Horror Movies
In this 1978 slasher film, Michael Myers escapes from a sanitarium.
What is Halloween?
This Mexican holiday is celebrated around the same time as Halloween honors deceased loved ones?
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
These orange-and-white candies are shaped like little triangles and are especially popular in October.
What is candy corn?
Spanish for “goat-sucker,” this legendary creature was reportedly first seen in Puerto Rico in 1995?
What is Chupacabra?
What is the fear of spiders called?
What is arachnophobia?
This 1996 movie features the killer Ghostface.
What is Scream?
This U.S. state is home to the famous Salem witch trials of 1692.
What is Massachusetts?
This candy bar combines chocolate, caramel, and nougat.
What is a Milky Way?
Famously portrayed on-screen by Lon Chaney, a lycanthrope is this kind of creature.
What is a Werewolf?
What is the fear of confined or enclosed spaces called?
What is claustrophobia?
This Alfred Hitchcock thriller features the infamous shower scene and the Bates Motel.
What is Psycho?
This vegetable was carved into jack-o'-lanterns before pumpkins became popular.
What are turnips?
This chocolate bar was named after the Mars family's favorite horse.
What is Snickers?
This legendary creature is said to turn people to stone with its gaze.
Who is Medusa?
This part of the brain plays a major role in processing fear and detecting potential threats.
What is the amygdala?
Anthony Hopkins first portrayed Hannibal Lecter in this 1991 Best Picture winner.
What is The Silence of the Lambs?
This 19th-century folklorist helped popularize the story of the Headless Horseman through The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Who is Washington Irving?
This candy was named after Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie.
What is M&Ms?
This classic Universal Monster is known as the "Creature from the Black Lagoon"
What is Gill-man?
In Irish folklore, this spirit's mournful wail is said to warn that someone is about to die.
What is a banshee?
Stephen King was inspired to write this novel after spending a single night at the supposedly haunted Stanley Hotel in October 1974.
What is The Shining?
This ancient civilization is credited with developing an early version of the calendar that influenced Halloween's timing through Samhain.
Who are the Celts?
Reese’s sold its first Peanut Butter Cup in this decade.
What is the 1920's (1928)?
What wood is traditionally used to make a witch's broomstick?
What is Birch or Hazelwood?
In Scottish folklore, this shape-shifting water spirit often takes the form of a horse to lure unsuspecting people toward water.
What is a kelpie?