Halloween 101
This flying mammal is commonly used as a Halloween symbol.
Bat
A killer in a white William Shatner-style mask stalks babysitters in Haddonfield.
Halloween
This hockey-mask-wearing killer is associated with Camp Crystal Lake.
Jason Voorhees
Garlic, sunlight, and wooden stakes are traditionally used against this monster.
Vampire
Reese’s is best known for combining chocolate with this filling.
Peanut Butter
This animal is often pictured as a witch’s companion.
Black Cat
The name “Halloween” comes from a shortened version of this phrase.
All Hallow's Eve
Camp Crystal Lake is probably not the best place to spend your summer in this franchise.
Friday the 13th
He wears a striped sweater and attacks victims in their dreams.
Freddy Krueger
Silver bullets are commonly associated with defeating this creature.
Werewolf
This triangular Halloween candy is traditionally colored yellow, orange, and white.
Candy Corn
A group of these birds is traditionally called a murder.
Crows
Before pumpkins became popular, people in Ireland commonly carved these vegetables into lanterns.
Turnips
A possessed girl named Regan is at the center of this 1973 horror classic.
The Exorcist
This killer doll’s real name is Charles Lee Ray.
Chucky
This wrapped monster is traditionally associated with ancient Egyptian tombs.
Mummy
These fruit-flavored candies tell you to “taste the rainbow.”
Skittles
This famous magician and escape artist died on Halloween in 1926.
Harry Houdini
This movie is perfect to watch during Halloween OR Christmas!
Nightmare Before Christmas
“I see dead people” is one of the most famous lines from this 1999 film.
The Sixth Sense
This chainsaw-wielding member of a terrifying Texas family is known by this nickname.
Leatherface
Mary Shelley created this famous scientist and his monster.
Frankenstein
This candy bar promises to “satisfy.”
Snickers
Transylvania is a historical region located mainly in this modern-day country.
Romania
In It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, this character waits in the pumpkin patch.
Linus
A videotape brings death seven days after you watch it in this horror film.
The Ring
This masked killer asks victims questions about scary movies in Scream.
Ghostface
This headless spirit rides through Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
Headless Horseman
This candy bar famously tells you to “Have a break.”
Kit Kat
This American city is famous for its association with the 1692 witch trials.
Salem
In Hocus Pocus, this trio of witches is known by this family name.
Sanderson Sisters
This 1999 found-footage movie follows filmmakers searching for a legendary witch in Maryland.
The Blair Witch Project
Anthony Hopkins famously played this brilliant cannibalistic psychiatrist.
Hannibal Lecter
In Greek mythology, looking directly at this snake-haired monster could turn you to stone.
Medusa
The name of this candy bar sounds like a galaxy also known as the Milky Way’s neighbor.
Mars
Washington Irving created this schoolteacher who encounters the Headless Horseman.
Ichabod Crane
This stop-motion movie features a girl who discovers an alternate world with button-eyed versions of her family.
Coraline
Jack Torrance slowly loses his mind while serving as winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel.
The Shining
Michael Myers is also known by this simple nickname in the Halloween films.
The Shape
This legendary winged creature with glowing red eyes is associated with Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Mothman
Originally called “Chicken Feed,” this Halloween candy debuted in the late 1800s.
Candy Corn
This 1938 radio adaptation narrated by Orson Welles famously dramatized a Martian invasion.