Franchise Horror
This character is the antagonist of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Freddy Krueger
Nightmare Before Christmas
The initials "UFO," weren't intended to mean "alien spacecraft," they stand for this.
Unidentified Flying Object
Saying this fiend's name into the mirror 3 times will evoke her wrath.
Bloody Mary
This vegetable is a Halloween staple, often used as decor but also to make treats, such as pies.
Pumpkins
This franchise is known for a sadistic serial killer who forces his victims to play violent "games" in order to survive.
Saw
The cult classic film Hocus Pocus was set in, and even partially filmed in this witchy Massachusetts town.
Salem
Many conspiracy theorists believe this highly secretive military site is home to research on alien technology, and may even house alien lifeforms.
Area 51
This oft-told campfire story ends with the girlfriend leaving the car to look for her missing boyfriend and finding this object hanging on the car door.
Hook
This real-life Romanian ruler is the inspiration for the character of Count Dracula.
Vlad Tepes/ Vlad the Impaler
While Jason is the primary antagonist of much of the Friday the 13th series, this character was the actual murderer haunting the camp in the original film.
Mrs. Voorhees (his mother)
A 2015 movie starring Jack Black brought new life to this classic R L Stine children's series of the same name.
Goosebumps
This town in New Mexico became known as the "UFO Capital" following an incident allegedly involving an alien spacecraft in 1947.
Roswell
According to Squidward, this sinister character's appearance is foretold by these factors:
The lights will flicker on and off.
The phone will ring, and nobody will be there.
The bus that killed him will appear.
The Hash-Slinging Slasher
Visitors to Valas Pumpkin Patch are likely to hear this signature cry of a lost miner in the "Lost Pumpkin Mine."
"I think this here map is all wrong."
The Conjuring series of movies are based on real life stories of this Catholic ghost hunting couple.
Ed and Lorraine Warren
The stop motion animated film Coraline tells the story of a girl trying to save her parents from the sinister "Other Mother," and is based on a novel by this author.
Neil Gaiman
Alien visits in the midwest may be documented by the appearance of these symbols in cornfields.
Crop Circles
Beware of a girl who keeps a ribbon tied around her neck. This may happen when it is removed.
Her head falls off
In some areas, simply saying "trick-or-treat" is not enough for a child to earn candy on Halloween. They must do this before they receive a treat.
Tell a joke
The Halloween franchise is a huge proponent of the "final girl" trope, this actress' character continues to survive, she reprises her role in 8 of the 12 films.
Jamie Lee Curtis
This animated miniseries about two brothers and their frog trying to return home is based on a short called "The Tome of the Unknown."
Over the Garden Wall
One of the most common descriptions of aliens among supposed abductees is "human-like with small bodies, enlarged hairless heads, and large black eyes." This description has been condensed to this term.
Greys/ Grey Aliens/ Rosewell Greys
This tale warns of the dangers of grave robbing: a woman whose coffin was robbed comes back to haunt her husband for stealing this treasured item.
Her golden arm
This Gaelic harvest festival, celebrated from Oct 31st to Nov 1st marks the halfway point between the autumn equinox and winter solstice, and is often associated with witches or wiccans.
Samhain