Identify These Horror Films from Their Endings: 20-Question Trivia Quiz

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Think you’re a true horror aficionado? Test your knowledge by identifying these 20 unforgettable horror films from their chilling final scenes alone. We’ve blended iconic classics with clever modern twists — how many can you get right?

Questions

Question 1: Which horror film ends with a killer doll being decapitated, set on fire, shot repeatedly, and thrown from a skyscraper window, only for its head to blink and laugh?

A. Gremlins (1984)
B. Child’s Play (1988)
C. Dolly Dearest (1991)
D. Demonic Toys (1992)

Question 2: In which film does the final girl escape a cave full of blind creatures, drive away in hysterics, only to hallucinate one attacking her in the rear-view mirror?

A. The Descent (2005)
B. The Cave (2005)
C. As Above, So Below (2014)
D. The Pyramid (2014)

Question 3: Which movie concludes with a mutated man begging his lover for a mercy kill before she activates a telepod that causes his grotesque body to explode?

A. The Fly (1986)
B. Re-Animator (1985)
C. From Beyond (1986)
D. Society (1989)

Question 4: A child psychologist realises he has been dead the whole time and walks away from his wife as she stirs awake — which film?

A. The Others (2001)
B. The Sixth Sense (1999)
C. Stir of Echoes (1999)
D. Hide and Seek (2005)

Question 5: Two survivors sit in the snow sharing a bottle, eyeing each other suspiciously as they await freezing to death after destroying the Antarctic base — name the film.

A. The Thing (1982)
B. Antichrist (2009)
C. 30 Days of Night (2007)
D. Frozen (2010)

Question 6: A masked killer falls from a second-storey balcony after being shot six times but mysteriously disappears by morning — which classic?

A. Halloween (1978)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
D. My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Question 7: After the exorcism, a priest jumps from a window to his death down the stairs, saving the girl who is then miraculously healed — the film?

A. The Rite (2011)
B. Constantine (2005)
C. The Exorcist (1973)
D. The Possession (2012)

Question 8: A family flees their haunted home as malevolent spirits depart, causing the entire house to implode into a blinding chasm — which one?

A. Insidious (2010)
B. Poltergeist (1982)
C. The Amityville Horror (1979)
D. The Haunting (1963)

Question 9: The protagonist tampers with a live wire to electrocute the final threat just as Death’s list catches up — name it.

A. Final Destination (2000)
B. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
C. Urban Legend (1998)
D. Valentine (2001)

Question 10: A boy bursts from a lake to drag down the final survivor after she kills his mother — classic slasher ending?

A. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. The Burning (1981)
D. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Question 11: Norman Bates is arrested; his face dissolves into his mother’s during a chilling voiceover monologue — iconic film?

A. Peeping Tom (1960)
B. Psycho (1960)
C. Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
D. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Question 12: The sole farmhouse survivor is shot in the head by a posse mistaking him for a zombie at dawn — which zombie pioneer?

A. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
B. Day of the Dead (1985)
C. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
D. Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Question 13: Two survivors fly off in a helicopter from an exploding mall overrun by zombies — the film?

A. Zombieland (2009)
B. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
C. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
D. 28 Days Later (2002)

Question 14: A puzzle box summons Cenobites who hook and drag screaming victims into other dimensions amid chaos — which?

A. Hellraiser (1987)
B. From Hell (2001)
C. Event Horizon (1997)
D. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

Question 15: The caretaker freezes to death lost in a snowy hedge maze, revealed in a 1921 Overlook Hotel photo — name it.

A. The Shining (1980)
B. Doctor Sleep (2019)
C. 1408 (2007)
D. Secret Window (2004)

Question 16: After killing the Ghostface killers, police lights arrive as the survivor stands victorious amid the carnage — the film?

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

Question 17: The supposed corpse on the floor stands up to reveal itself as the true mastermind killer — twist ending of?

A. Se7en (1995)
B. Saw (2004)
C. High Tension (2003)
D. Identity (2003)

Question 18: A hook-handed spectre carries a woman and baby out a window into flames after she stabs him — which?

A. Candyman (1992)
B. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
C. The Believers (1987)
D. Prince of Darkness (1987)

Question 19: Teens defeat a razor-gloved dream killer by dragging him into reality, causing him to explode in flames — the film?

A. Freddy’s Dead (1991)
B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
C. Dreamscape (1984)
D. Shocker (1989)

Question 20: The survivor ejects the alien into space from the escape shuttle, then goes into hypersleep — sci-fi horror classic?

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

Answers

  1. B. Child’s Play (1988) — Chucky endures multiple destructions but his head lives on, teasing sequels.
  2. A. The Descent (2005) — Sarah’s escape is revealed as a hallucination in the US cut.
  3. A. The Fly (1986) — Veronica mercy-kills Brundlefly via telepod fusion, causing his body to explode.
  4. B. The Sixth Sense (1999) — Malcolm realises he has been dead and fades away.
  5. A. The Thing (1982) — MacReady and Childs share a fatal, suspicious drink in the snow.
  6. A. Halloween (1978) — Michael Myers vanishes after falling from the balcony.
  7. C. The Exorcist (1973) — Father Karras leaps to his death, expelling the demon.
  8. B. Poltergeist (1982) — The house implodes after the spirits depart.
  9. A. Final Destination (2000) — Alex uses a live wire to stop Death’s latest victim.
  10. B. Friday the 13th (1980) — Young Jason rises from the lake to drag the survivor under.
  11. B. Psycho (1960) — Norman’s face dissolves into Mother’s during the final monologue.
  12. C. Night of the Living Dead (1968) — Ben is mistakenly shot by a rescue posse at dawn.
  13. C. Dawn of the Dead (1978) — Peter and Fran escape the overrun mall by helicopter.
  14. A. Hellraiser (1987) — Cenobites emerge from the Lament Configuration to claim souls.
  15. A. The Shining (1980) — Jack freezes in the hedge maze; a 1921 photo reveals his presence.
  16. C. Scream (1996) — Sidney defeats the Ghostface killers as police arrive.
  17. B. Saw (2004) — Jigsaw rises from the “corpse” on the floor.
  18. A. Candyman (1992) — The hook-handed spectre carries Helen into the flames.
  19. B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — Nancy drags Freddy into reality, where he bursts into flames.
  20. C. Alien (1979) — Ripley ejects the xenomorph into space and enters hypersleep.

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