Can You Guess All 20 Movies From These Tricky Title Clues? Ultimate Trivia Quiz Challenge!

Answers Below – No Peeking!

Put your film knowledge to the test with this Guess the Movie From the Title Clue Quiz! Each question provides a clever hint pointing directly to a famous movie’s title. Ranging from easy warm-ups to brain-bending stumpers, see if you can name them all without peeking.

20 Trivia Questions on Guess the Movie From the Title Clue Quiz

Question 1: Which movie’s title is the past tense of the verb “to see”?

A. I Know What You Did Last Summer
B. Scream
C. Saw
D. I Saw the Devil

Question 2: Which movie’s title refers to the mouth of a great white shark?

A. Orca
B. The Meg
C. Deep Blue Sea
D. Jaws

Question 3: Which classic film’s title means “person with a mental illness”?

A. Split
B. Shutter Island
C. Psycho
D. The Machinist

Question 4: Which horror film’s title is the name of the holiday on October 31st?

A. Hush
B. Trick ‘r Treat
C. The Night Before
D. Halloween

Question 5: Which slasher franchise is named after a superstitiously unlucky date?

A. Black Christmas
B. Friday the 13th
C. My Bloody Valentine
D. April Fool’s Day

Question 6: Which film’s title describes a terrifying dream on a street named after elm trees?

A. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
B. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street
D. Dreamscape

Question 7: Which 1974 film’s title specifies a “chain saw” massacre in “Texas”?

A. The Hills Have Eyes
B. Last House on the Left
C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
D. Don’t Look Now

Question 8: Which William Friedkin film’s title refers to a priest who expels demons?

A. The Exorcist
B. The Sentinel
C. The Devil’s Advocate
D. Legend

Question 9: Which Stanley Kubrick horror has a title meaning “radiant” or “excelling”?

A. The Shining
B. 2001: A Space Odyssey
C. A Clockwork Orange
D. Full Metal Jacket

Question 10: Which 1976 film’s title means “a sign of impending evil”?

A. The Omen
B. Damien: Omen II
C. The Final Conflict
D. The Bad Seed

Question 11: Which Steven Spielberg-produced ghost film’s title means “noisy ghost”?

A. Ghostbusters
B. Poltergeist
C. Beetlejuice
D. Casper

Question 12: Which George A. Romero film’s title refers to zombies rising at night?

A. Dawn of the Dead
B. Day of the Dead
C. Night of the Living Dead
D. Land of the Dead

Question 13: Which David Cronenberg body horror film’s title is a type of insect?

A. Starship Troopers
B. Mimic
C. Arachnophobia
D. The Fly

Question 14: Which cursed videotape film’s title is a piece of circular jewellery?

A. Pulse
B. The Ring
C. Ringu
D. The Curse

Question 15: Which horror series’ title refers to the inescapable end of life?

A. Final Destination
B. The Final Girls
C. Death Sentence
D. Happy Death Day

Question 16: Which sci-fi film’s title describes a planet inhabited by apes?

A. Planet of the Apes
B. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
C. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
D. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Question 17: Which Ridley Scott sci-fi horror’s title means “from another planet”?

A. Prometheus
B. Alien
C. Aliens
D. Predator

Question 18: Which James Wan film’s title means “summoning evil spirits”?

A. Insidious
B. The Conjuring
C. Annabelle
D. The Nun

Question 19: Which Stephen King miniseries adaptation has a title that is simply a pronoun?

A. Christine
B. Pet Sematary
C. It
D. Salem’s Lot

Question 20: Which 1982 Tobe Hooper film’s title translates to “noisy spirit”?

A. The Entity
B. Amityville Horror
C. The Changeling
D. Poltergeist

Answers

  1. C. Saw – 2004 James Wan horror; title is exactly the past tense of “see,” unlike the phrase-based options.
  2. D. Jaws – 1975 Steven Spielberg classic; directly refers to the shark’s jaws, while others feature different sea creatures.
  3. C. Psycho – 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film; “psycho” specifically means mentally ill person, distinguishing it from the others.
  4. D. Halloween – 1978 John Carpenter slasher; title is precisely the October 31 holiday name.
  5. B. Friday the 13th – 1980 horror franchise; named after the unlucky date, unlike the holiday-themed alternatives.
  6. C. A Nightmare on Elm Street – 1984 Wes Craven film; title specifies the nightmare location as Elm Street.
  7. C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – 1974 Tobe Hooper film; title explicitly includes “Texas,” “Chain Saw,” and “Massacre.”
  8. A. The Exorcist – 1973 William Friedkin film; “exorcist” is the demon-expelling priest.
  9. A. The Shining – 1980 Stanley Kubrick adaptation; “shining” means radiant or psychic brilliance.
  10. A. The Omen – 1976 Richard Donner film; an “omen” is a sign of evil to come.
  11. B. Poltergeist – 1982 Tobe Hooper/Spielberg film; “poltergeist” literally means noisy ghost.
  12. C. Night of the Living Dead – 1968 George A. Romero zombie classic; title pinpoints undead activity at night.
  13. D. The Fly – 1986 David Cronenberg remake; title is the insect name, unlike arachnid or other bug films.
  14. B. The Ring – 2002 Gore Verbinski remake; “ring” is the cursed circular jewellery.
  15. A. Final Destination – 2000 series; “final destination” means life’s ultimate end.
  16. A. Planet of the Apes – 1968 Charlton Heston sci-fi; core title describes apes’ planet.
  17. B. Alien – 1979 Ridley Scott film; “alien” means extraterrestrial creature.
  18. B. The Conjuring – 2013 James Wan film; “conjuring” means summoning spirits.
  19. C. It – 2017 (or 1990 miniseries) Stephen King adaptation; title is the simple pronoun for the entity.
  20. D. Poltergeist – 1982 film; German for “noisy spirit,” fitting the haunting poltergeist activity.

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