Misc. Halloween
Halloween Movies
Halloween Music
Halloween Who Am I?
Halloween Origins
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Which movie tops Rotten Tomatoes' list of the scariest horror movies ever?
What is "The Exorcist?"
Fun fact: This is based on a true story of a young boy, aged 14, living in Missouri in 1949.
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This animated Halloween classic was first mentioned by Linus in Peanuts in 1959, who believes the Great Pumpkin is a supernatural figure who rises from the pumpkin patch on Halloween night.
What is "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"?
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What is arguable one of the original Halloween songs, sung by Screamin' Jay Hawkins?
What is I Put a Spell On You?
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Who am I?
My original name was "The Shape." I murdered my sister when I was a kid and I don't speak. There have been many movies made about me.
Who is Michael Myers?
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Where did Halloween originate?
What is an ancient Celtic festival?
The origins of Halloween date back 2,000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which was celebrated on October 31 on the eve of their new year. The Celts believed that the dead returned to earth that night, and so they lit bonfires and donned costumes to ward off the ghosts.
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Which first lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween?
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
In 1958 she decorated the White House for a Halloween luncheon with wives of staff members.
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1980 movie: "Red Rum", twin girls, "Here's Johnny!", staring Jack Nicholson, based on book by Stephen King.
What is "The Shining"?
One thing King didn’t like was the casting of Jack Nicholson. “Jack Nicholson, though a fine actor, was all wrong for the part," King said. "His last big role had been in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and between that and the manic grin, the audience automatically identified him as a loony from the first scene. But the book is about Jack Torrance’s gradual descent into madness through the malign influence of the Overlook—if the guy is nuts to begin with, then the entire tragedy of his downfall is wasted.”
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This 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart of that year. It has now become a perennial Halloween favorite ever since. A family fun song.
What is the Monster Mash?
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Who Am I?
I might haunt your dreams that you may not wake from, I have a burnt and scarred face, and wear a dirty red and green striped sweater, and have a glove that I have welded blades to.
Who is Freddy Kruegar?
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What were Jack-o'-lanterns inspired by?
What is Irish legend?
The name jack-o'-lantern is rooted in an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack who fooled the devil and in turn was forced to walk the Earth with only a burning coal in a hollowed turnip to light his way. The Irish began to call him "Jack of the Lantern," and then just "Jack o'Lantern."
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How much money are consumers expected to spend on Halloween decorations in 2022>
What is $3.4 billion?
The top ways that consumers plan to celebrate:
-handing out candy (67%), decorating their home (51%), dressing up in costume (47%), carving a pumpkin (44%), & throwing/attending a Halloween party (28%)
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What 1975 cult-favorite musical is the longest running theatrical release in history, because of its interactive showings around Halloween.
What is "The Rocky Horror Picture Show?"
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This 1993 song is from the animated movie, Nightmare Before Christmas. This song is performed by the residents of "Halloween Town", which is the setting for the film.
What is This is Halloween?
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Who Am I?
I am known by the last name of my creator, a scientist. I am often feared and hated for my appearance, which leads me to often hide. I initially seek affection, but end up loathing people.
Who is Frankenstein?
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What is "mumming"?
What is a trick-or-treating tradition?
In the Middle Ages, people began practicing a tradition known as mumming, in which they dressed up as ghosts and demons, and went door-to-door performing songs and scenes from plays in exchange for food and drink. This custom is believed to be an antecedent of trick-or-treating.
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Why are Halloween colors orange and black?
What is generally thought: orange is for pumpkins and harvest, and black is for night/death or darkness.
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What is the 1988 movie about doll possessed by a serial killer?
What is Child's Play?
Don Mancini was inspired by the Cabbage Patch Kids. While animatronics and CGI are used today in the 1980's, it took 11 people to control Chucky.
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What song did Kennedy Gordy, turned Rockwell, turn into a perennial paranoia-rock anthem, with the help of Micheal Jackson and his brother Jermaine, that continues to be one of Halloween's hit go-to songs?
What is Somebody's Watching Me?
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Who Am I?
Stephen King wrote a book about me in 1986. I am billions of years old, I live in the sewers of Derry Maine. I awaken every 27 years and feed on children's fears.
Who is Pennywise the Dancing Clown?
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How did Halloween tradition become popularized in the United States?
Who are the Irish immigrants?
When the Irish fled the potato famine in their country in the 1840s, they brought their Halloween traditions with them. The celebration spread across the country, until the mischievous Halloween pranksters reached an all-time high in the 1920s. Some believe community-based trick-or-treating became popular in the 1930s as a way to control the excessive pranksters.
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What is the most popular Halloween costume in the U.S.?
What is a witch?
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What psychological horror thriller, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in 1960, revolves about the Bates Motel and a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother?
What is Psycho?
Alfred Hitchcock financed Psycho himself. Also, it is the first American film to show a toilet on screen.
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1983 blockbuster hit song, pop culture phenomenon, with the origination of the "zombie dance." This song remains one of the top Halloween anthems today.
What is Thriller?
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Who Am I?
I am undead, centuries old, and a Transylvanian nobleman claiming to be descended from Attila the Hun.
Who is Dracula?
Aliases: Vlad the Impaler
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Interesting Halloween tradition:
During the 18th century, single ladies devised Halloween traditions that were supposed to help them find their romantic match. Women used to throw apple peels over their shoulder, hoping to see their future husband’s initials in the pattern when they landed. When they bobbed for apples at parties, the winner would supposedly marry first. Most spookily, they even used to stand in a dark room, holding a candle in front of a mirror to look for their future husband’s face to appear in the glass.