah, Winifred, Mary)
These vegetables were used to make candle-lit carvings before the popular use of pumpkins.
What are turnips?
Daily Double!
Dracula is a force to behold. However, in some modern renditions there's a family of monster hunters that opposed him. The family went by this name.
Don't say her name three times in front of a mirror, or you might be one of her victims.
Who is Bloody Mary?
He is the main character in the story of the headless horseman.
Who is Ichabod Crane?
Occurring the two days after Halloween, this holiday celebrates life and death.
Amazingly, Christianity also hosts All Saints Day and All Souls Day on these same days...some believe they were created to integrate pagan traditions in hopes of getting pagans to convert.
What is Dia de los Muertos?
A popular--and for many an annoying--method of covering various locations in long strips of paper.
What is Teepee-ing?
He was the origin of werewolves, as far as the Romans were concerned.
Who is Lycan?
It is the Gaelic name for Halloween, most commonly used by the Celts thousands of years ago. To celebrate it, they would light bonfires to drive off evil spirits.
What is Samhain?
It is a touristy castle ruin today, but in 1816, this castle in Germany was the birthplace of Frankenstein's monster.
What is Berg de Frankenstein/Frankenstein's Castle?
(Extra points for guessing Villa Diodati)
It is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time.
What is IT?
He is Sabrina's talking cat; a fitting companion for a teenage witch.
Who is Salem?