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Trick Or Treat, Screen Scares: Daily Movie & TV Crossword

Know your screams from your spells? Prove your Halloween movie knowledge in this frightfully fun mini crossword.

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Halloween Is Big Business in Hollywood. Nothing Spooky About It

By MediaCircle Editors ·

Entertainment artwork for the Trick Or Treat, Screen Scares MediaMini crossword about Halloween movie favorites—from Halloween and Scream to Hocus Pocus, Beetlejuice, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Clues draw on iconic characters, actors, settings, and supernatural elements, balancing spooky fun with recognizable scares.

For movie fans, Halloween means a good excuse to revisit their favorite scares. For Hollywood, it means another chance to sell them. Every October brings a ready-made occasion for rereleases, streaming promotions, costumes, and merchandise. Movies like *Halloween*, *Scream*, *Beetlejuice*, and *Hocus Pocus* show how a memorable character or a familiar title can keep attracting audiences long after its first theatrical run. But these seasonal staples took very different routes to becoming valuable Hollywood properties.

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Five Trivia Questions

  1. In Halloween (1978) production lore, what early title is often reported for the screenplay—but later disputed by producer Irwin Yablans? Reveal answer Hide answer

    The Babysitter Murders. en.wikipedia.org

  2. What was the original script/production title of Scream (1996) before it was changed late in production? Reveal answer Hide answer

    Scary Movie. en.wikipedia.org

  3. What working title is widely reported for Hocus Pocus (1993)? Reveal answer Hide answer

    Disney’s Halloween House. en.wikipedia.org

  4. According to a PBS interview, what film title did Tim Burton recall a studio wanting to change after research suggested people disliked it? Reveal answer Hide answer

    Beetlejuice. pbs.org

  5. Before becoming a feature, what did Tim Burton first write that launched The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)? Reveal answer Hide answer

    A three-page poem. en.wikipedia.org

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Source 2 en.wikipedia.org Source 38 en.wikipedia.org Source 39 en.wikipedia.org Source 40 pbs.org Source 42 en.wikipedia.org AFI|Catalog catalog.afi.com Halloween (1978) - Box Office and Financial Information the-numbers.com AFI|Catalog catalog.afi.com Source 3 pleasence.com Source 10 catalog.afi.com Source 42 en.wikipedia.org Source 19 en.wikipedia.org Source 15 en.wikipedia.org Source 4 en.wikipedia.org Source 21 abcnews.com

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