Made for $15,000, this tale of a young couple at home was a surprise hit in 2009
Paranormal Activity
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
Jack-o-Lanterns
Phantasmagoria is a synonym for this post-bedtime event; sweet dreams!
Nightmare
Why not dress up as this Barrie character, the boy who would not grow up
Peter Pan
Shove off to this famous old passenger ship in Long Beach; it's considered one of the most haunted places in the world
Queen Mary
Cat
The 10th edition of this tool & die franchise was just released in 2023 - do you want to play a game?
Saw
It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest
Black and Orange
The Hollywood Reporter's obituary for director Wes Craven called him the "Master of" this film genre
Horror
Dye some gauze in black tea for an aged look & wrap yourself up as this guy whom Abbott & Costello met in a 1955 film
The Mummy
Many have claimed to see the ghosts of Civil War soldiers still wandering the battlefield in this Penn. town
Gettysburg
Where a Vampire sleeps (6)
Coffin
This 2004 comedy set in London centers around friends trying to survive zombies at their favorite pub, The Winchester
Shaun of the Dead
This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona
Bobbing for Apples
A french word, its when people attempt to make contact with the dead, usually through a medium
Seance
Roll up the sleeves of a blue denim workshirt, put a red bandana in your hair & you can be this feminist WWII icon
Rosie the Riveter
He may have made his last stand at Little Big Horn, but his ghost is said to haunt his old quarters at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas
Colonel George Custer
Witches often boil concoctions in these (8)
Cauldron
This "Hostel" and "Cabin Fever" director known for his horror flicks has also acted in Quentin Tarantino's movies
Eli Roth
This famous 20th century magician/performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween
Harry Houdini
From the Greek for "fear", it's an extreme, irrational fear, but don't panic!
Phobia
If the guys are gangsters, wear fringed dresses & be these '20s gals found in the Great Gatsby
Flappers
Talk about ghosts with a mission--apparently there are plenty at The Alamo, located in this City
San Antonio
Leatherface's weapon of choice (8)
Chainsaw
This Hungarian–American actor is best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 classic film
Bela Lugosi
The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when this First Lady hung owls & goblins
Mamie Eisenhower
This word denoting great fear precedes -nought and -ful
Dread
A costume for 2: this double-crossing pair created by Mad magazine, one in black & one in white
Spy vs. Spy
An old forest farmhouse in Salt Lake City is supposedly haunted by Ann Eliza Webb, this man's 19th different wife
Brigham Young
An anatomically named corpse (7)
Cadaver
FINAL JEOPARDY: SCARY STATES
Admitted to the Union on Halloween 1864, the vast majority of ghost towns in this 36th US state are former mining boom towns that were abandoned