Can You Name These 20 Horror Films from Their Desperate Choices? Ultimate Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Test your cinematic horror savvy with this 20-question trivia quiz spotlighting gut-wrenching desperate choices from iconic horror films. Spanning classics and modern nightmares, these dilemmas range from easy to fiendishly tough – how many can you nail?

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Films from Their Desperate Choices

Question 1: In which horror film is a doctor forced to saw off his own foot with a rusty hacksaw to escape a chained bathroom?

A. Hostel
B. Saw
C. The Collector
D. Wrong Turn

Question 2: In which film does a deranged nurse chop off a famous author's ankle with an axe after he attempts to crawl away?

A. Misery
B. Gerald's Game
C. Dolores Claiborne
D. The Dark Half

Question 3: In which body horror classic does a scientist's girlfriend mercy-kill him by shooting his grotesque fly-hybrid form in the head?

A. The Fly
B. Videodrome
C. Scanners
D. Rabid

Question 4: In which minimalist horror film must 50 strangers stand on illuminated circles and collectively decide who among them dies every two minutes?

A. Cube
B. Exam
C. Circle
D. The Belko Experiment

Question 5: In which film are dinner party guests coerced into a lethal parlour game where they must choose between two horrific options?

A. 13 Sins
B. Would You Rather
C. Circle
D. Cheap Thrills

Question 6: In which Korean zombie thriller does a father face the agonising choice of sacrificing others to save his young daughter on a speeding train?

A. #Alive
B. Peninsula
C. Train to Busan
D. Rampant

Question 7: In which post-apocalyptic horror does a father choose to shout and reveal their location to distract sound-hunting monsters from his children?

A. A Quiet Place
B. Bird Box
C. The Silence
D. Hush

Question 8: In which Spanish dystopian horror do inmates in a skyscraper prison decide how much to eat from a descending food platform, determining survival for those below?

A. The Platform
B. Cell 211
C. REC 2
D. Mirage

Question 9: In which dark fantasy horror does a young girl tasked by a faun choose between retrieving a dagger from a vile creature or saving her infant half-brother?

A. The Devil's Backbone
B. Crimson Peak
C. Pan's Labyrinth
D. The Orphanage

Question 10: In which film does a brother swerve his car to avoid a deer at night, inadvertently decapitating his little sister in the backseat?

A. Midsommar
B. The Babadook
C. Hereditary
D. Relic

Question 11: In which folk horror film does a woman vote in favour of her boyfriend's sacrificial death during a bizarre midsummer cult ritual?

A. The Ritual
B. Apostle
C. Midsommar
D. Kill List

Question 12: In which supernatural horror must victims pass on a relentless pursuing entity by having sex with someone else before it kills them?

A. The Ring
B. It Chapter One
C. Smile
D. It Follows

Question 13: In which landmark horror film does a desperate mother relent and allow priests to perform an exorcism on her violently possessed daughter?

A. The Conjuring
B. The Rite
C. Deliver Us from Evil
D. The Exorcist

Question 14: In which Roman Polanski classic does a new mother choose to cradle and accept her baby despite realising it's the spawn of Satan?

A. The Omen
B. Rosemary's Baby
C. The Sentinel
D. Suspiria

Question 15: In which John Carpenter film do Antarctic researchers use a hot wire test on blood samples to desperately identify the shape-shifting alien?

A. The Thing from Another World
B. Virus
C. Slither
D. The Thing

Question 16: In which spelunking horror does a caver mercy-silence her gravely injured friend by covering her mouth to prevent attracting bloodthirsty crawlers?

A. The Cave
B. Sanctum
C. As Above So Below
D. The Descent

Question 17: In which zombie sequel does a man ignore quarantine protocols and kiss his rage-infected wife, sparking a new outbreak?

A. 28 Days Later
B. Quarantine 2
C. 28 Weeks Later
D. REC 2

Question 18: In which globe-trottling zombie film does the protagonist inject himself with a deadly pathogen to prove zombies ignore the diseased?

A. I Am Legend
B. Resident Evil: Retribution
C. Army of the Dead
D. World War Z

Question 19: In which dystopian thriller does a wealthy family open their high-tech safehouse to shelter terrified strangers during the government-sanctioned Purge?

A. The Purge: Election Year
B. The Purge
C. Nerve
D. Ready or Not

Question 20: In which Stephen King adaptation does a grieving father choose to bury his toddler son's corpse in a cursed Micmac burial ground to resurrect him?

A. The Dark Half
B. Children of the Corn
C. Pet Sematary
D. Cujo

Answers

  1. B. Saw – In Saw (2004), Dr. Lawrence Gordon amputates his foot with a hacksaw to reach his cellmate; the others feature traps but no self-amputation scene.
  2. A. Misery – In Misery (1990), Annie Wilkes axes Paul Sheldon's foot to prevent escape; the others are King works without this specific act.
  3. A. The Fly – In The Fly (1986), Veronica shoots the teleporter-mutated Seth Brundle; other Cronenberg films have mutations but not this mercy kill.
  4. C. Circle – Circle (2015) traps 50 people in a deadly voting game; the others involve confined killing but not timed circle votes.
  5. B. Would You Rather – Would You Rather (2012) forces deadly "would you rather" choices at dinner; others have games but not this format.
  6. C. Train to Busan – In Train to Busan (2016), Seok-woo battles zombies to protect his daughter; other Korean films lack this train father-daughter focus.
  7. A. A Quiet Place – In A Quiet Place (2018), Lee Abbott screams to lure creatures away from his kids; others have silence rules but not this paternal sacrifice.
  8. A. The Platform – The Platform (2019) depicts vertical prison food rationing leading to cannibalism; others are confined but not platform-based.
  9. C. Pan's Labyrinth – In Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Ofelia defies the faun to save her brother; del Toro's other films lack this exact faun task dilemma.
  10. C. Hereditary – In Hereditary (2018), Peter swerves, killing sister Charlie; others have family grief but not this decapitation accident.
  11. C. Midsommar – In Midsommar (2019), Dani approves Christian's ritual death; other folk horrors lack this festival vote.
  12. D. It Follows – It Follows (2014) spreads its curse via sex; others have curses but not this transfer method.
  13. D. The Exorcist – In The Exorcist (1973), Chris MacNeil permits exorcism for Regan; modern films draw from it but aren't the original.
  14. B. Rosemary's Baby – In Rosemary's Baby (1968), Rosemary embraces her demonic infant; others feature evil children differently.
  15. D. The Thing – In The Thing (1982), MacReady's team tests blood with hot wire; predecessors and imitators lack this test.
  16. D. The Descent – In The Descent (2005), Sarah silences impaled Beth to evade crawlers; other cave horrors have no such mercy act.
  17. C. 28 Weeks Later – In 28 Weeks Later (2007), Don kisses infected Tammy, reigniting rage virus; prior film has no quarantine breach kiss.
  18. D. World War Z – In World War Z (2013), Gerry uses camouflage via disease injection; others have cures but not self-infection test.
  19. B. The Purge – In The Purge (2013), the Sandins admit purge victims; sequels expand but this is the original home invasion choice.
  20. C. Pet Sematary – In Pet Sematary (1989), Louis Creed buries Gage in the pet sematary; other King tales lack this resurrection burial.

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