Scary Movies
This 1980 Slasher Film directed by Sean S. Cunningham is known for it's iconic use of a hockey mask.
What is "Friday the 13th."
This book by Bram Stoker featured a man and monster who had "Crossed Oceans of Time" to be with the reincarnation of his beloved.
What is "Dracula?"
This tradition is based on an Irish story about a man named jack and his deal with the devil.
What is the "Jack-o'-lantern?"
This 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett is a much favored "Graveyard Smash"
What is the "Monster Mash."
This series released a Halloween special centered around a "Great Pumpkin."
What is The Peanuts.
This 1984 Slasher movie directed by Wes Craven depicted an iconic serial killer in a sweater that preyed on people's dreams.
What is "A Nightmare on Elm Street?"
This book written by a woman in 1818 bears the alternate title "The Modern Prometheus" and is a cautionary tale about messing with the natural laws.
What is Frankenstien?
This popular children's activity started as a tradition to leave food out overnight to ward off evil spirits.
What is "Trick-or-Treating."
This 1982 pop hit and music video has reached immortal or undead fame. One might say the music video while iconic with it's choreography is "a sight that almost stops your heart "
What is "Thriller?"
This animated Halloween special became a yearly tradition starting in 1990, known for its bizarre and disturbing scenarios. Thankfully none of them are canon to the iconic American animated family.
What is the Simpson's "Treehouse of Horror."
This 1978 Film directed by John Carpenter featured a masked serial killer with a kitchen knife and a very iconic soundtrack that is widely known to this day.
What is "Halloween?"
This 1820 Short story written by Washington Irving is an iconic Halloween story involving a cranially deficient equestrian.
What is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
This beloved and sometimes hated Halloween candy was originally referred to as "Chicken Feed"
this paranoid 1983 Single was performed by Rockwell in association with Michael Jackson. the singer's perspective is very relatable "All I want is to be left alone in my average home But why do I always feel like I'm in The Twilight Zone?"
What is "Somebody's Watching me?"
This Dr Seuss character had a Halloween special that released as a stand alone movie and prequel to a very famous other holiday story.
Who is "The Grinch."
This 1982 film directed by John Carpenter followed a shapeshifting monster and was a loose adaption of the HP Lovecraft story "At the Mountains of Madness."
What is "The Thing?"
This 1902 Novel by W. W. Jacobs very much exemplifies the phrase "Be careful what what you wish for."
What is "The Monkey's Paw?"
This ancient roman courting ritual in honor of the goddess Pomona has become associated with Halloween.
What is Bobbing for Apples?
This 1996 Novelty song by Andrew Gold had many later popular remixes, involving unwanted guests who "only want to socialize, but I don't think we should"
What is "Spooky Scary Skeletons?"
Directed by the legendary Jules Bass of Rankin/Bass fame, this halloween special has Boris Karloff voicing Baron Boris von Frankenstein, who leads the "Worldwide Organization of Monsters."
What is "Mad Monster Party?"
This Black and White 1968 film is credited with cementing the modern depiction of the zombie genre.
What is "Night of the Living Dead."
This 1959 Gothic Horror Novel by Shirley Jackson is about a group of people investigating supernatural events occurring in a secluded mansion.
What is "The Haunting of Hill House."
This Pre-roman holiday in the British isles is credited for the majority of modern Halloween traditions.
What is "Samhain?"
This 1983 Metal song is Halloween themed due to it's focus on certain classic shape shifting monsters. "Those that the beast is looking for Listen in awe and you'll hear him" This song was also featured quite heavily in the game "GTA: Vice City"
What is "Bark at the Moon?"
This Hanna-Barbera special was based on Ray Bradbury's short story of the same name. It also features the vocal work of Bradbury and the great Leonard Nimoy. Via a group of trick-or-treating friends, we are swept into their adventure as they get swept into the past to learn about the origins of Halloween as a holiday.
What is "The Halloween Tree?"