Monsters
This non-corporeal spirit of a dead person is a common trope in horror. One of the most famous is a friendly one named Caspar.
Ghost
This 1977 Stephen King novel features a family living in a haunted hotel. It features the family's son reading minds, and the father slowly being driven crazy by the hotel.
The Shining
This 1980 horror film features a killer in a hockey mask wielding a machete hunting down counselors at a summer camp.
Friday the 13th
This Christmas creature is said to join Santa on his journey around the world in order to punish bad children. It is often depicted as half-goat-half-man.
Krampus
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This reanimated corpse can be found across popculture. Sometimes, they're even fighting plants!
Zombie
This 1845 poem by Edgar Allen Poe prominently features a black corvid repeating the phrase "nevermore."
"The Raven"
This 2025 horror film features a wish-gone-wrong, similarly to The Monkey's Paw. Unlike the short story, this wish is for love, not money.
Obesession
In 2016, a series of reports across the US, UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and Canada featuring people dressing up as these sparked Mr. Avidor's unreasonable fear of circuses.
Clowns
What is Mr. Avidor's favorite color (hint: water bottle).
Orange
This undead creature is best known for their sharp fangs and love of "tomato juice."
Vampire
This 1974 Stephen King novel features a girl with telekinetic powers who is constantly bullied at school. It has most recently been made into an Amazon Prime Video original TV series.
Carrie
This dreamy horror film features a nightmare invading serial killer.
Nightmare on Elm Street
This murderous spirit is said to haunt you if you say its name into a mirror while standing in a dark room 3 times.
Bloody Mary.
Will also accept "Candy Man"
What is Mr. Avidor's goal in life?
To make you miserable.
This one-eyed giant from Greek mythology is best known for the cannibalistic actions one of them took during The Odyssey.
Cyclops
This 1897 epistolary novel by Bram Stoker features the origin of the most famous vampire ever created.
Dracula
This 1996 horror film is best known for its simple, but recognizable killer, Ghostface, and the many, many people who bare the moniker.
Scream
This Japanese spirit is said to haunt school bathrooms, and is the start of an extremely popular modern anime.
Hanako
Mr. Avidor's twin sister is also a teacher. What two subjects does she teach?
Chemistry & Biology
This half-man-half-bull creature is often depicted inside a giant maze called a Labyrinth.
Minotaur
This 1818 novel by Mary Shelley features a crazed scientist creating a patchwork zombie named after himself.
Frankenstein
Based on a Stephen King novel of the same name, this horror novel follows a group of children who are accosted by an ancient being taking the form of a sewer-dwelling clown.
It
This popular urban legend about putting objects in candy is why you should check your trick-or-treating haul.
How many books has Mr. Avidor read so far in 2026?
51
This spirit from Chinese mythology haunts their relatives if they don't receive enough offerings.
Hungry Ghost
This 2020 metafictional horror novel tells the story of a haunted horror movie set. It was also featured on our Do Now slides for over two weeks this month!
Plain Bad Heroines
This 2007 anthological horror-comedy film features a series of vignettes, including a murderous scarecrow, a coven of witches, and a bus of reanimated children. It is also Mr. Avidor's favorite movie, and is named after a common Halloween saying.
Trick 'r Treat
These amphibians have often been thought to appear in strange places, such as New York City sewers
Alligators (will also accept crocodiles)
What is Mr. Avidor's least favorite novel ever written. Double points: How many times has he read this novel?
Hint: This novel was adapted into an extremely successful movie over the summer.
The Odyssey