Question 8: During a zombie apocalypse, survivors barricade themselves in a rural farmhouse, fighting off the undead hordes while interpersonal tensions erupt inside?

A. Dawn of the Dead
B. 28 Days Later
C. World War Z
D. Night of the Living Dead

Question 9: A family moves into a Rhode Island farmhouse plagued by spirits tied to a witch’s history, drawing in paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren for a harrowing exorcism?

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

Question 10: After a father’s decapitation in a car crash, his widow uncovers her mother’s occult past through eerie miniatures and possessions culminating in a ritual summoning an ancient demon named Paimon?

A. Midsommar
B. Hereditary
C. The Babadook
D. Relic

Question 11: A black photographer visits his white girlfriend’s seemingly liberal parents, only to face hypnosis via teacup, a brain surgery plot, and an underground auction?

A. Us
B. Nope
C. Get Out
D. Candyman

Question 12: A young woman is haunted by a slow-walking entity passed on via a sexual encounter from a cursed 1970s videotape, forcing her friends to devise supernatural countermeasures?

A. The Ring
B. It Follows
C. Smile
D. Slender Man

Question 13: In 1630s New England, a Puritan family exiled to the woods loses their baby to a witch in the forest, faces crop failure, and confronts a seductive talking goat named Black Phillip?

A. Salem
B. The Witch
C. Jennifer’s Body
D. Pyewacket

Question 14: A grieving woman joins her boyfriend on a Swedish midsummer festival trip, where pagan rituals, hallucinogenic drugs, and a cliff-jumping ceremony reveal the villagers’ dark customs?

A. The Ritual
B. Apostle
C. Midsommar
D. Kill List

Question 15: Five college friends head to a remote cabin for a weekend getaway, unwittingly triggering ancient monsters controlled by a shadowy organisation betting on their demise?

A. Evil Dead
B. The Cabin in the Woods
C. Cabin Fever
D. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Question 16: High school students in Woodsboro are terrorised by killers in Ghostface masks who taunt victims with horror movie trivia over the phone before stabbing attacks?

A. I Know What You Did Last Summer
B. Urban Legend
C. Scream
D. Final Destination

Question 17: Two men awaken chained in a filthy bathroom with a dying woman and a tape recorder outlining deadly games, sparking a vengeful detective’s pursuit of the puppet master?

A. Hostel
B. Cube
C. Saw
D. Would You Rather

Question 18: A journalist investigates a videotape that kills viewers seven days later, leading to watery apparitions, a well climb, and a desperate copy-passing race?

A. The Grudge
B. Pulse
C. The Ring
D. Noroi: The Curse

Question 19: A suburban family experiences poltergeist activity via their TV static, with chairs stacking, toys attacking, and their youngest daughter abducted into another dimension by skeletal spirits?

A. The Others
B. Poltergeist
C. Stir of Echoes
D. What Lies Beneath

Question 20: Elm Street teens suffer fatal dream attacks from a burned child killer with a bladed glove, requiring clever booby traps and real-world confrontation to end the nightmare cycle?

A. Freddy’s Dead
B. Dreamscape
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street
D. In the Mouth of Madness

Answers

1. B. Psycho – Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic follows Marion Crane’s theft and murder at the Bates Motel by Norman Bates, with a detective probing her disappearance; distractors are later slashers imitating its style but lack the motel/shower iconography.
2. A. The Shining – Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel features Jack Torrance’s insanity at the Overlook, with Danny’s shining powers; others involve hotels or isolation but no matching hotel family winter plot.
3. C. Halloween – John Carpenter’s 1978 film introduces Michael Myers stalking Laurie Strode on Halloween; alternatives have masked killers but not the Haddonfield sanitarium escape.
4. B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Tobe Hooper’s 1974 grindhouse hit depicts Texas youth encountering Leatherface’s family; others feature cannibals/mutants but no chainsaw farm specificity.
5. D. Jaws – Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster pits Amity Island against a shark hunted by Brody, Hooper, and Quint; distractors are shark films but lack the boat trio dynamic.
6. B. Alien – Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror details Nostromo crew vs. xenomorph from eggs; sequels/prequels diverge from the original derelict ship signal.
7. C. Rosemary’s Baby – Roman Polanski’s 1968 film centres on Mia Farrow’s pregnancy manipulated by a satanic coven; others involve demonic births but no NYC neighbour plot.
8. D. Night of the Living Dead – George A. Romero’s 1968 zombie blueprint traps survivors in a farmhouse; later films expand the universe without the original black-and-white siege.
9. B. The Conjuring – James Wan’s 2013 true-story chiller follows the Perron hauntings solved by Warrens; distractors have investigators but no matching witch farmhouse.
10. B. Hereditary – Ari Aster’s 2018 grief horror reveals Paimon cult via Graham family tragedies; others explore family curses but lack miniatures/demonic possession arc.
11. C. Get Out – Jordan Peele’s 2017 satire unfolds Chris Washington’s sinister parental visit; distractors are Peele-esque horrors without the auction hypnosis.
12. B. It Follows – David Robert Mitchell’s 2014 indie tracks the entity’s sexual transmission curse; others have curses but no walking pursuer rule.
13. B. The Witch – Robert Eggers’ 2015 folktale depicts 1630s family vs. woodland witch/Black Phillip; period alternatives lack Puritan exile specificity.
14. C. Midsommar – Ari Aster’s 2019 daylight horror follows Dani’s festival nightmare; cult films differ in setting/rituals.
15. B. The Cabin in the Woods – Drew Goddard’s 2012 meta-film subverts tropes with facility-controlled monsters; cabin slashers lack the organisation twist.
16. C. Scream – Wes Craven’s 1996 whodunit features Ghostface trivia taunts; teen slashers miss the meta-phone calls.
17. C. Saw – James Wan’s 2004 trap origin stars Adam/Dr. Gordon in Jigsaw’s bathroom game; others have traps sans the icon tape recorder.
18. C. The Ring – Gore Verbinski’s 2002 remake details Samara’s tape curse and well escape; Asian imports differ in narrative beats.
19. B. Poltergeist – Tobe Hooper’s 1982 haunted house staple involves Freelings vs. TV spirits abducting Carol Anne; ghost stories lack clown/toy attacks.
20. C. A Nightmare on Elm Street – Wes Craven’s 1984 dream-slaying debut pits teens against Freddy Krueger; dream horrors don’t match glove/boiler room lore.

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