Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Horror Director Quiz: Match the Film to the Director!

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Think you know your horror directors? This ultimate quiz pits 20 legendary horror films against their visionary creators, spanning decades of scares from classics to modern chills. Questions ramp up from straightforward to fiendishly tricky – grab a pencil and test your cinematic savvy!

20 Trivia Questions on Ultimate Horror Directors: Match the Film!

Question 1: Who directed Halloween (1978)?

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

Question 2: Who directed Psycho (1960)?

A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. William Friedkin
C. Roman Polanski
D. Stanley Kubrick

Question 3: Who directed The Shining (1980)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. Steven Spielberg
C. Stanley Kubrick
D. Sam Raimi

Question 4: Who directed The Exorcist (1973)?

A. Dario Argento
B. James Wan
C. William Friedkin
D. Jonathan Demme

Question 5: Who directed Night of the Living Dead (1968)?

A. Ari Aster
B. George A. Romero
C. Robert Eggers
D. Wes Craven

Question 6: Who directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Tobe Hooper
C. Jordan Peele
D. David Robert Mitchell

Question 7: Who directed Alien (1979)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. James Wan
C. Sam Raimi
D. Guillermo del Toro

Question 8: Who directed A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?

A. Sean S. Cunningham
B. Wes Craven
C. Tobe Hooper
D. John Carpenter

Question 9: Who directed Scream (1996)?

A. Wes Craven
B. Jordan Peele
C. Ari Aster
D. James Wan

Question 10: Who directed Get Out (2017)?

A. Robert Eggers
B. David Robert Mitchell
C. Jordan Peele
D. Dario Argento

Question 11: Who directed Hereditary (2018)?

A. Ari Aster
B. Sam Raimi
C. William Friedkin
D. Ridley Scott

Question 12: Who directed The Conjuring (2013)?

A. James Wan
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. George A. Romero
D. Steven Spielberg

Question 13: Who directed Saw (2004)?

A. Jonathan Demme
B. Roman Polanski
C. James Wan
D. Wes Craven

Question 14: Who directed Rosemary’s Baby (1968)?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Roman Polanski
C. Tobe Hooper
D. Dario Argento

Question 15: Who directed Jaws (1975)?

A. Steven Spielberg
B. John Carpenter
C. William Friedkin
D. Sean S. Cunningham

Question 16: Who directed The Silence of the Lambs (1991)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. Jonathan Demme
C. Ari Aster
D. Sam Raimi

Question 17: Who directed The Witch (2015)?

A. David Robert Mitchell
B. Robert Eggers
C. Jordan Peele
D. James Wan

Question 18: Who directed It Follows (2014)?

A. Robert Eggers
B. Ari Aster
C. David Robert Mitchell
D. Guillermo del Toro

Question 19: Who directed Evil Dead (1981)?

A. Sam Raimi
B. Wes Craven
C. George A. Romero
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 20: Who directed Suspiria (1977)?

A. Dario Argento
B. Roman Polanski
C. Stanley Kubrick
D. John Carpenter

Answers

  1. B. John Carpenter – He wrote, directed, and composed the score for the 1978 slasher Halloween. Craven, Hooper, and Romero helmed other horror classics like Scream, Texas Chain Saw, and zombies.
  2. A. Alfred Hitchcock – The Master of Suspense directed the 1960 psycho-thriller Psycho. Friedkin did Exorcist, Polanski Rosemary’s Baby, Kubrick The Shining.
  3. C. Stanley Kubrick – He adapted King’s novel into the 1980 psychological horror The Shining. Scott did Alien, Spielberg Jaws, Raimi Evil Dead.
  4. C. William Friedkin – His 1973 adaptation of The Exorcist redefined possession horror. Argento did Suspiria, Wan Saw, Demme Silence of the Lambs.
  5. B. George A. Romero – He pioneered the modern zombie genre with 1968’s Night of the Living Dead. Aster, Eggers, and Craven directed later horrors like Hereditary and Nightmare.
  6. B. Tobe Hooper – He co-wrote and directed the raw 1974 shocker The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Carpenter did Halloween, Peele Get Out, Mitchell It Follows.
  7. A. Ridley Scott – His 1979 sci-fi horror Alien launched a franchise. Wan did Conjuring, Raimi Evil Dead, del Toro other fantasies.
  8. B. Wes Craven – He created Freddy Krueger in 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. Cunningham did Friday the 13th, others different slashers.
  9. A. Wes Craven – He revitalised slashers with the meta 1996 hit Scream. Peele, Aster, and Wan directed social horror and supernatural scares.
  10. C. Jordan Peele – His 2017 social thriller Get Out blended horror and satire. Eggers did The Witch, Mitchell It Follows, Argento giallo classics.
  11. A. Ari Aster – The 2018 family trauma horror Hereditary was his directorial debut. Raimi, Friedkin, and Scott have earlier horror credits.
  12. A. James Wan – He launched The Conjuring Universe with 2013’s The Conjuring. Hitchcock, Romero, and Spielberg directed non-supernatural horrors.
  13. C. James Wan – He co-created and directed the 2004 torture-porn originator Saw. Demme did Silence, Polanski Rosemary, Craven slashers.
  14. B. Roman Polanski – His 1968 satanic pregnancy nightmare Rosemary’s Baby is a horror benchmark. Kubrick did Shining, others unrelated.
  15. A. Steven Spielberg – The 1975 blockbuster Jaws invented the summer horror hit. Carpenter, Friedkin, and Cunningham did slashers and slashers.
  16. B. Jonathan Demme – He directed the 1991 Oscar-winning The Silence of the Lambs. Scott did Alien, Aster modern dread, Raimi gorefests.
  17. B. Robert Eggers – His 2015 Puritan folk horror The Witch stunned audiences. Mitchell did It Follows, Peele and Wan other styles.
  18. C. David Robert Mitchell – The 2014 slow-burn chiller It Follows was his breakthrough. Eggers did The Witch, Aster Hereditary, del Toro fantasies.
  19. A. Sam Raimi – He wrote, directed, and starred in 1981’s cabin gorefest Evil Dead. Craven, Romero, and Hooper pioneered other subgenres.
  20. A. Dario Argento – His 1977 giallo masterpiece Suspiria influenced horror visuals. Polanski, Kubrick, and Carpenter did psychological and slashers.

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