Can You Score 20/20? How Well Do You Know Psychological Horror Films Trivia Quiz

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Test your cinematic savvy with this ultimate psychological horror films trivia quiz! From mind-bending classics like Psycho to modern mindf*cks like Get Out, these 20 questions range from easy warm-ups to devilishly difficult challenges. Grab a pen, no Googling, and see if you can conquer them all!

20 Trivia Questions on Psychological Horror Films

Question 1: Which director helmed the 1960 psychological horror masterpiece Psycho?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Roman Polanski
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. Brian De Palma

Question 2: In Psycho, how much money does Marion Crane steal from her employer?

A. $20,000
B. $40,000
C. $50,000
D. $100,000

Question 3: What is the name of the motel in Psycho?

A. Crane Motel
B. Norman Motel
C. Bates Motel
D. Psycho Inn

Question 4: The Shining (1980) was directed by which filmmaker?

A. Stephen King
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Wes Craven

Question 5: In The Shining, what supernatural ability does Danny Torrance possess?

A. Telekinesis
B. Precognition
C. The shining
D. Clairvoyance

Question 6: Who directed the 1968 psychological horror film Rosemary’s Baby?

A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. Roman Polanski
C. William Friedkin
D. Stanley Kubrick

Question 7: In Rosemary’s Baby, what is the name of the elderly neighbours who befriend Rosemary?

A. The Woodhouses
B. The Castavets
C. The Bruhns
D. The Kelloggs

Question 8: Which 1965 film features Catherine Deneuve as a woman experiencing hallucinations and isolation-induced madness?

A. Repulsion
B. Repentance
C. Repress
D. Reprise

Question 9: Who directed Black Swan (2010), about a ballerina’s descent into psychosis?

A. David Fincher
B. Darren Aronofsky
C. Christopher Nolan
D. Ari Aster

Question 10: In Black Swan, what role does Natalie Portman play?

A. Lily
B. Beth MacIntyre
C. Nina Sayers
D. Veronica

Question 11: Which director made the controversial 1960 psychological horror Peeping Tom?

A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. Michael Powell
C. Mario Bava
D. Dario Argento

Question 12: Jacob’s Ladder (1990), featuring hallucinatory Vietnam War trauma, was directed by whom?

A. Adrian Lyne
B. Ridley Scott
C. Oliver Stone
D. Tim Burton

Question 13: In Shutter Island (2010), what is the real name of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character?

A. Teddy Daniels
B. Chuck Aule
C. Andrew Laeddis
D. Dr. Cawley

Question 14: Who directed Get Out (2017), a psychological horror about racial paranoia?

A. Jordan Peele
B. Fede Álvarez
C. James Wan
D. Mike Flanagan

Question 15: In Get Out, what is the name of the Armitage family estate?

A. Hudson Valley
B. The Sinkhole
C. Rosewood
D. The Auction

Question 16: Hereditary (2018) marks the directorial debut of which filmmaker?

A. Robert Eggers
B. Ari Aster
C. David Robert Mitchell
D. Jennifer Kent

Question 17: In The Babadook (2014), what does the titular creature primarily symbolise?

A. Childhood trauma
B. Repressed grief
C. Parental guilt
D. Financial stress

Question 18: Who directed Midsommar (2019), a daylight psychological horror about a cult?

A. Ari Aster
B. Jordan Peele
C. Robert Eggers
D. Ti West

Question 19: Which 1991 film features Anthony Hopkins as a cannibalistic psychiatrist in a psychological thriller-horror?

A. Hannibal
B. The Silence of the Lambs
C. Red Dragon
D. Manhunter

Question 20: In Don’t Look Now (1973), what colour coat does the protagonist’s deceased daughter wear in visions?

A. Blue
B. Green
C. Red
D. Yellow

Answers

  1. C. Alfred Hitchcock – Hitchcock directed Psycho (1960), revolutionising horror with its psychological depth and shower scene; Kubrick did The Shining, Polanski Rosemary’s Baby, De Palma imitated Hitchcock.
  2. B. $40,000 – Marion steals exactly $40,000 in Psycho, driving the plot’s paranoia; other amounts are incorrect.
  3. C. Bates Motel – The isolated motel is run by Norman Bates in Psycho; others are fabricated.
  4. B. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick directed The Shining (1980), diverging from King’s novel; others unrelated.
  5. C. The shining – Danny’s psychic gift is explicitly called “the shining” in the film; others are general terms.
  6. B. Roman Polanski – Polanski directed Rosemary’s Baby (1968), blending paranoia and Satanism; others directed different horrors.
  7. B. The Castavets – Minnie and Roman Castavet are the manipulative neighbours in Rosemary’s Baby; others invented.
  8. A. Repulsion – Polanski’s Repulsion (1965) stars Deneuve in a breakdown; others not matching.
  9. B. Darren Aronofsky – Aronofsky directed Black Swan (2010), earning Portman an Oscar; others psychological directors but wrong film.
  10. C. Nina Sayers – Portman plays fragile Swan Queen aspirant Nina in Black Swan; others are different characters.
  11. B. Michael Powell – Powell’s Peeping Tom (1960) shocked with voyeuristic horror; Hitchcock did Psycho.
  12. A. Adrian Lyne – Lyne directed Jacob’s Ladder (1990) with its hellish visions; others war or horror directors.
  13. C. Andrew Laeddis – DiCaprio’s character is patient Andrew Laeddis in Shutter Island; Teddy is his alias.
  14. A. Jordan Peele – Peele wrote and directed Get Out (2017), winning an Oscar for screenplay; others modern horror directors.
  15. B. The Sinkhole – The Armitage home has a “sunken place” called the Sinkhole in Get Out; others wrong.
  16. B. Ari Aster – Aster’s debut Hereditary (2018) explores familial grief and possession; others debuted differently.
  17. B. Repressed grief – The Babadook allegorises widow Amelia’s grief in Jennifer Kent’s 2014 film; others partial themes.
  18. A. Ari Aster – Aster directed Midsommar (2019) after Hereditary; others different folk horrors.
  19. B. The Silence of the Lambs – Hopkins plays Lecter in the 1991 Oscar-winning psychological horror; others in franchise but later.
  20. C. Red – The girl’s red coat haunts John in Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now (1973); other colours incorrect.

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