Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Hocus Pocus
Monster's Inc.
E.T.
Casper
Scooby-Doo
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Witches
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Beetlejuice
Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, ......" [More]
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even, that is, the night before All Hallows Day...... [More]
Development of symbols associated with Halloween formed over time. For instance, the carving of jack-o'-lanterns springs from the souling custom of carving...... [More]
The Halloween costume has a fairly short history. Wearing costumes has long been associated with other holidays around the time of Halloween, even Christmas...... [More]
A Haunted Attraction is a form of entertainment that simulates the experience of entering a haunted location that might be inhabited by ghosts, monsters, ...... [More]
Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, candy apples, caramel or taffy apples are common Halloween treats...... [More]
Trick-or-treating is a customary practice for children on Halloween in many countries. Children in costumes travel from house to house in order to ask for treats such as candy (or, in some cultures, money) with the question "Trick or treat?"...... [More]
There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween parties. One common game is dunking or apple bobbing, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and...... [More]
