2. The village of Hinton St George in Somerset celebrates 'Punkie Night' - its own deeply creepy Halloween celebration

The villages of Hinton St George and Lopen in Somerset have their very own twist on Halloween, and it's dead creepy.

Historically, the tradition involved children marching around with jack o'lanterns - or 'punkies' - begging for candles and money, and threatening those who wouldn't cough up. So far, so trick-or-treat, right?

Well, what makes it extra sinister, is the fact that this band of marauding youngsters is generally led by a Punkie King and Punkie Queen - and they sing a song.

The song goes:

It's Punkie Night tonight 
It's Punkie Night tonight 
Adam and Eve would not believe 
It's Punkie Night tonight

And here's how it sounds - as performed by Carl Turney and Brian Campbell from the band Clinic.

3. Michael Myers' mask in the movie Halloween was the face of William Shatner

Because the film had an incredibly low budget, the prop department on horror classic Halloween had to dress serial killer Michael Myers in the cheapest mask they could find in their local fancy dress shop.

Turns out that was a mask of William Shatner, which cost them the princely sum of $2.

They modified it a bit, spray painted it white and made it a bit scarier and it became one of the iconic images of horror cinema.

The cheapo slasher went on to take $70m at the worldwide box office, more than 215 times its $325,000 budget. That makes it the most profitable film ever to feature William Shatner's face, beating Star Trek II and Miss Congeniality.

Shatner also claims to have gone trick-or-treating in the mask of his own face.

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