A Ghoulish Puzzle
Across
- 2. Common setting for a horror story
- 5. Admired by werewolves, everywhere
- 8. He has no body to trick-or-treat with
- 10. What did Mary Shelley keep of her husband when he died?
- 12. They're creepy and they're kooky
- 14. Don't feed them after midnight
- 18. Vampires can't stand this type of bread
- 19. Who you gonna call?
- 22. The ______ Hour is the time of night when supernatural forces are believed to be at the peak power
- 24. Found at rodeos, circuses, birthday parties, and in sewers
- 25. Stephen King hated the initial draft of ______, his first novel, so much so that his wife had to fish parts of it out of the trash!
- 26. Hansel and Gretel's personal chef
- 29. He could escape almost anything
- 30. Creature that rises from the dead and wanders around craving brains
- 31. Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts professor
- 35. What did Ozzy bite the head off of?
- 36. Author of Watchers and Phantoms, known for weaving suspense and the supernatural into his stories
- 38. Fun to carve and fun to smash
- 39. A diverse class of supernatural spirits, monsters, and strange phenomena in Japanese folklore
- 40. Jack Skellington is the ________ King
- 41. A mythological creature that lures sailors to their doom
- 42. A friendly ghost
- 47. A unit of measurement used by the dead
- 50. Director of the Night of the Living Dead
- 52. Trick-or-treat attire
- 53. "Out, damned spot!"
- 55. Iconic horror clown, or perhaps what you'd call a thrifty individual?
- 56. A blueberry-flavored breakfast cereal featuring a friendly ghost mascot
- 59. Witches are harassed by phone calls offering to extend the warranty on their ______
- 60. The doctor not the monster
- 66. Common setting for a horror story
- 68. Author who knows IT
- 69. "The Silence of the __"
- 70. Spooky Santa Clause
- 72. "...it was a graveyard smash... it caught on in a flash... they played the ______"
- 73. Gothic poet who loved the macabre
- 75. An animal whose existence is claimed or rumored but not proven
- 76. The can tell you everything but funny enough they can't tell you winning lottery numbers?
- 78. The author of Dracula
- 79. What children say at the door on Halloween night
- 80. Fairytale monster who lives under a bridge
- 81. Mother issues, motel edition
- 82. Ancient Egypt's best wrap artist
- 83. Transforms from human to beast under the light of a full moon
Down
- 1. Grecian mythological creature with snakes for hair
- 3. When the street light come on
- 4. Common setting for a horror story
- 6. Mr. Hyde, for example?
- 7. Killer who wore a modified Captain Kirk mask?
- 9. Often considered an omen of misfortune when spotted crossing your path
- 11. Author of "The Halloween Tree"
- 13. Who owns a haunted mansion?
- 15. The book of the dead
- 16. Presence believed to linger among the living after death
- 17. Striped-sweater slasher
- 20. Outstanding in their field
- 21. Here's Johnny!
- 23. In Navajo culture, a malevolent witch who breaks cultural taboos to gain the supernatural power to transform themselves into animals
- 27. Phantom of the ______ is the longest-running show in Broadway history
- 28. "Goat-sucker"
- 32. Cryptid from West Virginia who may or may not be susceptible to bug spray
- 33. One of Dracula's most specific and perplexing weakness?
- 34. Phantoms in the ______ is a an annual event were Marion County Librarian's story tell
- 37. Michael Jackson's horror themed hit
- 38. Supernatural, intelligent beings in Islamic theology, ancient Arabian religion, and Arabic folklore
- 42. You can get lost in it
- 43. This Christian feast day -- which occurs on November 1st -- is the origin of Halloween's name.
- 44. Alongside Purgatorio and Paradiso, Dante's Divine Comedy is divided into these three parts, known as "Cantos"
- 45. Egyptian guide to the underworld
- 46. Addams Family daughter
- 48. The Headless Horseman's haunt
- 49. Gothic stone guardian
- 51. Cryptid who can't find shoes to fit
- 54. a type of ghost or supernatural force that causes physical disturbances
- 57. Creator of the Cthulhu Mythos
- 58. Director of "A Nightmare on Elm Street"
- 61. Candied, cidered or bobbed
- 62. "It's the Great ______ Charlie Brown"
- 63. Egyptian god of the underworld
- 64. Quoth the Raven
- 65. Say his name three times
- 67. A yellow, orange, and white treat
- 68. Commune with the dead
- 71. Eight-legged freaks
- 74. This author will give you goosebumps
- 77. Massachusetts town infamous for its 1692 witch trials