Spooky Literature
Welcome to Dead House from 1992 was the first of the books in the goosebumps series by this author, that by now has sold a spook number of copies.
Who is R.L. Stine?
In Haiti, it's a corpse brought back to life.
What is a Zombie?
A high school plane trip to Europe! What could possibly go wrong?; Making death mad.... Problematic; Hi, Mr. Bludworth!
What is Final Destination?
There are 3 species of this mammal, which uses echolocation & feeds on livestock.
What are vampire bats?
It was January 27, 1851 when his soul took wing with gull & sparrow hawk he drew.
Who is Audubon?
The burial of Stephen King's daughters cat Smoochy helped inspire this novel that the author has said is just as dark as can be.
What is Pet Cemetery?
Also known as a Lycanthrope, this beastly monster can be killed by a silver bullet or other silver weapons.
What is a Werewolf?
Once a year, anything goes!; Ethan Hawke's son unlocks the door to trouble; Later, it's "Anarchy."
What is The Purge?
Also a Stephen King book title, this group of workers is the smallest amount possible to successfully fill a shift.
What is a Skeleton Crew?
"Because I could not stop for death-- He kindly stopped for me", "Me" being this poet on May 5, 1886 in Amherst.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
"The story had held us around the fire sufficiently breathless" is how this author began the turn of the screw about a governess trying to protect children from the effects of malevolent spirits.
Who is Henry James?
In Egypt, it had the body of a lion & the head of a man; In Greece, it had the head of a woman & wings.
What is a Sphinx?
Title tool of the trade; locked up folks, cutting to the chase; the Tobin Bell tolls for thee.
What is Saw?
Sanguinelli is a variety of this citrus fruit whose flesh can be deep red.
What is a Blood Orange?
There was no more scrubbing in for this pioneer of antiseptic surgery after February 10, 1912.
Who is Lister?
On the way home at midnight, Ichabod Crane thinks this alliterative specter is in pursuit and has thrown it's cranium at the schoolmaster. In the morning a broken pumpkin shell is found, but not Ichabod Crane.
Who is The Headless Horsman?
Half-man Half-beast son of the Queen of Crete.
What is the Minotaur?
A torso-bursting good time; Ripley's continuing Believe it or Not; bad company I cant deny.
What is Alien?
You dont have to keep it under wraps: A British kid might use this 5-letter word instead of mother.
What is Mummy?
It would have been quit appropriate to have draped a flag over her coffin after she passed in Philadelphia on January 30, 1836.
Who is Betsy Ross?
To pass the time on a rainy day in Geneva, She and her husband and friends were telling each other ghost stories. She came up with Frankenstein. Not bad for starting your first novel at age 18.
Who is Mary Shelly?
This other name for a vampire may come from the Greek word "Nosophoros" or plague-carrier.
What is Nosferatu?
An extremely unlucky day at camp; Kevin Bacon got the point in Film NO. 1; Jason's "Final Chapter"? Not even close.
What is Friday the 13th?
it's named for how some of it's growth dangles down as if in a web.
What is Spider Plants?
On October 14, 1793 things did not go her way before the revolutionary tribunal & 2 days later, she was an instant ex-royal.
Who is Marie Antoinette?