Can You Score 20/20? Match Horror Movies to Their Final Confrontations Trivia Quiz

Answers at the bottom — no peeking!

Think you know horror cinema’s most iconic climaxes? This 20-question quiz challenges you to match pulse-pounding final confrontations to their films, from classic slashers to modern terrors. Questions range from easy warm-ups to nightmare-level stumpers — grab a pen and dive in!

Questions

Question 1: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a terrified final girl rides away in the back of a pickup truck while a long-haired maniac pursues her with a revving chainsaw?

A. Friday the 13th
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
C. Halloween
D. The Evil Dead

Question 2: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which the babysitter repeatedly stabs the boogeyman with a coat hanger and knitting needles before he attacks from inside a closet?

A. A Nightmare on Elm Street
B. The Shining
C. Scream
D. Halloween

Question 3: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a lone survivor swings a machete to behead the camp cook on a boat dock at dawn?

A. Friday the 13th
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
C. Carrie
D. Jaws

Question 4: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a group of friends uses petrol bombs and booby traps against a razor-gloved killer in their dreams, ultimately burning him in the real world?

A. The Conjuring
B. The Silence of the Lambs
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street
D. It

Question 5: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which an axe-wielding father pursues his psychic son through a topiary maze during a fierce snowstorm?

A. The Thing
B. Dawn of the Dead
C. The Shining
D. Poltergeist

Question 6: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a husband tackles a killer dressed in his mother’s clothes and wig in the basement of the Bates Motel?

A. Psycho
B. Alien
C. The Exorcist
D. Saw

Question 7: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a shark hunter shoots a scuba tank in a great white shark’s mouth, causing it to explode?

A. The Thing
B. Jaws
C. Dawn of the Dead
D. The Evil Dead

Question 8: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which the last survivor blasts an acid-blooded creature out of an airlock into space?

A. The Silence of the Lambs
B. Get Out
C. Alien
D. Poltergeist

Question 9: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a Jesuit priest leaps from a second-story window after the demon possesses him to end the exorcism?

A. The Conjuring
B. The Exorcist
C. It
D. Scream

Question 10: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which survivors fly off in a helicopter as zombies break into the mall’s service doors?

A. Carrie
B. Dawn of the Dead
C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
D. Halloween

Question 11: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a lone survivor severs his possessed hand with a chainsaw after battling Deadites in the woods?

A. Friday the 13th
B. The Evil Dead
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street
D. The Shining

Question 12: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a telekinetic teen causes a car to crash and explode in retribution after her prom humiliation?

A. Psycho
B. Jaws
C. Carrie
D. Alien

Question 13: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which two men wire the camp with dynamite and share a drink amid flames as the alien threat is destroyed?

A. The Exorcist
B. The Thing
C. Dawn of the Dead
D. Poltergeist

Question 14: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a family fights a grotesque beast made of mud and crawling corpses in their living room?

A. Saw
B. Get Out
C. Poltergeist
D. The Silence of the Lambs

Question 15: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which the trapped victim discovers the mastermind behind the traps is lying dead on the floor beside him?

A. The Conjuring
B. Saw
C. It
D. Scream

Question 16: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a hypnotised family is thwarted when the protagonist jams a deer’s head into a man’s face?

A. Get Out
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
C. Friday the 13th
D. The Evil Dead

Question 17: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which an FBI agent empties her gun into a man wearing human skin in a darkened basement?

A. The Silence of the Lambs
B. A Nightmare on Elm Street
C. The Shining
D. Psycho

Question 18: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which paranormal investigators battle a hag-like witch in the basement during a demonic possession exorcism?

A. The Conjuring
B. The Exorcist
C. Jaws
D. Alien

Question 19: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which a group of children defeats a shape-shifting clown by floating him and tearing off his head in its sewer lair?

A. Carrie
B. The Thing
C. Poltergeist
D. It

Question 20: Which horror film features a final confrontation in which two killers in ghost masks are stabbed, shot, and electrocuted in a chaotic living room showdown?

A. Scream
B. Saw
C. Get Out
D. The Silence of the Lambs

Answers

  1. B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) — Sally escapes on the pickup as Leatherface dances with his chainsaw in the dawn light.
  2. D. Halloween (1978) — Laurie hides in the closet before impaling Michael Myers.
  3. A. Friday the 13th (1980) — Alice decapitates Pamela Voorhees on the dock.
  4. C. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — Nancy pulls Freddy into reality via booby traps.
  5. C. The Shining (1980) — Jack chases Danny in the hedge maze.
  6. A. Psycho (1960) — Sam wrestles Norman Bates in the cellar.
  7. B. Jaws (1975) — Brody explodes the shark with a tank shot.
  8. C. Alien (1979) — Ripley ejects the Xenomorph.
  9. B. The Exorcist (1973) — Karras sacrifices himself by jumping.
  10. B. Dawn of the Dead (1978) — Peter and Fran helicopter away from the overrun mall.
  11. B. The Evil Dead (1981) — Ash cuts off his possessed hand.
  12. C. Carrie (1976) — Carrie causes Chris’s car to explode.
  13. B. The Thing (1982) — MacReady and Childs destroy the camp.
  14. C. Poltergeist (1982) — The Freelings fight the mud-skeleton monster.
  15. B. Saw (2004) — Adam sees Jigsaw rise from the “corpse”.
  16. A. Get Out (2017) — Chris impales Dean with the deer’s head.
  17. A. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — Clarice shoots Buffalo Bill.
  18. A. The Conjuring (2013) — The Perrons battle Bathsheba in the basement.
  19. D. It (2017) — The Losers’ Club ritually kills Pennywise.
  20. A. Scream (1996) — Sidney overcomes Billy and Stu in bloody chaos.

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