Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Horror Movie Opening Scenes Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Are you a true horror aficionado? Dive into this pulse-pounding quiz on the unforgettable opening scenes of iconic horror films that grab you by the throat from frame one. With questions spanning classics and modern nightmares, from easy hooks to nightmare-level stumpers, see if you can nail all 20!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movie Opening Scenes

Question 1: In Halloween (1978), the chilling opening scene depicts a young Michael Myers murdering which family member?

A. His mother
B. His little brother
C. His older sister
D. His father

Question 2: Scream (1996) opens with Ghostface playing a horror trivia game over the phone with which character before her gruesome death?

A. Sidney Prescott
B. Randy Meeks
C. Tatum Riley
D. Casey Becker

Question 3: The opening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) features a radio news report primarily about what crime linked to the Sawyer family?

A. Serial killings
B. Grave desecration
C. Missing hitchhikers
D. Animal mutilations

Question 4: In Friday the 13th (1980), the first on-screen kill in the opening sequence involves an arrow to the throat of which camp counsellor?

A. Claudette
B. Brenda
C. Barry
D. Annie

Question 5: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) opens with Freddy Krueger in his boiler room before chasing which character through her house in a dream?

A. Nancy Thompson
B. Glen Lantz
C. Rod Lane
D. Tina Gray

Question 6: What innovative camera technique famously opens The Evil Dead (1981), swinging through the woods towards the cabin?

A. Handheld shaky cam
B. Long Steadicam tracking shot
C. Drone aerial sweep
D. Static wide-angle pan

Question 7: The Exorcist (1973) begins with Father Merrin excavating at an ancient site in which Middle Eastern country?

A. Syria
B. Iran
C. Iraq
D. Jordan

Question 8: Dawn of the Dead (1978) opens with a SWAT team raiding an apartment overrun by what?

A. Vampires
B. Ghouls
C. Zombies
D. Werewolves

Question 9: The Shining (1980) opens with iconic aerial helicopter shots following Jack Torrance’s yellow what through the snowy mountains?

A. Jeep
B. Volkswagen Beetle
C. Pickup truck
D. Station wagon

Question 10: Sinister (2012) shocks with an opening Super 8 snuff film showing a family hanged from what?

A. A bridge
B. A tyre swing on a tree
C. A barn beam
D. A playground slide

Question 11: In It Follows (2014), the opening victim flees an invisible entity before being violently killed where?

A. In a swimming pool
B. On a dark beachfront
C. From a high-rise roof
D. Inside an abandoned car

Question 12: The Ring (2002) opens with two teenage girls discussing a cursed what before one dies horribly?

A. Ouija board
B. Photograph
C. Videotape
D. Diary

Question 13: Get Out (2017) begins with a young black man walking through a quiet white suburb before being attacked by whom?

A. A gang of thugs
B. A masked stranger
C. Police officers
D. Neighbourhood watch

Question 14: Hereditary (2018) opens with a slow zoom into a meticulously crafted what?

A. Clay sculpture
B. Dollhouse miniature
C. Family portrait painting
D. Shadow puppet theatre

Question 15: The harrowing opening of Midsommar (2019) depicts Dani’s father being killed by an intruder with what weapon?

A. Hammer
B. Knife
C. Gunshot
D. Strangulation

Question 16: Train to Busan (2016) opens with the first zombie outbreak erupting at a what location?

A. Underground lab
B. Train station platform
C. Crowded market
D. Highway rest stop

Question 17: Paranormal Activity (2007) starts with a couple setting up a what in their bedroom to capture supernatural events?

A. Audio recorder
B. Night-vision video camera
C. Thermal imager
D. EMF meter

Question 18: The Blair Witch Project (1999) opens with footage resembling what kind of amateur tapes?

A. Police body cams
B. Student film auditions
C. Wildlife documentaries
D. Security surveillance

Question 19: Saw (2004) opens in a grimy bathroom with two men chained to pipes and a third woman emerging from a puddle – how many victims total?

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

Question 20: The Conjuring (2013) begins in 1968 with the Warrens investigating the case of what infamous haunted object?

A. Dybbuk box
B. Annabelle doll
C. Robert the doll
D. Enfield poltergeist

Answers

  1. C. His older sister – On Halloween night 1963 in Haddonfield, Illinois, 6-year-old Michael Myers stabs his sister Judith while she’s with her boyfriend; the others are incorrect as they aren’t featured in that scene (IMDb, director John Carpenter interviews).
  2. D. Casey Becker – Actress Drew Barrymore plays Casey, who fails the trivia and is stabbed after her boyfriend is gutted on the swing; Sidney etc. appear later (verified script and film).
  3. B. Grave desecration – The radio reports the Sawyers exhuming and stealing bodies from graves, tying into their cannibalism; others are plot points but not the opener (official 1974 production notes).
  4. C. Barry – Barry Jackson is shot through the neck with a bow and arrow while kissing Claudette in the pantry loft; Claudette is axed next (Friday the 13th franchise wiki, IMDb).
  5. D. Tina Gray – Nancy’s friend Tina is chased upstairs by Freddy with his blade glove in the pre-credits dream sequence; others are later victims (Wes Craven confirmed in DVD commentary).
  6. B. Long Steadicam tracking shot – Sam Raimi used a Panaglide (early Steadicam) for the 20-second rush through dead woods to the cabin door; others don’t match (Evil Dead Blu-ray extras).
  7. C. Iraq – Father Lankester Merrin oversees the Hook dig unearthing Pazuzu statue in northern Iraq, 1949; neighbours wrong countries (novel and film verified).
  8. C. Zombies – SWAT/police raid a Pittsburgh apartment holding out zombie holdouts like a family refusing to die; others not Romero zombies (Dawn script analysis).
  9. B. Volkswagen Beetle – The distinctive yellow VW Beetle driven by Jack (Jack Nicholson) winds through the Rockies to the Overlook; other vehicles appear later (Kubrick archive).
  10. B. A tyre swing on a tree – The lawn swing family is hoisted up and hanged after the children are drowned in the pool first; plausible wrongs from later films (Sinister director Scott Derrickson interview).
  11. B. On a dark beachfront – Jaime flees to Lake Michigan’s shore, chased by the entity, then supernaturally slammed into the sand/water; pool/roof later (film timestamps).
  12. C. Videotape – Katie and Becca 7 days post-tape, Becca crawls unnaturally up the stairs/TV; others not the cursed object (Ring production facts).
  13. B. A masked stranger – Andre jogs through the upscale neighbourhood, hears a noise, and is tackled from bushes by a figure in a motorcycle helmet; cops arrive after (Get Out script).
  14. B. Dollhouse miniature – A detailed scale model of the Graham family home with narration on matriarch Ellen; others symbolic but not opening shot (Ari Aster confirmed).
  15. C. Gunshot – Masked intruder shoots the father through the door, gases the mother, sets brother’s room ablaze with him and goat inside; heard before visuals (Midsommar sound design notes).
  16. B. Train station platform – A infected woman bites commuters at Seoul Station, sparking chaos as Seok-woo arrives; lab hinted later (director Yeon Sang-ho interviews).
  17. B. Night-vision video camera – Micah mounts a Sony Handycam on a tripod facing the bed for evidence of hauntings; others used later (Paranormal Activity filmmakers’ notes).
  18. B. Student film auditions – Heather, Josh, and Mike introduce themselves on tape as if casting for the documentary; police tapes are end credits style (Blair Witch wiki).
  19. B. Three – Adam (photographer), Dr. Lawrence Gordon, and Amanda Young (crawling from fake blood puddle); others incorrect count (Saw opening scene breakdown).
  20. B. Annabelle doll – 1968 Perron case? No, Warrens take possession of the Raggedy Ann doll possessed by a girl’s spirit; others different hauntings (The Conjuring true case files).

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