Classic Horror Movie Trivia Quiz: Can You Score a Perfect 20/20?

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Step into the eerie realm of classic horror cinema with this thrilling 20-question trivia quiz! From the Universal Monsters era to Hitchcock’s masterpieces and beyond, test your knowledge with questions ranging from gentle teasers to devilishly difficult challenges. Think you know your silver-screen scares? Prove it!

20 Trivia Questions on Classic Horror Movies

Question 1: Who directed the 1931 film Dracula starring Bela Lugosi?

A. James Whale
B. Tod Browning
C. Carl Theodor Dreyer
D. F.W. Murnau

Question 2: In which year was the original Frankenstein film released, starring Boris Karloff as the Monster?

A. 1930
B. 1931
C. 1932
D. 1933

Question 3: Which actor played Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960)?

A. Anthony Perkins
B. Rock Hudson
C. James Stewart
D. Cary Grant

Question 4: Who portrayed the Wolf Man in the 1941 Universal film The Wolf Man?

A. Boris Karloff
B. Bela Lugosi
C. Lon Chaney Jr.
D. Claude Rains

Question 5: What is the name of the mummy character played by Boris Karloff in the 1932 film The Mummy?

A. Kharis
B. Imhotep
C. Anck-su-namun
D. Seti

Question 6: Which 1968 film is widely regarded as the first modern zombie movie, directed by George A. Romero?

A. The Last Man on Earth
B. Night of the Living Dead
C. I Drink Your Blood
D. Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things

Question 7: Christopher Lee first played Dracula in which 1958 Hammer Horror film?

A. Dracula (aka Horror of Dracula)
B. The Brides of Dracula
C. Dracula: Prince of Darkness
D. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Question 8: Who starred as the Invisible Man in the 1933 Universal film directed by James Whale?

A. Boris Karloff
B. Claude Rains
C. Lon Chaney Jr.
D. Bela Lugosi

Question 9: Which composer created the iconic shrieking string score for the shower scene in Psycho (1960)?

A. John Williams
B. Bernard Herrmann
C. Jerry Goldsmith
D. Ennio Morricone

Question 10: In which 1922 silent film was Count Orlok the vampire character featured, an unauthorised adaptation of Dracula?

A. Vampyr
B. Nosferatu
C. The Golem
D. Expressionism

Question 11: Vincent Price starred in William Castle’s 1959 haunted house film titled what?

A. The Tingler
B. House on Haunted Hill
C. 13 Ghosts
D. The Old Dark House

Question 12: Who directed the 1957 Hammer film The Curse of Frankenstein, launching their horror revival?

A. James Whale
B. Terence Fisher
C. Roy Ward Baker
D. Freddie Francis

Question 13: Which actor played Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the 1931 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian?

A. Boris Karloff
B. Fredric March
C. Spencer Tracy
D. Ronald Colman

Question 14: What is the name of the ship in The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)?

A. Rita
B. Orca
C. Black Lagoon
D. Gill-man

Question 15: Mario Bava directed which 1960 Italian horror classic starring Barbara Steele as a vengeful witch?

A. Black Sabbath
B. Blood and Black Lace
C. Black Sunday
D. The Whip and the Body

Question 16: In Robert Wise’s 1963 film The Haunting, which location is the story set?

A. Hill House
B. Bly Manor
C. Rose Red
D. Overlook Hotel

Question 17: Who played the lead in Jacques Tourneur’s atmospheric 1942 film Cat People?

A. Simone Simon
B. Deborah Kerr
C. Ida Lupino
D. Gloria Swanson

Question 18: Which 1935 film featured Boris Karloff as a criminal scientist grafting body parts, directed by Arthur Lubin?

A. The Invisible Ray
B> The Bride of Frankenstein
C. The Black Room
D. Before I Hang

Question 19: What year was Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds released?

A. 1960
B. 1961
C. 1962
D. 1963

Question 20: Lon Chaney Sr. starred in which 1925 silent horror classic as the Phantom?

A. Hunchback of Notre Dame
B. The Phantom of the Opera
C. The Man of a Thousand Faces
D. He Who Gets Slapped

Answers

  1. B. Tod Browning – Tod Browning directed the 1931 Universal Dracula; Whale did Frankenstein, Dreyer Vampyr, and Murnau Nosferatu.
  2. B. 1931 – Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, premiered on 4 November 1931; the others are adjacent years but incorrect.
  3. A. Anthony Perkins – Perkins portrayed the disturbed motel owner in Psycho; the others starred in different Hitchcock films.
  4. C. Lon Chaney Jr. – Chaney Jr. played Larry Talbot/the Wolf Man in the 1941 film; the others played different monsters.
  5. B. Imhotep – Karloff’s character in Karl Freund’s The Mummy is the resurrected priest Imhotep; Kharis appeared later.
  6. B. Night of the Living Dead – Romero’s low-budget film defined the zombie genre starting 1 October 1968; the others followed.
  7. A. Dracula (aka Horror of Dracula) – Lee’s iconic performance was in Terence Fisher’s 1958 Hammer film; later ones were sequels.
  8. B. Claude Rains – Rains voiced the bandaged Griffin in Whale’s The Invisible Man; others played visible monsters.
  9. B. Bernard Herrmann – Herrmann’s all-strings score for Psycho is legendary; the others scored later horrors.
  10. B. Nosferatu – F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) featured Max Schreck as Orlok.
  11. B. House on Haunted Hill – Price led Castle’s gimmick-filled 1959 film with its ‘Emergo’ skeleton; others are his different Castle works.
  12. B. Terence Fisher – Fisher helmed Hammer’s colour Curse of Frankenstein in 1957, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
  13. B. Fredric March – March won an Oscar for the dual role in Mamoulian’s pre-Code Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Tracy was in the 1941 remake.
  14. A. Rita – The research boat Rita explores the Amazon in Jack Arnold’s 1954 film; Orca is from Jaws.
  15. C. Black Sunday – Bava’s La Maschera del Demonio (1960) stars Steele as Princess Asa; others are his later films.
  16. A. Hill House – Shirley Jackson’s haunted Hill House is central to Wise’s 1963 adaptation The Haunting.
  17. A. Simone Simon – Simon played the cursed Irena in Tourneur’s RKO chiller Cat People.
  18. C. The Black Room – Karloff plays twin brothers in this 1935 film where he experiments with body-switching.
  19. D. 1963 – The Birds was released on 28 March 1963; Psycho was 1960.
  20. B. The Phantom of the Opera – Chaney Sr.’s make-up masterpiece premiered 25 November 1925 as Erik the deformed Phantom.

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