Slasher Killer Patterns Trivia Quiz: Test Your Horror Knowledge

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Think you know your slasher flicks inside out? Test your knowledge of iconic killers and their twisted methods with these 20 questions ranging from easy classics to deep-cut nightmares. How many can you name from their gruesome patterns?

Questions

Question 1: Which slasher film features a silent killer who stalks babysitters in Haddonfield, Illinois, wielding a large kitchen knife and wearing a white-painted William Shatner Star Trek mask?

A. Friday the 13th (1980)
B. Scream (1996)
C. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
D. Halloween (1978)

Question 2: In which film does the killer chase victims with a roaring chainsaw while wearing grotesque masks made from human skin?

A. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. Phantasm (1979)
D. Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

Question 3: Which slasher has a killer who taunts victims with chilling phone calls before stabbing them while dressed in a black robe and ghostly white mask?

A. Black Christmas (1974)
B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
C. Scream (1996)
D. Prom Night (1980)

Question 4: Which film features a disfigured killer with a razor-bladed glove who slaughters teenagers exclusively in their dreams?

A. Halloween (1978)
B. Child’s Play (1988)
C. Hatchet (2006)
D. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Question 5: In which proto-slasher does the killer dress as his domineering deceased mother to stab a showering victim?

A. Psycho (1960)
B. Maniac (1980)
C. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
D. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Question 6: Which slasher killer operates in an abandoned coal mine, wielding a pickaxe and wearing a dusty miner’s mask with a candy heart?

A. The Burning (1981)
B. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
C. My Bloody Valentine (1981)
D. Terrifier (2016)

Question 7: Which film stars a killer inhabiting a “Good Guy” doll who knifes his way through victims while spouting one-liners?

A. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
B. Child’s Play (1988)
C. Black Christmas (1974)
D. Prom Night (1980)

Question 8: In which movie does a mysterious handyman killer use a power drill to gruesomely murder girls at a slumber party?

A. Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
B. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
C. Phantasm (1979)
D. Maniac (1980)

Question 9: Which modern slasher features Victor Crowley, a hook-handed bayou brute who hatchets and rips apart tour groups?

A. Hatchet (2006)
B. The Burning (1981)
C. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
D. Friday the 13th (1980)

Question 10: In which film does the Tall Man deploy flying silver spheres that latch onto victims’ heads and drill into their brains?

A. Phantasm (1979)
B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
C. Terrifier (2016)
D. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

Question 11: Which New York-set slasher has a killer who bashes heads with bricks and scalps female victims for his shrine?

A. Prom Night (1980)
B. Scream (1996)
C. Maniac (1980)
D. My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Question 12: In the original Friday the 13th, which killer impersonates her drowned son’s voice while machete-decapitating camp counsellors?

A. Black Christmas (1974)
B. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
C. Friday the 13th (1980)
D. The Burning (1981)

Question 13: Which camp slasher features “Cropsy,” a pyromaniac groundskeeper who slashes campers with giant hedge clippers?

A. Child’s Play (1988)
B. The Burning (1981)
C. Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
D. Hatchet (2006)

Question 14: In which grindhouse slasher does the killer chainsaw dismember bodies to complete a massive jigsaw puzzle of a girl?

A. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
B. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
C. Psycho (1960)
D. Pieces (1982)

Question 15: Which film features birthday-themed kills like impaling a head on shish kebabs mistaken for a cake topping?

A. Halloween (1978)
B. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
C. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
D. Prom Night (1980)

Question 16: Which ultra-gory slasher stars Art the Clown, a mute horn-honking harlequin who saws off heads and drains blood?

A. Terrifier (2016)
B. Phantasm (1979)
C. Maniac (1980)
D. My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Question 17: Which holiday horror has a killer donning a Santa suit to axe and shoot “naughty” victims during Christmas?

A. Black Christmas (1974)
B. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
C. Scream (1996)
D. Child’s Play (1988)

Question 18: In which film does the killer make disturbing phone calls from a sorority house attic before strangling victims?

A. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. Black Christmas (1974)
D. Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

Question 19: Which twisty camp slasher has a killer dumping bee hives on victims and curling an axe into torsos?

A. The Burning (1981)
B. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
C. Hatchet (2006)
D. Psycho (1960)

Question 20: Which revenge slasher features a masked killer who tauntsingly dances with prom-goers before slaying them for a childhood drowning?

A. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
B. Prom Night (1980)
C. Terrifier (2016)
D. Pieces (1982)

Answers

  1. D. Halloween (1978) — Michael Myers wears a painted Shatner mask and uses a butcher knife on Laurie Strode and others in Haddonfield.
  2. A. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) — Leatherface’s signature chainsaw and skin masks define his attacks on a stranded group.
  3. C. Scream (1996) — Ghostface’s phone taunts and stab attacks in the Scream mask are iconic.
  4. D. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — Freddy Krueger’s dream kills with his bladed glove are unique.
  5. A. Psycho (1960) — Norman Bates as “Mother” knifes Marion Crane in the shower.
  6. C. My Bloody Valentine (1981) — Harry Warden’s pickaxe and heart-box mask terrorise Valentine revellers in a mine.
  7. B. Child’s Play (1988) — Chucky the doll, soul of killer Charles Lee Ray, knifes Andy’s family.
  8. A. Slumber Party Massacre (1982) — The driller’s power tool murders slumber girls.
  9. A. Hatchet (2006) — Victor Crowley’s bayou hatchet rampages are series-specific.
  10. A. Phantasm (1979) — The Tall Man’s spheres drill brains amid hearse chases.
  11. C. Maniac (1980) — Frank Zito’s brick bashings and scalping shrine are his trademarks.
  12. C. Friday the 13th (1980) — Pamela Voorhees mimics Jason’s cries while machete-killing.
  13. B. The Burning (1981) — Cropsy’s clippers slash post-fire revenge at camp.
  14. D. Pieces (1982) — The puzzle-maker dismembers for a co-ed corpse.
  15. C. Happy Birthday to Me (1981) — Skewered head as “cake” is a signature kill.
  16. A. Terrifier (2016) — Art’s silent, balloon-clutching gorefests define him.
  17. B. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) — Billy’s Santa axe murders stem from trauma.
  18. C. Black Christmas (1974) — Billy calls obscenities from the attic before kills.
  19. B. Sleepaway Camp (1983) — Angela’s bee hives and axe curls hide a shocking twist.
  20. B. Prom Night (1980) — Alex Hammond dances mockingly in ski mask for drowning revenge.

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