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Which 1922 film was an unauthorised and unofficial adaptation of the novel Dracula?
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Nosferatu
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Which mythical creature from Japan has been depicted as a large bird and as a humanoid figure with a long nose?
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Tengu
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Which type of winged dragon is bipedal?
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Wyvern
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The word "zombi" comes from which country?
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Haiti
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Where is the custom of making jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween thought to have originated?
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Ireland
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Which author wrote the novels "The Stand", "'Salem's Lot" and "Dreamcatcher"?
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Stephen King
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Yacumama is a giant mythical serpent said to live in which forest?
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Amazon Rainforest
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The celebrations for which Gaelic festival begin on the 31st October?
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Samhain
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The Whowie and yowie are legendary creatures from the folklore of which country?
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Australia
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Who directed Halloween, The Thing and They Live?
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John Carpenter
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Who wrote the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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The word "ghoul" is based on a word from which language?
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Arabic
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Which undead creatures from Norse mythology often guard the treasure they were buried with?
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Draugr
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Which TV show featured creatures such as the Flukeman and Eugene Victor Tooms?
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The X-Files
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Which creatures originating in the mythologies of south Asia are half human, half snake?
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Nāga
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In which country does Victor Frankenstein live when he creates the monster, in Mary Shelley's novel?
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Germany
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Which Halloween tradition, similar to trick-or-treating and dating back to the 16th century, involves people dressing up, going house to house and putting on a small performance in exchange for treats?
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Guising
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Which two films from 1960, one made in the UK and the other in the US, are often considered to be early slasher films (name either)?
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Peeping Tom | Psycho
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The Hecatoncheires, from Greek mythology, were three giants. They each had fifty heads, as well as one hundred of which body part?
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Arms
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Which American writer and poet, whose works have influenced various horror writers, died at the age of 40 on 7th October 1849 under mysterious circumstances?
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Edgar Allan Poe
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What name is given to the group of evil extra-dimensional beings in the Hellraiser franchise?
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Cenobites
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Which major holiday is celebrated on the 31st October in Mexico?
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Day of the Dead
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Which type of ghost typically causes physical disturbances, such as moving objects or making loud noises?
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Poltergeist
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Gashadokuro are spirits in Japanese folklore that resemble giant versions of what?
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Skeletons
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Who wrote the horror story The Signal-Man in the 1860s?
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Charles Dickens
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Where was the heaviest pumpkin ever measured grown?
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Italy
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Which mythical creature from Irish folklore is a type of headless horseman?
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Dullahan
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Which horror character wears a glove with razors attached to it?
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Freddy Krueger
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Which legendary creature from the folklore of the First Nations is characterised by insatiable hunger and cannibalism?
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Wendigo
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Who is the author of the Goosebumps novels?
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R. L. Stine
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What alternative name for Halloween doesn't contain the word "hallow"?
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All Saints' Eve
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What is the name of the mummy in the 1932 and 1999 versions of The Mummy?
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Imhotep
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What name is given to the shadowy spirit of a dead person living in the underworld, in Greek and Roman mythology?
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Shade
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Jack-o'-lantern is one of the many names given to what phenomenon?
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Will-o'-the-wisp
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The novella At the Mountains of Madness is set in which part of the world?
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Antarctica
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What is the name of the giant terrestrial beast created at the beginning of creation in the Hebrew and Christian bibles?
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Behemoth
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Which artist designed the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise?
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H.R. Giger
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Which monstrous son of Gaia and Tartarus in Greek mythology attempted to overthrow Zeus?
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Typhon
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Who is said to appear in a mirror if you say their name repeatedly?
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Bloody Mary
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Which novel, in addition to the subsequent 2018 TV series, is a fictionalised account of a lost 1840s expedition to locate the Northwest Passage?
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The Terror
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