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Monsters
100

This movie is about 3 witches who come back on Halloween after a virgin lights the black candle.

Hocus Pocus

100

Finish the lyric from "Monster Mash": "I was working in the ____ late one night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight."

Lab

100

This Massachusetts town is known as the "Witch City" where 20 people were executed.

Salem

100

This was the original meaning for dressing up in costumes on Halloween...

To scare spirits away

100

What is Dr. Frankenstein's most popular phrase when seeing his "creation" come to life?

"It's alive"

200

What's the title of the book that helps Adam and Barbara get to the Neitherworld Waiting Room in Beetlejuice?

"Handbook for the Recently Deceased"

200

Finish the lyric from "Ghostbusters":
"If you're seeing things running through your head. Who can you call? (Ghostbusters)

______________ sleepin' in your bed"

An invisible man

200

Where did Halloween originate from?

Ireland

200

These are the two most popular "pranks" pulled on houses that don't give out candy in Halloween.

Throwing eggs and toilet paper to your house.

200

In Bram Stroker's most popular book, this count was condemded to spend eternity gathering souls for the devil (becoming a vampire).

Count Dracula

300

Which movie does the doll Annabelle make her debut in?

The Conjuring (2013)

300

In the movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show", what's the song that plays as soon as Brad and Janet approach Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle in the rain.

[There's a Light] Over at the Frankenstein Place

300

During the Great Depression, as a way to distract pranksters whose Halloween pranks went too far, communities organized this Halloween rumor (or place) to keep them occupied.

Haunted houses

300

Other than alleged racial bias, why are black cats associated with Halloween?

For being "servants of the witches"

300

This mythical figure that rides a horse from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" 

The Headless Horseman

400

"Why would you want to go up there [world of the living], when people are dying to get down here [world of the dead]" is a quote from what movie?

Corpse Bride (2005)

400

Finish the lyrics from "This is Halloween":

"This is Halloween

[halloween] (x3)

In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the _________."

Pumpkin Song

400

What medieval English tradition inspired trick-or-treating?

All Souls Day; the poor would go "souling", knocking on doors and offering prayers for residents' deceased loved ones in exchange for food.
400

This classic halloween snack was originally called "Chicken Feed"

Candy Corn

400

This creature originated in 14th-century Europe following the Black Death.

The Grimm Reaper

500

Name the killer in Friday the 13th (1980)

Jason's mother (Mrs. Pamela Voorhees)

500

What song is this lyric from?

"...Darkness falls across the land.
The midnight hour is close at hand.
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood (I'm gonna thrill you tonight)
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell"

Thriller - Michael Jackson

500

What famous magician passed away in Halloween of 1926?

(Harry) Houdini
500

Legend has it that a man tricked the Devil for his own gain. When he died, he was neither allowed into heaven nor hell, so he was condemed to roam the earth forever. To scare away his spirit, Irish people started this tradition. 

Pumpkin/Turnip Carving (jack-o'-lanterns)

500

This fictional monster, who goes by many names, dates back to the 16th century to scare children into behaving.

El cucuy/coco (The boogeyman)