Can You Score 20/20? This Ultimate Vampire Movies Trivia Quiz Separates True Fans from Casuals!

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Test your fang-tastic knowledge of vampire cinema! From silent classics like Nosferatu to modern bloodsuckers in Interview with the Vampire, this quiz mixes easy warm-ups with devilishly hard questions for die-hard fans. Grab a wooden stake and see if you can ace all 20!

20 Trivia Questions on Vampire Films

Question 1: In which year was F.W. Murnau’s silent vampire classic Nosferatu released?

A. 1920
B. 1924
C. 1922
D. 1919

Question 2: Who played the iconic Count Dracula in Tod Browning’s 1931 Universal film?

A. Boris Karloff
B. Lon Chaney Jr.
C. Bela Lugosi
D. Claude Rains

Question 3: What is the name of the vampire character portrayed by Max Schreck in Nosferatu?

A. Count Dracula
B. Graf Orlok
C. Prince Vlad Tepes
D. Baron Blood

Question 4: Christopher Lee first portrayed Dracula in Hammer Films’ 1958 movie, known as Horror of Dracula in the US. Who played his nemesis Van Helsing?

A. Peter Cushing
B. Andrew Keir
C. Michael Gough
D. Miles Malleson

Question 5: Who directed Interview with the Vampire (1994), based on Anne Rice’s novel?

A. Francis Ford Coppola
B. Neil Jordan
C. Ridley Scott
D. Tony Scott

Question 6: In Interview with the Vampire, which actor played the ancient vampire Armand?

A. Tom Cruise
B. Brad Pitt
C. Antonio Banderas
D. Christian Slater

Question 7: In Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), who portrayed the vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing?

A. Anthony Hopkins
B. Gary Oldman
C. Keanu Reeves
D. Richard E. Grant

Question 8: Which 1987 vampire film features a gang of undead bikers led by Kiefer Sutherland’s character David?

A. Fright Night
B. The Lost Boys
C. Near Dark
D. Vamp

Question 9: In the 1936 film Dracula’s Daughter, who plays the titular character Countess Marya Zaleska?

A. Gloria Holden
B. Helen Chandler
C. Louise Currie
D. Evelyn Ankers

Question 10: Wesley Snipes played the half-vampire daywalker Blade in the 1998 film directed by whom?

A. Guillermo del Toro
B. Stephen Norrington
C. David S. Goyer
D. Ryan Reynolds

Question 11: Which Swedish film, remade in 2010 as Let Me In, features a young vampire girl named Eli?

A. Vampyr
B. Let the Right One In
C. Thirst
D. Morning of the Dead

Question 12: Frank Langella reprised his Broadway role as Dracula in which 1979 Universal film?

A. Dracula
B. Fright Night
C. The Monster Squad
D. Salem’s Lot

Question 13: In What We Do in the Shadows (2014), which real-life comedy duo co-directed and starred as vampires Viago and Vladislav?

A. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
B. Rhys Darby and Bret McKenzie
C. Jermaine Clement and Flight of the Conchords duo
D. Waititi and Ethan Saylor

Question 14: Who played the child vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994)?

A. Kirsten Dunst
B. Christina Ricci
C. Anna Paquin
D. Thora Birch

Question 15: In Hammer’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), which actress played the first victim turned vampire, Helen?

A. Barbara Shelley
B. Andree Melly
C. Suzan Farmer
D. Carol Marsh

Question 16: Robert Pattinson portrayed Edward Cullen in which 2008 vampire romance film?

A. New Moon
B. Twilight
C. Eclipse
D. Breaking Dawn

Question 17: Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 poetic vampire film is titled what?

A. Nosferatu
B. Vampyr
C. Dracula
D. Mark of the Vampire

Question 18: In From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), which actress plays the temple vampire queen Santánico Pandemonium?

A. Salma Hayek
B. Juliette Lewis
C. Kelly Preston
D. Angelina Jolie

Question 19: Who directed the 2009 Korean vampire film Thirst, starring Song Kang-ho?

A. Bong Joon-ho
B. Park Chan-wook
C. Kim Jee-woon
D. Na Hong-jin

Question 20: In the 1985 horror-comedy Fright Night, which actor plays the charming vampire neighbor Jerry Dandrige?

A. Chris Sarandon
B. Roddy McDowall
C. William Ragsdale
D. Amanda Bearse

Answers

  1. C. 1922 – Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror premiered in 1922; 1920 was too early for production, 1924 post-dates it, and 1919 predates Murnau’s involvement.
  2. C. Bela Lugosi – Lugosi’s hypnotic performance defined Dracula for generations; Karloff was Frankenstein’s Monster, Chaney Jr. the Wolf Man, Rains the Invisible Man.
  3. B. Graf Orlok – Max Schreck’s Orlok was an unlicensed Dracula adaptation; the others are fictional or historical names not used in the film.
  4. A. Peter Cushing – Cushing’s Van Helsing battled Lee’s Dracula repeatedly in Hammer films; the others appeared in later Hammer roles.
  5. B. Neil Jordan – Jordan adapted Anne Rice’s novel; Coppola did Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the Scotts directed other thrillers.
  6. C. Antonio Banderas – Banderas’ Armand leads the Paris coven; Cruise was Lestat, Pitt Louis, Slater the reporter.
  7. A. Anthony Hopkins – Hopkins’ eccentric Van Helsing chews scenery; Oldman was Dracula, Reeves Jonathan Harker.
  8. B. The Lost Boys – The 1987 Joel Schumacher film features Sutherland’s David; Near Dark has nomads, Fright Night a solo vampire.
  9. A. Gloria Holden – Holden starred in the sequel to 1931’s Dracula; the others were in later vampire or horror films.
  10. B. Stephen Norrington – Norrington helmed the first Blade; del Toro did Blade II, Goyer wrote/directed Blade: Trinity.
  11. B. Let the Right One In – Tomas Alfredson’s 2008 film stars Lina Leandersson as Eli; Vampyr is 1932, Thirst Korean.
  12. A. Dracula – Langella’s 1979 film was a box-office hit; Salem’s Lot is King adaptation.
  13. A. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement – The duo created the mockumentary; Darby/McKenzie are Flight of the Conchords.
  14. A. Kirsten Dunst – Dunst was 12 as the eternally childlike Claudia; the others were in vampire films later.
  15. A. Barbara Shelley – Shelley became a vampire after being drained; Melly and Farmer were other victims.
  16. B. Twilight – Pattinson debuted as Edward in the first film; the others are sequels.
  17. B. Vampyr – Dreyer’s atmospheric 1932 film is a horror landmark; Mark of the Vampire is 1935 MGM.
  18. A. Salma Hayek – Hayek’s seductive dance turns deadly; Lewis played a human character.
  19. B. Park Chan-wook – The Oldboy director made Thirst; others are prominent Korean directors.
  20. A. Chris Sarandon – Sarandon’s Jerry seduces victims next door; McDowall played the horror host.

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