Cueshtick

All answers are five letters. When answered correctly, the third letter from each answer running from 1-14 will spell out the answer to this riddle:

"What did the French fries dress up as for Halloween?"
....masked potatoes

-1. Brendan Fraser movie "The __________"
-2. grim reaper representation
-3. struggles for breath
-4. Hyde counterpart
-5. luxury
-6. fall fruit drink
-7. a steamy phantasm?
-8. type of bank or cell
-9. word with water or hunt
-10. intimidating
-11. motel for a psycho?
-12. type of writer or town
-13. disco song "Le _______" by Chic
-14. screens or cloaks

1. Mummy

5. treat

Hi Cue.

Nice mummy, Pandora

Good ones

13. Freak

11. Bates - Hi Cue

Bernie

Wooooo ooooo freaky

Hi Bernie Good answers

8. Blood

7. ghost

Utterly gory...

4. Jekyl(l)

12. ghost

2. death

Scaring up some good answers

6. cider

Indeed, Joan

14. black

Cue, there are two "ghost" answers #7 & 12. Could 7
be incorrect?

Hmmmm....good catch, Joan. I saw ghost and assumed it was right because it fit the theme but didn't catch that there were two "ghost" answers. Number 7 isn't right for the final answer so I rewrote the clue a little.

Michele, try again

14. masks

7. vapor
9. witch
10. scary

3. gasps

answer: masked potatoes

Nice finish