Literary Nightmares
This Edgar Allan Poe story follows a narrator who insists he isn't mad while obsessing over an old man's eye
What is “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
This Irish spirit is said to wail or keen as a warning that someone is about to die.
What is a banshee?
This legendary undead creature is often depicted sleeping in a coffin and drinking the blood of the living.
What is a vampire?
n 1692, this Massachusetts town became infamous for trials in which people were accused of practicing witchcraft..
What is Salem?
This fictional family includes Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, Pugsley, and their disembodied-hand companion, Thing.
What is the Addams Family?
In this Shirley Jackson short story, a small town holds an annual gathering that ends with a shocking act of violence.
What is “The Lottery”?
In Mexican and Latin American folklore, this ghostly woman is said to wander near water, weeping for her lost children.
Who is La Llorona?
Despite what many people call it, this is the name of the scientist in Mary Shelley's novel, not the creature he creates.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
This London fortress has served as a royal palace, prison, and execution site — and is famous for tales of ghostly royal apparitions.
What is the Tower of London?
In this 1996 slasher film, a masked killer calls victims on the phone and asks them horror-movie trivia questions.
What is Scream?
In this W. W. Jacobs story, a family receives an enchanted object that grants three wishes — with horrifying consequences.
What is “The Monkey’s Paw”?
This legendary figure from Jewish folklore is a protective creature made from clay and brought to life in some stories by sacred words.
What is a golem?
This enormous sea monster from Scandinavian folklore is said to drag ships beneath the waves with its massive tentacles.
What is the kraken?
n 1896, this supposedly cursed diamond became associated with a string of tragic events involving its owners, fueling legends that it brings misfortune to anyone who possesses it.
What is the Hope Diamond?
This 1975 cult musical horror-comedy features Dr. Frank-N-Furter and the song “Time Warp.”
What is The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
In this Charlotte Perkins Gilman story, a woman confined to a room becomes obsessed with a mysterious figure trapped behind its wallpaper.
What is “The Yellow Wallpaper”?
According to a widespread urban legend, saying this ghost's name repeatedly while looking into a mirror will summon her.
Who is Bloody Mary?
This werewolf-like creature from Algonquian traditions is associated with hunger, winter, and the dangers of consuming human flesh.
What is the wendigo?
This infamous 1890s London serial killer's identity has never been conclusively established.
Who is Jack the Ripper?
In The Shining, what is the eerie phrase Jack Torrance types over and over on his typewriter?
Answer: What is “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”?
Henry James's famously ambiguous ghost story centers on a governess who believes two children are being visited by these two spirits.
Who are Peter Quint and Miss Jessel, in “The Turn of the Screw”?
In Japanese folklore, these supernatural foxes can shapeshift, deceive humans, and sometimes become their companions.
What are kitsune?
In Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, this English solicitor travels to Transylvania and discovers the terrifying secrets of Count Dracula.
Who is Jonathan Harker?
In 1974, a family fled this New York house just 28 days after moving in, claiming they experienced paranormal activity, including strange odors, unexplained noises, and mysterious slime on the walls. Their story inspired one of horror’s most famous haunted-house franchises.
What is the Amityville Horror house?
In The Exorcist, what is the first name of the young girl who becomes possessed?
Who is Regan?