Can You Score 20/20? Name the Movie From These Plot Keywords Trivia Quiz!

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Can you identify iconic films just from a few key plot keywords? This challenging quiz spans horror classics and modern thrillers with questions from easy to devilishly hard. Grab a pen and test your movie knowledge!

20 Trivia Questions: Name the Movie From the Plot Keywords

Question 1: Which movie matches these plot keywords: chainsaw massacre, cannibal family, road trip breakdown?

A. Wrong Turn (2003)
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
C. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
D. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Question 2: Which movie matches these plot keywords: masked killer, white face mask, babysitter terror, Halloween night?

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

Question 3: Which movie matches these plot keywords: shower murder, cross-dressing mother, stolen money, Bates Motel?

A. Psycho (1960)
B. Dressed to Kill (1980)
C. Peeping Tom (1960)
D. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Question 4: Which movie matches these plot keywords: pea soup vomit, possessed child, exorcism rite, Ouija board?

A. The Conjuring (2013)
B. The Exorcist (1973)
C. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
D. The Omen (1976)

Question 5: Which movie matches these plot keywords: razor glove, dream invasion, burned child molester, boiler room?

A. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
B. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
C. Freddy’s Dead (1991)
D. Dreamscape (1984)

Question 6: Which movie matches these plot keywords: summer camp massacre, machete murders, Jason’s mother, Crystal Lake?

A. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
B. Friday the 13th (1980)
C. The Burning (1981)
D. Madman (1981)

Question 7: Which movie matches these plot keywords: Ghostface mask, opening kill phone call, horror movie rules, Woodsboro?

A. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
B. Urban Legend (1998)
C. The Faculty (1998)
D. Scream (1996)

Question 8: Which movie matches these plot keywords: bathroom booby trap, chained victims, Jigsaw tape recorder, dead pig bathtub?

A. Cube (1997)
B. Saw (2004)
C. Hostel (2005)
D. The Collector (2009)

Question 9: Which movie matches these plot keywords: hypnosis trigger, sunken place, body swap auction, tea cup?

A. Us (2019)
B. The Invitation (2015)
C. Get Out (2017)
D. Coherence (2013)

Question 10: Which movie matches these plot keywords: miniature dollhouse, decapitated son, family grief, attic cult ritual?

A. The Babadook (2014)
B. Hereditary (2018)
C. The Visit (2015)
D. Relic (2020)

Question 11: Which movie matches these plot keywords: Swedish commune, midsummer festival, cliff ritual, bear suit sacrifice?

A. The Wicker Man (1973)
B. Apostle (2018)
C. Midsommar (2019)
D. The Ritual (2017)

Question 12: Which movie matches these plot keywords: evil clown terror, Losers’ Club kids, paper boat sewers, childhood fears?

A. It (2017)
B. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
C. Poltergeist (1982)
D. It Chapter Two (2019)

Question 13: Which movie matches these plot keywords: haunted farmhouse, Annabelle doll, witch clapping, levitating bed?

A. Oculus (2013)
B. The Conjuring (2013)
C. Sinister (2012)
D. Insidious (2010)

Question 14: Which movie matches these plot keywords: cursed videotape, seven days to die, well crawl, psychic girl?

A. The Ring (2002)
B. Pulse (2001)
C. Ringu (1998)
D. White Noise (2005)

Question 15: Which movie matches these plot keywords: astral projection, the Further realm, red-faced demon, comatose boy?

A. Insidious (2010)
B. Lights Out (2016)
C. Mama (2013)
D. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Question 16: Which movie matches these plot keywords: snuff home movies, lawnmower decapitation, attic projector, hanging tree?

A. Sinister (2012)
B. 8MM (1999)
C. Vacancy (2007)
D. The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

Question 17: Which movie matches these plot keywords: dinosaur theme park, T-Rex breakout, electric fences fail, raptor kitchen hunt?

A. Jurassic Park (1993)
B. King Kong (2005)
C. Godzilla (2014)
D. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Question 18: Which movie matches these plot keywords: TV static ghosts, backyard pool corpses, attacking clown doll, “They’re here”?

A. Ghostbusters (1984)
B. Poltergeist (1982)
C. Beetlejuice (1988)
D. The Amityville Horror (1979)

Question 19: Which movie matches these plot keywords: facehugger parasite, chestburster reveal, Nostromo spaceship, cat survivor?

A. Alien (1979)
B. Pandorum (2009)
C. Prometheus (2012)
D. Aliens (1986)

Question 20: Which movie matches these plot keywords: isolated Overlook Hotel, hedge maze chase, “Here’s Johnny”, psychic shining boy?

A. Misery (1990)
B. 1408 (2007)
C. Secret Window (2004)
D. The Shining (1980)

Answers

  1. B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Friends encounter a cannibal family wielding a chainsaw during a Texas road trip breakdown. Others feature mutants or hillbillies but lack the iconic chainsaw focus.
  2. C. Halloween (1978) – Michael Myers stalks babysitters in a white-masked rampage on Halloween. The distractors use different masks, settings, or holidays.
  3. A. Psycho (1960) – Norman Bates’ cross-dressing mother leads to the famous shower murder at the motel after stolen cash. No other matches the maternal twist or motel.
  4. B. The Exorcist (1973) – A girl’s demonic possession involves green vomit, Ouija, and priestly exorcism. Others lack the possession specifics.
  5. A. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Freddy Krueger invades dreams with his razor glove, rooted in his boiler room burning. Sequels and others diverge in plot.
  6. B. Friday the 13th (1980) – Camp counselors face machete kills revealed as Jason’s vengeful mother at Crystal Lake. Others have different killers or camps.
  7. D. Scream (1996) – Ghostface taunts victims with phone calls and meta rules in Woodsboro. Imitators lack the specific opening kill style.
  8. B. Saw (2004) – Two men wake chained in a bathroom with Jigsaw’s tapes and pig vat key. Trap-focused films like Cube lack the bathroom setup.
  9. C. Get Out (2017) – A Black man faces hypnosis, the sunken place, and auction during a girlfriend’s family visit. Us has doubles, not hypnosis.
  10. B. Hereditary (2018) – A family unravels after a son’s decapitation, with dollhouse models and cult in the attic. Others centre different family horrors.
  11. C. Midsommar (2019) – Grieving friends attend a Swedish festival with cliff jumps and bear rituals. Wicker Man is set in Scotland.
  12. A. It (2017) – Kids battle a shape-shifting clown via sewers and a paper boat in Derry. Chapter Two focuses on adults.
  13. B. The Conjuring (2013) – The Perron family battles a witch, Annabelle doll, and clapping summons in their farmhouse. Insidious uses astral travel.
  14. A. The Ring (2002) – Watching a tape curses viewers to die in seven days unless passed on, ending in a well. Ringu is the Japanese original.
  15. A. Insidious (2010) – A boy in coma is trapped in the Further with demons behind a red door. Others lack astral projection.
  16. A. Sinister (2012) – A writer finds attic films of murders like lawnmower kills and tree hangings. 8MM investigates modern snuff.
  17. A. Jurassic Park (1993) – Cloned dinosaurs escape after fence failures, with T-Rex and raptor attacks. Sequels expand the story.
  18. B. Poltergeist (1982) – Ghosts emerge from TV static, pulling family to a corpse-filled pool and clown assault. Comedies like Ghostbusters differ.
  19. A. Alien (1979) – The Nostromo crew faces facehuggers, chestbursters, and a lone cat survivor. Aliens adds marines.
  20. D. The Shining (1980) – Jack Torrance goes mad in the Overlook, axe-chasing his psychic son through the maze. Doctor Sleep is the sequel.

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