Can You Score 20/20? Identify These Supernatural Ghost Horror Films Trivia Quiz

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Test your knowledge of spine-chilling ghost movies in this ultimate 20-question identification challenge! From timeless classics to modern hauntings, these descriptions will put your supernatural film expertise to the test. Questions range from easy warm-ups to fiendishly difficult – good luck scoring a perfect 20!

20 Trivia Questions on Supernatural Ghost Horror Films

Question 1: Which film features a little girl named Carol Anne who is kidnapped by malevolent spirits emerging from the television static in her family’s home?

A. The Shining (1980)
B. Poltergeist (1982)
C. Insidious (2010)
D. The Exorcist (1973)

Question 2: Which film stars Haley Joel Osment as a boy who confesses to his psychologist, “I see dead people… they don’t know they’re dead”?

A. Stir of Echoes (1999)
B. The Ring (2002)
C. Unfriended (2014)
D. The Sixth Sense (1999)

Question 3: Which film stars Nicole Kidman as a mother protecting her light-allergic children from intruders in their isolated mansion, only for a shocking twist to reveal their true nature?

A. The Others (2001)
B. The Woman in Black (2012)
C. Crimson Peak (2015)
D. The Innocents (1961)

Question 4: Which American horror film centres on a cursed videotape that dooms viewers to die in seven days unless they copy and share it?

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

Question 5: Which American remake features the vengeful ghost of Kayako crawling unnaturally down stairs to haunt anyone who enters her Tokyo house?

A. Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
B. Dark Water (2005)
C. One Missed Call (2008)
D. The Grudge (2004)

Question 6: Which film stars George C. Scott as a grieving father haunted by the ghost of a young boy, with iconic scenes of a red ball bouncing and a wheelchair careening downstairs?

A. The Changeling (1980)
B. The Entity (1982)
C. The Haunting (1963)
D. The Legend of Hell House (1973)

Question 7: Which 1963 film directed by Robert Wise is set in Hill House, where a paranormal investigation team experiences psychological terror?

A. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
B. 13 Ghosts (1960)
C. The Haunting (1963)
D. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Question 8: Which film stars Kevin Bacon as Tom Witzky, who after a hypnosis session begins seeing visions of a murdered girl named Samantha in his Chicago neighbourhood?

A. The Sixth Sense (1999)
B. Stir of Echoes (1999)
C. Apt Pupil (1998)
D. Friday the 13th (1980)

Question 9: Which film stars Michelle Pfeiffer as Claire Spencer, who becomes haunted by the ghost of her husband’s murdered lover, Madison?

A. The Gift (2000)
B. Practical Magic (1998)
C. Ghost (1990)
D. What Lies Beneath (2000)

Question 10: Which film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor who encounters the ghostly Woman in Black at Eel Marsh House?

A. The Woman in Black (2012)
B. The Awakening (2011)
C. The Lodge (2019)
D. His House (2020)

Question 11: Which film features a family attempting to escape hauntings by moving, only to discover their son’s comatose state is due to his astral projection into a demonic realm called The Further?

A. The Conjuring (2013)
B. Paranormal Activity (2007)
C. Insidious (2010)
D. Sinister (2012)

Question 12: Which film depicts Ed and Lorraine Warren investigating the hauntings of the Perron family in their Rhode Island farmhouse in 1971?

A. The Amityville Horror (1979)
B. The Conjuring (2013)
C. Annabelle: Creation (2017)
D. The Nun (2018)

Question 13: Which film is based on the alleged haunting experienced by the Lutz family after moving into 112 Ocean Avenue, the site of the DeFeo murders?

A. The Amityville Horror (1979)
B. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
C. Halloween (1978)
D. Friday the 13th (1980)

Question 14: Which film directed by James Wan involves ventriloquist dummies possessed by the spirit of Mary Shaw, who hunts those who do not keep silent?

A. Saw (2004)
B. Child’s Play (1988)
C. Puppet Master (1989)
D. Dead Silence (2007)

Question 15: Which Spanish-language film follows Laura as she returns to her childhood orphanage with her son Simón, encountering ghostly apparitions?

A. The Others (2001)
B. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
C. The Orphanage (2007)
D. Mama (2013)

Question 16: Which Australian found-footage film documents the family of Alice Palmer uncovering evidence of her ghost after her drowning death?

A. The Tunnel (2011)
B. Lake Mungo (2008)
C. The Last Exorcism (2010)
D. As Above, So Below (2014)

Question 17: Which film stars Deborah Kerr as Miss Giddens, a governess who believes the ghosts of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel are influencing her young charges Miles and Flora?

A. The Innocents (1961)
B. The Chalk Garden (1964)
C. The Nanny (1965)
D. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Question 18: Which 1973 film involves a team of investigators, including physicist Lionel Barrett and medium Florence Tanner, probing the malevolent Belasco House?

A. Hellraiser (1987)
B. The Sentinel (1977)
C. The Amityville Horror (1979)
D. The Legend of Hell House (1973)

Question 19: Which film features two sisters, Victoria and Lilly, who were raised in the woods by a ghostly maternal figure known as Mama?

A. Mama (2013)
B. The Babadook (2014)
C. Hereditary (2018)
D. The Hole (2009)

Question 20: Which 1944 film involves siblings purchasing a haunted house where the ghost of their mother’s rival appears, solved through a séance?

A. Topper (1937)
B. The Ghost Breakers (1940)
C. The Uninvited (1944)
D. The Canterville Ghost (1944)

Answers

  1. B. Poltergeist (1982) – Tobe Hooper’s film depicts the Freeling family terrorised by poltergeists who abduct Carol Anne through the TV; the others involve hotels, astral realms, or demonic possession.
  2. D. The Sixth Sense (1999) – M. Night Shyamalan’s twist-filled film has Cole revealing his ability to see ghosts; the others feature hypnosis visions, cursed tapes, or online hauntings.
  3. A. The Others (2001) – Alejandro Amenábar’s gothic tale ends with the Kidman family realising they are the ghosts; the others have different settings and ghosts.
  4. C. The Ring (2002) – Gore Verbinski’s remake of Ringu focuses on Samara’s tape; the others involve grudges, pulses, or Japanese originals.
  5. D. The Grudge (2004) – Takashi Shimizu’s US remake shows Kayako’s curse spreading via her house; the others are Japanese precursors or watery hauntings.
  6. A. The Changeling (1980) – Peter Medak’s film uses the ball and wheelchair as signs from murdered Joseph; the others feature assaults, investigations, or Hill House.
  7. C. The Haunting (1963) – Robert Wise adapts Shirley Jackson’s novel with Hill House’s malevolent influence on Eleanor; the others are gimmick-filled or unrelated.
  8. B. Stir of Echoes (1999) – David Koepp directs Kevin Bacon unearthing Samantha’s body; the others lack the hypnosis-triggered neighbourhood ghost visions.
  9. D. What Lies Beneath (2000) – Robert Zemeckis’ thriller has Claire haunted by Madison’s watery ghost; the others are psychic or supernatural romances.
  10. A. The Woman in Black (2012) – James Watkins adapts Susan Hill’s novel with Kipps facing child-killing Jennet; the others are post-WWI school or modern refugee hauntings.
  11. C. Insidious (2010) – James Wan’s film introduces The Further and Dalton’s projection; the others focus on Warrens, found footage, or films.
  12. B. The Conjuring (2013) – Based on the Warrens’ case files for the Perrons; the others involve dolls, houses, or nuns.
  13. A. The Amityville Horror (1979) – Stuart Rosenberg adapts the Lutz claims post-DeFeo killings; the others are slashers or later hauntings.
  14. D. Dead Silence (2007) – James Wan’s pre-Saw tale ties silence to Mary Shaw’s puppets; the others feature slashers or killer dolls.
  15. C. The Orphanage (2007) – J.A. Bayona’s film has Laura seeking ghostly Simón; the others are fantasies or zombie outbreaks.
  16. B. Lake Mungo (2008) – Joel Anderson’s mockumentary reveals Alice’s spectral footage; the others are witch hunts, possessions, or catacomb horrors.
  17. A. The Innocents (1961) – Jack Clayton adapts The Turn of the Screw with Quint and Jessel’s influence; the others are thrillers without the ghostly servants.
  18. D. The Legend of Hell House (1973) – John Hough’s film challenges investigators at Belasco’s deadly house; the others are Cenobites, apartments, or family homes.
  19. A. Mama (2013) – Andrés Muschietti’s film shows Mama’s feral child-rearing; the others feature dybbuks, grief monsters, or cults.
  20. C. The Uninvited (1944) – Lewis Allen’s classic reveals Stella’s mother and lover’s ghosts via séance; the others are comedies or adventures.

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