Can You Guess the Horror Movie From Its Country Setting? 20-Question Trivia Challenge!

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Think you can identify these chilling horror films just from their distinctive country settings? From frozen Nordic forests to zombie-infested Asian trains, this quiz spans the globe with questions ranging from easy warm-ups to devilishly hard ones. Grab a pen and test your cinematic geography!

20 Trivia Questions on Guess the Movie From the Country Setting

Question 1: A poignant vampire tale unfolding in a bleak 1980s suburb of Stockholm, Sweden?

A. 30 Days of Night
B. Let the Right One In
C. Near Dark
D. Cronos

Question 2: A dark fantasy about a girl’s magical labyrinth adventures in rural Spain during 1944?

A. Pan’s Labyrinth
B. The Others
C. The VVitch
D. Suspiria

Question 3: A found-footage zombie outbreak trapped in a quarantined apartment block in Barcelona, Spain?

A. Quarantine
B. Dawn of the Dead
C. 28 Days Later
D. [REC]

Question 4: A mockumentary hunting mythical trolls through the rugged fjords and forests of Norway?

A. The Troll
B. Rare Exports
C. Trollhunter
D. Lake Placid

Question 5: A twisted Christmas horror involving a feral Santa figure in the snowy Lapland region of Finland?

A. Rare Exports
B. Krampus
C. Dead Snow
D. The Nightmare Before Christmas

Question 6: Backpackers hunted by a sadistic killer in the remote outback of Western Australia?

A. The Hills Have Eyes
B. Wrong Turn
C. Wolf Creek
D. Eden Lake

Question 7: A cursed videotape unleashes supernatural terror in urban Tokyo, Japan?

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

Question 8: A zombie apocalypse erupts on a high-speed train racing from Seoul to Busan, South Korea?

A. World War Z
B. Train to Busan
C. Cargo
D. Overlord

Question 9: A shamanic curse haunts a remote mountain village in South Korea?

A. The Medium
B. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
C. The Wailing
D. Peninsula

Question 10: Paranormal investigators explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital near Seoul, South Korea?

A. As Above, So Below
B. Grave Encounters
C. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
D. The Taking of Deborah Logan

Question 11: Elite cops battle gangs in a towering slum high-rise in Jakarta, Indonesia?

A. Dredd
B. The Raid
C. Skyscraper
D. Raid: Redemption

Question 12: A corporate headhunter evades assassins across the urban and rural landscapes of Norway?

A. Headhunters
B. Wind River
C. The Hunter
D. Dead Snow

Question 13: A couple’s lakeside picnic turns deadly at the hands of local thugs in England’s Lake District?

A. The Strangers
B. Funny Games
C. Eden Lake
D. You’re Next

Question 14: Grieving friends encounter an ancient evil while hiking through the dense forests of Sweden?

A. The Ritual
B. Apostle
C. Midsommar
D. The Hallow

Question 15: A hitman family descends into occult folk horror in the rural countryside of England?

A. Midsommar
B. The Wicker Man
C. Kill List
D. In the Earth

Question 16: A monstrous creature rampages through the Han River area of Seoul, South Korea?

A. Cloverfield
B. The Host
C. Rampage
D. Godzilla

Question 17: Interconnected hauntings terrorise families in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina?

A. The Conjuring
B. Insidious
C. Aterrados
D. Hereditary

Question 18: Teens unleash malevolent spirits via a cursed hand in regional Victoria, Australia?

A. Talk to Me
B. The Babadook
C. Relic
D. Hounds of Love

Question 19: A cannibalistic coming-of-age story at an elite veterinary school in Belgium?

A. Raw
B. Titane
C. Trouble Every Day
D. We Are What We Are

Question 20: Twin boys suspect their bandaged mother is an impostor in a remote house in rural Austria?

A. The Others
B. Orphan
C. Goodnight Mommy
D. The Boy

Answers

  1. B. Let the Right One In – Directed by Tomas Alfredson, set in Blackeberg suburb of Stockholm, Sweden in 1982. Others are set in USA (Alaska), USA (Southwest), and Mexico.
  2. A. Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro’s film is set in 1944 rural Spain amid Franco’s regime. The Others (Isle of Man/UK), The VVitch (New England, USA), Suspiria (Germany/Italy).
  3. D. [REC] – Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s found-footage film unfolds in a Barcelona apartment. Others in USA (Los Angeles), USA (Monroeville), UK (London).
  4. C. Trollhunter – André Øvredal’s mockumentary roams Norway’s wilderness. Others in USA, Finland, USA.
  5. A. Rare Exports – Jalmari Helander’s tale is set in Finnish Lapland. Others in Austria/USA, Norway, USA.
  6. C. Wolf Creek – Greg McLean’s film stalks Australia’s Wolf Creek region. Others in USA (desert), USA (Appalachia), UK.
  7. B. Ringu – Hideo Nakata’s J-horror original is set in Tokyo, Japan. The Ring is its USA remake; others also Japan but different films.
  8. B. Train to Busan – Yeon Sang-ho’s zombie film races across South Korea. Others in USA/global, Australia, USA.
  9. C. The Wailing – Na Hong-jin’s film is set in a Gurye County village, South Korea. Others in Thailand, South Korea (different), South Korea (different).
  10. C. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum – Jung Bum-shik’s found-footage is at the real Gonjiam hospital near Seoul, South Korea. Others in France/USA, Canada, USA.
  11. B. The Raid – Gareth Evans’ action-horror is set in Jakarta slums, Indonesia. Others in future Peach Trees (USA), same as B (variant title), USA.
  12. A. Headhunters – Morten Tyldum’s thriller spans Oslo and rural Norway. Others in USA/Wyoming, Australia, Norway (different).
  13. C. Eden Lake – Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender star in this English Lake District nightmare. Others in USA, Austria/USA, USA.
  14. A. The Ritual – David Bruckner’s film treks northern Sweden’s forests. Others in UK/Wales, Ireland, Ireland.
  15. C. Kill List – Ben Wheatley’s film culminates in Norfolk, England. Others in Sweden/USA, UK (Scotland), UK.
  16. B. The Host – Bong Joon-ho’s monster movie devastates Seoul’s Han River, South Korea. Others in USA, USA, Japan/USA.
  17. C. Aterrados – Demián Rugna’s interconnected horrors plague Buenos Aires suburbs, Argentina. Others in USA, USA, USA.
  18. A. Talk to Me – Danny and Michael Philippou’s debut is set in rural Victoria, Australia. Others in Australia (Melbourne), Australia, Australia.
  19. A. Raw – Julia Ducournau’s film is at a Belgian veterinary university. Others in France/Belgium (different), France, USA.
  20. C. Goodnight Mommy – Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s original is set in rural Austria. Others in UK/Spain, USA/Georgia, USA.

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