Can You Get Them All Right? The Ultimate Horror Movie Trivia Quiz

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Think you’re a horror movie master? Test your knowledge across cinema’s scariest classics and modern nightmares with this ultimate quiz. Questions range from easy warm-ups to fiendishly tough challenges – can you score a perfect 20/20?

20 Trivia Questions on Ultimate Horror Movies

Question 1: Who directed the 1960 classic Psycho?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. William Friedkin
D. John Carpenter

Question 2: In what year was The Exorcist released?

A. 1972
B. 1974
C. 1973
D. 1971

Question 3: Which actor played Norman Bates in Psycho?

A. Anthony Perkins
B. Boris Karloff
C. Vincent Price
D. Lon Chaney Jr.

Question 4: What is the name of the hotel in The Shining (1980)?

A. Timberline Lodge
B. Overlook Hotel
C. Stanley Hotel
D. Bates Motel

Question 5: Who directed the original Night of the Living Dead?

A. Wes Craven
B. George A. Romero
C. Tobe Hooper
D. Sam Raimi

Question 6: In Jaws (1975), what is the name of the shark hunter played by Robert Shaw?

A. Hooper
B. Brody
C. Quint
D. Vaughan

Question 7: Which film features the iconic line “Here’s Johnny!”?

A. Halloween
B. The Shining
C. Poltergeist
D. A Nightmare on Elm Street

Question 8: Who played the monster in the 1931 Frankenstein?

A. Bela Lugosi
B. Boris Karloff
C. Lon Chaney
D. Christopher Lee

Question 9: What year was A Nightmare on Elm Street released?

A. 1983
B. 1985
C. 1984
D. 1986

Question 10: Which director helmed Rosemary’s Baby (1968)?

A. Roman Polanski
B. Dario Argento
C. Brian De Palma
D. David Lynch

Question 11: In The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), what is Leatherface’s weapon of choice?

A. Axe
B. Chainsaw
C. Machete
D. Meat hook

Question 12: Who composed the score for Halloween (1978)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Ennio Morricone
C. Bernard Herrmann
D. Jerry Goldsmith

Question 13: What is the demon’s name in The Exorcist?

A. Pazuzu
B. Legion
C. Pinhead
D. Valak

Question 14: Which actor played Dracula in the 1931 Universal film?

A. Christopher Lee
B. Bela Lugosi
C. Peter Cushing
D. Max Schreck

Question 15: In Alien (1979), who is the android crew member?

A. Ripley
B. Kane
C. Ash
D. Parker

Question 16: What year was The Silence of the Lambs released?

A. 1990
B. 1991
C. 1989
D. 1992

Question 17: Who directed Get Out (2017)?

A. Jordan Peele
B. Ari Aster
C. Robert Eggers
D. Mike Flanagan

Question 18: In Scream (1996), what is the killer’s mask called?

A. Hockey mask
B. Ghostface
C. Freddy glove
D. Pumpkinhead

Question 19: Which film won the first Oscar for Best Picture in the horror genre?

A. The Exorcist
B. The Silence of the Lambs
C. Jaws
D. Get Out

Question 20: What is the director of Hereditary (2018)?

A. Ari Aster
B. Jordan Peele
C. Wes Craven
D. Guillermo del Toro

Answers

  1. B. Alfred Hitchcock – He directed the 1960 thriller; Kubrick did The Shining, Friedkin The Exorcist, and Carpenter Halloween.
  2. C. 1973 – Released on 26 December 1973; distractors are adjacent years.
  3. A. Anthony Perkins – Iconic dual role as Norman and “Mother”; others are horror legends from different films.
  4. B. Overlook Hotel – Fictional location inspired by the Stanley Hotel; Timberline was exterior filming site.
  5. B. George A. Romero – His 1968 zombie masterpiece; others directed later horror classics.
  6. C. Quint – Played by Robert Shaw; Hooper is the oceanographer, Brody the sheriff.
  7. B. The Shining – Jack Nicholson’s improvised line from the 1980 Kubrick film.
  8. B. Boris Karloff – Starred as the monster in James Whale’s 1931 Universal classic.
  9. C. 1984 – Wes Craven’s debut Freddy Krueger film; others off by one or two years.
  10. A. Roman Polanski – His 1968 psychological horror; others directed different suspense films.
  11. B. Chainsaw – Leatherface wields it throughout Tobe Hooper’s 1974 film; others are used briefly.
  12. A. John Carpenter – He performed the eerie synthesiser theme for his 1978 slasher.
  13. A. Pazuzu – Ancient demon possessing Regan; others from different horror franchises.
  14. B. Bela Lugosi – Starred in Tod Browning’s 1931 Universal adaptation.
  15. C. Ash – Revealed as a malfunctioning android by Ridley Scott in 1979’s sci-fi horror.
  16. B. 1991 – Won multiple Oscars that year; others nearby release years.
  17. A. Jordan Peele – His directorial debut blending social horror; others recent horror directors.
  18. B. Ghostface – Mask worn by killers in Wes Craven’s 1996 meta-slasher.
  19. B. The Silence of the Lambs – Won Best Picture in 1992 Oscars; first horror to do so.
  20. A. Ari Aster – His devastating 2018 family trauma horror; others acclaimed directors.

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