| #9206, aired 2024-11-18 | TOUGH 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This adjective meaning loathsome is etymologically related to the word horror abhorrent |
| #9152, aired 2024-07-23 | SUMMER READING $800: R.L. Stine takes a stab at the bard with his horror tale called "A Midsummer Night's" this Scream |
| #9147, aired 2024-07-16 | DISTRACTIONS $800: Sorry son, missed your soccer tournament playing L4D2, this Deep South-set horror video game Left 4 Dead 2 |
| #9130, aired 2024-06-21 | GENRES $400: Entertainment Weekly calls this 1975 movie one of the best aquatic horror movies of all time Jaws |
| #9109, aired 2024-05-23 | 2 FOR THE SHOW $1000: A special 2022 horror double feature paired "Pearl" & "X", both starring this fittingly named actress Mia Goth |
| #35, aired 2024-05-20 | UNREAL ESTATE $2000: In a novella by H.P. Lovecraft, the title "Horror" of this Massachusetts town is a hideous monster evoked by occult magic Dunwich |
| #26, aired 2024-05-08 | ON THE DIRECTOR'S RÉSUMÉ $2000: He spoke the silent language of horror in 1922's "Nosferatu" Murnau |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $800: Composer Bear McCreary used tremolo strings to evoke the horror of zombies for the theme of this show that debuted in 2010 The Walking Dead |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $2000: In "Horror Stories", she says she wrote the songs on "Exile in Guyville" broke, lonely, confused & angry, & people related Liz Phair |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $400: Ray Parker Jr. wrote & performed the theme song to "Ghostbusters" that went to No. 1 on the charts & asked this musical question Who you gonna call? |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $800: "What ever happened to my Transylvania twist?" is a lyric from this novelty horror song the "Monster Mash" |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1200: A man sees a ghostly version of himself in Schubert's lied (song) with this German title "Doppelganger" |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1600: In a song by the goth rock band Bauhaus, this horror movie legend is "Dead, undead, undead, undead" Bela Lugosi |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $2000: "Putting Out The Fire With Gasoline" is from the theme song to this beastly film starring Nastassja Kinski Cat People |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | VIOLENT ART $1600: Napoleon's go-to guy, he also sort of directed a horror pic, an oil of Marat in the bath in 1793 done soon after the killing David |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | DIRECTORS ACTING $2000: Viggo Mortensen starred in "Eastern Promises" from this horror master, who then acted in Viggo's directorial debut "Falling" Cronenberg |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $1200: This horror master turned director to translate his own novella "The Hellbound Heart" to the screen as "Hellraiser" Barker |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | THAT'S A LONG STORY $400: Serialized from 1845 to 1847, the seminal & alliterative horror tale "Varney the" this runs to more than 200 chapters Vampire |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | FROM PAGE TO SCREAM $400: Author Ira Levin claimed credit for first suggesting Mia Farrow as the lead in this 1968 adaptation of his horror novel Rosemary's Baby |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $400: "Dammit Janet" & "Over At The Frankenstein Place" are songs from this 1975 movie; can you sense my antici...pation? The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $400: Anne Hathaway is tortured, but not in that way, by a nonetheless vicious Meryl Streep in this 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $800: There's not haunting in "Ghosts of the Abyss", a documentary by this director James Cameron |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $1200: Grisly ghost? No, this Bond title from 2015 refers to the criminal organization that's vexing him Spectre |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $1600: Jane Fonda had no bolts in her neck as the title family relation in this 2005 flick, but J. Lo wanted to scream anyway Monster-in-Law |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $2000: Daniel Day-Lewis dealt with frocks, not frights, in this 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson period piece Phantom Thread |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | SQUEAKER OF THE HOUSE $200: An official WD-40 website says a squeaking one of these makes you feel like you're in a creepy horror movie door |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | MOVIE VIEWING $800: Ellen Burstyn used her salary for "Believer", a sequel to this '70s horror film, to fund a scholarship for actors at Pace U. The Exorcist |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | F-STOP $600: A role in "Rocky Horror", or low-class folks Riff Raff |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | WRITERS' WORDS $600: From the French for "kind", it's a distinctive category of literature like comedy or horror genre |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | "THE" MOVIE $400: This 1973 horror classic had Linda Blair take an extended look around The Exorcist |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FOR SWEATER OR WORSE $600: You can score a version of this horror villain's striped sweater on Amazon for about 40 bucks -- finger knives not included Freddy Krueger |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CAT LOVERS $800: This American author had a beloved pet named Catterina, who we hope was not the inspiration for his horror tale "The Black Cat" Poe |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | 21st CENTURY HORROR NOVELS $200: Christina Henry's "Looking Glass" is the last book in a chilling trilogy about a woman with this 5-letter name Alice |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | 21st CENTURY HORROR NOVELS $400: In Grady Hendrix' "How to Sell" this place, it has a sealed attic & creepy puppet collection & Redfin will be no help a haunted house |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | 21st CENTURY HORROR NOVELS $600: The Scooby gang was often accused of being these, the title of a book by Edgar Cantero about 4 teens with a telepathic pooch meddling kids |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | 21st CENTURY HORROR NOVELS $800: Megan James pays homage to this horror master & his creation Cthulhu with her graphic novel "Innsmouth" Lovecraft |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | 21st CENTURY HORROR NOVELS $1000: Clive Barker's "Scarlet Gospels" revisits the Hellraiser universe where this prickly priest of hell mans the pulpit Pinhead |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Lil Rel Howery eased the tension a bit as Daniel Kaluuya's wisecracking bud in this 2017 horror film Get Out |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | MOVIE CONTINENTS $400: Europe:
2005 horror film named for cheap lodgings Hostel |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | THAT BOOK CHARACTER DOES THINGS $2000: Goes up the Congo; hears about "the horror"; questions western civilization Charlie Marlow |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $400: This character drowning at Camp Crystal Lake leads to all kinds of murderous fallout in "Friday the 13th" Jason |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $800: This title girl from a 2018 movie came & gave without taking & they took her away from Nic Cage; big mistake--he's good with a chainsaw Mandy |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $1200: "Drag Me To Hell", directed by this horror heavyweight, focuses on a woman placed under the curse of the Lamia by a wicked witch Sam Raimi |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $1600: She stars in Fresh, which seems like a rom-com at first, but thanks to Sebastian Stan, she soon learns there's more on the menu Daisy Edgar Jones |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $2000: This Georges Franju classic about plastic surgery inspired a Billy Idol song & an Almodóvar film Eyes Without a Face |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | HORRORS! $1000: Some say the first true horror film is the 1920 silent picture "The Cabinet of" this doctor Dr. Caligari |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $400: An extremely unlucky day at camp; Kevin Bacon got the point in film No. 1; Jason's "Final Chapter"? Not even close Friday the 13th |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $800: A torso-bursting good time; Ripley's continuing believe it or not; bad company, I can't deny Alien |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $1200: Title tool of the trade; locked up folks, cutting to the chase; the Tobin Bell tolls for thee Saw |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $1600: Once a year, anything goes!; Ethan Hawke's son unlocks the door to trouble; later, it's "Anarchy" The Purge |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $2000: A high school plane trip to Europe! What could possibly go wrong?; making death mad... problematic; hi, Mr. Bludworth! Final Destination |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | THEY'RE BAD IN BOOKS $400: An ancient demon named Pazuzu possesses a young girl & kills 2 priests in this '70s horror bestseller The Exorcist |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | THE SINGER WHO PLAYED... $1200: Eddie the biker in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Meat Loaf |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | THE DOOMSDAY BOOK $1200: The blindfold returns in--& on--"Malorie", the sequel to this "avian" horror novel Bird Box |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | MOVIE CHARACTERS $1200: In a 2003 horror film, it was Jason Voorhees against this killer, a match made in hell Freddy Krueger |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | STARTS OR ENDS WITH X $1600: 8-letter word meaning to paralyze someone with horror or amazement to transfix |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | A WORD OF WARNING $200: It's something that portends a future event, as in the title of a 1976 horror film omen (The Omen) |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | WORDS FROM GERMAN $800: In 1820 the Edinburgh Magazine expressed horror that Scotch women were being seized by the waist for this dance the waltz |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTOR $1000: Yes, "Nope" is this performer & director's latest exploration of the horror genre Jordan Peele |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | THE MOVIE'S DIRECTOR $400: The 2019 horror thriller
"Us" Jordan Peele |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE $800: In 2012 the Horror Writers Assoc. said Richard Matheson's "I Am" this lived up to its name as "vampire novel of the century" I Am Legend |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | HORROR MOVIES $200: "The Babysitter Murders" became this 1978 film introducing Michael Myers Halloween |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | HORROR MOVIES $400: A masked killer known as Ghostface torments teens in this 1996 horror film & its 2022 outing Scream |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | HORROR MOVIES $600: Sammy Davis Jr.'s cover of a song from "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" plays before the start of this 2021 scarefest the Candyman |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | HORROR MOVIES $800: In a 2017 horror film he starred as Chris Washington, trying to "Get Out" of the Armitage home Daniel Kaluuya |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | HORROR MOVIES $1000: The spawn of Satan is given this first name & is raised by an ambassador in "The Omen" Damien |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | TV SHOWS BY SETTING $800: On season 2 of this anthology series, Briarcliff Manor mental asylum American Horror Story |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $200: In 1897 this Bram Stoker horror novel was vastly outsold by another in the genre, "The Beetle", about a shape-shifting monster Dracula |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | A SONG & A DANCE $2000: "Rocky Horror" gave us this dance that's "just a jump to the left, & then a step to the right with your hands on your hips..." the "Time Warp" |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES $1600: (Sarah presents the clue from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.) The museum's costume collection includes the magnificent dress here, featuring 10,000 silk flowers & weighing 30 pounds, worn by Florence Pugh as the May Queen at the end of this 2019 neo-pagan horror film set in Sweden Midsommar |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | HER EMMY-WINNING ROLE $1200: This actress as Madame Delphine LaLaurie on "American Horror Story: Coven" Kathy Bates |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | HORROR FILMS $400: Ewan McGregor plays a grown-up Danny Torrance in "Doctor Sleep", the sequel to this 1980 classic The Shining |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | HORROR FILMS $800: This Simon Pegg horror comedy puns on the title of a George Romero flick Shaun of the Dead |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | HORROR FILMS $1200: Stephen Lang played a character simply known as "The Blind Man" in this 2016 film & returned for its 2021 sequel Don't Breathe |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | HORROR FILMS $1600: "Drag Me to Hell" is a spine-tingling entry from this director of "The Evil Dead" & "Spider-Man" (Sam) Raimi |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | HORROR FILMS $2000: Ari Aster followed up "Hereditary" with this "seasonal" tale of a trip to a Swedish festival that goes horribly awry Midsommar |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | THE PRODUCERS $1600: Ryan Murphy has told us 10 "American Horror Story"s & 3 of these FX limited series American Crime Story |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | AUTHORS' NONFICTION $800: In 1981, when he'd only written a handful of novels, he published "Danse Macabre", an overview of the horror genre Stephen King |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: This scary "road" is a 2021 trilogy of horror films on Netflix adapted from R.L. Stine's books Fear Street |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | A FAIR PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT $400: This fourth season of "American Horror Story" is set at Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities in Jupiter, Florida Freak Show |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TALES OF HORROR $200: The kids of Kettle Springs are menaced not by "Scarecrow in a Cornfield" but worse, this smiley creature "In a Cornfield" clown |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TALES OF HORROR $400: "Horror" is in the title of this book in which the Lutz family learned that, sometimes, buying a murder home isn't worth it The Amityville Horror |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TALES OF HORROR $600: It's the title vocation of Herbert West in a 1922 H.P. Lovecraft tale, & he needs fresh corpses to do it to reanimator |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TALES OF HORROR $800: Luke is the future heir of this Shirley Jackson title place; sadly for Luke, that title includes "The Haunting of..." Hill House |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TALES OF HORROR $1000: Malorie takes her kids on a terrifying, blindfolded river trip in this Josh Malerman novel Bird Box |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | CULT MOVIES $400: The wild musical fun of this cult classic features Meat Loaf, Susan Sarandon & Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | FROM BOOK TO RETITLED FILM $1200: Centered on an evil puzzle box, "The Hellbound Heart" by Clive Barker scared up this 1987 horror movie, you pinhead Hellraiser |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $2000: "Apocalypse Now" Horror |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: Novels in the horror genre by Bram Stoker include "The Lair of" this colorful snakelike creature the White Worm |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $2000: Tony Todd was paid $1,000 each time he was stung by a bee playing the title villain in this 1992 horror movie Candyman |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | FICTIONAL GAME SHOWS $1200: A sequel to this mind-bending 1975 movie musical, "Shock Treatment" finds Brad & Janet as contestants on "Marriage Maze" The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | MOVIE RULES $2000: In "Scream", one of Randy's rules of surviving a horror film is to never say these 4 words--you won't return I'll be right back |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | MOVIE MUSICALS $400: At a midnight screening of this film, people often do the "Time Warp" in the aisles The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | ABBREV. TV $800: A creepy anthology series:
"AHS" American Horror Story |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | CAPTAIN $200: To his horror & shame, on May 7, 1915 the captain of this liner was saved & did not go down with the ship after a U-boat sank it the Lusitania |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | FILMS WITH SMALL CASTS $400: The 2007 horror film titled this "Activity" had just 5 credited parts, 4 uncredited ones & some creepy atmospherics Paranormal Activity |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | IT'S A LONG STORY $600: You get more than 200 chapters of Gothic horror with the alliteratively titled "Varney" this creature a vampire |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | INSANE CLOWN POSSE $800: With his artificial smile, Twisty the clown was just one of the terrors in the "Freak Show" season of this FX series American Horror Story |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | PAPERBACK WRITER $200: In 1979 this horror master said, "Most of the market for my stuff is in paperbacks", but he's done okay in hardcover, too (Stephen) King |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $2000: Better known for the film role, he made his Broadway debut as Frank 'n' Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show", panned by critics Tim Curry |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | FORGETFUL SEQUELS $400: This 2018 horror movie is a sequel to the 1978 original & skips over the 2002 sequel where Jamie Lee Curtis' character is killed Halloween |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | WORDS TO FEAR $400: The Hollywood Reporter's obituary for director Wes Craven called him the "Master of" this film genre Horror |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | MOVIE MONSTERS $1600: Renée Zellweger was in a 1994 film of this horror series that features a cannibalistic psychopath named Leatherface Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | WAYS TO SAY GO AWAY! $2,500 (Daily Double): In this 2017 horror film, Lakeith Stanfield delivers the 2-word title line Get Out |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | NETFLIX & CHILL $2000: This Netflix show is a chilling reworking of Shirley Jackson's gothic horror tale The Haunting of Hill House |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | BLANK-"ISH" $200: Gory horror movies are not for these people who are easily nauseated squeamish |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | HORROR FILMS $200: In 1910, less than a century after this novel was published, it had its first film adaptation with Augustus Phillips at the title scientist Frankenstein |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | HORROR FILMS $400: Taking place on the eve of this invasion, 2018's "Overlord" features less-than-human Nazis D-Day |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | HORROR FILMS $600: "Dream Warriors" is the subtitle to the third movie in this series Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | HORROR FILMS $800: It's the last word in 6 of George Romero's zombie movie titles Dead |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | HORROR FILMS $1000: "The Burning", the debut film for Holly Hunter & Jason Alexander, was part of the flourishing horror-at-this-summer-setting genre summer camp |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | ON THE MOVIE'S SOUNDTRACK $800: "Dammit Janet" & "The Time Warp" The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | THAT'S OXYMORONIC $400: A 1968 horror movie was titled "Night of" these zombies the Living Dead |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | MUSICIANS WHO ACT $800: This diva was way beyond "The Edge of Glory" in 2016 when she said she'd return to act on "American Horror Story" Lady Gaga |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | "EL" OR "LA" $800: A 2019 horror movie was called "The Curse of" her, Spanish for "the weeping woman" La Llorona |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | GARGOYLES $800: Paisley Abbey in Scotland added a new gargoyle likely inspired by this 1979 horror film Alien |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | HORROR MOVIES $200: 2017 saw the 8th film in the "Saw" franchise, & 3 additional letters were needed for this, its title Jigsaw |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | HORROR MOVIES $400: This 1931 film had the tagline "A monster science created but could not destroy!" Frankenstein |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | HORROR MOVIES $600: Doris tries to play on this board alone (totally against the rules) & learns the "Origin of Evil" in a 2016 movie a Ouija board |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | HORROR MOVIES $800: In 1990 Christine Elise battled this homicidal doll; in 2019 it was Aubrey Plaza Chucky |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | HORROR MOVIES $1000: This Australian actress starred in the 2018 horror "Hereditary" about a family with dark secrets (Toni) Collette |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | THE EDGARS $200: Part of "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", "Obits" won the 2016 Short Story Edgar Award for my Maine man, this horror master Stephen King |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | MUSIC I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH $1600: "My Midnight Things" was a 2018 hit for this metal band big on horror stagecraft, but you won't get 40 whacks at its name Lizzy Borden |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | SOMEWHAT HISTORICAL TV $1200: Horror aside, "The Terror" tells of the HMS Terror, a real ship searching for this seafaring route the Northwest Passage |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | ACTORS WE MISS $2000: This horror movie actor has been listed as a record holder for most screen credits, including the "Lord of the Rings" films Christopher Lee |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | MURPHY, BROWN $800: He's a creator of "Glee" & "American Horror Story" Ryan Murphy |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | CLASSIC LITERATURE $200: "The horror! The horror!" are Mr. Kurtz' dying words in this novella Heart of Darkness |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | VAMPIRE-POURRI $200: Lady Gaga gave a fine performance as a bloodsucking countess on the "Hotel" edition of this FX series American Horror Story |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | TALKING DEAD $1600: "I am Providence", says the Rhode Island headstone of this horror master & Cthulhu creator (H.P.) Lovecraft |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | PLAYING VIDEO GAMES $2000: Milla Jovovich has been Alice in all 6 films in this franchise based on a horror game Resident Evil |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | CLASSIC MOVIES $600: This Dario Argento horror classic about a dance studio that's really a coven was remade in 2018 Suspiria |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | A REAL HORROR STORY $200: "There are things which so afflict him that he has no power, as the garlic" in this classic novel Dracula |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | A REAL HORROR STORY $400: This author, pretty much nailing the title early in the book: "'Now, do you still want the interview?' the vampire asked" (Anne) Rice |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | A REAL HORROR STORY $600: A N.Y. Times review said this Stephen King title character "runs psychically amok" & things go south for her & everyone Carrie (White) |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | A REAL HORROR STORY $800: In "The Strange Case of" these 2, "I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | A REAL HORROR STORY $1000: What not to expect when you're expecting:
This title of a 1967 Ira Levin novel Rosemary's Baby |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | MYTHICAL TAXONOMY $800: The Xenomorphs in this space horror film series have been called Internecivus raptus Alien |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | POSTHUMOUS BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): After death, this horror author still talked about the Necronomicon in his novel "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" H.P. Lovecraft |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | I'M BESIDE MYSELF! $800: Sarah Paulson harmonizes with herself as singing conjoined twins on this series: "Freak Show" American Horror Story |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | "TIME" FOR A TUNE $1200: It's the "Rocky Horror" tune about "a jump to the left" & "a step to the right" "The Time Warp" |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | ENTERTAINMENT RITUALS $1600: Those who frequent this cult film on weekends know to bring rice to throw for Brad & Janet's wedding The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | "IN", THE MIDDLE $1200: To draw back suddenly in fear or horror flinch or cringe |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: Each year the Horror Writers Association presents awards named in honor of this "Dracula" author (Bram) Stoker |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: Carrie Fisher auditioned for "Star Wars" & this horror film at the same time--the 2 directors were in the same room Carrie |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | DON'T TELL ME $1000: Sergeant Howie, you've got an appointment with the title pagan fella in this 1973 horror classic The Wicker Man |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | IT'S ONLY AN ALLUSION $600: Women who submit to their husbands as perfect, servile spouses, like those in a 1975 horror movie Stepford wives |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $600: "The Rocky Horror Show" did not last a month in 1975, but this actor was back in the "Picture" as Frank-N-Furter Tim Curry |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | ENTERTAINMENT 2017 $1200: Billy Eichner left the street for this show's "Cult" & played a game of what Billy liked to call "sawing off my boss' head" American Horror Story |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | 1970s MOVIES $800: This not-at-all Christmasy film about demonic possession opened on December 26, 1973 The Exorcist |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | TV SHOWS IN OTHER WORDS $1200: "Yankee Terror Tale" American Horror Story |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "Z" GRADE ENTERTAINMENT $1600: This "Hellbilly Deluxe" rocker has expanded his repertoire to directing horror films Rob Zombie |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | "THE" MOVIE $1600: This 1973 horror classic had Linda Blair take an extended look around The Exorcist |
| #7606, aired 2017-10-09 | CLASSICS ON AUDIBLE $600: Kenneth Branagh captures the horror of this story
"There were rumors that a very important station was in jeopardy, and its chief, Mr. Kurtz, was ill" Heart of Darkness |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | TIMELY TALK $1000: Before singing about "The Time Warp", Riff Raff intones, "Time is" this, meaning it passes quickly fleeting |
| #7585, aired 2017-07-28 | & OTHER ODD FILMS $2000: A favorite of Kubrick's was this 1977 black-&-white David Lynch horror film about a man with an unusual child Eraserhead |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE $400: "The clown was put on Earth... to introduce me to the sweet language of murder"--Dandy, on this: "Freak Show" American Horror Story |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | SCARY READING $400: This beastly 1902 novel is a Sherlock Holmes foray into horror The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | SCARY READING $1000: An early 20th c. New England recluse, he wrote scary tales like "The Thing on the Doorstep" & "The Dunwich Horror" H.P. Lovecraft |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $400: Holocaust survivor Aharon Appelfeld wrote of the impending horror in "Badenheim" this year 1939 |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | SINGERS WHO ACT $1200: She slayed 'em as the Countess on "American Horror Story: Hotel" Lady Gaga |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: In this Poe story, "I had scarcely stepped from my... bed of horror... when the motion of the hellish machine ceased" The Pit and the Pendulum |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | OH, THE HORROR! $200: In the original film it's the night in 1963 when 6-year-old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death Halloween |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | OH, THE HORROR! $400: "Roanoke", about a haunted farm house in North Carolina, is the sixth season of this FX anthology American Horror Story |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | OH, THE HORROR! $600: Both a 1999 film & its 2016 sequel feature found footage exploring this title figure in the Maryland woods The Blair Witch Project |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | OH, THE HORROR! $800: "What's Wrong With Norman" was an episode of this drama on A&E Bates Motel |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | OH, THE HORROR! $1000: Ghostface, the white-masked killer in this 1996 film, asks, "What's your favorite scary movie? Scream |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | THE JEAN POOL $1600: Al Jean wrote 2 of "The Simpsons" Halloween episodes called this the "Treehouse of Horror"s |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $1200: For his many roles, silent horror film actor Lon Chaney was "The Man of" these a Thousand Faces |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $400: She credited her "American Horror Story" producer Ryan Murphy for her Best Actress in a Play win at the Tonys in 2016 Jessica Lange |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HORROR TV $400: The Art Deco Oviatt Building was used for exterior shots of this anthology series' "Hotel", the Cortez American Horror Story |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HORROR TV $800: Taking place in the same zombie-killing universe, this TV show adds a word to the title of its predecessor Fear the Walking Dead |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HORROR TV $1200: A corpse character was the master of "scaremonies" for this HBO horror anthology Tales from the Crypt |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HORROR TV $1600: On "The Twilight Zone" episode "To Serve Man", the aliens' intentions are revealed, as "it's" this kind of book! a cookbook |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HORROR TV $2000: This Showtime series features Eva Green as a Victorian-era medium with a troubled past Penny Dreadful |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | 2016 PEOPLE'S CHOICE TV WINNERS $1000: This "royal" Fox series sounds like a horror show but took home the prize for New TV Comedy Scream Queens |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THAT'S A REAL HORROR STORY $400: "Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature" is said in this novel Frankenstein |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THAT'S A REAL HORROR STORY $800: This character says, "Billy thinks he wants to change. He's making himself a girl suit out of real girls" Hannibal Lecter |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THAT'S A REAL HORROR STORY $1200: A vampire asks how much tape a reporter has in the second paragraph of a novel by this author Anne Rice |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THAT'S A REAL HORROR STORY $1600: You get horror right in the title of this book & the prologue tells of 1974 mass murders at a home on Long Island The Amityville Horror |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THAT'S A REAL HORROR STORY $2000: It's a rough go for humanity as a supercomputer turns evil in Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must" do this Scream |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | MORE FUNNY THAN SCARY $1200: A human who's infiltrated the enemy commits the faux pas of asking for ketchup in this 1978 horror spoof Attack of the Killer Tomatoes |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | ALL KINDS OF DRAMA $1200: Emphasizing violence & horror, Grand Guignol plays of the 19th century took their name from a theater in this city Paris |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | FEAR $1200: Leatherface is the killer in this "stately" 1974 horror film loosely based on the life of Ed Gein The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | FICTIONAL HUNCHBACKS $1200: Riff Raff was this doctor's hunchbacked aide in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Frank-N-Furter |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | FELINE LIBRARY $1600: Winston Churchill is an unfortunate cat run over & buried in an ancient burial ground in this 1983 horror novel Pet Sematary |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS $800: In a 1902 novella:
"The horror! The horror!" Kurtz |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | ON NETFLIX $600: Available seasons of this series include "Coven" & "Freak Show" American Horror Story |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | IN THE ORIGINAL $600: With this horror movie, director George Romero started a franchise but never used the word "zombie" Night of the Living Dead |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | SCREAMS, SHOUTS $2000: Donald Sutherland was a total scream dealing with pod people in this 1978 horror remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $400: Her trophy case is getting full: Oscars for "Blue Sky" & "Tootsie" plus 2 Emmys for "American Horror Story" Jessica Lange |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $200: The dark past of Lakewood comes out in the 2015 MTV series based on this movie series that starred David Arquette Scream |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $400: In this 1984 Wes Craven classic, a girl warns her boyfriend, played by Johnny Depp, "Whatever you do, don't fall asleep" Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $600: Jamie Lee Curtis was paid $8,000 & provided her own wardrobe for this 1978 John Carpenter film, her first feature Halloween |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $800: It's the classic 1931 film in which actor Colin Clive yells, "It's alive! It's alive!" Frankenstein |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $1000: The 2012 movie in this franchise features Katie Featherston as the demon-possessed Katie for the 4th time Paranormal Activity |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | F-STOP $600: A role in "Rocky Horror", or low-class folks Riff Raff |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It's from the Latin for "to bristle with fear"; the this... the this horror |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | THE WAY WE "WAR" $1200: This "Rocky Horror" dance is also a sci-fi term the Time Warp |
| #7089, aired 2015-06-11 | THE SIMPSONS SUPPORTING CAST $1000: Kang is the drooling alien from this Halloween series of scary episodes "Treehouse of Horror" |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BUSINESSES $2000: A virus created by the Umbrella Corporation is out of control in this horror series Resident Evil |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | LAST NAMES OF FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: Krueger & Voorhies are the last names of these 2 horror villains who faced off in a 2003 flick Freddy & Jason |
| #6980, aired 2015-01-09 | MOVIE TITLE ADD A LETTER $800: 1979:
Captain Willard searches for Col. Kurtz, but the horror! There's a blizzard in Vietnam Apocalypse Snow |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | TELEVISION FOR SHORT $400: "Asylum" & "Freak Show" are seasons of this show, "AHS" for short American Horror Story |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | THERE'S A J IN THERE SOMEWHERE $2000: Utterly hopeless or contemptible, it often precedes "poverty" or "horror" abject |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | THE 2014 EMMYS $800: Jessica Lange & Kathy Bates took home awards for this third season of "American Horror Story" Coven |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | WOMEN'S LIT $2000: Daniel Radcliffe starred in a big screen version of this Susan Hill horror novel about a ghost haunting a town The Woman in Black |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | ALSO AN ASTEROID $800: This voluptuous horror movie hostess who was more bare than scare Elvira |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | HALLOWEEN IS COMING $600: "Halloween" is coming--the 1978 horror film with this actress who strode in as babysitter Laurie Strode Jamie Lee Curtis |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | WHICH SANDWICH? $600: James Beard said the inventor of this "horror should be forced to eat 3-deckers 3 times a day the rest of his life" a club sandwich |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | THAT BOOK GAVE ME A NIGHTMARE $1600: In "The Hungry Moon", horror stalks a town in England that practices the faith of these pre-Christian priests the druids |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | THE MOVIES $1200: This 2009 horror film that cost $15,000 to make grossed over $100 million & has spawned 4 sequels Paranormal Activity |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | NOEL, COWARD $600: Noel wouldn't open his tool box after seeing one of the movies in this horror series featuring Tobin Bell Saw |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | YOUR HORROR-SCOPE $200: A friend will get your goat if he buys your farm at a foreclosure; baah-d day for this December 22-January 19 sign Capricorn |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | YOUR HORROR-SCOPE $400: Something's fishy about this Feb. 19-March 20 sign, & it's your future; mercury poisoning awaits! Pisces |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | YOUR HORROR-SCOPE $600: "This is the dawning of the age of" this sign but not for you--you'll fall ill after swimming in polluted water Aquarius |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | YOUR HORROR-SCOPE $800: You'll get stung by a pal born under this sign; like one in a folktale, he will simply say, "it's my nature" Scorpio |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | YOUR HORROR-SCOPE $1000: Oh no! That can't be right! The item that's the symbol of this sign indicates you gained 15 pounds Libra |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | THE STATE OF FILM TODAY $400: Renee Zellweger & Matt McConaughey were in a 1994 sequel to this 1974 Tobe Hooper horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | AN ODD CAST OF CHARACTERS $1200: The 1975 film:
Magenta,
Columbia,
Janet Weiss The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | RECENT TV $1000: "American Horror Story" turned its attention to witches in its 2013 season, titled this American Horror Story: Coven |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | POP CULTURE $400: Chloe Grace Moretz was the title telekinetic teen in a 2013 remake of this horror movie Carrie |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | BUTLER $1600: The name of this butler to Frank-N-Furter in "Rocky Horror" sounds like he's one of the lowest class of people Riff-Raff |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | THAT '70s FILM $400: Devotees bring toilet paper, rice, rubber gloves & other props to midnight showings of this 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $1200: This horror master didn't sugarcoat it: "(J.K.) Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn" (Stephen) King |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | "AMERICAN" ENTERTAINMENT $800: This scary FX show stars Jessica Lange as Sister Jude American Horror Story: Asylum |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | BELA $400: This horror movie actor's last film, "Plan 9 from Outer Space", was released in 1959, 3 years after his death Bela Lugosi |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | RECENTLY DIRECTED $1600: This horror master was back for more with "Scream 4" Wes Craven |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | THAT'S A LAUGH! $600: Then in his 70s, he unleashed his horror-fying laugh on the song "Thriller" Vincent Price |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | LITERARY AWARDS $2000: He won a Bram Stoker award for horror for "Lisey's Story" & also has a lifetime achievement award Stephen King |
| #6462, aired 2012-10-23 | BEARD AWARD-WINNING CHEFS $600: Chicago's Grant Achatz used his kitchen discipline to beat back cancer of this, a horror for a chef the tongue |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | THAT BOOK WAS A HORROR! $400: Anne Rice, 1976: "Interview with" him the Vampire |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | THAT BOOK WAS A HORROR! $800: Ira Levin, 1967: her "Baby" Rosemary |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | THAT BOOK WAS A HORROR! $1200: Stephen King, 2009: "Under" this the Dome |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | THAT BOOK WAS A HORROR! $1600: Shirley Jackson, 1959: "The Haunting of" this "House" Hill |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | THAT BOOK WAS A HORROR! $2000: John Wyndham, 1951: "The Day of" these invading plants the Triffids |
| #6436, aired 2012-09-17 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $800: In 2012 this 2-time Oscar winner won a Golden Globe for her role on "American Horror Story" Jessica Lange |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE AIR $1200: Jessica Lange makes her debut as an episodic TV regular on this creepy "Story" American Horror Story |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Mia Farrow taking a pregnant pause in a horror pic segues into Tina Fey's ticking biological clock in a 2008 comedy Rosemary's Baby Mama |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $2000: The horror, the horror at seeing a Coppola war film turn into a 1942 film where Bette Davis overcomes her domineering ma Apocalypse Now, Voyager |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | WHO WROTE THE LINE? $2000: "He cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath--'The horror! The horror!"' Joseph Conrad |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | THEATER $1,000 (Daily Double): This long-running musical is based on a 1911 horror novel by Gaston Leroux Phantom of the Opera |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MARINE BIOLOGY $200: "The Night Of" this 10-armed creature wasn't a horror film but a Jacques Cousteau TV special the squid |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | BESTSELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Seth Grahame-Smith revealed an unknown aspect of the Civil War in the horror-history hybrid called Him: "Vampire Hunter" Abraham Lincoln |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ANYTHING BUT OPERA $800: Richard O'Brien not only created this musical, he also played the role of Riff Raff Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | NOVEL QUOTES $400: 1937:
"A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart" The Hobbit |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | CALL ME SHIRLEY $2000: Her "The Haunting of Hill House" is considered a treasure of Gothic horror literature Shirley Jackson |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | ROCK OF STAGES $200: This stage musical around since 1973 has Brad & Janet but no "Picture" in the title The Rocky Horror Show |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | AUTHORS $200: While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit Stephen King |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | FILM GRAMMAR $800: Horror films often show the victim from the perspective of the killer, a shot known by this 3-letter abbrev. POV (point of view) |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS $200: In "On Writing" this horror author wrote about his early life in Maine & gave advice to aspiring novelists Stephen King |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | TAKE A STAB $600: In a 1976 horror film, this telekinetic teen uses her powers to "throw" cutlery at her uber-religious mom Carrie |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | TEENS IN HISTORY $2000: Mary Shelley was just 19 when she wrote this horror classic Frankenstein |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | WHAT KIDS ARE READING THESE DAYS $800: This horror master's "Full Dark, No Stars" is a collection of creepy campfire tales (Stephen) King |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | "A" + 4 $400: To regard with horror or loathing abhor |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | SHAKESPEAREAN PORTMANTEAU $400: Shakespeare writes the 11th sequel to the Freddy Krueger horror films Twelfth Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | SCARY STARTS $1000: After appearing in "Return to Horror High" & "Return of the Killer Tomatoes!", he luckily got a trip to the "ER" George Clooney |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | JOHN TRAVOLTA FILMS $800: Before "Welcome Back, Kotter" aired, Travolta played one of this title girl's tormentors in a 1976 horror film Carrie |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | FRANKENSTEIN $800: Mick Jagger wanted to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter in this 1975 film; Tim Curry got the role instead Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | WEST SIDE STORY $800: Nicholas Meyer's "The West End Horror" takes this Victorian detective into the theatrical world Sherlock Holmes |
| #5841, aired 2010-01-25 | WORD-BY-WORD BOOK SUMMARIES $800: 1902:
Congo.
Upriver.
Jungle.
Godlike.
Horror.
Horror Heart of Darkness |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | SHIRLEY MacLAINE $800: When William Peter Blatty was writing this horror novel in the early '70s, he based the mother on Shirley, a close friend The Exorcist |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | WAR FILMS $400: One of the last lines of this Vietnam War-set film is "The horror... the horror" Apocalypse Now |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS $1200: 1998:
Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion Saving Private Ryan |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | SCINTILLATING SYLLABUS $600: A class at Bowdoin College studies directors like Romero & Craven in a review of this genre of movies horror films |
| #5681, aired 2009-04-27 | DANCE REVOLUTION $2000: From "Rocky Horror", it's "just a jump to the left and then a step to the right with your hands on your hips..." the Time Warp |
| #5678, aired 2009-04-22 | RELIGIONS $200: This religion was created by a man who wrote Westerns, horror & science fiction stories Scientology |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS $2000: In Latin America this 2008 horror remake was titled "Bloody Graduation Night" Prom Night |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | PROJECT RUNAWAY $4,000 (Daily Double): It was more romance than horror when, in 1814, she ran away with a married poet & became a novelist Mary Shelley |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | MOVIE CALENDAR $400: Michael Myers kills his sister on the title occasion of this 1978 horror film Halloween |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | SYMPHONIES ON FILM $1600: This 1922 film seen here was subtitled "A Symphony of Horror" Nosferatu |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | SHATNER HAPPENS $800: Psycho killer Mike Myers wears Bill's face--a Captain Kirk mask, painted white--in this 1978 horror classic Halloween |
| #5574, aired 2008-11-27 | SHOW BIZ AWARD WINNERS $800: The Saturn Awards honor Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror & in 2003 they recognized this hobbit portrayer Elijah Wood |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | SPOOF FILMS $1000: This 2000 horror film had the tagline "No mercy. No shame. No sequel"; the sequel's tagline was "We lied" Scary Movie |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | MOVIE SONGS $400: "Let's Do" this "Again"--& again, as we watch "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" over & over the Time Warp |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | "B"EOPLE $2000: This British horror novelist was executive producer of the 1998 film "Gods and Monsters" Clive Barker |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER $200: Michael Myers Halloween |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER $400: Freddy Krueger Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER $600: Jason Voorhees Friday the 13th |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER $800: Leatherface The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER $1000: Pinhead Hellraiser |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | NAME THE NOVEL $800: 1902:
"The horror!
The horror!" Heart of Darkness |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | GIRLY MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): A tagline for this 1983 horror film is "She'll possess you. Then destroy you. She's death on wheels. She's..." Christine |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | NOW PLAYING AT THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX $200: Mother "isn't quite herself today" in this 1960 horror classic Psycho |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $800: Dr. Frank N. Furter is dragged aboard a paddle steamer to sing "Ol' Man River" with Paul Robeson in this musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show Boat |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | FEARNET $600: FEARnet sends you "Behind the Scenes" of this HBO series that saw the making of a horror film called "Cleaver" The Sopranos |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | FEARnet $200: A multi-platform horror network, FEARnet includes a V.O.D. service, short for this video on demand |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | FEARnet $400: As voted on by FEARnet.com members, the most popular horror shockers include "The Shining" & this '73 Linda Blair film The Exorcist |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | FEARnet $600: Join FEARnet & you can rank movies, discuss horror topics, or just post one of these death notices for yourself obituary |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | FEARnet $1000: At FEARnet's "News & Reviews" section catch up on events like this horror mag's convention in Chicago Fangoria |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | THE MOVIES $600: Shia LaBeouf discovers that "every killer lives next door to someone" in this 2007 horror film Disturbia |
| #5222, aired 2007-05-01 | FACE BOOK $1600: Pride & terror mix on Mr. Kurtz' face before he makes this final exclamation The horror! |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | I JUST SAW A GHOST! $800: The "horror" that took place in the Lutz home in this N.Y. city included flying ghostly pigs & walls that oozed blood Amityville |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | "BLACK" & "WHITE" MOVIES $1600: This classic 1954 horror film about a humanoid amphibian monster practically saved Universal from bankruptcy Creature from the Black Lagoon |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | NOVEL BALLETS $400: S.C.'s Columbia City Ballet subtitled its adaptation of this 19th C. horror classic "Ballet With A Bite" Dracula |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | MOVIES WITHIN MOVIES $600: In the third installment of this horror franchise, Sidney Prescott visits the set of "Stab 3" Scream |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | THEY HATE L.A. $1000: An Oscar-nominated screenwriter in the 1930s, this witty woman called L.A. "a horror to me" Dorothy Parker |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $600: Tim Curry was dressed for success as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in this 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | SEE FOR YOURSELF $400: Oh, the horror of this 1966 Lisbon Falls, Maine high school graduate seen here Stephen King |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $1000: In the movie "Shock Treatment", the 1981 sequel to this cult classic, Brad & Janet appear on a TV game show The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | FEARFUL QUOTES $1000: "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear", opined this master of horror novels like "The Lurking Fear" H.P. Lovecraft |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | FAMILY FEUD $400: To Martha's horror, husband George "kills" their son in this Albee play (well, not really) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | NOVEL PICTURE PUZZLES $400: This is a horror classic Frankenstein (frank in stein) |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | A CATEGORY OF CATEGORIES $400: BEFORE & AFTER:
Popular "holy" expression about work week's end joins Jason in a 1980 horror movie Thank God it's Friday the 13th |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GEOGRAPHIC CINEMA $200: 1979:
"The ____ Horror" Amityville |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | SOUND CHECK $200: It's heard here & found in a famous horror movie title a chainsaw |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | SCARY MOVIES $400: Annie hitches a ride to Camp Crystal Lake at the beginning of this 1980 horror classic Friday the 13th |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | MICHAEL J. FOX $2000: In 1991, Michael directed "The Trap", an episode in this spooky HBO horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | THERE IS A SANTA CLAUSE $1200: Not a horror movie slasher, the Weihnachtsmann visits this country bordered to the north by Denmark Germany |
| #4871, aired 2005-11-14 | SCARY MOVIES $1000: A cross of horror & western, "The Devil's Rejects" was written & directed by this shock rocker Rob Zombie |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | THE BOOK NOOK $400: From the Latin for "to form", it's the noun for made-up stories, from "Moby Dick" to the "Heritage of Horror" novels fiction |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | POETIC LINES $400: Poe was referring to these when he wrote, "How they clang, and crash, and roar! What a horror they outpour" the bells |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | QUOTES! $2,500 (Daily Double): He penned the immortal 1902 line "The horror! The horror!" Joseph Conrad |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $600: Opening at No. 1 at the box office in 2004, a prequel to this 1973 horror flick really "turned some heads" The Exorcist |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | THIRD WORLD $600: The third "Amityville Horror" & the third "Jaws" films were both filmed in this special process 3-D |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | DO IT LIKE THE EUROPEANS $600: This 15th-century European staked his claim to fame by inspiring a classic horror movie character Vlad the Impaler |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | THE FABULOUS '50s $1200: A 1954 code trying to stop juvenile delinquency said "horror" or "terror" could not be used in titles of these comics |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | OF YOUR "LOVE" $1000: His literary output includes "The Thing on the Doorstep" & "The Dunwich Horror" H.P. Lovecraft |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | LITERARY ANALYSIS $1600: Homicidal; believes he's God; lunacy perhaps caused by the African heat; must find out what he means by "The Horror" (Col.) Kurtz (Mr. Kurtz accepted) |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | "DEATH" $2000: Azrael is the Muslim name for this heavenly horror the Angel of Death |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $400: His unladylike horror story "The Cask of Amontillado" was first published in Godey's Lady's Book, in 1846 (Edgar Allan) Poe |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $400: Before he was Spock, he had a small role in the mutant ant infestation classic "Them!" in 1954 (Leonard) Nimoy |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $800: Yes, dahling, this Hungarian actress played Talleah in the 1958 cult favorite "Queen of Outer Space" Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $1200: Holy Moses! He played a doctor fighting off zombies spawned by germ warfare in "The Omega Man" (Charlton) Heston |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $1600: More famous for his 14 films as Sherlock Holmes, he was the "Son of Frankenstein" in 1939 (Basil) Rathbone |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $2000: Intent on demolishing Tokyo, Gamera was a giant monster one of these reptiles that breathed fire & could fly turtle |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Classic Chaucer work adapted for a 1990s TV sci-fi/horror anthology series Canterbury Tales from the Crypt |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | CINEMACABRE $400: The first big screen version of this Mary Shelley horror classic was filmed by Thomas Edison in 1810 Frankenstein |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | CINEMACABRE $1600: A remake of this classic 1974 horror film massacred the box office in 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | CINEMACABRE $2000: A demonic puzzle cube is the centerpiece of this horror film series based on a Clive Barker novel Hellraiser |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | WE "LOVE" LITERATURE $400: (Video of Cheryl in Providence, RI.) This is the original 1920 manuscript of a horror story by this author, whose initials stood for Howard Phillips H.P. Lovecraft |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | THE SETH GREEN SCENE $2000: In this 1999 comedy horror film, Seth is killed by his pal's possessed right mitt Idle Hands |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | SPORTS SHORTS $1000: Horror film nickname of the coach seen here
[Jon Gruden of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers] "Chucky" |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $2000: The horror! The horror! Marlow travels up the Congo to find Kurtz & Rubashov in a totalitarian prison state Heart of Darkness at Noon |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | SCARY BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, Richard Laymon's "The Traveling Vampire Show" won the horror award named for this 19th c. novelist Bram Stoker |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | ENGLISH LIT $1200: Kurtz' dying words in this Joseph Conrad tale are "The horror! The horror!" "Heart of Darkness" |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | PETER, PAUL & MARY $600: Bestsellers from this master of horror include "Koko" & "Ghost Story" Peter Straub |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | FAIRY TALES $800: A house made of food turns into a house of horror when 2 kids bake a witch in this "Grimm" tale Hansel & Gretel |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS $400: His last horror story, "Hop-Frog", was written in 1849 & then, nevermore... Edgar Allan Poe |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS $1600: This H.G. Wells horror work was brought to the big screen in 1933 as "The Island of Lost Souls" The Island of Doctor Moreau |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS $2000: William Wymark Jacobs' most famous horror story was about this cursed title animal appendage The Monkey's Paw |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS $3,000 (Daily Double): The action in this Jay Anson horror novel takes place at 112 Ocean Avenue, a house on Long Island The Amityville Horror |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | DEAD TV $400: This '90s horror anthology series was hosted by a talking skeleton Tales From the Crypt |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | ROCK & ROLL CINEMA $800: As the cross-dressing Dr. Frank N. Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", he led the frivolities Tim Curry |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | NOVELISTS $400: In an essay titled "Why I Was Bachman", this horror writer explained why he used a pseudonym for some works Stephen King |
| #3985, aired 2001-12-21 | A FAREWELL $2000: Col. Kurtz' last words in "Apocalypse Now" are these 2 words, repeated the horror |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: It's "Just the facts, ma'am", that this "Dragnet" cop is an "unlucky" 1980 horror film Joe Friday the 13th |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | THE INTERNATIONAL CINEPLEX $500: In Taiwan "You're Still Next" was this horror film's sequel; Pop Rocks killing Life cereal's Mikey is an example of one Urban Legend |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $300: John Hurt got something off his chest in this '79 horror flick also starring Sigourney Weaver Alien |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | TAKE ME TO THE THEATRE! $800: "Let's Do The Time Warp" at this musical that does not--repeat, does not--have the word "Picture" in its title The Rocky Horror Show |
| #3942, aired 2001-10-23 | FIVE WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL $800: During "Rocky Horror", audiences throw rice when this TV mayor attends a wedding with Susan Sarandon Barry Bostwick |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | "CAB" $600: Stephen King's 1980 overview of the horror genre was called "Danse" this Macabre |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | "B" MOVIES $100: A marriage-minded monster awaits this title creation in a 1935 horror classic starring Elsa Lanchester The Bride of Frankenstein |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | MOVIE MANIA $100: The fourth installment of this horror movie series was subtitled "The Return of Michael Myers" Halloween |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | KNOCK, KNOCK $800: Newsweek said this Gregory Peck horror film with young Damien was "the latest serving of deviled ham" The Omen |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $800: In this black & white horror classic, zombies also "Seize the Day" with Robin Williams Night of the Living Dead Poets Society |
| #3878, aired 2001-06-13 | BOOK REVIEWS $500 (Daily Double): One review said that this 1977 horror novel "can burn its images -- such as room 217 -- into your brain" The Shining |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | CHARACTER REFERENCE $200: Peter Quint is a ghost in "The Turn of the Screw" & Quint is an Amity Island fisherman in this 1974 novel Jaws |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | NO OIL PAINTING $100: J.P. Morgan suffered from rhinophyma, which turned this part of his anatomy into a swollen horror Nose |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | AT THE MOVIES $200: Let's all do the Time Warp again while watching this 1975 film starring Tim Curry The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | "C.B." $200: "Hellraiser" horror novelist & director Clive Barker |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | "LOVE" IS THE ANSWER $800: This author's horror & fantasy novels like "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" only became popular after his death H.P. Lovecraft |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | BARRY ME $200: He played Brad Majors in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Barry Bostwick |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | A FILM ON YOUR TEETH $1000: This "L.A. Law" actor was back at the old drill in the 1998 horror sequel "The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself" Corbin Bernsen |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | POP GOES THE BALLET $400: "Sex" & "Horror" are compositions this member of the Marsalis family wrote for the ballet "Them Twos" Wynton Marsalis |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | FILMS OF THE '90s $600: Give a "holler" if you know that this 1996 horror flick won an MTV Award for best movie Scream |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Books by this master of horror include "The Door to December" & "Demon Seed" Dean Koontz |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | CELEBRITY ANCESTORS $1,000 (Daily Double): Anna, of "Anna And The King Of Siam", was the great aunt of this legendary horror star, on his "mummy's" side Boris Karloff |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | ROCK ALL OVER $200: This campy rock movie musical starred Little Nell, Richard O'Brien & Barry Bostwick, among others Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | FOOD PEOPLE $600: A hot & spicy "Rocky Horror Picture Show" actor, or a hot & spicy Indian dish (Tim) Curry |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | SMALL-TOWN CINEMA $600: Aliens inhabit the bodies of the staff of a small-town high school in this 1998 horror flick The Faculty |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | GHOST STORIES $200: The most important lesson of this 1982 film: Don't build your house on an Indian burial ground Poltergeist |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $100: "A Nightmare on Elm Street" Freddy Krueger |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $200: "Psycho" Norman Bates |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $300: "Friday the 13th"
parts 2 through 9 Jason |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $400: "Halloween" Michael Myers |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $500: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Leatherface |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | FOOD ON FILM $500: This rotund singer was on the menu at Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Meat Loaf |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | COME ON, LIT HAPPY $1000: A job as an astrology columnist helped pay the bills for this author of "The Dunwich Horror" H.P. Lovecraft |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | SCARY MOVIE SEQUELS $1000: "The Evil Escapes" in the fourth installment of this normally housebound "Horror" The Amityville Horror |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | BESTSELLERS $100: In 1998 this master of horror rattled our nerves with "Bag of Bones" Stephen King |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | MOVIE REVIEWS $300: The New Yorker felt it had "a democratic right to expect bandages" in this 1999 horror flick The Mummy |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | BOTANY $200: To the horror of homeowners, this lawn weed, Taraxacum officinale, can grow 1 1/2' high Dandelion |
| #3407, aired 1999-06-01 | "WHIP"s & "CHAIN"s $400: Tool preferred by Leatherface in a 1974 horror classic Chain saw |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | CINEMATIC CHICAGO $1000: Say the name of this Chicago-set 1992 horror movie 5 times into a mirror & a "sweet" killer will appear Candyman |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE BELA LUGOSI FILE $200: Lugosi was chosen for the big screen role of Dracula after the death of this great horror actor Lon Chaney |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | JEFF GOLDBLUM FILMS $300: Jeff tests himself in a matter transporter machine with not-so-good results in this 1986 horror film The Fly |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | FILM CHARACTERS $500: "Rocky Horror Picture Show" doctor who's just "A sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania" Dr. Frank N. Furter |
| #3350, aired 1999-03-12 | IF THEY MARRIED... $500: If "Sister Act" star Goldberg wed British actor Peter, known for '60s horror films, she'd be... Whoopi Cushing |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | IN A STORM MOVIE $400: During an electrical storm in this 1931 horror film, a monster comes "alive" Frankenstein |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | SCARY AUTHORS $500: "The Dunwich Horror",
"At The Mountain Of Madness",
"The Lurking Fear" H.P. Lovecraft |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | BIG SCREEN BLOODSUCKERS $800: "Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck" was the subtitle of this Roman Polanski horror spoof The Fearless Vampire Killers |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | HORRORS! $200: Seen here is the not-so-horrific star of this "tasty" horror-comedy show Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | HORRORS! $400: They're the happy horror homemakers seen here the Munsters (Fred Gwynne & Yvonne de Carlo) |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | HORRORS! $900 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Stephen King, Master of Horror.) In this 1979 film, Marlon Brando's character declares "The horror!... The horror!" Apocalypse Now |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | STEPHEN KING $400: King's 1981 overview of the horror genre shares its name with this Saint-Saens "Dance" Macabre |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | STEPHEN KING $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Stephen King, master of horror.) In the 1980s I stated, "I've seen the future of horror, and its name is" this author" Clive Barker |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | SO FUNNY IT'S SCARY $600: This horror movie veteran played the inventor who put together Edward Scissorhands Vincent Price |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | THE MOVIES $200: In "Part VIII" of this horror series, "Jason Takes Manhattan" Friday the 13th |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | THE SCREAM ACTORS GUILD $2,100 (Daily Double): This 1922 F.W. Murnau drama, seen here, was one of the world's first horror movies: Nosferatu |
| #3098, aired 1998-02-04 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $800: D.H. Lawrence said this writer of "The Bells" "sounded the horror and the warning of his own doom" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $400: This film developed a cult following with theater patrons carrying wire hangers to the screenings Mommie Dearest |
| #3077, aired 1998-01-06 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $200: This Anne Rice character laments, "If I'm starved for blood I look like a perfect horror" Lestat the vampire |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | LET'S PLAY CLUE $200: In the 1985 film based on Clue, this "Rocky Horror" actor played Wadsworth the butler Tim Curry |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | OXYMORONS $400: George Romero made his 1968 horror classic "Night Of" these creatures in Pittsburgh The Living Dead |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | TV STARS ON FILM $300: This creator of "Jeopardy!" appeared in the 1954 3-D horror film "Phantom Of The Rue Morgue" Merv Griffin |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | THE "ROCKY"s $300: This 1975 cult film featured such songs as "Dammit, Janet" & "Over At The Frankenstein Place" The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | ONE-MAN SHOWS $600: This star of horror films like "House Of Wax" waxed poetic as Oscar Wilde in "Diversions And Delights" Vincent Price |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | EDDIE MURPHY MOVIES $300: "A Nightmare on Elm Street"'s Wes Craven directed Eddie in this 1995 comedy-horror film Vampire in Brooklyn |
| #2943, aired 1997-05-21 | IT'S THE PITT'S $200: Brad sank his teeth into the role of Louis de Pointe du Lac in this horror film Interview with the Vampire |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | FILM DIRECTORS $800: This director's "Scream" pokes fun at horror films of the '80s, including his own Freddy Krueger movies Wes Craven |
| #2921, aired 1997-04-21 | AUTHORS $200: In the early '70s, this master of horror taught English at Maine's Hampden Academy Stephen King |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: Amy Irving & Betty Buckley debuted in this 1976 Brian De Palma film about horror at a high school prom Carrie |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: Film fans know him as Brad in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"; now he's the mayor of NYC on "Spin City" Barry Bostwick |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $200: His 1904 horror novel "The Jewel of Seven Stars" is much less famous than his "Dracula" Bram Stoker |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | MOVIE MUSIC $800: Director John Carpenter wrote music for this Jamie Lee Curtis horror film & its 4 sequels Halloween |
| #2892, aired 1997-03-11 | "MONKEY" BUSINESS $500: A classic horror tale by W.W. Jacobs is named for this appendage "The Monkey's Paw" |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | BOOKS OF THE '90S $200: In 1996 this master of horror turned to serial fiction with a 6-part thriller called "The Green Mile" Stephen King |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $800: Hot Dog! He's the villain of "The Rocky Horror Show" Frank N. Furter |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: Fortunato is the unfortunate victim in this author's famous horror story "The Cask Of Amontillado" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | '30S FILM FACTS $600: Randolph Scott, Buster Crabbe & this "Shane" star played ape men in the 1933 horror film "Island of Lost Souls" Alan Ladd |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | TELEVISION $200: "Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | SUSAN SARANDON CINEMA $300: This midnight cult film featured Tim Curry as transvestite scientist Frank N. Furter "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE MOVIES $500: Sequels to this horror film have included "Season of the Witch" & "The Curse of Michael Myers" Halloween |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: Horror film stars Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee appeared in this British actor's 1948 film "Hamlet" Sir Laurence Olivier |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: The 1981 horror film "The Burning" marked the screen debut of this "Broadcast News" actress (Holly) Hunter |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: Using his initials in reverse, this horror novelist wrote "Chase" under the name K.R. Dwyer Dean R. Koontz |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $100: Showtime brought back this classic sci-fi/horror series in 1995 complete with its control voice The Outer Limits |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | "NIGHT" MOVIES $400: George Romero shot this 1968 horror classic for under $150,000 Night of the Living Dead |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: In Ira Levin's horror novel, it was the first name of Mrs. Guy Woodhouse; she had a devil of a baby Rosemary |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | '40s FILM FACTS $400: Kittenish actress Simone Simon showed her claws in this classic horror film about feline folk Cat People |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $100: A Saturday night series on Nickelodeon asks, "Are You Afraid of" this the Dark |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $300: David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson are FBI special agents Mulder & Scully on this series The X-Files |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $400: In a 1994 TV movie FOX continued this 1989-90 series about the Newcomers Alien Nation |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $500 (Daily Double): Series hosted by the character seen here: Tales from the Crypt |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $500: The new "Star Trek" starship captained by Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway Voyager |
| #2403, aired 1995-02-01 | LITERATURE $1000: In "Heart of Darkness", this character dies murmuring, "The horror! The horror!" Kurtz |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | LITERATURE $600: He wrote his last horror story, "Hop-Frog", in 1849, the year he died Poe |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | INITIALED AUTHORS $1000: "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" was the only book by this American horror writer published during his life H.P. Lovecraft |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: Louise of "Thelma and Louise", she also appeared in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (Susan) Sarandon |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | SCARY STORIES $200: Scary stories like the ones in his "Skeleton Crew" collection have made him the "monarch" of modern horror Stephen King |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | '70s BESTSELLERS $1,500 (Daily Double): The book so possessed its readers that it was the bestselling horror novel of the decade The Exorcist |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | HORROR NOVELS $200: Bram Stoker wrote this novel after hearing stories about Walachian ruler Vlad the Impaler Dracula |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | HORROR NOVELS $400: In this modern classic, fathers Merrin & Karras try to rid Regan MacNeil of a demon The Exorcist |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | HORROR NOVELS $600: The setting for this 1967 Ira Levin novel, a gloomy Manhattan apt. building, is based on one where he had lived Rosemary's Baby |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | HORROR NOVELS $800: Jack Torrance terrorizes his family after they move into a haunted hotel in this Stephen King novel The Shining |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | HORROR NOVELS $1000: This author of "Koko" & "Ghost Story" grabs readers by "The Throat" in a 1993 thriller Peter Straub |
| #2146, aired 1993-12-27 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: Mr. Kurtz' dying words in this Joseph Conrad novel are "The horror! The horror!" Heart of Darkness |
| #2059, aired 1993-07-15 | WRITERS $200: This horror writer's title char. "Dolores Claiborne" admits that she murdered her husband Stephen King |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Peter Straub & this master of horror were good friends long before they collaborated on "The Talisman" Stephen King |
| #2048, aired 1993-06-30 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $800: The name of this Grand Inquisitor became synonymous with the horror of the Spanish Inquisition Torquemada |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '70s $100: Mercedes McCambridge provided the voice of the demon for this 1973 horror classic The Exorcist |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | HORROR FILMS $100: "Christine" was a car, "Carrie" a girl & "Cujo" one of these dog |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | HORROR FILMS $200: Chucky, a killer doll, made his debut in this 1988 film Child's Play |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | HORROR FILMS $300: In 1992 Gary Oldman sank his teeth into this title role, playing him both young & old Dracula |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | HORROR FILMS $400: This star of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" made his directorial debut with "976-EVIL" Robert Englund |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | HORROR FILMS $500: Face it, this nickname really sticks on Clive Barker's main demon from the "Hellraiser" films Pinhead |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | THEATRES $800: This "Grand" Paris theatre closed in 1962, but its name is still synonymous with gruesome horror Grand Guignol |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $400: This author discussed the horror genre in his 1981 work "Danse Macabre" Stephen King |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE $1000: The classic horror film "Island of Lost Souls" was based on this H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | POT LUCK $1000: This Jay Anson book told of supernatural occurrences at 112 Ocean Avenue in a town on Long Island The Amityville Horror |
| #1671, aired 1991-12-02 | LEE REMICK $300: Lee & Gregory Peck were bedeviled by a little demon named Damien in this 1976 horror film The Omen |
| #1594, aired 1991-07-04 | LITERARY SUBTITLES $400: Horror classic subtitled "The Modern Prometheus" Frankenstein |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | LITERATURE $100: He turned from horror to fantasy for his 1987 novel "The Eyes of the Dragon" Stephen King |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | B MOVIES $800: From her ability to yell out in terror in horror films, Brinke Stevens has this nearly rhyming title scream queen |
| #1508, aired 1991-03-06 | VAMPIRE MOVIES $400: This Englishman played Dracula in "Horror of Dracula" in 1958, then rose from the grave for several sequels Christopher Lee |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | GO FISH $300: Though a 1978 horror film was named for them, these South American fish rarely attack people a piranha |
| #1402, aired 1990-10-09 | FICTION $800: Animal whose paw is in the title of William Wymark Jacobs' most famous horror story a monkey |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: Robert Cremer's biography of this horror star was subtitled "The Man Behind the Cape" Bela Lugosi |
| #1362, aired 1990-07-03 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Her horror story "The Lottery", first published in the New Yorker, is now widely anthologized Shirley Jackson |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | LITERATURE ON FILM $400: In a 1941 film based on R.L. Stevenson's horror classic, Spencer Tracy played these 2 title characters Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $800: "Casualties of War" was an exploration of Vietnam's horror by this maker of horror films like "Carrie" Brian De Palma |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $200: At his own request, this Hungarian-born horror film star went to his grave in his famous cape Bela Lugosi |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: In the '30s Dwight Frye played Fritz the Dwarf in "Frankenstein" & Renfield in this horror classic Dracula |
| #1027, aired 1989-02-07 | FANTASTIC TV $200: He hosts the syndicated horror series "Freddy's Nightmares" Freddy Krueger |
| #1027, aired 1989-02-07 | FANTASTIC TV $800: Though named for a series of horror movies, this current TV show has nothing to do with the films Friday the 13th |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: An intense feeling of repugnance & fear, or the genre of film that makes you experience it horror |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Bruce Dern played Bette Davis' murdered lover in this 1965 Southern Gothic horror film Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | POETRY $300: Poe said of these, "What a horror they outpour on the bosom of the palpitating air!" bells |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | '87 CINEMA $200: The 3rd installment in this horror series was subtitled "Dream Warriors" A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #725, aired 1987-10-30 | MUSICAL "BELL"S $1,400 (Daily Double): Title of the following, which was used as a theme in a memorable 1973 horror film: "Tubular Bells" |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | "GOOD", "BETTER" & "BEST" MOVIES $1000: Apt title warning of a 1980 horror film, 'cause the Santa Claus who's coming to town is deadly You Better Watch Out |
| #581, aired 1987-03-02 | PHONE NUMBERS $400: When this Jeff Goldblum/Ed Begley Jr. horror spoof rang into theaters, nobody answered Transylvania 6-5000 |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | COMIC BOOKS $500: TV horror film hostess who is now Mistress of the Dark Mansion in "House of Mystery" comic Elvira |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Scaring fans & critics alike, Vincent Price announced in '86 that he'll retire from this film genre the horror film |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | SPICY NAMES $600: Actor who made his movie debut as Frank N. Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Tim Curry |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: Daughter of early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wrote this famous horror novel Frankenstein |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | STARTS WITH "R" $200: Shrink back in horror, or wind up the rope again recoil |
| #336, aired 1985-12-23 | "ROCKY"S $500 (Daily Double): Musical featuring "Dammit Janet" & the following:
"It's astounding /
Time is fleeting..." Rocky Horror (Picture) Show |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | MOVIES $1000: Producer/director of biker & horror films who launched the careers of J. Nicholson & F. Coppola Roger Corman |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | 1982 $1,700 (Daily Double): Top grossing film of 12 sequels released that year, it even outdrew its two predecessors Rocky III |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | NAMES $200: "Crown" in Greek, it's an appropriate name for horror author King Stephen |
| #123, aired 1985-02-27 | GUNS $400: People do this in horror, but guns do it when fired recoil |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | BEST-SELLERS $50: Hot horror author whose latest book is about haunted '58 Plymouth Stephen King |
