Can You Name These Horror Films From Their Tagline Clues? Ultimate 20-Question Trivia Quiz

Answers Below – No Peeking!

Think you can spot a horror classic from just its tagline? Test your movie knowledge with these 20 questions featuring iconic promotional lines from terrifying films. From easy classics to tougher modern gems, see if you can name them all without peeking!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movie Taglines

Question 1: Which horror film used the tagline "In space no one can hear you scream"?

A. Event Horizon (1997)
B. Pitch Black (2000)
C. Alien (1979)
D. The Thing (1982)

Question 2: Which horror film used the tagline "You’ll never go in the water again"?

A. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
B. Jaws (1975)
C. 47 Meters Down (2017)
D. The Shallows (2016)

Question 3: Which horror film used the tagline "They’re here"?

A. The Others (2001)
B. Stir of Echoes (1999)
C. What Lies Beneath (2000)
D. Poltergeist (1982)

Question 4: Which horror film used the tagline "Be afraid. Be very afraid"?

A. The Fly (1986)
B. Arachnophobia (1990)
C. Slither (2006)
D. The Mist (2007)

Question 5: Which horror film used the tagline "Who will survive, and what will be left of them?"?

A. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
B. Motel Hell (1980)
C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
D. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Question 6: Which horror film used the tagline "If Nancy doesn’t wake up screaming she won’t wake up at all"?

A. Dreamscape (1984)
B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
C. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
D. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Question 7: Which horror film used the tagline "Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far"?

A. Urban Legend (1998)
B. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
C. Final Destination (2000)
D. Scream (1996)

Question 8: Which horror film used the tagline "One of the most terrifying films ever made"?

A. The Exorcist (1973)
B. The Omen (1976)
C. Damien: Omen II (1978)
D. The Conjuring (2013)

Question 9: Which horror film used the tagline "The night he came home"?

A. Halloween II (1981)
B. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
C. Halloween (1978)
D. Halloween (2007)

Question 10: Which horror film used the tagline "By Friday the 13th, none of them will stay alive"?

A. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
D. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Question 11: Which horror film used the tagline "If you’ve got a taste for terror… take Carrie to the prom"?

A. Suspiria (1977)
B. The Craft (1996)
C. Ginger Snaps (2000)
D. Carrie (1976)

Question 12: Which horror film used the tagline "For God’s sake – get out"?

A. The Amityville Horror (1979)
B. The Haunting (1963)
C. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
D. The Others (2001)

Question 13: Which horror film used the tagline "Before you die, you see the ring"?

A. Ringu (1998)
B. The Grudge (2004)
C. The Ring (2002)
D. Pulse (2001)

Question 14: Which horror film used the tagline "Live or die. Make your choice"?

A. Cube (1997)
B. Saw (2004)
C. Escape Room (2019)
D. Would You Rather (2012)

Question 15: Which horror film used the tagline "What happens when you sleep?"?

A. The Fourth Kind (2009)
B. Grave Encounters (2011)
C. As Above, So Below (2014)
D. Paranormal Activity (2007)

Question 16: Which horror film used the tagline "Every family tree hides a sinister secret"?

A. Hereditary (2018)
B. The Visit (2015)
C. Midsommar (2019)
D. The Lodge (2019)

Question 17: Which horror film used the tagline "They found the film… but no one could find them"?

A. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
B. The Last Broadcast (1998)
C. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
D. REC (2007)

Question 18: Which horror film used the tagline "It could be around the next corner"?

A. The Relic (1997)
B. It Follows (2014)
C. Slender Man (2018)
D. Smile (2022)

Question 19: Which horror film used the tagline "When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth"?

A. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
B. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
C. 28 Days Later (2002)
D. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Question 20: Which horror film used the tagline "Man is The Warmest Place to Hide"?

A. The Thing (1982)
B. The Faculty (1998)
C. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
D. Slugs (1988)

Answers

  1. C. Alien (1979) – This iconic tagline appeared on the film’s poster. The others are taglines from Event Horizon, Pitch Black, and The Thing.
  2. B. Jaws (1975) – Official poster tagline that became legendary. Distractors are from other shark attack horrors like Deep Blue Sea and The Shallows.
  3. D. Poltergeist (1982) – Famous one-word tagline from the poster. Others from ghostly tales like The Others and Stir of Echoes.
  4. A. The Fly (1986) – David Cronenberg’s remake used this chilling line. Wrongs from creature features like Arachnophobia.
  5. C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Exact tagline on the original poster. Others from similar exploitation horrors.
  6. B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Promotional tagline hinting at dream dangers. Distractors from Freddy sequels and dream horrors.
  7. D. Scream (1996) – Captures the meta-horror essence. Others from 90s slasher peers like Urban Legend.
  8. A. The Exorcist (1973) – Bold claim on its poster that stuck. Similar boasts from Omen series and Conjuring.
  9. C. Halloween (1978) – Refers to Michael Myers’ return. Others from franchise sequels/remakes.
  10. B. Friday the 13th (1980) – Sets up the camp massacre. Distractors from Jason sequels.
  11. D. Carrie (1976) – Prom invitation with terror twist. Others from teen horror like Suspiria.
  12. A. The Amityville Horror (1979) – Desperate plea from the haunted house film. Wrongs from other hauntings.
  13. C. The Ring (2002) – Warns of the video curse. Original Ringu and similar J-horror remakes as distractors.
  14. B. Saw (2004) – Core to Jigsaw’s traps. Others from trapped-game horrors like Cube.
  15. D. Paranormal Activity (2007) – Teases found-footage night terrors. Distractors from mockumentary horrors.
  16. A. Hereditary (2018) – Hints at generational dread. Others from Ari Aster’s Midsommar and found-footage family horrors.
  17. C. The Blair Witch Project (1999) – Perfectly captures the found-footage mystery. Wrongs from similar mockumentaries.
  18. B. It Follows (2014) – Describes the relentless curse. Distractors from stalking entity films.
  19. D. Dawn of the Dead (1978) – George A. Romero’s zombie apocalypse tagline. Others from living dead classics.
  20. A. The Thing (1982) – John Carpenter’s assimilation horror tagline. Wrongs from body invasion films.

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