This Quiz Is Your Guide To Fall Fun

1. What’s the best part of a fall camping trip?

What’s your Halloween movie of choice?

A. The Others
B. The Nightmare Before Christmas 
C. It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
D. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

What’s your costume this year?

A. Something classic. A witch or a vampire never go out of style.
B. Star Wars. There’s enough characters to keep me stocked for years.
C. Couples and family costumes. We’re adorable even in character.
D. The more obscure the better. If no one knows what I am, I’m happy.

 
What’s your fall drink of choice?

A. A glass of blood red wine
B. Themed drinks — what about an Elm Street Old-Fashioned or Snow White’s Poison Apple Punch? 
C. Kid-friendly, nonalcoholic cider
D. Great Lakes Brewing Co.’s
Oktoberfest

What’s the scariest?

A. You won’t find me inside a haunted house.
B. The Jaws theme makes my hair stand on end.
C. I can barely handle Casper.
D. I’d put John Carpenter’s oeuvre above Wes Craven’s, but don’t get
me started on George Romero.

 
You’re throwing a
Halloween party. What’s the most important part?

A. The decorations. I’m talking smoke machines, cobwebs, plastic heads — bring on the chills!
B. A spooky soundtrack. My mixes are the perfect blend of dark and dance-y.
C. The costume contest, duh! 
D. The snacks. How can you enjoy the main event if you’re starving?  

Where are you throwing your bash?

A. We’ll be at my aunt’s spooky old Victorian.
B. We’re going scary big and renting out a luxe ballroom.
C. What’s fall without the changing leaves? It’s got to be on the farm.
D. My house! It’s comfy, free and not too high-maintenance.

On Halloween night, how do you soothe your sweet tooth?

A. Hershey’s — the old standby
B. Reese’s Pieces — the best of sweet and salty
C. Caramel apples — like fall in a bite
D. Gummy worms — lean into the creep factor


Mostly As
When it comes to Halloween, you prefer the classics — scares, just not blood and guts. Dive deep into the ominous ambiance of the Cleveland Play House production of The Woman in Black, running Sept. 15 through Oct. 7 at the Allen Theatre. This ghost story unfolds like a haunted fable, spinning the tale of an Edwardian-era lawyer who travels to an eerie country estate to uncover the secrets of its recently deceased owner. This is an evening of chills that spooks, but doesn’t traumatize.

Mostly Bs
For you, the soundtrack is the scariest part of the horror film. The Cleveland Orchestra’s Halloween Spooktacular brings the chills with Berlioz’s frightful “Witches' Sabbath,” but also goes for family-friendly thrills with Paul Dukas’ “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” popularized in Disney’s Fantasia. Get the best of both worlds at this afternoon concert Oct. 28, performed in the ultra-cinematic Severance Hall.

Mostly Cs
For you, fall is less about frights than pumpkin-spiced festivities. Whether you bring the kids or hayride solo, you’re not happy until you come home with leaves in your hair. Mapleside Farms’ Fall Festivals have it all. Every weekend in October, the 122-acre apple orchard in Brunswick transforms into Pumpkin Village, a family-friendly cornucopia of hay rides, pumpkin patches, themed children’s costume contests, petting zoos and a 311-foot super-slide. Fuel up on apple cider — you’ll need energy!

Mostly Ds
You’re a horror-film fanatic, and Halloween may as well be your Super Bowl. For those who keep power rankings of Freddy vs. Jason, find your clan at Cleveland Cinema’s 12 Hours of Terror Oct. 20, an all-night movie marathon at the Capitol Theatre that pairs scary movie standbys with grindhouse B-movies and indie slashers. Settle in for this year’s selections, including Candyman and Phantasm, with popcorn, a Great Lakes and your Halloween pajamas.