Test Your Knowledge: Iconic Horror Movie Death Scenes Trivia Quiz

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Think you know horror cinema’s most shocking death scenes? From classic slashers to modern nightmares, this 20-question quiz will put your knowledge to the ultimate test. Questions range from straightforward to fiendishly difficult — grab a pen and see how many you can get right!

Questions

Question 1: In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), who is brutally stabbed to death during the infamous shower scene?

A. Lila Crane
B. Norma Bates
C. Mary Crane
D. Marion Crane

Question 2: In The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), how does Leatherface kill Franklin Hardesty?

A. Stabs him repeatedly
B. Hits him with a sledgehammer
C. Cuts him in half with a chainsaw
D. Strangles him with barbed wire

Question 3: In Halloween (1978), how does Michael Myers kill Bob while pinning him against the wall?

A. Slits his throat
B. Shoots him
C. Stabs him in the chest and pins him to the wall
D. Strangles him

Question 4: In Friday the 13th (1980), how is Jack (played by Kevin Bacon) killed while lying in the bunk bed?

A. Throat slit with a knife
B. Axed in the chest
C. Arrow shot upwards through the mattress into his throat
D. Decapitated

Question 5: In A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), which character is slashed by Freddy Krueger and bleeds profusely on the ceiling during her death scene?

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

Question 6: In Scream (1996), how is the opening victim Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) killed?

A. Stabbed and throat slit
B. Hung from a tree with her guts hanging out
C. Shot in the head
D. Strangled and stabbed

Question 7: In Jaws (1975), who is the first on-screen human victim devoured by the shark?

A. Alex Kintner
B. Quint
C. Chrissie Watkins
D. Ben Gardner

Question 8: In The Shining (1980), how does Jack Torrance kill Dick Hallorann?

A. Shoots him with a shotgun
B. Freezes him
C. Axes him in the head and back
D. Strangles him

Question 9: In Carrie (1976), how does the gym teacher Miss Collins meet her end at the prom?

A. Burned alive
B. Crushed by falling bleachers
C. Hanged by the angry girls
D. Impaled by debris

Question 10: In Night of the Living Dead (1968), how is Johnny killed at the cemetery?

A. Shot by Ben
B. Beaten to death by a ghoul and dragged away
C. Bitten inside the farmhouse
D. Sets himself on fire

Question 11: In The Exorcist (1973), what happens to Burke Dennings before his body is found at the bottom of the stairs?

A. Stabbed by Regan
B. Head twisted 180 degrees backwards
C. Suffocated
D. Poisoned

Question 12: In Child’s Play (1988), which character is thrown out a high-rise window by the killer doll Chucky?

A. Detective Mike Norris
B. Andy Barclay
C. Maggie Peterson
D. Charles Lee Ray

Question 13: In Hellraiser (1987), how is the resurrected Frank Cotton finally killed?

A. Stabbed by Julia
B. Torn apart by hooked chains summoned by the Cenobites
C. Burned alive
D. Shot

Question 14: In Saw (2004), how does the character Paul die in the first film’s opening flashback trap?

A. Decapitated
B. Bleeds to death after cutting his foot free from the chain
C. Poisoned
D. Electrocuted

Question 15: In Final Destination (2000), how does Tod Waggner die in his bathroom?

A. Electrocuted by a hairdryer
B. Slips on water, hangs himself accidentally on the cord
C. Crushed by falling tiles
D. Impaled on glass

Question 16: In The Ring (2002), how does the ghost Samara typically kill her victims seven days after they watch the tape?

A. Burns their eyes
B. Crawls out of the TV and strangles them
C. Drowns them in their sleep
D. Causes heart failure

Question 17: In Hereditary (2018), how does young Charlie Graham die?

A. Burned in a fire
B. Decapitated when her head hits a pole during an allergic reaction seizure
C. Possessed and suicides
D. Stabbed

Question 18: In It (2017), how does little Georgie Denbrough die?

A. Drowned in the storm drain
B. Dragged into the sewer after his arm is bitten off by Pennywise
C. Crushed by a door
D. Poisoned by rain

Question 19: In Midsommar (2019), what gruesome “gift” is left for Christian after Josh’s death?

A. His head
B. Josh’s severed leg
C. His eyes
D. His hands

Question 20: In Dawn of the Dead (1978), how is one of the motorcycle raiders killed by zombies in the mall?

A. Shot by Peter
B. Hanged with his own intestines used as a noose by zombies
C. Eaten alive on the floor
D. Thrown from the balcony

Answers

  1. D. Marion Crane — Janet Leigh plays Marion, stabbed in the shower by Norman Bates.
  2. C. Cuts him in half with a chainsaw — Leatherface bisects Franklin in the infamous graphic sequence.
  3. C. Stabs him in the chest and pins him to the wall — Michael impales Bob through the chest and lifts him off the ground.
  4. C. Arrow shot upwards through the mattress into his throat — Pamela Voorhees fires the arrow from below the bunk.
  5. D. Tina Gray — Amanda Wyss’s Tina is slashed and bleeds across the ceiling.
  6. B. Hung from a tree with her guts hanging out — Ghostface disembowels Casey and suspends her body.
  7. C. Chrissie Watkins — The opening swimmer is the shark’s first on-screen victim.
  8. C. Axes him in the head and back — Jack ambushes Dick Hallorann with an axe at the Overlook.
  9. C. Hanged by the angry girls — Miss Collins is strangled with rope after the prom chaos.
  10. B. Beaten to death by a ghoul and dragged away — Johnny is attacked and killed outside the cemetery.
  11. B. Head twisted 180 degrees backwards — Possessed Regan turns Burke’s head fully around.
  12. C. Maggie Peterson — Chucky throws the nanny out the apartment window.
  13. B. Torn apart by hooked chains summoned by the Cenobites — The hooks rip Frank to shreds at the end.
  14. B. Bleeds to death after cutting his foot free from the chain — Paul severs his ankle but dies from blood loss.
  15. B. Slips on water, hangs himself accidentally on the cord — Tod slips and is hanged by the cord in the bathroom.
  16. B. Crawls out of the TV and strangles them — Samara emerges from the television to kill her victims.
  17. B. Decapitated when her head hits a pole during an allergic reaction seizure — Charlie leans out the car window and is decapitated.
  18. B. Dragged into the sewer after his arm is bitten off by Pennywise — Pennywise bites Georgie’s arm and pulls him under.
  19. B. Josh’s severed leg — The Hårgans leave Josh’s leg outside Christian’s room.
  20. B. Hanged with his own intestines used as a noose by zombies — A raider is gutted and hoisted by his entrails.

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