Monsters & Creatures
Horror Movies & TV
Halloween Traditions & Folklore
Haunted Places & Ghosts
Spooky Literature & Mythology
100

What aquatic creature is often depicted as half-woman, half-fish that lures sailors to their deaths

Siren

100

In Psycho (1960), where does Marion Crane stay the night?

Bates Motel

100

This talking board, often used to “speak” to spirits, features letters, numbers, and the words yes, no, and goodbye.

Ouija Board

100

In The Haunting of ____ _____, the Crain family faces ghosts both real and emotional in this cursed estate.

Hill House

100

Say her name three times in a mirror, and she’s said to appear behind you — not the kind of reflection you want to see.

Bloody Mary

200

What creature can supposedly turn people to stone with its gaze?

Medusa

200

Which horror franchise features a masked killer known as “Ghostface”?

Scream

200

What root vegetable was traditionally used to carve Jack-O-Lanterns?

Turnip

200

This New England town is infamous for its 1692 trials — and its restless spirits still draw tourists every Halloween.

Salem

200

Which play does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?

Macbeth

300

This snowy beast of Himalayan legend leaves behind large footprints — but no one’s ever caught one.

Yeti or Abominable Snowman

300

Which movie tops Rotten Tomatoes' list of the Scariest Horror Movies Ever?

The Exorcist
300

Instead of Halloween, Mexico celebrates what other holiday

Day of the Dead

300

On this island prison in San Francisco Bay, guards and visitors alike have reported phantom screams, footsteps, and cell doors slamming.

Alcatraz

300

Crystal balls, tarot cards, and scrying mirrors are all used for this mystical practice.

Divination

400

Sailors once feared this massive, tentacled sea monster said to drag entire ships beneath the waves.

The Kraken
400

What TV series is centered around a haunted house, a coven of witches, and an asylum - changing settings each season

American Horror Story

400

What famous magician died on Halloween?

Harry Houdini

400

A 1999 movie following a documentary team investigating a forest entity

The Blair Witch Project

400

This ventriloquist dummy is one of R.L. Stine’s most famous villains — and he’s definitely not good company.

Slappy

500

In Mexican folklore, this horned goat demon steals naughty children — and even Santa fears him.

Krampus

500

What actor played Laurie Strode in the 1978 movie “Halloween?"

Jamie Lee Curtis

500

This Halloween tradition was introduced by the Romans to celebrate Goddess Pomona, whose symbol was an “apple”

Bobbing for apples

500

This eerie song by The Eagles describes a mysterious hotel you can “check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”

Hotel California

500

Legend says anyone who steals from an Egyptian tomb will be cursed — most famously those who opened this pharaoh’s resting place.

King Tut's Tomb