Monsters
In this Pixar flic, we learn that children's laughter is more powerful than children's screams.
Monsters, Inc.
Who are you going to call?
Ghost Busters!
1, 2...who is coming for you?
3,4 better lock your door.
5,6 grab your crucifix.
7,8 gonna stay up late.
9,10 never sleep again.
Freddy Kreuger
What is the term for a witch's cat, bat, toad, spider, or other such animal companion?
Familiar
In many popular e-mail services, who notifies you if the message you sent was undeliverable?
The mailer-daemon
Who refers to members of their fandom as "Little Monsters"?
Lady Gaga
Originating with Shirley Jackson's eponymous 1959 novel, this name/setting has taken pop culture by storm and appears in a wide variety of movies, series, board games, and other media.
Hill House / The House on the Hill
Who is the scream queen in the iconic 1978 slasher flic "Halloween"?
Jaime Lee Curtis
What is the most edible type of witch?
Sand
In this iconic Young Adult fantasy series, people have a shape-shifting animal daemon that settles into a stable final form as they mature into adulthood; the protagonist Lyra's is named Pantalaimon.
Golden Compass / His Dark Materials
Originally created by Eric Knudsen on r/SomethingAwful as part of a photoshop contest, this monster's folklore is unique for fully developing within a single generation...providing scholars with a unique opportunity to study the development of mythology.
Slenderman
Find the connection:
Henbane
Alzheimers
diphenhydramine
Carbon Monoxide
Common scientific explanations for ghost sightings
Dennis Coles, a foundational member of Wu-Tang Clan, is better known by what stage name?
Ghostface Killah
In the Greek tradition (and much of pop culture), who is the goddess of boundaries, crossroads, and witchcraft?
Hecate
Find the connection:
Pretty Women
By the Sea
Worst Pies in London
The Barber and his Wife
Songs in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Complete the sequence:
Azathoth
Nyarlathotep
Yog-Sothoth
Cthulhu
(Lovecraftian 'elder things' in decreasing power/importance: the god itself, its seneschal/actor, the gate, the priest)
This two-time Oscar-winner has released albums such as The Downward Spiral, Broken, Ghosts I-IV, Ghosts V: Together, and Ghosts IV: Locusts
Trent Reznor / Nine Inch Nails
What is hybristophilia?
Someone sexually attracted to criminals, particularly violent criminals / serial killers
According to Wikipedia, in what year was the last person executed for Witchcraft?
(Closest wins)
2020, Somalia, Ahmed Kusane Hassan
This poet, who canonized a particular interpretation of Satan and penned the idiom, "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven", allegedly literally fettered himself whenever writing of God and angels.
Milton
A traditional figure of Algonquin folklore, this frigid, ever-hungry monster was popularized in Europe and settled Canada by the writings of Algernon Blackwood
The Wendigo
What was a ghost's armor class in 2E DnD?
(closest without going over wins)
0
Finish the sequence:
4. Juan Corona (25)
3. John Wayne Gacy (33)
2. Gary Ridgway (49)
1. Sam Little (60)
Most prolific American serial killers (proven kills)
What is the real-world "definitive" treatise on witches, which has been viewed at various times as a religious treatise, heresy, and a framework for legal proceedings?
Malleus Maleficarum
Find the connection:
Vengeance. Sweet. Empath. Clem.
Demons in the Buffyverse