Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Horror Movie Trivia: Name These Films from Their Key Decisions!

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Test your horror fandom! Can you identify these 20 chilling horror films based on one pivotal decision made by characters? From timeless classics to modern nightmares, questions ramp up from easy to expert level.

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Films from Their Key Decisions

Question 1: In which horror film does a secretary decide to steal $40,000 from her employer and go on the run?

A. Rear Window
B. The Birds
C. Psycho
D. Vertigo

Question 2: Which horror film features a mother deciding to take a herbal drink recommended by her neighbours despite her doubts?

A. Poltergeist
B. The Omen
C. Rosemary’s Baby
D. The Exorcist

Question 3: In what horror film does the chief of police decide to close the beaches despite pressure from the mayor?

A. The Shallows
B. Open Water
C. Deep Blue Sea
D. Jaws

Question 4: Which horror film has a priest deciding to perform an exorcism on a young girl possessed by a demon?

A. The Conjuring
B. Deliver Us from Evil
C. The Rite
D. The Exorcist

Question 5: In which horror film does a struggling writer decide to accept a job as winter caretaker at an isolated hotel?

A. The Shining
B. Secret Window
C. Misery
D. Doctor Sleep

Question 6: In which horror film does the spaceship crew decide to investigate a distress signal on an alien planet?

A. Pandorum
B. Alien
C. Event Horizon
D. Prometheus

Question 7: In which horror film does a Black photographer decide to visit his white girlfriend’s family estate for the weekend?

A. Us
B. Nope
C. Candyman
D. Get Out

Question 8: In which horror film does a group of friends decide to visit their grandfather’s abandoned farmhouse in rural Texas?

A. House of 1000 Corpses
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
C. Wrong Turn
D. The Hills Have Eyes

Question 9: In which slasher film does the killer quiz victims with horror movie trivia questions before attacking?

A. Urban Legend
B. I Know What You Did Last Summer
C. Scream
D. Final Destination

Question 10: In which horror film does a journalist decide to make a copy of a cursed videotape to save her son?

A. The Ring
B. Pulse
C. Ringu
D. The Grudge

Question 11: In which horror film does a character decide to pass on a relentless curse through sexual intercourse?

A. Hereditary
B. The Curse of La Llorona
C. Smile
D. It Follows

Question 12: Which horror film depicts a Puritan family deciding to live in isolation in the woods after banishment?

A. The Ritual
B. Apostle
C. The Village
D. The Witch

Question 13: In which horror film do survivors decide to walk barefoot to avoid sound that attracts sound-hunting monsters?

A. A Quiet Place
B. Don’t Breathe
C. Bird Box
D. Hush

Question 14: In which horror film does a teenager decide to bring his creepy sister to a high school party?

A. Hereditary
B. Sinister
C. Insidious
D. The Possession

Question 15: In which horror film does a grieving woman decide to join her boyfriend on a trip to a remote Swedish commune?

A. Midsommar
B. Men
C. The Ritual
D. Apostle

Question 16: In which horror film are two men trapped in a bathroom and forced to make life-or-death decisions to escape?

A. Saw
B. Escape Room
C. Circle
D. Cube

Question 17: In which meta-horror film do college students decide to spend a weekend at a remote cabin as part of an ancient ritual?

A. The Cabin in the Woods
B. The Strangers
C. Friday the 13th
D. Evil Dead

Question 18: In which horror film do paranormal investigators decide to confront a powerful witch haunting a family farmhouse?

A. Ouija
B. Insidious
C. Annabelle
D. The Conjuring

Question 19: In which found-footage horror film does a couple decide to set up cameras to document supernatural activity in their home?

A. Paranormal Activity
B. REC
C. Grave Encounters
D. The Blair Witch Project

Question 20: In which classic zombie film do survivors decide to barricade themselves in an isolated farmhouse overnight?

A. Dawn of the Dead
B. World War Z
C. 28 Days Later
D. Night of the Living Dead

Answers

  1. C. Psycho – Marion Crane steals the money in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller, setting off the chain of events; others are Hitchcock films but lack this specific theft plot.
  2. C. Rosemary’s Baby – In Roman Polanski’s 1968 film, Rosemary drinks the tainted tannis root drink pushed by her neighbours; others involve children but not this exact decision.
  3. D. Jaws – Police Chief Martin Brody defies the mayor in Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster; others feature sharks but not this beach-closing conflict.
  4. D. The Exorcist – Father Merrin leads the exorcism of Regan MacNeil in William Friedkin’s 1973 classic; others have exorcisms but not this iconic case.
  5. A. The Shining – Jack Torrance takes the Overlook job in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation; others are King adaptations without this caretaker premise.
  6. B. Alien – The Nostromo crew investigates LV-426 in Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror; others have space horrors but not this signal decision.
  7. D. Get Out – Chris Washington visits the Armitages in Jordan Peele’s 2017 satire; others are Peele films with different racial horror setups.
  8. B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Sally and friends head to the farmhouse in Tobe Hooper’s 1974 grindhouse classic; others are cannibal road horrors but different locales.
  9. C. Scream – Ghostface tests victims with trivia in Wes Craven’s 1996 meta-slasher; others are slashers without the phone-quiz gimmick.
  10. A. The Ring – Rachel Keller copies the tape in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 remake; others are J-horror inspired but focus on different curses.
  11. D. It Follows – Jay passes the entity sexually in David Robert Mitchell’s 2014 slow-burn; others have curses but not this transmission method.
  12. D. The Witch – The family settles in the woods in Robert Eggers’ 2015 folktale; others are isolation horrors without the 1630s Puritan setting.
  13. A. A Quiet Place – The Abbotts go silent and barefoot in John Krasinski’s 2018 hit; others involve quiet survival but not sound monsters.
  14. A. Hereditary – Peter takes Charlie to the party in Ari Aster’s 2018 grief horror; others have demonic kids but not this party tragedy.
  15. A. Midsommar – Dani joins the Harga cult trip in Ari Aster’s 2019 daylight nightmare; others are folk horrors in different locations.
  16. A. Saw – Adam and Lawrence face Jigsaw’s game in James Wan’s 2004 trap originator; others are trap films but lack the bathroom setup.
  17. A. The Cabin in the Woods – The group unwittingly fulfils the ritual in Drew Goddard’s 2012 deconstruction; others use cabins but without the meta-conspiracy.
  18. D. The Conjuring – Ed and Lorraine Warren battle Bathsheba in James Wan’s 2013 true-story chiller; others are Warrens-related but not this witch case.
  19. A. Paranormal Activity – Micah sets up cameras in Oren Peli’s 2007 microbudget phenomenon; others are found-footage but start differently.
  20. D. Night of the Living Dead – Barbara and Ben fortify the house in George A. Romero’s 1968 genre-definer; others are zombie films with different shelter choices.

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