| 100% | POOH | 4 | "Winnie the ___: Blood and Honey" (2023 horror movie) |
| 56% | GORE | 4 | Blood and guts, in a horror movie |
| 51% | GREMLINS | 8 | 1984 comedy horror movie with the characters Gizmo and Stripe |
| 50% | PRISCILLA | 9 | 2023 movie based on the memoir Elvis and Me |
| 46% | PUNNY | 5 | Like the horror movie titles "Chopping Mall" and "Santa's Slay" |
| 45% | THENUN | 6 | 2023 horror movie starring Bonnie Aarons, __ 2 |
| 45% | ALTEREDSTATES | 13 | 1980 science-fiction horror movie that was the film debut of both 27-Across and Drew Barrymore (2 wds.) |
| 43% | KEY | 3 | Keegan-Michael ___, actor and comedian who voices Toad in the 2023 film "Super Mario Bros. Movie" |
| 43% | JEEPERS | 7 | Horror movie and jazz standard: __ Creepers |
| 42% | DANIEL | 6 | First name for both, actor Day-Lewis and his character Plainview from the movie "There Will Be Blood" |
| 42% | ZONE | 4 | "The Dead ___," 80s horror movie starring Christopher Walken and Brooke Adams |
| 41% | BOY | 3 | "The ___ and the Heron" (2023 animated movie) |
| 41% | ELI | 3 | Roth who wrote and directed the horror movie "Hostel" |
| 41% | MIA | 3 | Actress and screenwriter Goth of the horror movie "Pearl" |
| 41% | BLUSTERY | 8 | Winnie the Pooh and the __ Day, 1968 Oscar winner |
| 41% | POOH | 4 | Winnie the ___, a famous children's books and cartoons |
| 41% | HONEYPOT | 8 | Winnie the Pooh loves this jar and its content |
| 41% | ALEJANDRA | 9 | 2023 horror novel by V. Castro, The Haunting of __ |
| 40% | WASP | 4 | "Ant-Man and the ___: Quantumania" (2023 Marvel movie) |
| 40% | CUJO | 4 | 1983 horror movie based on a Stephen King book and featuring a rabid dog that was set largely in one location, the Trenton family home |
| 40% | DEVILSADVOCATE | 14 | "The ___," horror movie starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino which released in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELM | 3 | Horror street from the movies |
| 40% | HOLOGRAMS | 9 | Jem and the __, 2015 movie |
| 40% | INSIDIOUS | 9 | 2010 horror movie set partly in The Further |
| 40% | INFINITY | 8 | __ Pool, 2023 horror film with Goth and Skarsgård |
| 40% | THEBAD | 6 | The Good, __ and the Ugly, Clint Eastwood movie |
| 40% | BARKLEYS | 8 | The __ of Broadway, 1949 Astaire and Rogers movie |
| 39% | JOSIE | 5 | "___ and the Pussycats" (2001 movie) |
| 39% | LADY | 4 | "___ and the Tramp" (Disney movie) |
| 39% | SIMU | 4 | ___ Liu, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" actor who plays a version of Ken in the 2023 movie "Barbie" |