Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Horror Movie Trivia Quiz for Serious Fans Only!

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Test your mettle against the ultimate horror movie trivia challenge, spanning classics, slashers, and supernatural shocks. These 20 questions escalate from fan favourites to fiendishly obscure facts that only die-hard enthusiasts will nail. Grab a notebook, dim the lights, and prove you’re horror royalty!

20 Trivia Questions on Ultimate Horror Movies

Question 1: Who directed the 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Ridley Scott
C. William Friedkin
D. Roman Polanski

Question 2: In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), what is the name of the infamous motel?

A. Overlook Motel
B. Crystal Lake Motel
C. Bates Motel
D. Hilltop Inn

Question 3: What is Leatherface’s primary weapon in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)?

A. Machete
B. Cleaver
C. Axe
D. Chainsaw

Question 4: Who portrayed Ben, the resilient leader, in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)?

A. Keith Wayne
B. Duane Jones
C. Russell Streiner
D. Judith O’Dea

Question 5: In John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), Michael Myers is the brother of which final girl?

A. Nancy Thompson
B. Sidney Prescott
C. Laurie Strode
D. Tina Shepard

Question 6: In Poltergeist (1982), which child’s toy attacks Robbie Freeling?

A. Teddy Bear
B. Chucky Doll
C. Clown Doll
D. Puzzle Box

Question 7: Who directed the satanic pregnancy chiller Rosemary’s Baby (1968)?

A. Brian De Palma
B. Wes Craven
C. Dario Argento
D. Roman Polanski

Question 8: Complete Jack Nicholson’s iconic line from The Shining (1980): "Here’s _____!"

A. Grady!
B. Ullman!
C. Wendy!
D. Johnny!

Question 9: What is the name of the Nostromo’s AI computer in Alien (1979)?

A. HAL 9000
B. MU/TH/UR
C. Father
D. Mother

Question 10: Who provided the voice for the killer doll Chucky in Child’s Play (1988)?

A. Robert Englund
B. Tony Todd
C. Brad Dourif
D. Doug Bradley

Question 11: Who directed Stephen King’s adaptation Carrie (1976)?

A. John Carpenter
B. George A. Romero
C. Tobe Hooper
D. Brian De Palma

Question 12: Which actor played the grizzled shark hunter Quint in Jaws (1975)?

A. Richard Dreyfuss
B. Roy Scheider
C. Murray Hamilton
D. Robert Shaw

Question 13: What is Jason Voorhees’ vengeful mother’s name in Friday the 13th (1980)?

A. Pamela Voorhees
B. Esther Knowby
C. Mrs. Loomis
D. Diana Kimble

Question 14: Who originated the role of Pinhead in the Hellraiser series (1987)?

A. Kane Hodder
B. Doug Bradley
C. Brad Dourif
D. Robert Englund

Question 15: In Scream (1996), which character is revealed as Ghostface alongside Stu Macher?

A. Dewey Riley
B. Tatum Riley
C. Randy Meeks
D. Billy Loomis

Question 16: In which year was the German Expressionist horror The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari released?

A. 1922
B. 1919
C. 1924
D. 1920

Question 17: Who directed the giallo horror Suspiria (1977)?

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

Question 18: What ancient demon possesses young Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist?

A. Beelzebub
B. Legion
C. Asmodeus
D. Pazuzu

Question 19: Who directed John Carpenter’s Antarctic creature feature The Thing (1982)?

A. David Cronenberg
B. Ridley Scott
C. Joe Dante
D. John Carpenter

Question 20: In Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017), what is the name of the terrifying hypnotised void?

A. The Garden
B. Coagula
C. The Auction
D. Sunken Place

Answers

  1. C. William Friedkin – Friedkin helmed the 1973 Best Picture nominee; Kubrick did The Shining, Scott Alien, Polanski Rosemary’s Baby.
  2. C. Bates Motel – Norman Bates runs the remote motel central to the plot; others from The Shining, Friday the 13th, The Haunting.
  3. D. Chainsaw – Gunnar Hansen’s Leatherface brandishes a chainsaw as signature weapon; others common in slashers but not his.
  4. B. Duane Jones – Jones starred as the pragmatic Ben; Wayne played Tom, Streiner Johnny, O’Dea Barbra.
  5. C. Laurie Strode – Jamie Lee Curtis’s Laurie is Michael’s sister; others from Nightmare, Scream, Friday the 13th Part VI.
  6. C. Clown Doll – The possessed clown doll strangles Robbie; bear and Chucky from other films, box from Hellraiser.
  7. D. Roman Polanski – Polanski directed Mia Farrow’s paranoia thriller; others directed Carrie, Scream, Suspiria.
  8. D. Johnny! – Paraphrasing The Tonight Show, Jack yells it at Wendy; others are hotel characters.
  9. D. Mother – MU/TH/UR, nicknamed Mother, guides the crew; HAL from 2001, others fictional inventions.
  10. C. Brad Dourif – Dourif voiced Chucky across sequels; others played Freddy, Candyman, Pinhead.
  11. D. Brian De Palma – De Palma directed Sissy Spacek’s prom rage; others did Halloween, Dawn of the Dead, Poltergeist.
  12. D. Robert Shaw – Shaw’s Quint hunts the shark with Brody and Hooper; others played Brody, Hooper, mayor.
  13. A. Pamela Voorhees – Betsy Palmer’s Pamela is the Part 1 killer; others from Army of Darkness, Scream 2, Friday the 13th Part VIII.
  14. B. Doug Bradley – Bradley played the Cenobite leader in all original films; others Jason, Chucky, Freddy actors.
  15. D. Billy Loomis – Skeet Ulrich’s Billy kills with Stu; others survivors.
  16. D. 1920 – Released February 1920, it’s a cornerstone of horror; others nearby Expressionist years.
  17. D. Dario Argento – Argento’s ballet academy nightmare stars Jessica Harper; others giallo maestros but not this film.
  18. D. Pazuzu – The Assyrian demon is named in the rite; others biblical demons invoked elsewhere.
  19. D. John Carpenter – Carpenter remade the 1951 film with Kurt Russell; others body horror or similar directors.
  20. D. Sunken Place – Chris falls into the hypnotic Sunken Place; others plot elements but not the term.

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