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Modern psychological horror has produced some distinctive directorial voices in recent years. This quiz focuses on verifiable facts about their films, casts, production details and career milestones. Questions range from straightforward to more specific.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Which director wrote and directed the 2018 film Hereditary?

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

Question 2: Jordan Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for which film?

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

Question 3: Robert Eggers made his feature directorial debut with which 2015 film?

A. The Lighthouse
B. The Northman
C. The Witch
D. Nosferatu

Question 4: Mike Flanagan adapted which Stephen King novel into a 2017 Netflix film?

A. Doctor Sleep
B. Gerald’s Game
C. The Shining
D. It

Question 5: Ari Aster’s 2019 film Midsommar is set primarily in which country?

A. Sweden
B. Norway
C. Finland
D. Iceland

Question 6: Which director created the 2014 Australian horror film The Babadook?

A. Jennifer Kent
B. Julia Ducournau
C. Rose Glass
D. Coralie Fargeat

Question 7: Jordan Peele’s 2019 film Us features a family confronting duplicates of themselves known by what name?

A. The Tethers
B. The Shadows
C. The Mirrors
D. The Copies

Question 8: Robert Eggers co-wrote the screenplay for The Lighthouse with which family member?

A. His brother
B. His father
C. His sister
D. His cousin

Question 9: Ari Aster’s Hereditary features a miniature artist character played by which actress?

A. Toni Collette
B. Milly Shapiro
C. Ann Dowd
D. Gabriel Byrne

Question 10: Mike Flanagan’s 2016 film Hush stars which actress as the deaf protagonist?

A. Carla Gugino
B. Kate Siegel
C. Samantha Sloyan
D. Annalise Basso

Answers

  1. C. Ari Aster – Ari Aster wrote and directed Hereditary as his feature debut. Robert Eggers directed The Witch, Jordan Peele directed Get Out and Mike Flanagan directed Gerald’s Game.
  2. B. Get Out – Jordan Peele received the Oscar for Get Out in 2018. Us and Nope were later films and Candyman was a 2021 remake he produced.
  3. C. The Witch – The Witch was Eggers’ first feature in 2015. The Lighthouse followed in 2019 and The Northman in 2022.
  4. B. Gerald’s Game – Flanagan directed the adaptation of Gerald’s Game. Doctor Sleep was released in 2019 but directed by someone else.
  5. A. Sweden – Midsommar takes place at a midsummer festival in Sweden. The other countries listed are not the setting.
  6. A. Jennifer Kent – Jennifer Kent wrote and directed The Babadook. The other directors have made different horror films.
  7. A. The Tethers – The duplicates in Us are called The Tethers in the film’s dialogue and lore. The other terms are not used.
  8. A. His brother – Robert Eggers co-wrote The Lighthouse with his brother Max Eggers. No other family member is credited.
  9. A. Toni Collette – Toni Collette plays Annie Graham, the miniature artist, in Hereditary. The other actors play different roles.
  10. B. Kate Siegel – Kate Siegel stars as the protagonist Maddie in Hush and is also married to Flanagan. The other actresses appear in different Flanagan projects.

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