Can You Score 20/20? Cult Horror Deep Cuts Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Delve into the obscure treasures of cult horror cinema with this devilishly difficult quiz on deep cuts – those beloved underground gems that true fans adore. Questions span directors, casts, plots, and production trivia, from easy warm-ups to nightmare-level stumpers. Grab a pencil and prove your fandom!

20 Trivia Questions on Cult Horror: Deep Cuts Only

Question 1: Who plays the iconic Tall Man in Phantasm (1979)?

A. Reggie Bannister
B. Michael Baldwin
C. Angus Scrimm
D. Bill Thornbury

Question 2: Which actor portrays the mad scientist Herbert West in Re-Animator (1985)?

A. Bruce Abbott
B. Jeffrey Combs
C. David Gale
D. Barbara Crampton

Question 3: What is the name of the deformed Siamese twin kept in a basket in Basket Case (1982)?

A. Duane
B. Eve
C. Belial
D. Gracie

Question 4: What is Peter Jackson’s directorial debut feature film?

A. Dead Alive
B. Meet the Feebles
C. Bad Taste
D. The Frighteners

Question 5: Who directed the 1989 body horror satire Society?

A. Stuart Gordon
B. Frank Henenlotter
C. Brian Yuzna
D. Lloyd Kaufman

Question 6: What is the full English title of Shinya Tsukamoto’s 1989 Japanese body horror film?

A. Ringu
B. Akira
C. Tetsuo: The Iron Man
D. Uzumaki

Question 7: Which actress plays Nola Carveth, mother of the rage creatures, in David Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979)?

A. Piper Laurie
B. Sissy Spacek
C. Samantha Eggar
D. Dee Wallace

Question 8: In what year was Peter Jackson’s gorefest Braindead (aka Dead Alive) released?

A. 1990
B. 1994
C. 1992
D. 1987

Question 9: From Beyond (1986) is adapted from a short story by which author?

A. Stephen King
B. Clive Barker
C. H.P. Lovecraft
D. Ramsey Campbell

Question 10: What is the original Italian title of the 1994 zombie comedy Cemetery Man?

A. Dellamorte Dellamore
B. La Chiesa
C. Dèmoni
D. Opera

Question 11: Where is the demonic outbreak primarily set in Lamberto Bava’s Demons (1985)?

A. A shopping mall
B. An apartment block
C. A cinema
D. A hospital

Question 12: Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) was directed by?

A. Don Siegel
B. John Hancock
C. William Friedkin
D. Richard Donner

Question 13: Who wrote and directed the 1973 slow-burn horror Messiah of Evil?

A. Larry Cohen
B. Willard Huyck
C. George A. Romero
D. Wes Craven

Question 14: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) features murders inspired by which biblical events?

A. The Seven Deadly Sins
B. The Ten Plagues of Egypt
C. The Four Horsemen
D. The Nine Circles of Hell

Question 15: Who directed Brian De Palma’s 1972 horror film Sisters?

A. Dario Argento
B. Brian De Palma
C. John Carpenter
D. William Friedkin

Question 16: In The Sentinel (1977), the titular apartment guards what?

A. An ancient vampire coven
B. The gates of Hell
C. A cursed artefact
D. A demonic child

Question 17: In Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction (1995), the lead character is a what-turned-vampire?

A. Journalist
B. Detective
C. Philosophy student
D. Rock musician

Question 18: Who directed the arthouse vampire film Trouble Every Day (2001)?

A. Gaspar Noé
B. Catherine Breillat
C. Claire Denis
D. Abel Ferrara

Question 19: In Night of the Creeps (1986), what alien organisms infect humans to create zombies?

A. Leeches
B. Slugs
C. Snails
D. Worms

Question 20: What do the alien clowns use to encase their victims in Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)?

A. Popcorn cocoons
B. Shadow webs
C. Cotton candy
D. Pie fillings

Answers

  1. C. Angus Scrimm – Angus Scrimm debuted as the eerie Tall Man in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979), becoming a horror icon; the others play protagonists or supporting roles.
  2. B. Jeffrey Combs – Combs’ manic performance as the serum-obsessed Herbert West defined the role in Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator (1985); Abbott is the hero, Crampton the love interest, Gale the decapitated dean.
  3. C. Belial – Belial is the grotesque, telepathic twin in Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982); Duane is his brother and carrier.
  4. C. Bad Taste – Peter Jackson self-financed and directed Bad Taste (1987) as his first feature, a splatter comedy about alien invaders; Dead Alive followed in 1992.
  5. C. Brian Yuzna – Yuzna directed Society (1989), famous for its surreal ‘shunting’ finale; Gordon did Re-Animator, Henenlotter Basket Case.
  6. C. Tetsuo: The Iron Man – Shinya Tsukamoto’s low-budget 1989 film depicts a man’s metallic transformation; the others are different Japanese horror or sci-fi.
  7. C. Samantha Eggar – Eggar stars as Nola in Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979), birthing murderous clones via psychoplasmics; others are from unrelated horrors.
  8. C. 1992 – Braindead (Dead Alive in USA) released in 1992, holding the Guinness record for most gore; Jackson’s prior film was Bad Taste (1987).
  9. C. H.P. Lovecraft – Stuart Gordon adapted Lovecraft’s From Beyond (1986), about a resonator summoning pineal horrors; others are modern horror authors.
  10. A. Dellamorte Dellamore – Michele Soavi’s 1994 film Cemetery Man is known in Italy as Dellamorte Dellamore; La Chiesa is his earlier work.
  11. C. A cinema – Demons (1985), produced by Dario Argento, traps patrons in a theatre where masked demons spread; not the other locations.
  12. B. John Hancock – Hancock directed this atmospheric 1971 chiller about Jessica’s descent into madness and vampiric encounters.
  13. B. Willard Huyck – Huyck co-wrote and directed Messiah of Evil (1973), a haunting cult film about a cursed coastal town; later known for American Graffiti script.
  14. B. The Ten Plagues of Egypt – Vincent Price’s Dr. Phibes avenges his wife with plague-inspired kills in Robert Fuest’s 1971 film; nine victims total.
  15. B. Brian De Palma – De Palma’s Sisters (1972) blends thriller and horror with conjoined twin themes; stars Margot Kidder.
  16. B. The gates of Hell – Michael Winner’s The Sentinel (1977) reveals the New York apartment as a portal guarded by the damned.
  17. C. Philosophy student – Lili Taylor plays a NYU philosophy grad student vampirised in Ferrara’s black-and-white The Addiction (1995).
  18. C. Claire Denis – Denis’ erotic cannibal vampire film Trouble Every Day (2001) stars Vincent Gallo; stark contrast to her peers’ works.
  19. C. Snails – Fred Dekker’s Night of the Creeps (1986) features phallic alien snails that zombify via mouth infection.
  20. C. Cotton candy – The Chiodo Brothers’ Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) uses pink cotton candy guns to cocoon prey for later consumption.

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