Origins of Halloween
Before pumpkins, the Irish and Scots carved their jack-o’-lanterns from this root vegetable.
A turnip.
In this 1993 film, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem on Halloween night.
Hocus Pocus
In The Wizard of Oz, this is what melts the Wicked Witch of the West.
Water
This Michael Jackson hit features a spoken part by horror legend Vincent Price.
Thriller
This peanut butter cup regularly tops lists of America’s favorite Halloween candy.
Reese’s
Halloween traces back to this ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest.
Samhain (SAW-WHEN)
This Elm Street villain attacks his victims in their dreams with a bladed glove.
Freddy Krueger
This teenage witch lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda and a talking cat named Salem.
Sabrina
Ray Parker Jr. sang the theme song for this 1984 movie.
Ghostbusters
This candy is famous for melting in your mouth, not in your hand.
M&M’s
The word “Halloween” is a shortened form of this three-word name for the night before All Saints’ Day.
All Hallows’ Eve
Jack Torrance takes a winter caretaker job at this hotel in The Shining.
The Overlook Hotel
In Wicked, this is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West.
Elphaba
Bobby “Boris” Pickett hit number one in 1962 with this novelty song.
Monster Mash
This tri-colored candy was originally sold under the name “Chicken Feed.”
Candy corn
In the medieval custom Souling, the poor went door to door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for what?
Small Cakes
Michael Myers’ mask was made from a repainted mask of this Star Trek actor.
William Shatner
In Slavic folklore, this witch lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs.
Baba Yaga
This composer wrote the songs for The Nightmare Before Christmas and provided Jack Skellington’s singing voice.
Danny Elfman
This candy bar was named after the Mars family’s favorite horse.
Snickers
In Irish legend, this man tricked the Devil and was doomed to wander the earth with a lantern.
Stingy Jack
This 1922 silent film was an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula.
Nosferatu
In Macbeth, this goddess of witchcraft scolds the three witches for meddling without her.
Hecate
This Mike Oldfield piece became famous as the theme from The Exorcist.
Tubular Bells
This bar originally came as three pieces in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
3 Musketeers