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Which 1922 film was an unauthorised and unofficial adaptation of the novel Dracula? | Nosferatu | 79%
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Which author wrote the novels "The Stand", "'Salem's Lot" and "Dreamcatcher"? | Stephen King | 63%
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Where is the custom of making jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween thought to have originated? | Ireland | 58%
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Which major holiday is celebrated on the 31st October in Mexico? | Day of the Dead | 42%
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Which horror character wears a glove with razors attached to it? | Freddy Krueger | 42%
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Who is the author of the Goosebumps novels? | R. L. Stine | 42%
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The celebrations for which Gaelic festival begin on the 31st October? | Samhain | 42%
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The word "zombi" comes from which country? | Haiti | 37%
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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? | Arms | 32%
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Who is said to appear in a mirror if you say their name repeatedly? | Bloody Mary | 32%
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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? | Edgar Allan Poe | 32%
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Who directed Halloween, The Thing and They Live? | John Carpenter | 32%
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Which type of ghost typically causes physical disturbances, such as moving objects or making loud noises? | Poltergeist | 32%
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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)? | Peeping Tom | Psycho | 26%
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Which type of winged dragon is bipedal? | Wyvern | 26%
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Yacumama is a giant mythical serpent said to live in which forest? | Amazon Rainforest | 21%
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The word "ghoul" is based on a word from which language? | Arabic | 21%
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The Whowie and yowie are legendary creatures from the folklore of which country? | Australia | 21%
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In which country does Victor Frankenstein live when he creates the monster, in Mary Shelley's novel? | Germany | 21%
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Who wrote the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? | Robert Louis Stevenson | 21%
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What is the name of the mummy in the 1932 and 1999 versions of The Mummy? | Imhotep | 16%
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Gashadokuro are spirits in Japanese folklore that resemble giant versions of what? | Skeletons | 16%
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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? | Tengu | 16%
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Which TV show featured creatures such as the Flukeman and Eugene Victor Tooms? | The X-Files | 16%
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What name is given to the group of evil extra-dimensional beings in the Hellraiser franchise? | Cenobites | 11%
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Who wrote the horror story The Signal-Man in the 1860s? | Charles Dickens | 11%
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Which undead creatures from Norse mythology often guard the treasure they were buried with? | Draugr | 11%
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Which artist designed the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise? | H.R. Giger | 11%
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Which creatures originating in the mythologies of south Asia are half human, half snake? | Nāga | 11%
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Which legendary creature from the folklore of the First Nations is characterised by insatiable hunger and cannibalism? | Wendigo | 11%
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Jack-o'-lantern is one of the many names given to what phenomenon? | Will-o'-the-wisp | 11%
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Which mythical creature from Irish folklore is a type of headless horseman? | Dullahan | 5%
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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? | Guising | 5%
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Where was the heaviest pumpkin ever measured grown? | Italy | 5%
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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? | The Terror | 5%
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Which monstrous son of Gaia and Tartarus in Greek mythology attempted to overthrow Zeus? | Typhon | 5%
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What alternative name for Halloween doesn't contain the word "hallow"? | All Saints' Eve | 0%
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The novella At the Mountains of Madness is set in which part of the world? | Antarctica | 0%
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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? | Behemoth | 0%
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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? | Shade | 0%
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