The Halloween Speed Round: Episode 218

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It’s the Iconic Sam, from Trick R’ Treat, one of our go to Halloween favorites.

Happy Halloween, everybody! It’s time for the Halloween Speed Round! To celebrate our favorite holiday, The Scariest Things is bringing back a favorite tradition: the speed round. We will blast through several Halloweeny topics with quick-hit impressions… like Goth Speed Dating!

If you aren’t familiar with our Speed Round discussions, here’s the deal. We’ll list a trope topic, and you provide your best example. We’re sharing the full list of our speed round questions so you can play along and compare your favorites with ours. Are you ready? GO!

How Do You Halloween?

  1. Your go-to Halloween prep movie.
  2. What horror-themed music would be your grand entry music?
  3. The Best Haunted House in a Movie.
  4. The Spookiest Place you’ve ever actually visited.
  5. Your Favorite Halloween Candy.
  6. The Best Halloween Party you’ve ever been to. (where and when)
  7. The Best Halloween Costume you’ve ever worn (adult)
  8. The Best Halloween Costume you wore as a kid.
  9. Your favorite Halloween Decoration

Halloween Tropes and Tools

  1. The best use of a cat jump scare in a movie. (Correction for Eric: It’s Inferno, not Tenebre)
  2. The most beautiful Horror Movie Costume
  3. The scariest movie costume outfit.
  4. The most grotesque horror movie makeup.
  5. Best use of Pumpkins in a Horror Movie.
  6. The most iconic horror movie device or prop.
  7. The best Halloween movie or show for kids.
  8. The best horror movie weapon.
  9. The best horror movie vehicle
  10. The best use of candy in a horror movie
  11. The most iconic “eaten by a monster” horror movie moment.

The Iconic Halloween Classics

  1. Favorite movie vampire
  2. Most pathetic horror movie victim.
  3. Most deserving horror movie victim.
  4. Favorite movie witch.
  5. Favorite Mummy Movie.
  6. Favorite Werewolf Movie.
  7. Favorite Fish-beastie Movie.
  8. Favorite Zombie Movie.
  9. Favorite Slasher villain
  10. Favorite horror movie ghost.
  11. Favorite Halloween Franchise film… apart from the first one.

Happy Halloween, everyone! Stay safe out there! Don’t eat too much candy. (Or any candy, if you are a diabetic like me.) Stay out of murder hotels!

Episode 218: The Halloween Speed Round

Here’s Episode 218, where Liz, Eric, and Mike compare notes on our favorite Halloween tropes. It’s a Scariest Things original concept. If you like this format, check out our other Speed Round Episodes: Episode 195: The Horror Zodiac, Episode 171: The ABC’s of Horror, Episode 145: The Tropetown Showdown, and Episode 73: Our Horror Movie Profiles, The Speed Round.

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