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This quiz tests your knowledge of directors behind key horror films. Questions cover production credits, cast collaborations and verifiable facts from the genre. The mix ranges from straightforward entries to more specific details.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Who directed the 1973 film The Exorcist?

A. William Friedkin
B. Roman Polanski
C. Stanley Kubrick
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 2: Which director helmed both the original Halloween in 1978 and Escape from New York?

A. Wes Craven
B. John Carpenter
C. George A. Romero
D. Dario Argento

Question 3: Who directed the 1960 film Psycho?

A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. William Castle
C. Terence Fisher
D. Mario Bava

Question 4: Which director created the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street?

A. John Carpenter
B. Wes Craven
C. Sam Raimi
D. Clive Barker

Question 5: Who directed the 1980 adaptation of The Shining?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Brian De Palma
C. David Cronenberg
D. Ridley Scott

Question 6: Which director made the 2004 film Saw?

A. James Wan
B. Eli Roth
C. Rob Zombie
D. Alexandre Aja

Question 7: Who directed the 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby?

A. Roman Polanski
B. William Friedkin
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. John Carpenter

Question 8: Which director helmed the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?

A. Tobe Hooper
B. Wes Craven
C. George A. Romero
D. Dario Argento

Question 9: Who directed the 1981 film The Evil Dead?

A. Sam Raimi
B. James Cameron
C. Joe Dante
D. John Landis

Question 10: Which director created the 2018 film Hereditary?

A. Ari Aster
B. Jordan Peele
C. Robert Eggers
D. Mike Flanagan

Answers

  1. A. William Friedkin – Friedkin directed The Exorcist. Polanski directed Rosemary’s Baby, Kubrick directed The Shining and Hooper directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
  2. B. John Carpenter – Carpenter directed Halloween and Escape from New York. Craven directed A Nightmare on Elm Street, Romero directed Night of the Living Dead and Argento directed Suspiria.
  3. A. Alfred Hitchcock – Hitchcock directed Psycho. Castle produced several horror films but did not direct Psycho, Fisher directed Hammer Horror entries and Bava directed Italian horror.
  4. B. Wes Craven – Craven wrote and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street. Carpenter directed Halloween, Raimi directed The Evil Dead and Barker wrote Hellraiser.
  5. A. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick directed The Shining. De Palma directed Carrie, Cronenberg directed The Fly and Scott directed Alien.
  6. A. James Wan – Wan directed Saw. Roth directed Hostel, Zombie directed House of 1000 Corpses and Aja directed High Tension.
  7. A. Roman Polanski – Polanski directed Rosemary’s Baby. Friedkin directed The Exorcist, Hitchcock directed Psycho and Carpenter directed Halloween.
  8. A. Tobe Hooper – Hooper directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Craven directed The Last House on the Left, Romero directed Dawn of the Dead and Argento directed Deep Red.
  9. A. Sam Raimi – Raimi directed The Evil Dead. Cameron directed Aliens, Dante directed Gremlins and Landis directed An American Werewolf in London.
  10. A. Ari Aster – Aster directed Hereditary. Peele directed Get Out, Eggers directed The Witch and Flanagan directed The Haunting of Hill House.

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