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This 21-word horror movies word search features classic and contemporary horror films for Grades 7–9. Hidden words include The Ring, Scream, The Conjuring, Carrie, and Gremlins, spanning decades of cinema. Use it as a Halloween-week activity, a free-time enrichment puzzle, or an ice-breaker for a media-literacy discussion about horror storytelling.

Subject:
Holidays & Seasonal
Topic:
Halloween
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated October 2025

Word List

  • HALLOWEEN
  • BABADOOK
  • PUMPKINHEAD
  • INSIDIOUS
  • FRIGHTNIGHT
  • THERING
  • AMITTYVILLE
  • TRICKRTREAT
  • CHILDSPLAY
  • CARRIE
  • GREMLINS
  • SAW
  • SCREAM
  • SHINING
  • FREDDY
  • TEXASCHAINSAW
  • THECONJURING
  • CRITTERS
  • OMEN
  • ANNABELLE
  • THENUN

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