Monsters & Creatures
Halloween History
Spooky Movies
Trick or Treat
Things That Go Bump
100

This creature sleeps in a coffin and fears garlic.

Vampire

100

Halloween originated from this ancient Celtic festival.

Samhain

100

This 1978 John Carpenter film starring Jamie Lee Curtis launched a horror franchise.

Halloween

100

This waxy orange candy is shaped like a corn kernel.

Candy corn

100

This sound is associated with a squeaky old door.

Creaking

200

This monster is created from body parts and brought to life.

Frankenstein's monster

200

This country invented the carved pumpkin tradition.

Ireland

200

This movie is about a group of scientists who find a rare creature deep in the water of the Amazonian jungle.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

200

The average American spends this amount on Halloween candy per year: under $30, $30-$60, over $60

$30-$60

200

This creature howls at the full moond.

Werewolf

300

A group of witches is called this.

A coven

300

Halloween is celebrated on this date.

October 31st

300

Sigourney Weaver battled in space in this 1979 sci-fi horror film.

Alien

300

This candy bar has a peanut butter and chocolate combination.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

300

This is the word for a fear of Halloween

Samhainophobia

400

This spider has a red hourglass marking

Black widow spider

400

This US city holds the largest Halloween parade annually.

New York City

400

Kathy Bates played in this movie about an obsessed fan of a novelist played by James Caan

Misery

400

An original full-size Halloween candy bar costs approximately this much

$1-2

400

This old tradition involved leaving food out for wandering spirits on Halloween

Souling

500

Transylvania, frequently associated with Count Dracula, is located in this country.

Romania

500

The word witch derives from this Old English word

Wicce which meant wise woman

500

This is the year that the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released.

1974

500

These are the top three most popular Halloween candies in the US

Reese's peanut butter cups

Peanut M&M's

Hershey's chocolate bars

500

The term jack-o-lantern comes from an old Irish legend about a trickster with this name

Stingy Jack