Can You Score 20/20? Guess the Horror Movie from the Main Character Description Trivia Quiz

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Think you know your horror heroes and heroines? Test your cinematic savvy with these 20 tricky questions, each describing a iconic main character from a classic or modern horror film. From easy warm-ups to nightmare-level challenges, grab a pen and see if you can name the movie!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movies from Main Character Descriptions

Question 1: Which horror movie centres on a 12-year-old girl possessed by the demon Pazuzu, who levitates, vomits projectiles, and requires a dramatic exorcism?

A. Insidious (2010)
B. The Conjuring (2013)
C. The Exorcist (1973)
D. Hereditary (2018)

Question 2: Which film features a young boy who reveals to his psychologist, "I see dead people," and they don’t realise they’re ghosts?

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

Question 3: Which horror story follows a shy, telekinetic high school girl who unleashes carnage at her prom after being doused in pig’s blood?

A. Jenny, Jenny
B. The Craft (1996)
C. Carrie (1976)
D. Firestarter (1984)

Question 4: Which movie stars a babysitting final girl stalked through the suburbs by her silent, masked brother on Halloween night?

A. Halloween (1978)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. Scream (1996)
D. When a Stranger Calls (1979)

Question 5: Which film has a resourceful teen girl who fights the dream-haunting Freddy Krueger by staying awake and pulling him into the real world?

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

Question 6: Which horror classic depicts an author descending into axe-wielding madness in a haunted Overlook Hotel, famously yelling "Here’s Johnny!"?

A. Doctor Sleep (2019)
B. 1408 (2007)
C. The Shining (1980)
D. Secret Window (2004)

Question 7: Which sci-fi horror features Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley as the resourceful survivor battling a xenomorph on a spaceship?

A. Prometheus (2012)
B. Life (2017)
C. Alien (1979)
D. Event Horizon (1997)

Question 8: Which 1980s haunted house tale centres on a little girl who is kidnapped by malevolent spirits chanting "They’re here!" through the TV?

A. Poltergeist (1982)
B. The Amityville Horror (1979)
C. Pet Sematary (1989)
D. Gremlins (1984)

Question 9: Which cabin-in-the-woods splatterfest follows Ash Williams, who loses his hand and fights Deadites with a chainsaw and boomstick?

A. Cabin Fever (2002)
B. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
C. Evil Dead (1981)
D. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)

Question 10: Which psychological horror portrays a pregnant newlywed who suspects her neighbours’ coven has made her baby the Antichrist?

A. The Omen (1976)
B. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
C. Inseminoid (1981)
D. Prey (1977)

Question 11: Which thriller-horror follows Police Chief Martin Brody hunting a massive great white shark terrorising his beach community?

A. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
B. The Shallows (2016)
C. Open Water (2003)
D. Jaws (1975)

Question 12: Which iconic film features Marion Crane, a secretary who steals cash and meets a fateful end at the Bates Motel?

A. Psycho (1960)
B. The Birds (1963)
C. Rear Window (1954)
D. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Question 13: Which gritty 1970s shocker stars Sally Hardesty as the last survivor terrorised by Leatherface and his cannibal family?

A. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
B. Last House on the Left (1972)
C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
D. Mother’s Day (1980)

Question 14: Which meta-slasher follows Sidney Prescott, a high schooler repeatedly targeted by masked Ghostface killers?

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

Question 15: Which modern horror stars Chris Washington, a Black photographer who uncovers a sinister hypnosis scheme at his white girlfriend’s family estate?

A. The Visit (2015)
B. Get Out (2017)
C. Us (2019)
D. Barbarian (2022)

Question 16: Which supernatural chiller features Lorraine Warren, the clairvoyant demonologist investigating a haunted farmhouse?

A. Annabelle (2014)
B. The Nun (2018)
C. The Conjuring (2013)
D. The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

Question 17: Which J-horror remake centres on Rachel Keller, a journalist racing to solve the mystery of a cursed videotape that kills viewers in seven days?

A. Dark Water (2005)
B. The Grudge (2004)
C. Pulse (2005)
D. The Ring (2002)

Question 18: Which Stephen King adaptation follows Bill Denbrough, the stuttering leader of the Losers’ Club battling the shape-shifting clown Pennywise?

A. Doctor Sleep (2019)
B. IT (2017)
C. The Dark Tower (2017)
D. Cell (2016)

Question 19: Which found-footage style horror stars true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt discovering demonic Super 8 films in his new home’s attic?

A. Sinister (2012)
B. As Above, So Below (2014)
C. The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
D. REC (2007)

Question 20: Which folk horror depicts Dani Ardor, a grieving student drawn into a bizarre Swedish midsummer cult festival after family tragedy?

A. The Ritual (2017)
B. Apostle (2018)
C. Midsommar (2019)
D. Pyewacket (2017)

Answers

  1. C. The Exorcist (1973) – Centres on Regan MacNeil’s infamous possession and exorcism; the others involve hauntings or possessions but lack the levitation and Pazuzu specifics.
  2. A. The Sixth Sense (1999) – Cole Sear’s ghost-seeing confession is the film’s iconic hook; others feature ghosts but not this exact child protagonist line.
  3. C. Carrie (1976) – Carrie White’s prom telekinetic rampage after the blood prank is legendary; others have psychic teens but different plots.
  4. A. Halloween (1978) – Laurie Strode is Michael Myers’ sister, babysitting during his escape; others have babysitters or slashers but not this sibling link.
  5. C. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Nancy Thompson defeats Freddy by dragging him from dreams; sequels and others alter the method.
  6. C. The Shining (1980) – Jack Torrance’s hotel-induced breakdown includes the axe scene; others involve writer madness but not this setting.
  7. C. Alien (1979) – Ripley catapults the xenomorph into space; prequels/sequels expand her story later.
  8. A. Poltergeist (1982) – Carol Anne’s TV abduction by spirits coined "They’re here!"; others are haunted houses without the doll/TV focus.
  9. C. Evil Dead (1981) – Ash’s chainsaw hand and boomstick are franchise staples; others parody cabin horrors.
  10. B. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – Rosemary’s paranoia peaks with the tannis root and coven; others involve evil children differently.
  11. D. Jaws (1975) – Brody’s shark hunt defines summer blockbuster horror; others feature sea monsters sans the beach chief.
  12. A. Psycho (1960) – Marion’s theft leads to the shower scene at Bates; Hitchcock classics but this is the motel tale.
  13. C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Sally endures Leatherface’s family dinner; others have cannibalism but not this chainsaw icon.
  14. D. Scream (1996) – Sidney survives multiple Ghostface attacks; others are 90s slashers with different masks.
  15. B. Get Out (2017) – Chris’s auction and sunken place reveal the plot; Jordan Peele films share themes but distinct.
  16. C. The Conjuring (2013) – Lorraine aids the Perron family exorcism; Conjuring universe spinoffs focus on her cases differently.
  17. D. The Ring (2002) – Rachel copies the tape to survive Samara’s curse; J-horror remakes but unique video mechanic.
  18. B. IT (2017) – Bill leads the fight against Pennywise in Derry; King adaptations but this clown hunt is specific.
  19. A. Sinister (2012) – Oswalt’s films summon Bughuul; others use found footage for hauntings sans Super 8 demons.
  20. C. Midsommar (2019) – Dani chooses the bear ritual amid cult horrors; Ari Aster films share grief but daylight setting unique.

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