Horror/Gothic Literature
This author was only 18 when she wrote Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelly?
The name 'Halloween' is a contraction of a Christian's holiday that shares the same day as Halloween, the original name of this holiday being three words long and preluding All Saints' Day on November 1st.
What is All Hallow's Eve?
This game series is the highest selling Horror Game series on the market, with a total of over 170 million copies sold throughout the series history.
What is Resident Evil?
This candy has a naming debate. Originally was thought be named after a famous baseball player in the 1920s, it was later stated it was named after Grover Cleavelands daughter in 1904
What is Babe Ruth?
This is often a cheap costume displayed in children's media, using a large white sheet over the person with cut out eyes.
What is Blanket Ghost?
This gothic author and poet, most commonly known for his poem about a bird (That was also used in the first Treehouse of Horror), died mysteriously after being found delrious on the streets of Baltimore.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Many theories as to the origins of Halloween point towards this Gaelic harvest holiday as possibly having been Christianized or otherwise adopted as the precursor to the modern idea of Halloween.
What is Samhain (Pronounced Saa-wn)?
This game was a demo for a collaboration game between Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro but despite garnering a large amount of attention during its release in August 2014, it was removed a year later after the game it was demoing was cancelled.
What is P.T. (or Playable Teaser)?
This candy was originally called "chicken feed". It was originally created in 1898 by the Herman Goelitz Candy Company, which was changed to the Jelly Belly Company in 2001.
What is Candy Corn?
This charecter is seen believing in the Great Pumpkin in the Halloween special Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Hes often seen carrying around a blanket and has a charity named after him for kids with cancer.
Who is Linus?
This novel was written by Bram Stoker, and was inspired by a 15th century cruel prince known for brutal punishment.
This city, known as the Halloween Capital of the World, was the first city in the United States to celebrate Halloween in 1920 in order to try and curb juvenile pranks from being destructive towards the city. It is a city found closer then you might think.
What is Anoka, Minnesota?
In the popular horror game Five Nights at Freddy's, a musical tune plays when the player runs out of power as Freddy watches you for a short time before killing you. This song has a long French name, but also has a simple English translation. It is also from the Opera 'Carmen'.
What is The Toreador's Song/Les Toreadors?
This was the original name for cotton candy. It was created by a dentist for more cavity related clients, but only was named cotton candy after the 1920s.
What is Fairy Floss?
These colors for Halloween represent harvest and the death of summer
What is Orange and Black?
This horror author also published under the psyudonym Richard Bachman, and wrote a children's story that was turned into a horror game.
Who is Stephen King?
Part of a celtic and old wive's tale myth indicates that after Halloween, a spirit known as a Púca (Poo-ka) or sometimes just the Devil himself spits on or otherwise poisons this berry.
What is the Blackberry?
In the game Until Dawn there is a large cast of characters and many clues and totems that can be found throughout the progress of the game by the characters. However, there are two characters in the game who cannot find any clues.
Who is Josh and Jessica?
This was the favorite food of President Ronald Regan, it was said he kept a jar of these on his desk and outfitted his Air Firce One to carry there. J
What is Jelly Beans?
Instead of going from house to house to get candy, many schools and churches decided to do this tradition instead, where members of the community decorate the backs of their cars for kids to pick up candy.
What is Trunk or Treat?
The original manuscript for this horror story was initially thrown awaay, only to be retrived by his wife who encouraged it to be finished.
What is Carrie?
In the balkans, there is a monster with one eye on their forehead, a dog's head, iron teeth, and horse's legs. They are known for living in gemstone caves and attacking and eating people, or even digging up graves to eat the dead.
What is the Psoglav (Pronounced SO-glahv)?
While contested, this game made for the Atari 2600 is often referred to as the first real horror game ever made. Released in 1981, the game has a rather simple name which explains its premise.
What is Haunted House?
This candy was originally meant to be represented in Steven Speilbergs E.T., however Hershey ended up paying 1 million to have another candy featured instead.
What is M&M's?
These two costumes were the most trending kids costumes in 2023, based on movies released that year
What is Barbie and Spider Man?