Classic Halloween Movies
Monsters, Myths, and Legends
Creepy Literature
Halloween Traditions
Spooky Science
100

This 1933 film shows the Sanderson sisters who return to Salem after 300 years.

What is Hocus Pocus?

100

This blood-sucking creature can’t stand garlic or sunlight.

What is a vampire?

100

This poet wrote ”The Raven”.

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

100

Halloween is celebrated on this date each year.

What is October 31st?

100

The chemical element that glows in the dark and was once used in watches.

What is radium?

200

Michael Myers first terrified audiences in this 1978 horror classsic.

What is Halloween?

200

A full moon causes this cursed human to transform.

What is a werewolf?

200

In Dracula, this is the author who introduced the famous vampire.

Who is Bram Stoker?

200

The tradition of carving pumpkins came from this older vegetable used in Ireland.

What is a turnip?

200

A “fog machine“ uses dry ice, which is this gas in solid form.

What is carbon dioxide?

300

In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington is known as the “Pumpkin King” of this town.

What is Halloween Town?

300

Frankenstein’s monster is brought to life using this scientific force.

What is electricity?

300

In Macbeth, these three characters chant, “Double, double, toil and trouble.”

Who are the witches?

300

The phrase children say while collecting candy on Halloween night.

What is “Trick or Treat”?

300

This tiny arachnid spins silk webs to catch prey.

What is a spider?

400

In Ghostbusters, the team uses these devices to trap ghosts.

What are proton packs?

400

The Headless Horseman is a ghostly figure from this famous Washington Irving story.

What is “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow“?

400

This short story by Shirley Jackson ends with a shocking village ritual involving stones.

What is “The Lottery”?

400

The name “Halloween” comes from “All Hallows‘ Eve,” the night before this holiday.

What is All Saints’ Day?

400

This fearsome phenomenon occurs when cold air meets warm air, creating lightning and thunder.

What is a thunderstorm?

500

The movie Coraline features creepy button-eyed versions of her parents in this alternate world.

What is the Other World?

500

This white, sheet-covered figure is one of the most classic Halloween monsters and is said to haunt old houses.

What is a ghost?

500

In Frankenstein, what is the name of the scientist who creates the monster?

Who is Victor Frankenstein?

500

People often hang fake cobwebs and carve pumpkins to decorate their homes for this spooky holiday.

What is Halloween?

500

In Frankenstein, the feature comes alive when lightning causes an electrical change, a process known as this.

What is reanimation?