Not happy with just running an interactive Halloween logo today, Google also has an “easter egg” surprise. Searches for some horror movies bring up sleeping bats that fly away with a click.

For example, here’s what appears in a search for “Nightmare On Elm Street,” over the knowledge graph box about the movie:

Click on the bats, and they fly away:

These also appear for other films like “The Shining,” “Halloween 1978″ and Aliens, as you can see below:

 Here’s a video of the bats in flight:

Also be sure to play with today’s special Google Halloween doodle. Here’s a video of that:

Found other movies that bring up the bats? Please share them below!

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