| 100% | TROPE | 5 | Evil clown in a horror film, e.g. |
| 54% | TROPE | 5 | Mirror scare in a horror movie, e.g. |
| 52% | ELM | 3 | Street in a horror film |
| 52% | IGOR | 4 | Assistant in a horror film |
| 52% | WOLAM/FMAN | 10 | Figure in a horror film |
| 52% | RUN | 3 | Cry in a horror film |
| 52% | SHRIEK | 6 | Sound in a horror film |
| 51% | PVT | 3 | Ryan in a 1998 film, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 51% | RAT | 3 | Chef Remy in a Pixar film, e.g. |
| 51% | IGOR | 4 | Lab assistant in a horror film |
| 51% | ELM | 3 | Street in a horror film series |
| 51% | ELM | 3 | Street in a horror film franchise |
| 51% | ELM | 3 | Street name in a horror film franchise |
| 50% | GORE | 4 | Factor in a horror film's rating, maybe |
| 50% | SCARE | 5 | Jump ___ (sudden, unexpected moment in a horror film) |
| 50% | TROPE | 5 | Meet-cute in a romance film, e.g. |
| 49% | PHONELINE | 9 | It's often discovered dead in a horror film |
| 49% | JUMPSCARE | 9 | Intentionally startling sequence in a horror film: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SAW | 3 | Horror film that starts in a lavatory |
| 46% | CAMEO | 5 | Stan Lee's appearance in a Marvel film, e.g. |
| 46% | SAW | 3 | Horror film that starts in a filthy lavatory |
| 46% | GREMLIN | 7 | Creature in a 1984 horror film |
| 45% | BEN | 3 | Title rat in a 1972 horror film |
| 45% | ELM | 3 | Street in a classic horror film franchise |
| 45% | BLAIRWITCH | 10 | Legendary figure in a 1999 horror film |
| 45% | ELM | 3 | Street in a series of horror films |
| 44% | OMEN | 4 | "The ___" (2006 remake of a horror film about an evil boy named Damien) |
| 44% | ELMST | 5 | Location in a Wes Craven horror film (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEFLY | 6 | 1986 horror film in which a man becomes an insect |
| 43% | ROSEMARYSBABY | 13 | 1968 horror film set in a New York City apartment |