Can You Score 20/20? How Well Do You Know Horror Movie Locations Trivia Quiz!

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Are you a true horror aficionado who knows every creepy corner of your favourite fright fests? Dive into this 20-question trivia quiz on iconic horror movie locations, from haunted houses to zombie-overrun malls. Questions range from easy warm-ups to expert-level brain-teasers – good luck!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movie Locations

Question 1: In John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), in which town does Michael Myers stalk his victims?

A. Woodsboro, California
B. Haddonfield, Illinois
C. Springwood, Ohio
D. Crystal Lake, New Jersey

Question 2: What is the name of the isolated hotel where the Torrance family faces terror in The Shining (1980)?

A. Stanley Hotel
B. Overlook Hotel
C. Timberline Lodge
D. Ahwahnee

Question 3: What camp is the primary setting for the original Friday the 13th (1980)?

A. Camp Forest Green
B. Camp Blood
C. Camp Crystal Lake
D. Camp Woe-Be-Gone

Question 4: What is the real address of the haunted house in The Amityville Horror (1979)?

A. 1313 Mockingbird Lane
B. 112 Ocean Avenue
C. 1428 Elm Street
D. 666 Hell Street

Question 5: In The Exorcist (1973), in which Washington D.C. neighbourhood is Regan’s house located?

A. Capitol Hill
B. Georgetown
C. Dupont Circle
D. Foggy Bottom

Question 6: Freddy Krueger’s boiler room and home are associated with which address in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?

A. 1428 Elm Street
B. 1130 Ocean Boulevard
C. 420 Maple Avenue
D. 666 Nightmare Lane

Question 7: In Poltergeist (1982), the Freeling family lives in the Cuesta Verde development in which state?

A. Nevada
B. Arizona
C. California
D. Texas

Question 8: Which real-life shopping mall serves as the survivor stronghold in Dawn of the Dead (1978)?

A. Paramus Town Center
B. Monroeville Mall
C. Rolling Acres Mall
D. Randall Park Mall

Question 9: Norman Bates runs which motel in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960)?

A. Fairvale Motel
B. Bates Motel
C. Phoenix Rest
D. Highway Haven

Question 10: Which famous New York City apartment building is central to Rosemary’s Baby (1968)?

A. The Ansonia
B. The Dakota
C. The Beresford
D. The San Remo

Question 11: In The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), the cannibal family’s home is an old what?

A. Slaughterhouse
B. Farmhouse
C. Warehouse
D. Church

Question 12: The events of The Blair Witch Project (1999) take place in which Maryland forest?

A. Catoctin Mountain
B. Black Hills Forest
C. Green Ridge State Forest
D. Savage River State Forest

Question 13: The haunted farmhouse in The Conjuring (2013) is located in which real town?

A. Enfield, Connecticut
B. Monroe, Connecticut
C. Harrisville, Rhode Island
D. Warwick, Rhode Island

Question 14: In Jaws (1975), the resort town terrorized by the shark is called?

A. Fire Island
B. Amity Island
C. Long Island
D. Cape Cod

Question 15: In Carrie (1976), the prom massacre occurs in which Maine town?

A. Derry
B. Castle Rock
C. Chamberlain
D. Jerusalem’s Lot

Question 16: What is the name of the California town where Ghostface strikes in Scream (1996)?

A. Laketown
B. Woodsboro
C. Centerville
D. Hillcrest

Question 17: In Stephen King’s It (2017), the Losers’ Club battles Pennywise in which town?

A. Castle Rock, Maine
B. Derry, Maine
C. Haven, Maine
D. Motton, Maine

Question 18: In Night of the Living Dead (1968), the farmhouse is near which Pennsylvania town?

A. Pittsburgh
B. Butler
C. Evans City
D. Kittanning

Question 19: The backpackers are tortured in a hostel located in which country in Hostel (2005)?

A. Czech Republic
B. Hungary
C. Slovakia
D. Poland

Question 20: In 28 Days Later (2002), the rage virus outbreak devastates which city?

A. Manchester
B. Birmingham
C. London
D. Liverpool

Answers

  1. B. Haddonfield, Illinois – The film opens and closes in Haddonfield, Illinois, Michael Myers’ hometown; other towns are from Friday the 13th, Scream, and Nightmare on Elm Street.
  2. B. Overlook Hotel – This is the fictional name of the hotel in the film, located in the Colorado Rockies; Stanley inspired it but is real, Timberline was exterior filming location.
  3. C. Camp Crystal Lake – The counsellors reopen this abandoned camp where Jason’s mother attacks; other camps are from later films or unrelated slashers.
  4. B. 112 Ocean Avenue – This is the actual Amityville, New York address of the DeFeo/Lutz house depicted; others are fictional horror tropes.
  5. B. Georgetown – Regan’s staircase-tumbling house is at 3600 Prospect Street NW in Georgetown; others are different D.C. areas.
  6. A. 1428 Elm Street – Nancy Thompson lives here in Springwood, Freddy’s haunt; other addresses mix horror icons.
  7. C. California – Cuesta Verde is a fictional planned community in California where the poltergeist events occur; others are plausible suburbs.
  8. B. Monroeville Mall – George A. Romero filmed inside this Pittsburgh-area mall as the zombie apocalypse refuge; others are real malls from different films.
  9. B. Bates Motel – Situated off the highway in Fairvale, California, it’s the eerie setting for Marion Crane’s murder; others are invented distractors.
  10. B. The Dakota – Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse live in this real Upper West Side building at 1 West 72nd Street; others are nearby NYC landmarks.
  11. B. Farmhouse – The Sawyer family’s decrepit rural Texas farmhouse hides their gruesome secrets; it’s not a slaughterhouse despite the chainsaws.
  12. B. Black Hills Forest – The student filmmakers get lost in this Maryland woodland hunting the Blair Witch legend; others are real Maryland forests.
  13. C. Harrisville, Rhode Island – Based on the real Perron family home in Harrisville; Enfield and Monroe relate to other Conjuring cases.
  14. B. Amity Island – Fictional New England island resort where Chief Brody fights the shark; Martha’s Vineyard was filming location.
  15. C. Chamberlain – Stephen King’s story unfolds in this small Maine town; Derry is It, Castle Rock is another King work.
  16. B. Woodsboro – The fictional town in California (later retconned) where Sidney Prescott faces killers; others are generic.
  17. B. Derry, Maine – Pennywise terrorizes this Stephen King town every 27 years; other Maine towns are from different King stories.
  18. C. Evans City – The farmhouse and cemetery attacks happen near this rural Butler County town; filmed there by George A. Romero.
  19. C. Slovakia – The Elite Hunting Club operates in a Bratislava hostel; Prague (Czech Republic) is the lure location.
  20. C. London – Jim awakens to a deserted post-apocalyptic London overrun by the infected; other cities feature in later films.

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