Can You Identify These Horror Movies From Kill Count Clues? Ultimate Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Are you a true horror aficionado? Put your film knowledge to the test with this fiendish quiz, where you’ll identify classic and cult horror movies based on their precise on-screen kill counts and a telling clue. From slashers to supernatural terrors, questions ramp up from easy to expert – good luck scoring 20/20!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Kill Counts

Question 1: Which 1978 John Carpenter slasher has exactly 5 on-screen kills?

A. The Fog
B. Halloween
C. Christine
D. Escape from New York

Question 2: Which 1974 Tobe Hooper indie horror has exactly 5 on-screen kills?

A. Poltergeist
B. Eaten Alive
C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
D. The Funhouse

Question 3: Which 1980 Sean S. Cunningham camp slasher has exactly 10 on-screen kills?

A. Friday the 13th
B. Prom Night
C. He Knows You're Alone
D. Terror Train

Question 4: Which 1996 Wes Craven meta-slasher has exactly 7 on-screen kills?

A. Scream
B. Vampire in Brooklyn
C. The People Under the Stairs
D. Deadly Friend

Question 5: Which 1981 Friday the 13th sequel marks Jason Voorhees' masked debut and has exactly 8 on-screen kills?

A. Friday the 13th Part III
B. Friday the 13th Part 2
C. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
D. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Question 6: Which 1982 Friday the 13th entry introduces the iconic hockey mask and has exactly 12 on-screen kills?

A. Part 2
B. Part 4: The Final Chapter
C. Friday the 13th Part III
D. Part 5: A New Beginning

Question 7: Which 1984 Wes Craven supernatural slasher has exactly 4 on-screen kills?

A. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
B. Silent Night, Deadly Night
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street
D. The Initiation

Question 8: Which 1984 Friday the 13th film has exactly 14 on-screen kills?

A. Friday the 13th Part III
B. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
C. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
D. Jason Lives

Question 9: Which 1985 Tom Holland vampire horror-comedy has exactly 9 on-screen kills?

A. The Lost Boys
B. Fright Night
C. Vamp
D. Once Bitten

Question 10: Which 1981 Harvey Keitel summer camp slasher has exactly 12 on-screen kills?

A. The Burning
B. Friday the 13th Part 2
C. Madman
D. Just Before Dawn

Question 11: Which 1983 cult slasher famous for its twist ending has exactly 13 on-screen kills?

A. Curtains
B. Sleepaway Camp
C. Slumber Party Massacre
D. Happy Birthday to Me

Question 12: Which 1981 mine-set slasher has exactly 10 on-screen kills?

A. My Bloody Valentine
B. Prom Night
C. Happy Birthday to Me
D. New Year's Evil

Question 13: Which 1987 Clive Barker horror has exactly 5 on-screen kills?

A. Nightbreed
B. Hellraiser
C. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
D. Candyman

Question 14: Which 1997 hook-handed slasher has exactly 5 on-screen kills?

A. Scream 2
B. I Know What You Did Last Summer
C. Urban Legend
D. The Faculty

Question 15: Which 1998 urban myth slasher has exactly 7 on-screen kills?

A. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
B. Bride of Chucky
C. Urban Legend
D. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Question 16: Which 1998 David E. Kelly-produced alien invasion horror has exactly 9 on-screen kills?

A. The Faculty
B. Phantasm IV: Oblivion
C. Disturbing Behavior
D. Return to Horror High

Question 17: Which 1998 Chucky sequel has exactly 9 on-screen kills?

A. Child's Play 2
B. Seed of Chucky
C. Bride of Chucky
D. Cult of Chucky

Question 18: Which 2000 Canadian werewolf film has exactly 5 on-screen kills?

A. Ginger Snaps
B. Dog Soldiers
C. Brotherhood of the Wolf
D. An American Werewolf in Paris

Question 19: Which 2002 Eli Roth body horror film has exactly 5 on-screen kills?

A. Hostel
B. Cabin Fever
C. Wrong Turn
D. Jeepers Creepers II

Question 20: Which 2003 French extreme horror has exactly 7 on-screen kills?

A. High Tension
B. Martyrs
C. Inside
D. Frontier(s)

Answers

  1. B. Halloween – John Carpenter's 1978 classic features exactly 5 on-screen kills by Michael Myers (Lynda, Bob, Annie, and two others including the dog). The others have significantly more.
  2. C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Tobe Hooper's 1974 film tallies exactly 5 kills (Hitchhiker's suicide, Leatherface's chainsaw and meat hook murders, Grandpa's hammer). Others have fewer or more.
  3. A. Friday the 13th – Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 debut has 10 kills, mostly by Pamela Voorhees. The distractors range from 5-8 kills.
  4. A. Scream – Wes Craven's 1996 film has exactly 7 kills (Casey, Steve, Himbry, Tatum, Kenny, Billy, Stu). Others have 4-5.
  5. B. Friday the 13th Part 2 – Jason's 1981 debut film has 8 kills with his sack mask. Sequels have 12+.
  6. C. Friday the 13th Part III – The 1982 entry debuts the hockey mask with exactly 12 kills by Jason. Others differ.
  7. C. A Nightmare on Elm Street – Wes Craven's 1984 film has 4 kills by Freddy (Tina, Rod, Glen, Marge). Others have 8-14.
  8. C. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter – The 1984 film features 14 kills by Jason. Part III has 12, others more.
  9. B. Fright Night – Tom Holland's 1985 film has 9 vampire kills. The Lost Boys has 15, others vary.
  10. A. The Burning – The 1981 Cropsy slasher has 12 kills. Madman has 24, others fewer.
  11. B. Sleepaway Camp – The 1983 twist film has 13 kills. Slumber Party Massacre has 12, others 9-11.
  12. A. My Bloody Valentine – The 1981 pickaxe slasher has 10 kills. Happy Birthday to Me has 11.
  13. B. Hellraiser – Clive Barker's 1987 Cenobite tale has 5 kills. Hellbound has 17, Nightbreed 28.
  14. B. I Know What You Did Last Summer – The 1997 film has 5 kills by the Fisherman. Scream 2 has 12.
  15. C. Urban Legend – The 1998 film has 7 kills based on myths. Halloween H20 has 10, Bride of Chucky 9.
  16. A. The Faculty – The 1998 parasite invasion has 9 kills. Others have fewer.
  17. C. Bride of Chucky – The 1998 doll horror has 9 kills. Earlier Child's Play 2 has 7.
  18. A. Ginger Snaps – The 2000 lycanthrope film has 5 kills. Others have more.
  19. B. Cabin Fever – Eli Roth's 2002 flesh-eating virus film has 5 kills. Hostel has 18.
  20. A. High Tension – The 2003 French slasher has 7 kills. Later films like Martyrs have fewer explicit counts.

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