Can You Score 20/20? Identify These Horror Movies From One-Line Clues Trivia Quiz

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Put your horror fandom to the ultimate test with these 20 one-line clues from iconic scary films! Spanning classics and modern nightmares, the questions ramp up from easy warm-ups to brain-melting stumpers. Grab a pen and see how many you can nail before scrolling down.

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movies from One-Line Clues

Question 1: A 12-year-old girl is possessed by an ancient demon and requires a priestly exorcism?

A. Insidious (2010)
B. The Conjuring (2013)
C. The Exorcist (1973)
D. The Rite (2011)

Question 2: A secretary steals $40,000 and checks into a remote motel run by a taxidermy-obsessed man?

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

Question 3: A family isolated in a snowbound hotel sees ghostly twins and “REDRUM” written in blood?

A. Doctor Sleep (2019)
B. Kubrick’s The Shining (1980)
C. Misery (1990)
D. The Dead Zone (1983)

Question 4: A masked killer in a William Shatner mask stalks babysitters on Halloween night?

A. Friday the 13th (1980)
B. Scream (1996)
C. Halloween (1978)
D. My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Question 5: A massive great white shark terrorises beachgoers in a small summer resort town?

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

Question 6: A commercial spaceship crew awakens to find a deadly alien organism aboard?

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

Question 7: A pregnant woman fears her elderly neighbours belong to a satanic cult plotting to steal her baby?

A. The Omen (1976)
B. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
C. The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
D. Angel Heart (1987)

Question 8: A group of friends encounters a cannibalistic family wielding chainsaws and meat hooks?

A. Hills Have Eyes (1977)
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
C. Wrong Turn (2003)
D. Mother’s Day (1980)

Question 9: Reanimated corpses rise from graves to devour the living in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse?

A. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
B. 28 Days Later (2002)
C. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
D. Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Question 10: A black man visiting his white girlfriend’s parents uncovers a horrifying auction and hypnosis conspiracy?

A. The Visit (2015)
B. Us (2019)
C. Get Out (2017)
D. Candyman (1992)

Question 11: Paranormal investigators confront a demonic witch haunting a family in a Rhode Island farmhouse?

A. The Amityville Horror (1979)
B. Annabelle (2014)
C. The Conjuring (2013)
D. Sinister (2012)

Question 12: Student filmmakers documenting a witch legend disappear in the Black Hills Forest?

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

Question 13: A cursed videotape kills its viewers exactly seven days after watching it?

A. V/H/S (2012)
B. The Ring (2002)
C. Ringu (1998)
D. Noroi: The Curse (2005)

Question 14: Victims trapped in elaborate death games awaken chained in a dingy bathroom?

A. Hostel (2005)
B. Cube (1997)
C. Saw (2004)
D. Would You Rather (2012)

Question 15: A young girl is kidnapped by malevolent spirits emerging from the static of her family’s television?

A. Insidious (2010)
B. Poltergeist (1982)
C. The Others (2001)
D. What Lies Beneath (2000)

Question 16: Teenagers are slaughtered in their dreams by a razor-gloved child killer with a burned face?

A. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
C. Dreamscape (1984)
D. The Dream Master (1988)

Question 17: A grieving family experiences horrifying supernatural events after their matriarch’s death?

A. Hereditary (2018)
B. The Babadook (2014)
C. Relic (2020)
D. The Lodge (2019)

Question 18: An FBI trainee interviews a brilliant cannibal to profile a killer skinning his victims?

A. Red Dragon (2002)
B. Hannibal (2001)
C. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
D. Manhunter (1986)

Question 19: A shape-shifting clown preys on the children of Derry every 27 years?

A. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
B. It (2017)
C. Clown (2014)
D. Terrifier (2016)

Question 20: A burned disfigured man in a hockey mask drowns but returns to murder camp counsellors?

A. Halloween (1978)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. Maniac (1980)
D. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Answers

  1. C. The Exorcist (1973) – Directed by William Friedkin, it features Regan MacNeil possessed by Pazuzu; others involve possession but lack the specific exorcism ritual and age detail.
  2. A. Psycho (1960) – Alfred Hitchcock’s classic has Marion Crane stealing exactly $40,000 before the infamous Bates Motel shower scene; others are Hitchcock thrillers without this plot.
  3. B. The Shining (1980) – Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation includes the Grady twins and Danny’s “REDRUM” vision; distractors are King adaptations but lack these exact elements.
  4. C. Halloween (1978) – John Carpenter’s Michael Myers wears a Captain Kirk mask repainted white; others feature masked slashers but not on Halloween or with this mask.
  5. D. Jaws (1975) – Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster centres on a great white attacking Amity Island; others involve sharks but not this specific resort setting.
  6. C. Alien (1979) – Ridley Scott’s Nostromo crew faces the xenomorph; sequels/prequels like Prometheus differ in origin and lack the exact commercial towing premise.
  7. B. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – Roman Polanski’s film has Mia Farrow suspecting the Castevets’ coven; others involve Satanism but not pregnancy theft by neighbours.
  8. B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Tobe Hooper’s Leatherface family uses chainsaws and hooks on motorists; similar cannibal films lack the Texas road trip specificity.
  9. C. Night of the Living Dead (1968) – George A. Romero’s zombie blueprint unfolds in a farmhouse; sequels/remakes alter the rural Pennsylvania start.
  10. C. Get Out (2017) – Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winner reveals the Armitage family’s body-snatching via auction; others have family horrors but not this racial hypnosis twist.
  11. C. The Conjuring (2013) – Based on Ed and Lorraine Warren’s case of Bathsheba haunting the Perrons; distractors feature hauntings but not this witch or investigators.
  12. B. The Blair Witch Project (1999) – Found-footage pioneers Heather, Josh, and Mike vanish in Maryland woods; others use mockumentary but not this exact legend.
  13. B. The Ring (2002) – Gore Verbinski’s US remake has Samara’s tape with the seven-day curse; originals/others lack the videotape mechanic.
  14. C. Saw (2004) – James Wan’s Jigsaw starts with Adam and Lawrence chained; similar traps in Cube/Hostel miss the bathroom setup.
  15. B. Poltergeist (1982) – Tobe Hooper’s Spielberg-produced film has Carol Anne pulled into the TV light; others haunt but not via television static.
  16. B. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Wes Craven’s Freddy Krueger kills in dreams with his glove; sequels share this but the original introduces the boiler room burns.
  17. A. Hereditary (2018) – Ari Aster’s film follows the Grahams post-Ellen Leigh’s death; distractors explore grief but lack the cult/miniature model horrors.
  18. C. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-sweeper has Clarice Starling consulting Hannibal Lecter on Buffalo Bill; prequels focus differently.
  19. B. It (2017) – Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Pennywise cycle every 27 years in Derry; clown films lack the Losers’ Club childhood cycle.
  20. B. Friday the 13th (1980) – Sean S. Cunningham’s Jason drowns in 1957 then slays at Camp Crystal Lake; others camp but not with this mask origin.

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