Reel-y Scary
In this 1993 stop-motion film, Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, discovers Christmas Town.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
On what date is Halloween celebrated every year?
What is October 31st
Mary Shelley wrote this famous novel about a scientist who creates a living being from assembled body parts.
What is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?
True or false: Bats are blind.
What is false? Bats can see, and many species also use echolocation.
What do children traditionally say when they visit houses asking for Halloween treats?
What is 'Trick or treat!'?
This 1978 slasher film, directed by John Carpenter, introduced audiences to Michael Myers.
What is Halloween?
This ancient Celtic seasonal festival is commonly associated with Halloween’s origins and marked the transition into winter.
What is Samhain?
Bram Stoker published this 1897 Gothic novel about a Transylvanian vampire.
What is Dracula?
True or false: Día de los Muertos, celebrated especially in Mexico, is simply the Latin version of Halloween.
What is false? Día de los Muertos is a distinct holiday honoring deceased loved ones, with its own cultural and religious traditions.
What fruit is traditionally used in the Halloween game in which people try to grab floating pieces of fruit with their teeth?
What are apples?
In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller, a famous shower scene takes place at the Bates Motel.
What is Psycho?
This Christian observance falls on November 1 and honors saints; its name helped give Halloween its name.
What is All Saints’ Day (also called All Hallows’ Day)?
Washington Irving wrote this tale featuring Ichabod Crane and a terrifying rider who has no head.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
Unlike the mythical transformation into a wolf, this rare psychiatric syndrome involves a person believing they have transformed, or are transforming, into a wolf. What is the condition called?
What is clinical lycanthropy?
This popular Halloween candy has three colored sections and was once marketed with imagery comparing it to chicken feed.
What is Candy Corn?
This 1922 German silent horror film features Count Orlok, a vampire inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
What is Nosferatu?
Before pumpkins became popular for jack-o’-lanterns in America, people in Ireland commonly carved faces into this root vegetable.
What are turnips?
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this 1886 novella about a doctor whose experiments reveal a darker side of human nature.
What is Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
True or false: Halloween was invented in the United States as a twentieth-century holiday.
What is false? Halloween developed from older seasonal and Christian observances and later evolved in the United States.
In which country did the tradition of souling develop, where people went door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for food, often small cakes?
What is England?
Released in 1973 and directed by William Friedkin, this supernatural horror film was adapted from William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel.
What is The Exorcist?
During which century did Irish immigrants help popularize Halloween customs in the United States, including vegetable lantern carving?
What is the 19th century (the 1800s)?
First published in 1818, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is often described as an early example of this literary genre, which combines imaginative scientific speculation with fiction.
What is science fiction?
This rare medical condition, sometimes nicknamed “werewolf syndrome,” causes excessive hair growth on parts of the body or face. What is it called?
What is hypertrichosis?
In this Irish Halloween tradition, a fruitcake may contain hidden objects such as a ring or coin, traditionally associated with fortune-telling.
What is barmbrack (báirín breac)?