What’s your most memorable Halloween experience?

The damp chill of Port Townsend hung over Water Street, but inside the Legion Hall, fog machines and nervous energy filled the air. ​Outside, the line stretched down the block. Inside, you owned the dark. You knew every creaky floorboard and shadowy corner of the maze. You’d let the leaders pass, then leap out at the timid ones trailing behind. ​Hearing grown adults shriek and jump back in terror was pure adrenaline. Tired, voiceless, and grinning, you knew nothing beat running the haunt.

Tell us why you would make it to the end of a horror movie.

First off, let’s get the ground rules straight: never look behind the shower curtain, never say "I'll be right back," and if the local creepy gas station attendant tells you the old camp is cursed, you turn the car around immediately.

What would you do with the unlucky $13,000?

$8,000 as down payment on a safe, reliable midsize SUV. $4,000 growth investment Deposit into a low-cost S&P 500 index fund or high-yield savings account so it compounds safely over time.

Who is your real-life hero who you would want to survive a horror movie with?

Not all heroes wear capes—mine just happens to be the man I wake up to every day. Plus I know that he would save me with his big arms.