Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Classic Horror Trivia Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

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Dive into the eerie world of classic horror cinema with this ultimate trivia quiz! From the Universal Monsters era to Hammer Horrors and beyond, these 20 questions range from ghoulishly easy to spine-chillingly hard. Prove you’re a true aficionado of the silver screen’s darkest classics.

20 Trivia Questions on Ultimate Classic Horror

Question 1: Who directed the 1931 film Dracula?

A. James Whale
B. Karl Freund
C. Tod Browning
D. Rupert Julian

Question 2: Which actor portrayed the Monster in the 1931 Frankenstein?

A. Glenn Strange
B. Lon Chaney Jr.
C. Boris Karloff
D. Bela Lugosi

Question 3: In what year was Bride of Frankenstein released?

A. 1934
B. 1936
C. 1935
D. 1932

Question 4: Who played Imhotep in the 1932 film The Mummy?

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

Question 5: Which director helmed the 1933 The Invisible Man?

A. Tod Browning
B. James Whale
C. Carl Laemmle Jr.
D. Rowland V. Lee

Question 6: Lon Chaney Jr. first portrayed the Wolf Man in which 1941 film?

A. House of Frankenstein
B. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
C. The Wolf Man
D. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Question 7: What is the official name of the creature in 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon?

A. Fish Man
B. Lagoon Beast
C. Amazon Monster
D. Gill-Man

Question 8: In Hammer’s 1958 Horror of Dracula, Peter Cushing played which character opposite Christopher Lee’s Dracula?

A. Jonathan Harker
B. Arthur Holmwood
C. Van Helsing
D. Renfield

Question 9: Vincent Price starred as Professor Henry Jarrod in which 1953 horror classic?

A. The Mad Magician
B. House of Wax
C. The Fly
D. Chamber of Horrors

Question 10: In the 1958 original The Fly, David Hedison played which scientist?

A. Francois Delambre
B. Helene Delambre
C. Andre Delambre
D. Philippe Delambre

Question 11: Who directed the 1960 masterpiece Psycho?

A. Robert Bloch
B. Joseph Stefano
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. Saul Bass

Question 12: Night of the Living Dead (1968) was directed by whom?

A. Wes Craven
B. John A. Russo
C. George A. Romero
D. Tom Savini

Question 13: Robert Wise’s 1963 The Haunting is based on Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House. True or which detail?

A. It’s based on a true story
B. The Haunting of Hill House
C. House on Haunted Hill
D. Ghost Story

Question 14: Boris Karloff hosted which 1960-1962 anthology TV series?

A. The Twilight Zone
B. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
C. Thriller
D. One Step Beyond

Question 15: Christopher Lee’s first Frankenstein role for Hammer was as the creature in which 1957 film?

A. The Revenge of Frankenstein
B. Frankenstein Created Woman
C. The Curse of Frankenstein
D. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Question 16: Tod Browning’s controversial 1932 film featuring real circus performers is called?

A. Freaks
B. The Unknown
C. Devil-Doll
D. Mark of the Vampire

Question 17: Val Lewton’s 1942 Cat People was directed by whom?

A. Mark Robson
B. Jacques Tourneur
C. Robert Wise
D. Gunther von Fritsch

Question 18: Claude Rains voiced the titular character in which 1933 Universal horror?

A. The Invisible Man
B. The Invisible Ray
C. Murders in the Rue Morgue
D. The Clairvoyant

Question 19: Which 1956 sci-fi horror classic featured pod people replacing humans?

A. The Blob
B. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
C. The Puppet Masters
D. It Came from Outer Space

Question 20: Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 bird-attack thriller The Birds stars which actress as Melanie Daniels?

A. Grace Kelly
B. Kim Novak
C. Tippi Hedren
D. Janet Leigh

Answers

  1. C. Tod Browning – Tod Browning directed the 1931 Dracula starring Bela Lugosi; Whale directed Frankenstein, Freund shot it, Julian did Phantom of the Opera.
  2. C. Boris Karloff – Boris Karloff iconicly played the Monster in 1931’s Frankenstein; others played it later or different roles.
  3. C. 1935 – Bride of Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, was released in 1935, sequel to the 1931 original.
  4. C. Boris Karloff – Karloff starred as the mummy Imhotep in 1932’s The Mummy; others were in different monster roles.
  5. B. James Whale – James Whale directed The Invisible Man (1933) starring Claude Rains; he also did the first two Frankensteins.
  6. C. The Wolf Man – Lon Chaney Jr. debuted as Larry Talbot/the Wolf Man in the 1941 film; others are later crossovers.
  7. D. Gill-Man – The creature is officially called the Gill-Man in the 1954 film; others are fan nicknames.
  8. C. Van Helsing – Peter Cushing played Professor Van Helsing in 1958’s Horror of Dracula; others are victims.
  9. B. House of Wax – Price played wax sculptor Professor Jarrod in the 1953 3D hit; others are his later films.
  10. C. Andre Delambre – David Hedison (Al Hedison) was Andre, the scientist who becomes the fly; others are family.
  11. C. Alfred Hitchcock – Hitchcock directed Psycho (1960); Bloch wrote the novel, Stefano the screenplay, Bass the titles.
  12. C. George A. Romero – Romero co-wrote and directed the 1968 zombie landmark Night of the Living Dead.
  13. B. The Haunting of Hill House – The 1963 film adapts Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House.
  14. C. Thriller – Karloff introduced episodes of his anthology series Thriller (1960-1962); others are different shows.
  15. C. The Curse of Frankenstein – Lee played the creature in Hammer’s 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein, Cushing as the Baron.
  16. A. Freaks – Browning’s 1932 Freaks used actual sideshow performers, leading to its notoriety and cuts.
  17. B. Jacques Tourneur – Tourneur directed Lewton’s influential 1942 Cat People with subtle horror techniques.
  18. A. The Invisible Man – Rains provided the voice (and invisible performance) for the lead in 1933’s classic.
  19. B. Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Don Siegel’s 1956 film depicts alien pods duplicating humans.
  20. C. Tippi Hedren – Hedren made her debut as Melanie Daniels in Hitchcock’s 1963 The Birds; others in prior Hitchcock films.

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