Classic Horror Films and Movie Icons
What masked killer stalks babysitters in the 1978 classic Halloween?
Michael Myers
On what two days is Día de Muertos traditionally celebrated in Mexico?
November 1st and 2nd
The Celtic festival from which Halloween originated.
What is Samhain
This Massachusetts city is famous for its 1692 witch trials and is a Halloween tourist hotspot.
What is Salem?
This 2007 animated film features Halloween as a central theme with Jack Skellington as the main character.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
What clawed villain haunts teenagers’ dreams on Elm Street?
Freddy Krueger
What do salt and water on an altar symbolize?
Purification and the quenching of the spirit’s thirst
These spirits are said to rise on All Hallows’ Eve according to Irish legend.
What are ghosts?
Known as the “land of vampires,” this region in Romania is said to have inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
What is Transylvania
In the TV series Stranger Things, the character Eleven has this supernatural ability.
What is telekinesis?
In Friday the 13th, what hockey-masked slasher terrorizes Camp Crystal Lake?
Jason Voorhees
What is the name of the sweet bread baked specifically for Día de Muertos, decorated with bone-like shapes?
Pan de Muerto
According to superstition, a black cat crossing your path is a sign of this.
bad luck
he “City of the Dead” is a nickname for this capital of Egypt, where a vast Islamic-era cemetery stretches for miles.
What is Cairo?
The 1984 comedy-horror film Gremlins warns: never do these two things after midnight.
What is feed them or get them wet?
Released in 1973, this supernatural horror film is about a possessed young girl.
What is The Exorcist?
What famous Pixar film popularized Día de Muertos globally?
COCO
This folkloric figure, often depicted with a pumpkin head, is known to haunt Sleepy Hollow.
Who is the Headless Horseman?
This small New England town shares a name with a famous graveyard and is known for its Halloween festivities.
What is Sleepy Hollow?
In Beetlejuice, saying this name three times summons the mischievous ghost.
What is Beetlejuice
What found-footage horror film’s marketing tricked audiences into thinking the footage was real?
The Blair Witch Project
The Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada created what iconic skeletal figure that became a symbol of Día de Muertos?
La Calavera Catrina
According to legend, this “cursed” object in New Orleans supposedly brings death to those who possess it.
What is the Voodoo Doll?
In Mexico City, this island cemetery is part of a lake that inspired legends about spirits and death.
What is the Island of the Dolls or Xochimilco
This 1993 film features Winona Ryder and a trio of witches resurrected in modern-day Salem.
What is Hocus Pocus?