| 100% | EVIL | 4 | "The ___ Dead" (first movie in a horror franchise soon to include a Starz series) |
| 40% | ELM | 3 | Type of tree that appears in the title of a horror movie franchise |
| 40% | DRNO | 4 | First movie in a 24-film series |
| 39% | ELM | 3 | Street in the titles of a series of horror movies |
| 38% | BARRY | 5 | ___ Nelson, American actor who was the first to portray James Bond in a television series titled "Climax!" |
| 38% | OMEN | 4 | "The First ___" (upcoming horror movie involving a church in Rome) |
| 38% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 38% | EVIL | 4 | "The ___ Dead" (1981 Bruce Campbell horror movie that launched a franchise) |
| 38% | ALIENROMULUS | 12 | New sci-fi horror movie that's the seventh film in a franchise that began in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OMEN | 4 | "The First ___" (2024 prequel to a 1976 horror movie) |
| 38% | ELM | 3 | Street in a horror movie franchise |
| 37% | THETERMINATOR | 13 | 1984 movie about a cyborg from the future that launched a franchise including a 2024 Netflix anime series: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DRNO | 4 | First movie in the James Bond franchise: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ELM | 3 | Street name in a horror movie franchise |
| 36% | ELM | 3 | Freddy Krueger's street, in a horror movie franchise |
| 36% | THEKARATEKID | 12 | 1984 movie about martial arts that launched a franchise including the 2018-2025 "Cobra Kai" series: 3 wds. |
| 36% | DRNO | 4 | First in a long series of movies |
| 36% | STEPDOWN | 8 | Anne Fletcher misses the mark with this first film in a dance franchise (2006) |
| 36% | GASP | 4 | Audible reaction to a jump-scare in a horror movie |
| 35% | MOTOROLA | 8 | The first company to sell a cellphone, in 1973 |
| 35% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a telephone in the White House |
| 35% | ELM | 3 | Tree in a series of horror movie titles |
| 35% | YETI | 4 | Monster who is the "Snow Beast" in a 2011 horror movie |
| 35% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 35% | FILLMORE | 8 | First president to have a stove in the White House (1850s) |
| 35% | ELM | 3 | Tree in the title of a horror film franchise |
| 35% | BOOGEYMAN | 9 | 2005 horror movie about a monster in the closet |
| 34% | AHA | 3 | First Norwegian band to have a #1 hit in the US: Hyph. |
| 34% | VOO | 3 | "Doo" preceder to mean a practice depicted in horror movies |
| 34% | LIU | 3 | Simu ____, first Asian actor to star in a Marvel movie |