Can You Score 20/20? The Ultimate Horror Trivia Quiz That Separates Casuals From True Experts!

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Think you’re a horror aficionado? This quiz dives deep into classic and modern fright flicks with questions ranging from easy warm-ups to expert-level brain-teasers. Grab a pen, test your knowledge, and see if you qualify as a true horror expert!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movies

Question 1: Who directed the original Night of the Living Dead (1968)?

A. Wes Craven
B. John Carpenter
C. George A. Romero
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 2: In The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), what is Leatherface’s real first name?

A. Thomas
B. Bubba
C. Drayton
D. Nubbins

Question 3: What is the name of the possessed girl in The Exorcist (1973)?

A. Karras
B. Merrin
C. Chris
D. Regan

Question 4: In Psycho (1960), how much money does Marion Crane steal?

A. $30,000
B. $40,000
C. $50,000
D. $20,000

Question 5: Who played Michael Myers unmasked in Halloween (1978)?

A. Dick Warlock
B. Tony Moran
C. Nick Castle
D. Will Sandin

Question 6: Freddy Krueger’s glove in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) has how many blades?

A. Five
B. Four
C. Six
D. Three

Question 7: In the original Friday the 13th (1980), who is revealed as the killer?

A. Jason Voorhees
B. Tommy Jarvis
C. Pamela Voorhees
D. Roy Burns

Question 8: What is the name of the director of Rosemary’s Baby (1968)?

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

Question 9: In The Shining (1980), what is Room 237 actually called in the book?

A. Room 217
B. Room 227
C. Room 137
D. Room 337

Question 10: Who directed Carrie (1976)?

A. Stephen King
B. David Cronenberg
C. Brian De Palma
D. John Carpenter

Question 11: In Scream (1996), what is Sidney Prescott’s mother’s name?

A. Maureen
B. Tatum
C. Gale
D. Dewey

Question 12: What year was The Silence of the Lambs released?

A. 1990
B. 1991
C. 1989
D. 1992

Question 13: Who played the lead in The Fly (1986) remake?

A. Jeff Goldblum
B. Geena Davis
C. David Hedison
D. Vincent Price

Question 14: In Jaws (1975), what is the name of the shark hunter?

A. Matt Hooper
B. Sam Quint
C. Brody
D. Quint

Question 15: What is the ancient evil in The Evil Dead (1981)? Also known as what?

A. Deadites
B. Necronomicon
C. Kandarian Demon
D. Book of the Dead

Question 16: Who directed Hereditary (2018)?

A. Jordan Peele
B. Ari Aster
C. Robert Eggers
D. James Wan

Question 17: In Get Out (2017), what is the name of the family’s hypnotism trigger?

A. Sink
B. Tea time
C. The cup
D. Sunken place

Question 18: What is Chucky’s full name in Child’s Play (1988)?

A. Charles Lee Ray
B. Andy Barclay
C. Karen Barclay
D. Mike Norris

Question 19: In The Conjuring (2013), what is the witch’s name?

A. Bathsheba
B. Annabelle
C. Valak
D. Crooked Man

Question 20: Who composed the score for Halloween (1978)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Ennio Morricone
C. Bernard Herrmann
D. Jerry Goldsmith

Answers

  1. C. George A. Romero – Romero directed the 1968 zombie classic, revolutionising the genre; Craven debuted with Last House on the Left (1972), Carpenter with Halloween (1978), and Hooper with Texas Chain Saw (1974).
  2. B. Bubba – Leatherface is called Bubba by his family in the 1974 film; Thomas is from later sequels, while Drayton and Nubbins are brothers.
  3. D. Regan – Regan MacNeil is the 12-year-old possessed girl played by Linda Blair; Chris is her mother, Karras and Merrin are priests.
  4. B. $40,000 – Marion steals exactly $40,000 from her employer’s office in Phoenix; other amounts are incorrect.
  5. C. Nick Castle – Castle wore the mask for most of Michael Myers’ scenes; Moran was the stunt double for the end, Warlock in Halloween II.
  6. B. Four – Freddy’s iconic glove features four razor-sharp blades; not five fingers or other numbers.
  7. C. Pamela Voorhees – Jason’s mother is the killer in the 1980 original; Jason debuts properly in Part 2.
  8. C. Roman Polanski – Polanski directed the 1968 satanic pregnancy horror; Kubrick did The Shining.
  9. A. Room 237 – The film changes the book’s Room 217 to 237 due to the hotel owner’s request; others are fabricated.
  10. C. Brian De Palma – De Palma adapted Stephen King’s novel for 1976; King wrote the book, not directed.
  11. A. Maureen – Maureen Prescott was murdered a year before the events; others are friends or family.
  12. B. 1991 – Released 14 February 1991, it won Best Picture; not the other years.
  13. A. Jeff Goldblum – Goldblum stars as Seth Brundle in Cronenberg’s remake; Hedison was in the 1958 original.
  14. D. Quint – Robert Shaw’s Quint is the grizzled shark hunter; Hooper is the scientist, Brody the chief.
  15. A. Deadites – The film refers to the possessed as Deadites summoned by the Necronomicon; others are related items.
  16. B. Ari Aster – Aster’s directorial debut is the 2018 grief-to-horror tale; others directed different modern horrors.
  17. A. Sink – Missy says “sink” to trigger the hypnosis into the sunken place; not the other phrases.
  18. A. Charles Lee Ray – The serial killer’s soul transfers into the doll as Charles Lee Ray; others are human characters.
  19. A. Bathsheba – Bathsheba Sherman is the witch haunting the Perron family; others are from Conjuring sequels.
  20. A. John Carpenter – Carpenter composed the haunting piano theme himself; Herrmann scored Psycho.

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