"Halloween Traditions"
The traditional colors of Halloween are orange which represents the harvest and black which symbolizes the return of this.
What is "winter"?
The ancient festival called Samhain, which marked the end of harvest and the beginning of winter, was the custom of this group which later inspired Halloween.
What is "Celtic"?
The "Feely Box Game" has players stick their hands into mystery boxes traditional filled with peeled grapes for “eyeballs” and cold spaghetti for this.
What is "“brains"?
Reanimated from dead body parts, this legendary creature has no name in this gothic novel written by Mary Shelly.
What is "Frankenstein"?
Inspired by events in 1949 involving Roland Doe, this 1973 horror classic involves the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl and her mother's attempts to win back through this person.
What is "The Exorcist"
In medieval Europe, poor people would go door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for food, a practice that evolved into this Halloween tradition.
What is "trick or treating"?
Halloween, which falls on 31 October yearly, is also the eve of this Western Christian feast.
What is "All Hallows' Day"?
It is the pumpkin-carving contest where contestants compete for the best or most creative design.
What is "Jack-O’-Lantern Contest"?
This Irish myth about a man named Stingy Jack began because he trick this person.
What is "the devil"?
This 1980 British-American psychological horror film based on Stephen King's 1977 novel involves writer Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic, becoming the caretaker of the isolated and ghostly Overlook Hotel.
What is "The Shining"?
The tradition of wearing masks on Halloween originated due to the desire to hide from this.
What is "wandering spirits of the dead"?
The Allhallowtide custom of baking and sharing these types of cakes has been suggested as the origin of trick-or-treating.
What is "soul"?
Players take turns telling these types of stories in this game, adding one sentence at a time.
What is "spooky ( scary )"?
The Celtic mythical character Dullahan rides through the night on his horse carrying this.
What is "his severed head?"
"They won't stay dead!" was the tagline of this horror classic in which a group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse.
What is "Night Of The Living Dead"?
A superstition that if you look in a mirror at midnight on Halloween you’ll see your future spouse or this.
What is "ghost"?
Celebrated in Ireland and this country for centuries, immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century.
What is "Scotland"?
A Halloween party game involve an unmarried women peeling this fruit in one strip and tossing it to see their future husband’s initials.
What is "apple ( Apple Peeling Divination )"?
A Púca is a shape-shifting creature from Irish folklore that can that the form of a black cat or this animal, bringing bad luck to those who cross it.
What is "hare" ( rabbit )?
In this Steven Spielberg film, a young family are visited by ghosts who are at first friendly but then start to terrorize them before kidnapping their youngest daughter.
What is "Poltergeist"
These animals are a common symbol of Halloween for the reason that they are attracted to bonfires.
What are "bats"?
The tradition of carving faces into pumpkins began with the use of this vegetable originally.
What is "turnips"?
A common feature of Halloween in Ireland and Britain during the 17th–20th centuries involves hanging syrup-coated scones by strings which must be eaten without using these.
What are "hands"
This mischievous fairy from Cornish folklore leads travelers astray with glowing, phosphorescent light seen over marshy grounds.
What is "Will-o’-the-Wisp?"
The 1931 horror classic Dracula starring Bela Lugosi in the title role is based on the revised stage play "Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston starring this actor at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway.
What is "Bela Lugosi"?