Name that Character
Chaotic, moss-toothed "ghost with the most" in a black-and-white striped suit
Beetlejuice
A twitchy professor screams, "Troll in the dungeon!" effectively ending the Halloween feast at a school in this film.
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
Ray Parker Jr. asks, "who you gonna call?" in this hit from a 1984 supernatural comedy.
What is Ghostbusters?
The gold standard of psychological ghost stories, where a group of people stay in a notoriously malignant mansion got one of the best Netflix adaptations in 2018.
The Haunting of Hill House
William Shatner's face made an unusual cameo in this quintessential horror movie from 1978.
What is Halloween?
This famous Connecticut couple founded an occult museum that includes relics from their investigations, such as the Annabelle doll and the Perron Family music box featured in The Conjuring movie.
Who is Ed and Lorraine Warren?
This momma's boy has an affinity for lakes and camp counselors.
Jason Voorhees
In this 2001 comedy, Reese Witherspoon's character attends a Halloween party dressed as a bunny while trying to win back her ex-boyfriend.
What is Legally Blonde?
"Because you're mine!" Screamin' Jay Hawkins originated this hit in 1956. Nina Simone and Creedence Clearwater Revival also had hit covers of it long before three witches sang it in the Disney movie.
What is "I put a spell on you"
The 1992 adaptation of this work, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Keanu Reeves, really is nothing like the 1897 novel of the same name.
What is Dracula
This 2009 horror film, a family discovers that their son Dalton has become the target of something supernatural. Brace yourself for that jump-scare over the father's shoulder.
What is Insidious?
This New York village is forever associated with Washington Irving's famous tale of the same name, but it wasn't officially named that until 1996.
What is Sleepy Hollow?
This psychiatrist is one you'll probably want to decline a dinner invitation from unless you like fava beans and chianti.
Who is Hannibal Lecter?
"I'm a bunny, duh," says Karen before a Halloween party that doesn't go well for the main character in this 2004 movie.
What is Mean Girls?
Finish the lyric: "This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene__________.
Trick or treat 'til the neighbors gonna die of fright!
This gothic author mused about a dream within a dream, talking corvids, and vengeful felines...
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
"Sink"... This 2017 movie directed by Jordan Peele actually sky-rocked his directoral career.
What is GET OUT?
This city became the epicenter of a 1692 panic that led to 20 executions and inspired countless Halloween stories centuries later.
What is Salem?
Between the Italian and French endearments, you'll never be as obsessed with your spouse as they are.
Gomez & Morticia Addams
At a Halloween party in this HBO teen drama, two main characters attend as Romeo and Juliet
What is Euphoria/Romeo & Juliet?
This 1980s song by Kate Bush became a Halloween favorite decades later after being featured prominently in the Netflix hit Stranger Things.
What is “Running Up That Hill”?
"The title is the creator, not the creation!" scream literature majors whenever this 1818 novel comes up. It's also widely considered to be the first true science fiction novel.
What is Frankenstein.
This 1999 supernatural thriller follows three film students who disappear while investigating a mysterious legend in the woods.
What is The Blair Witch Project?
This Rhode Island city was the birthplace and longtime home of horror author H.P. Lovecraft.
Providence
I thought gators were the only thing you had to worry about in sewers. Not an extra-dimensional shape-shifter!
Who is Pennywise.
In this 1996 teen thriller, a group of high school students finds themselves targeted by a masked killer who uses Halloween and horror-movie knowledge to terrorize them.
What is scream?
During the famous dinner dance scene in Beetlejuice, the dinner guests are mysteriously forced to dance to this Harry Belafonte classic.
What is “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)”?
This 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty tells the story of a young girl whose behavior becomes increasingly terrifying after she appears to be possessed. The movie sent audiences running from the theaters.
The Exorcist.
This movie first frightened audiences in Germany in 1922. It got a remake in 2024 by director Robert Eggers.
What is Nosferatu?
112 Ocean Avenue in this Long Island village became infamous after the 1974 murder of the DeFeo family, and the subsequent claims of paranormal activity by the Lutz family, which spawned a number of books and movies.
What is Amityville?