A loud, high sound you make when very frightened, excited, or angry.
scream
A body from ancient Egypt preserved and wrapped in cloth.
mummy
A sweet food made from sugar or chocolate, or a piece of this.
candy
A stick of wax with a steady flame when lit.
candle
A woman who is believed to have magical powers and who uses them to harm or help other people.
witch
A film in which very frightening or unnatural things happen, for example dead people coming to life.
horror film
A small rodent, larger than a mouse, that has a long tail and is considered to be harmful.
rat
The moon when it is shaped like a complete disc.
full moon
A man who is believed to have magical powers and who uses them to harm or help other people.
wizard
The spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person that some people believe appears to people who are alive.
ghost
An expression used by children on Halloween to “threaten” people that they will do annoying tricks if they do not get sweets or small presents.
treat or trick!
A person who creates a monster that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
Frankestein
A set of clothes worn in order to look like someone or something else, especially for a party or as part of an entertainment.
costume
Fictional creatures usually represented as reanimated dead bodies or virally infected human beings. In films and TV series, they eat human brains.
zombie
A very upsetting or frightening dream.
nightmare
A character from a 19th-century novel who is a vampire.
Dracula
A liquid that is believed to have a magical effect on someone who drinks it.
potion
A small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night.
bat
The frame of bones supporting a human or animal body.
skeleton
Twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
midnight
An area of ground in which dead bodies are buried.
cemetery
A building where people live and ghosts regularly appear.
haunted house
A thick stick with material that burns tied to the top of it, used to give light.
torch
A weather condition in which very small drops of water come together to form a thick cloud close to the land or sea, making it difficult to see.
fog
A dead person who comes back to life and sucks blood from other people at night.
vampire
An area of darkness, caused by light being blocked by something.
shadow
An eight-legged creature that makes a spiderweb to catch insects.
spider
The red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs.
blood
The part of every 24-hour period when it is dark because there is very little light from the sun.
night
Any imaginary ugly, frightening creature, especially one that is large and strange.
monster
A large, round vegetable with hard, yellow or orange flesh.
pumpkin
One of the oldest superstitions is that crossing paths with this animal will bring on bad luck.
black cat
A belief that things sometimes happen because of good luck or bad luck.
superstition
A spirit or force that moves furniture and throws objects around in a house.
poltergeist
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