Can You Score 20/20? Horror Films from Their Risky Choices Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Think you know the spine-chilling decisions that doom horror characters? Test yourself with 20 trivia questions highlighting those fateful risky choices in iconic films. Ranging from slasher classics to modern terrors, it’s easy to expert level – no cheating!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Films’ Risky Choices

Question 1: Which horror film features a woman making the risky choice to steal $40,000 from her employer and check into a remote roadside motel?

A. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
B. Psycho (1960)
C. The Birds (1963)
D. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Question 2: In which horror film does a mayor insist on keeping the beaches open despite multiple fatal shark attacks?

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

Question 3: Which film sees a mother using an Ouija board with her daughter, inviting demonic possession?

A. Oujia (2014)
B. The Possession (2012)
C. Annabelle (2014)
D. The Exorcist (1973)

Question 4: Which horror movie involves a family whose home is built directly over a desecrated cemetery?

A. Pet Sematary (1989)
B. The Others (2001)
C. The Conjuring (2013)
D. Poltergeist (1982)

Question 5: In which film does a struggling writer accept a job as the off-season caretaker of a haunted, snowbound hotel?

A. 1408 (2007)
B. Misery (1990)
C. The Haunting (1963)
D. The Shining (1980)

Question 6: Which sci-fi horror has a spaceship crew making the risky decision to investigate a mysterious signal on an alien planet?

A. Event Horizon (1997)
B. Pandorum (2009)
C. Prometheus (2012)
D. Alien (1979)

Question 7: Which slasher film features camp counsellors ignoring dire warnings from a local doomsayer about a cursed lake?

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

Question 8: In which horror franchise do teenagers make the risky choice of trying to stay awake to avoid attacks from a dream killer?

A. Dreamscape (1984)
B. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
D. The Cell (2000)

Question 9: Which film opens with a teen making the risky choice of answering a phone from a stranger quizzing her on scary movies?

A. Urban Legend (1998)
B. Scream 2 (1997)
C. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
D. Scream (1996)

Question 10: Which found-footage horror has filmmakers pushing deeper into woods to document a witch legend amid mounting horrors?

A. REC (2007)
B. Paranormal Activity (2007)
C. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
D. The Last Exorcism (2010)

Question 11: In which zombie apocalypse film does an activist release a caged chimp, unleashing a rage virus?

A. World War Z (2013)
B. I Am Legend (2007)
C. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
D. 28 Days Later (2002)

Question 12: Which horror film centres on victims watching a cursed videotape that dooms them to die in seven days?

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

Question 13: Which film traps two men in a grimy bathroom, forcing gruesome choices to escape a sadistic game?

A. Hostel (2005)
B. Saw (2004)
C. Wrong Turn (2003)
D. The Collector (2009)

Question 14: In which film do naive backpackers follow locals to a village that auctions tourists for torture?

A. Turistas (2006)
B. Eden Lake (2008)
C. The Ruins (2008)
D. Hostel (2005)

Question 15: Which film features friends making the risky choice to spelunk in uncharted caves filled with unknown dangers?

A. The Cave (2005)
B. The Descent (2005)
C. As Above, So Below (2014)
D. Catacombs (2007)

Question 16: In which found-footage horror do a couple opt to document demonic activity with cameras instead of evacuating?

A. Grave Encounters (2011)
B. Quarantine (2008)
C. Paranormal Activity (2007)
D. The Devil Inside (2012)

Question 17: Which meta-horror has college students heading to a remote cabin, unwittingly fulfilling ancient sacrificial rituals?

A. The Evil Dead (1981)
B. Cabin Fever (2002)
C. Wrong Turn (2003)
D. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Question 18: Which film has a true-crime author moving his family into a house where the prior owners were hanged in the attic?

A. Insidious (2010)
B. Oculus (2013)
C. The Conjuring (2013)
D. Sinister (2012)

Question 19: In which horror film is the risky way to evade a relentless entity by passing it on through sexual encounters?

A. Spring (2014)
B. Resolution (2012)
C. The Endless (2017)
D. It Follows (2014)

Question 20: Which devastating family horror features relatives holding a seance after a rash of gruesome deaths?

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

Answers

  1. B. Psycho (1960) – Marion Crane embezzles the cash and rests at the Bates Motel, leading to her shower demise; the others lack this theft-and-motel plot.
  2. D. Jaws (1975) – Mayor Vaughn prioritises tourism over safety amid Brody’s warnings; the rest involve sharks but no beach denial.
  3. D. The Exorcist (1973) – Chris MacNeil lets Regan contact ‘Captain Howdy’ via Ouija, inviting Pazuzu; others feature boards but not this possession origin.
  4. D. Poltergeist (1982) – The Freemans’ house sits atop unrested bodies from a graveyard; Pet Sematary moves them, others unrelated.
  5. D. The Shining (1980) – Jack Torrance takes the Overlook job, descending into madness; the rest lack the isolated hotel caretaker setup.
  6. D. Alien (1979) – Nostromo crew lands on LV-426 for the beacon, awakening xenomorphs; Prometheus follows but isn’t the original.
  7. C. Friday the 13th (1980) – Counsellors dismiss Crazy Ralph’s prophecies about Crystal Lake; others have camps but no matching doomsayer.
  8. C. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Nancy and friends fight sleep against Freddy Krueger; others involve dreams but not this glove-killer rule.
  9. D. Scream (1996) – Casey Becker chats with Ghostface in the iconic opener; sequels and copycats follow but aren’t first.
  10. C. The Blair Witch Project (1999) – Heather et al. press on despite the witch lore terrors; others are found-footage but woodland myth-specific.
  11. D. 28 Days Later (2002) – Jim frees the chimp at Cambridge lab, sparking the outbreak; others start differently.
  12. D. The Ring (2002) – Rachel watches the tape, racing to copy it; Asian originals inspired it but lack US remake details.
  13. B. Saw (2004) – Adam and Lawrence face Jigsaw’s bathroom traps; Hostel is later torture, others road-based.
  14. D. Hostel (2005) – Paxton and pals follow Slovakian girls to Elite Hunting; others have vacation horrors sans auction twist.
  15. B. The Descent (2005) – All-female cavers enter uncharted depths with crawlers; The Cave is mapped, others urban.
  16. C. Paranormal Activity (2007) – Micah and Katie film the hauntings at night; others flee or use different methods.
  17. D. The Cabin in the Woods (2011) – The ritual demands the cabin trip; Evil Dead is demonic book, not meta-control.
  18. D. Sinister (2012) – Ellison Oswalt buys the murder house for research; others haunted but no attic hanging films.
  19. D. It Follows (2014) – Jay passes the entity sexually after attack; others time-loops lack sex-curse mechanic.
  20. B. Hereditary (2018) – Annie’s seance summons Paimon after Charlie’s death; Midsommar is cult, not family seance.

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