Holiday Short Stories
This superstitious schoolteacher is the main character of the story.
Who is Icabod Crane?
This author is known for the psychological thrillers Gone Girl and Sharp Objects..
Who is Gillian Flynn
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, this character initiates the hysteria by falsely accusing others of witchcraft.
Who is Abigail Williams?
In Mexico, this holiday combines Halloween-like celebrations with honoring ancestors and offering treats.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
This 1984 film features teenagers being murdered by a dream-invading killer named Freddy Krueger.
What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
This character draws the marked paper and becomes the tragic “winner.”
Who is Tesse Hutchinson?
This author is famous for espionage thrillers like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Who is John le Carré?
This iconic actress played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
Who is Tilda Swinton?
Popular candy that used to go as the name "chicken feed"
What is candy corn?
This “man in the mask” stalks teenagers in Woodsboro in the Scream franchise.
Who is Ghostface?
This narrator seeks revenge on Fortunato for an unknown insult.
Who is Montresor?
He wrote The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart.
In Arthurian legend, this enchantress is often depicted as both a mentor and a potential adversary to King Arthur.
Who is Morgan le Fey?
In this 1993 Disney film, three witches return from the dead on Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts.
What is Hocus Pocus?
This term describes the final character who survives a slasher’s rampage, often confronting the killer.
What is the Final Girl?
The horse Icabod Crane rode in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Gunpowder
She wrote And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express.
Who is Agatha Christie?
This Scottish king, who ruled in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, authorized harsh persecution of witches, including the North Berwick witch trials.
Who is James VI of Scotland (James I of England)?
The candy “Kit Kat” was first produced in this country before becoming popular worldwide.
This director is known as the “King of Slasher” for creating Halloween.
Who is John Carpenter?
Niter (or saltpeter) and human remains.
What are the catacombs lined with?
In addition to horror, Mary Shelley explored themes of scientific ethics and human ambition in this full title: Frankenstein; or…
What is “The Modern Prometheus”?
They prophesized Macbeth’s rise and fall in Shakespeares' Macbeth?
Who are the Weird Sisters?
Bonus: The weird sisters are a fictional band in which fantasy series?
In medieval Europe, people went door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for these small treats.
What are soul cakes?
Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is inspired by this real-life murderer.
Who is Ed Gein?