Guess the Horror Movie from Its Survivors’ Decisions: 20-Question Trivia Quiz

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Think you know horror inside out? Test your knowledge by matching each survivor’s pivotal final decision to the correct movie. From iconic slashers to supernatural terrors and zombie epics, these 20 questions range from straightforward to fiendishly difficult. Grab some popcorn and see how many you can survive!

Questions

Question 1: In which horror movie does the survivor flag down a random truck driver to escape a chainsaw-wielding cannibal family, laughing hysterically as she speeds away?

A. Friday the 13th (1980)
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
C. Halloween (1978)
D. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Question 2: In which horror movie does the final girl decapitate the hockey-masked killer with a machete after he attacks her from beneath a canoe?

A. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
B. Halloween (1978)
C. Friday the 13th (1980)
D. Maniac (1980)

Question 3: In which horror movie does the survivor use a wire coat hanger and a knitting needle to fight off the relentless masked stalker?

A. Friday the 13th (1980)
B. Prom Night (1980)
C. Halloween (1978)
D. Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

Question 4: In which horror movie does the teen girl set booby traps throughout her house and drag the bladed-glove killer from the dream world into a fiery reality?

A. Dreamscape (1984)
B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
C. Friday the 13th (1980)
D. The Burning (1981)

Question 5: In which horror movie does the final girl pretend to be dead before shooting one killer in the head and watching the other get run over by a news van?

A. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
B. Urban Legend (1998)
C. Scream (1996)
D. The Faculty (1998)

Question 6: In which horror movie does the lone survivor amputate his own possessed hand with a chainsaw to battle the demonic forces unleashed in a remote cabin?

A. The Evil Dead (1981)
B. Maniac Cop (1988)
C. Re-Animator (1985)
D. Basket Case (1982)

Question 7: In which horror movie do the survivors escape a zombie-infested shopping mall by flying away in a helicopter?

A. Day of the Dead (1985)
B. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
C. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
D. Zombieland (2009)

Question 8: In which horror movie do the final two survivors share a bottle of Scotch in the freezing Antarctic, opting to die of exposure rather than risk the creature assimilating them?

A. The Thing (1982)
B. The Edge (1997)
C. Antarctica (1983)
D. 30 Days of Night (2007)

Question 9: In which horror movie does the warrant officer activate the spaceship’s self-destruct and escape alone in a shuttle pod after expelling the android traitor?

A. Prometheus (2012)
B. Event Horizon (1997)
C. Alien (1979)
D. Life (2017)

Question 10: In which horror movie do the mother and son escape the haunted hotel in a snowcat after the insane father chases them with an axe?

A. The Shining (1980)
B. Doctor Sleep (2019)
C. Misery (1990)
D. 1408 (2007)

Question 11: In which horror movie does the family decide to abandon their suburban home forever after pulling their kidnapped daughter from a supernatural muddy pool?

A. The Amityville Horror (1979)
B. Poltergeist (1982)
C. The Conjuring (2013)
D. Insidious (2010)

Question 12: In which horror movie does the sole survivor emerge from the boarded-up farmhouse at dawn and drive away as a posse shoots the ghouls?

A. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
B. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
C. Survival of the Dead (2009)
D. Dead of Night (1945)

Question 13: In which horror movie do the survivors bandage the woman’s pecked eyes and drive slowly through a massive flock of attacking birds?

A. The Birds (1963)
B. The Fog (1980)
C. Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode
D. FeardotCom (2002)

Question 14: In which horror movie does the police chief decide to shoot an oxygen tank lodged in the giant shark’s mouth to cause a fatal explosion?

A. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
B. The Meg (2018)
C. Open Water (2003)
D. Jaws (1975)

Question 15: In which horror movie do the survivors reject a militarised rapist camp and drive across the countryside to reach a quarantined island sanctuary?

A. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
B. Zombieland (2009)
C. World War Z (2013)
D. 28 Days Later (2002)

Question 16: In which horror movie do the survivors isolate the final train carriage from zombies and fight to reach the safe zone at Busan station?

A. Train to Busan (2016)
B. Snowpiercer (2013)
C. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
D. Cargo (2017)

Question 17: In which horror movie do the two remaining survivors detonate the entire facility to prevent the ancient evil gods from awakening?

A. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
B. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
C. The Ritual (2017)
D. Annihilation (2018)

Question 18: In which horror movie does the resourceful survivor use a blender, meat cleaver, and milk carton bomb to slaughter the masked family intruders?

A. Ready or Not (2019)
B. You’re Next (2011)
C. The Strangers (2008)
D. Homicidal (1961)

Question 19: In which horror movie does the deaf author decide to turn the tables on her silent masked stalker using only household items and cunning traps?

A. Hush (2016)
B. Don’t Breathe (2016)
C. The Invisible Man (2020)
D. Gerry (2002)

Question 20: In which horror movie does the bride decide to hunt her wealthy in-laws with crossbows and guns after discovering their deadly hide-and-seek ritual?

A. Ready or Not (2019)
B. The Hunt (2020)
C. Would You Rather (2012)
D. Circle (2015)

Answers

  1. B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) — Sally Hardesty escapes in a trucker’s pickup, laughing hysterically.
  2. C. Friday the 13th (1980) — Alice Hardy beheads Jason with a machete after the canoe attack.
  3. C. Halloween (1978) — Laurie Strode uses a coat hanger and knitting needle against Michael Myers.
  4. B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — Nancy Thompson booby-traps her house and pulls Freddy into reality.
  5. C. Scream (1996) — Sidney plays dead, shoots Billy, and watches Stu get run over.
  6. A. The Evil Dead (1981) — Ash severs his own possessed hand with a chainsaw.
  7. C. Dawn of the Dead (1978) — The survivors escape the mall by helicopter.
  8. A. The Thing (1982) — MacReady and Childs share Scotch while awaiting certain death.
  9. C. Alien (1979) — Ripley activates self-destruct and ejects the android Ash.
  10. A. The Shining (1980) — Wendy and Danny flee the Overlook in a snowcat.
  11. B. Poltergeist (1982) — The Freelings rescue Carol Anne and abandon the house.
  12. B. Night of the Living Dead (1968) — Ben survives the night inside the farmhouse before the posse arrives.
  13. A. The Birds (1963) — Melanie and the children drive through the bird-filled streets.
  14. D. Jaws (1975) — Chief Brody shoots the oxygen tank in the shark’s mouth.
  15. D. 28 Days Later (2002) — The group rejects the soldiers and heads for the Isle of Wight.
  16. A. Train to Busan (2016) — Survivors defend the final carriage to reach Busan station.
  17. A. The Cabin in the Woods (2011) — Dana and Marty trigger the facility’s destruction.
  18. B. You’re Next (2011) — Erin uses household items including a blender and milk bomb.
  19. A. Hush (2016) — Maddie silently outwits the masked intruder with improvised traps.
  20. A. Ready or Not (2019) — Grace hunts the Le Domas family during their deadly ritual.

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