Movies I can definitely watch and am definitely not scared of
This movie advertisement went viral after sending actors to promote at sporting games and morning shows. You may recall seeing them at a baseball game.
Smile
This haunted house in San Jose, CA started at 8 rooms and grew to 160 rooms while owned by an eccentric rifle heiress. Watch out if you visit though, not all exits are exits.
Winchester Mystery House
Although fictional, this is probably the last ghost you'd want to run into while trying to use the washroom.
Moaning Myrtle
Move over mashed potato, it's time for Bobby "Boris" Pickett's version.
Monster Mash
These loved marshmallow treats are more known around easter, but do make an appearance around Halloween.
Peeps
With a recognizable piano tune, this movie has brought on a recent social media trend. Can you make it inside your house before he does? Jamie Lee Curtis thinks you can.
Halloween
Where was the first city-wide celebration of Halloween?
Anoka, Minnesota
Turn off the lights, look in the mirror and say their name three times.
Bloody Mary
Probably the most popular Halloween song of all time. Probably because of the zombie back up dancers.
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Not having anything to do with laughing, Franklin Mars, the patriarch of the Mars company named the Snickers candy bar after what?
A beloved racehorse
(Snickers was raised on his family's farm, the Milky Way, in Tennessee)
This movie shocked viewers when it came out in 2019. With it's colourful appearance full of flowers and fun, you are never prepared for what happens. You may end up the next solstice queen.
Midsommar
This ancient Celtic fall festival was a precursor to Halloween. It marked the change of seasons.
Samhain
Often seen headless, she has been seen in the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Blickling Hall and her childhood home of Hever Castle in Kent. Also recognized as #2 or 6.
Anne Boleyn
Composed and written by Danny Elfman, this song is performed by the residents of the fictional "Halloween Town". Is this movie for Halloween or Christmas? We still don't know.
This is Halloween
In 1898, this candy was originally called "chicken feed".
Candy Corn
"You'll float too!" "YOU'LL FLOAT TOO!"
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In what century did the European tradition of trick-or-treating begin?
As early as the 16th century.
Known as the most famous ghost in American History and a vicious, violent, malevolent poltergeist that plagued the Bell family at their farmhouse in Tennessee in 1817.
The Bell Witch
From 1972, this title means "a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief".
Superstition
In 1897, William Morrison partnered with confectioner John C. Wharton to devise a machine that used centrifugal force to turn sugar into cotton-like strands. Ironically, what was William's profession?
A dentist
Wells and TV fuzz will not be your favourite thing after watching this. Also parodied by the Scary Movie franchise.
The Ring
Before pumpkins, what would people carve?
Potatoes and turnips (they would be carved into lanterns to welcome love ones who had passed)
According to local legend, if a couple saw her, they would immediately break up, and her ghost wouldn't leave until her son was told the truth about her murder. She has been seen by many on the 7th fairway of the Victoria Golf Course.
Doris Gravlin
This song is featured in the 1973 cult classic rock musical.
Dammit, Janet!
The Time Warp
This candy bar was named as it originally featured pieces of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry candy. However during WWII, vanilla and strawberry were hard to find, so they stuck with just chocolate.
Three Musketeers