Spooky Movies
This 1993 stop motion animated classic was directed by Henry Selick, yet many think it was directed by Tim Burton. It follows the story of a lonely skeleton in search of happiness.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
The celebration of All Hallows Eve (later known as Halloween) is this many years old.
What is 2,000 years old?
The practice of making jack o' lanterns for Halloween originated in this country.
Where is Ireland?
This is the name of a monster that emerges during a full moon, transforming an ordinary person into a humanoid animal.
What is a werewolf?
This kind of candy has been promoted with a classic commercial featuring a wise owl and a young boy.
What is a Tootsie Pop?
The very first of this horror/thriller series emerged in 1978, starring Jamie Lee Curtis.
What is Halloween?
Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of blank.
What is Samhain?
In Ireland, England and Scotland, people first carved jack o' lanterns into one of these THREE different vegetables.
What are turnips, beets or potatoes?
This is the name of a monster depicted time after time, most recently in an awkward teen romance series where its skin uncharacteristically dazzles in the sunlight "like diamonds."
What is a vampire?
This kind of candy's slogan reads: "First they're sour, then they're sweet."
What are Sour Patch Kids?
This 1990 film will make you want to check your entire house for an eight-legged creepy crawly on the prowl.
What is Arachnophobia?
This is the decade the earliest celebrations of Halloween in the United States began.
What is the 1920s?
This is the country that pumpkins are native to.
Where is the United States?
This is the name of a classic monster brought to life through the use of electrical currents and is also afraid of fire.
What is Frankenstein's Monster?
According to USA Today, this candy is the number one most popular in America as of October 2022.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
Based on the 1964 cartoon, this live action 1991 film features a kooky family of spooks whose theme song is quite catchy.
What is The Addams Family?
These are the TWO reasons why Halloween was first celebrated to begin with.
What are:
1) Celebrating the end of the summer harvest, and 2) Warding off spirits?
The practice of making jack o' lanterns for Halloween originated from a myth about this man with a very peculiar nickname.
Who is "Stingy Jack?"
This is the name of a dinosaur-like monster found in the depths of a certain lake overseas.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
This kind of candy was created by a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey, yet Hershey's chocolate is not the candy he created.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
Believed to be a cursed film, this Spielberg classic from 1982 follows the unfortunate story of a family living in a house plagued by restless spirits.
What is Poltergeist?
This is the reason why candy is given out on Halloween today.
What is candy manufacturers needed a fall holiday to make their candy products popular?
Early on, jack o' lanterns did not only refer to produce, they referred to people. This was a person with an unknown name whose profession might have earned him the title "jack of the lantern."
What is a night watchman?
This is the name of a monster often found in the desert with ancient wrappings on every inch of its body.
What is a mummy?
Bill and Dorothy Harmsen founded their company selling this candy in 1949.
What are Jolly Ranchers?