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This quiz challenges your knowledge of key horror directors and the films they created. Questions draw from verified production records, cast details and release facts across classic and modern horror cinema. Test yourself on directors from the 1930s through to the 1980s.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Who directed the 1978 film Halloween?

A. Wes Craven
B. John Carpenter
C. Tobe Hooper
D. George A. Romero

Question 2: Which director helmed A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984?

A. John Carpenter
B. Wes Craven
C. Sam Raimi
D. David Cronenberg

Question 3: Who directed Night of the Living Dead released in 1968?

A. Tobe Hooper
B. Dario Argento
C. George A. Romero
D. Alfred Hitchcock

Question 4: Which director made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974?

A. George A. Romero
B. Wes Craven
C. Tobe Hooper
D. John Carpenter

Question 5: Who directed Suspiria in 1977?

A. Dario Argento
B. Sam Raimi
C. Stanley Kubrick
D. James Whale

Question 6: Which director created Psycho released in 1960?

A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. David Cronenberg
C. John Carpenter
D. George A. Romero

Question 7: Who directed The Shining in 1980?

A. Wes Craven
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. Tobe Hooper
D. Dario Argento

Question 8: Which director made The Evil Dead in 1981?

A. Sam Raimi
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. James Whale
D. John Carpenter

Question 9: Who directed The Fly released in 1986?

A. David Cronenberg
B. George A. Romero
C. Wes Craven
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 10: Which director helmed Frankenstein in 1931?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Dario Argento
C. James Whale
D. Sam Raimi

Answers

  1. B. John Carpenter – John Carpenter directed and co-wrote Halloween in 1978. Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero each directed other landmark horror films but not this one.
  2. B. Wes Craven – Wes Craven wrote and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. The other listed directors worked on different horror projects in the same era.
  3. C. George A. Romero – George A. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead in 1968. The remaining options directed unrelated horror titles from later decades.
  4. C. Tobe Hooper – Tobe Hooper directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974. The other directors are associated with separate horror classics.
  5. A. Dario Argento – Dario Argento directed Suspiria in 1977. The alternative choices directed films outside this Italian horror production.
  6. A. Alfred Hitchcock – Alfred Hitchcock directed Psycho in 1960. The other directors created their notable works in later years.
  7. B. Stanley Kubrick – Stanley Kubrick directed The Shining in 1980. The remaining directors did not helm this adaptation.
  8. A. Sam Raimi – Sam Raimi directed The Evil Dead in 1981. The listed alternatives worked on different horror productions.
  9. A. David Cronenberg – David Cronenberg directed The Fly in 1986. The other options directed unrelated horror films from earlier periods.
  10. C. James Whale – James Whale directed Frankenstein in 1931. The remaining directors created their key works decades later.

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