Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Horror Movie Directors Trivia Quiz Challenge!

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Think you’re a horror directing genius? This quiz dives deep into the maestros who’ve terrified us for decades, from slashers to supernatural chills. Questions range from classic icons to modern twists – test your knowledge and see if you can nail all 20!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movie Directors

Question 1: Which director helmed the original Halloween in 1978?

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

Question 2: Who directed the iconic Psycho in 1960, featuring the infamous shower scene?

A. Brian De Palma
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. William Friedkin
D. Alfred Hitchcock

Question 3: Night of the Living Dead (1968), which revolutionised the zombie genre, was directed by:

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

Question 4: The supernatural masterpiece The Exorcist (1973) was directed by:

A. Roman Polanski
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. William Friedkin
D. Brian De Palma

Question 5: Who brought Freddy Krueger to the screen in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Dario Argento
C. James Wan
D. Wes Craven

Question 6: The meta-slasher Scream (1996) was directed by:

A. Eli Roth
B. Rob Zombie
C. Kevin Williamson
D. Wes Craven

Question 7: Which director made the torturous Saw (2004)?

A. Leigh Whannell
B. Alexandre Aja
C. Eli Roth
D. James Wan

Question 8: The Conjuring (2013), kickstarting a horror universe, was directed by:

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

Question 9: Get Out (2017), a social horror breakthrough, marks the debut of director:

A. Boots Riley
B. Mike Flanagan
C. Ari Aster
D. Jordan Peele

Question 10: Who directed the grief-stricken horror Hereditary (2018)?

A. Robert Eggers
B. Jordan Peele
C. Mike Flanagan
D. Ari Aster

Question 11: The slow-burn Puritan nightmare The Witch (2015) was directed by:

A. Ti West
B. Osgood Perkins
C. Ari Aster
D. Robert Eggers

Question 12: Dario Argento’s visually stunning Suspiria (1977) features which ballet academy horror?

A. Lucio Fulci
B. Mario Bava
C. Ruggero Deodato
D. Dario Argento

Question 13: The raw terror of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) came from director:

A. Wes Craven
B. John Carpenter
C. Kim Henkel
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 14: Poltergeist (1982), the haunted suburban ghost story, was directed by:

A. Steven Spielberg
B. John Landis
C. Joe Dante
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 15: Roman Polanski directed the satanic pregnancy chiller Rosemary’s Baby in:

A. 1968
B. 1976
C. 1960
D. 1980

Question 16: Stanley Kubrick adapted Stephen King’s The Shining in:

A. 1977
B. 1983
C. 1980
D. 1997

Question 17: Which Stephen King adaptation did Brian De Palma direct in 1976?

A. The Shining
B. Christine
C. Carrie
D. Firestarter

Question 18: The Universal monster classic Frankenstein (1931) was directed by:

A. Tod Browning
B. Carl Theodor Dreyer
C. Robert Wiene
D. James Whale

Question 19: Who directed the gorefest The Evil Dead (1981)?

A. Bruce Campbell
B. Fede Alvarez
C. Lee Cronin
D. Sam Raimi

Question 20: George A. Romero followed Night of the Living Dead with Dawn of the Dead in which year?

A. 1978
B. 1985
C. 1968
D. 2005

Answers

  1. C. John Carpenter – He co-wrote and directed the 1978 Halloween, launching the slasher genre with Michael Myers. Craven did Nightmare, Hooper Texas Chain Saw, Romero zombies.
  2. D. Alfred Hitchcock – The Master of Suspense directed Psycho in 1960, iconic for its shower murder. Others made later horrors like Carrie or Exorcist.
  3. B. George A. Romero – His 1968 indie Night of the Living Dead defined modern zombies. Carpenter and Craven focused on slashers, Hooper on chainsaws.
  4. C. William Friedkin – Friedkin directed the groundbreaking 1973 Exorcist based on the real-life case. Polanski did Rosemary’s Baby, Kubrick Shining.
  5. D. Wes Craven – Craven created Freddy in the 1984 dream-invading Nightmare on Elm Street. Wan did Saw, others different horrors.
  6. D. Wes Craven – He revitalised slashers with the self-aware 1996 Scream. Williamson wrote it, Roth and Zombie did extreme gore films.
  7. D. James Wan – Wan and Whannell created the 2004 Saw trap franchise. Aja remade Hills Have Eyes, Roth did .
  8. D. James Wan – Wan launched the Conjuring Universe with the 2013 haunted-house hit. Peele did social horror, Aster family trauma.
  9. D. Jordan Peele – Peele wrote and directed his Oscar-winning 2017 debut Get Out. Others made later acclaimed horrors.
  10. D. Ari Aster – Aster’s 2018 Hereditary stars Toni Collette in a devastating family curse tale. Eggers did folk horror, Peele thrillers.
  11. D. Robert Eggers – Eggers debuted with the 2015 period folk horror The Witch. Aster followed with Hereditary, others newer slashers.
  12. D. Dario Argento – The Italian giallo master directed the 1977 Suspiria with its witch coven. Fulci and Bava did other Italian horrors.
  13. D. Tobe Hooper – Hooper’s 1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre is infamous for Leatherface. Henkel co-wrote, others different slashers.
  14. D. Tobe Hooper – Despite Spielberg’s heavy involvement, Hooper directed the 1982 Poltergeist. Others did Spielberg-produced films but not this.
  15. A. 1968 – Polanski’s psychological 1968 Rosemary’s Baby stars Mia Farrow. Other years match different classics like Carrie.
  16. C. 1980 – Kubrick’s visually stunning 1980 adaptation of The Shining stars Jack Nicholson. 1997 was the miniseries.
  17. C. Carrie – De Palma directed the 1976 telekinetic prom rage adaptation. Others were later King films by different directors.
  18. D. James Whale – Whale helmed the 1931 Universal Frankenstein with Boris Karloff. Browning did Dracula.
  19. D. Sam Raimi – Raimi directed the low-budget 1981 cabin-in-woods Evil Dead. Campbell starred, others remade it later.
  20. A. 1978 – Romero’s 1978 shopping mall zombie sequel Dawn of the Dead expanded his undead world. Other years are later entries.

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