Only Experts Will Get Every Horror Question Right: 20-Question Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Are you a horror movie master or just a casual fan? This ultimate trivia quiz packs 20 questions from classic chillers to modern nightmares, starting easy and ramping up to expert level. Grab a pen, no Googling, and see if you can score a perfect 20/20!

20 Expert-Level Horror Trivia Questions

Question 1: In what year was The Exorcist released?

A. 1974
B. 1972
C. 1975
D. 1973

Question 2: Who directed the original Psycho (1960)?

A. Wes Craven
B. William Friedkin
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 3: What is the name of the fictional town where Halloween (1978) is primarily set?

A. Derry
B. Haddonfield
C. Hill Valley
D. Castle Rock

Question 4: Which actor originated the role of Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?

A. Brad Dourif
B. Robert Englund
C. Kane Hodder
D. Doug Bradley

Question 5: What year was The Texas Chain Saw Massacre released?

A. 1975
B. 1973
C. 1976
D. 1974

Question 6: Who directed The Shining (1980)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. David Cronenberg
D. George A. Romero

Question 7: Night of the Living Dead was released in what year?

A. 1969
B. 1967
C. 1968
D. 1970

Question 8: Which film features the possessed character Regan MacNeil?

A. Rosemary’s Baby
B. Poltergeist
C. The Omen
D. The Exorcist

Question 9: What is Leatherface’s primary weapon in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)?

A. Machete
B. Chainsaw
C. Axe
D. Knife

Question 10: Who played Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho?

A. Vincent Price
B. Boris Karloff
C. Anthony Perkins
D. Lon Chaney Jr.

Question 11: In Jaws (1975), who is the grizzled shark hunter hired to kill the great white?

A. Matt Hooper
B. Chief Brody
C. Mayor Vaughn
D. Quint

Question 12: What is the name of the extraterrestrial creature in Alien (1979)?

A. Predator
B. Xenomorph
C. Facehugger
D. Yautja

Question 13: Who directed Scream (1996)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Eli Roth
C. Wes Craven
D. Rob Zombie

Question 14: In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), who portrays Hannibal Lecter?

A. Robert De Niro
B. Mads Mikkelsen
C. Brian Cox
D. Anthony Hopkins

Question 15: Poltergeist (the original) was released in what year?

A. 1983
B. 1980
C. 1981
D. 1982

Question 16: How many times must you say “Candyman” into a mirror to summon him, per the legend in the 1992 film?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 3
D. 5

Question 17: Who wrote and directed Get Out (2017)?

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

Question 18: In Hereditary (2018), what is the surname of the troubled family at the centre of the story?

A. Dawson
B. Bowman
C. Redgrave
D. Graham

Question 19: Much of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) is set in what location?

A. Police station
B. Farm
C. Hospital
D. Shopping mall

Question 20: In which film does Jason Voorhees first appear as the killer?

A. Friday the 13th Part 2
B. Friday the 13th Part 3
C. Friday the 13th
D. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Answers

  1. D. 1973 – The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, premiered on 26 December 1973; the others are adjacent years but incorrect.
  2. C. Alfred Hitchcock – The Master of Suspense directed the iconic 1960 adaptation of Robert Bloch’s novel; others directed later horror classics.
  3. B. Haddonfield – John Carpenter’s Halloween is set in the fictional Haddonfield, Illinois; the others are from IT, Back to the Future, and Stephen King works.
  4. B. Robert Englund – Englund played Freddy in the 1984 original and most sequels; others portrayed Chucky, Jason, and Pinhead.
  5. D. 1974 – Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was released in October 1974; others are off by one or two years.
  6. B. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick adapted Stephen King’s novel for the 1980 film; others are horror legends but not this director.
  7. C. 1968 – George A. Romero’s groundbreaking zombie film debuted in 1968; others flank the correct year.
  8. D. The Exorcist – Linda Blair played the demon-possessed Regan; the others feature different child horrors.
  9. B. Chainsaw – Leatherface wields a chainsaw as his signature weapon in the 1974 film; others are common slasher tools but wrong here.
  10. C. Anthony Perkins – Perkins iconic performance as the disturbed motel owner defined horror; others are classic monsters actors.
  11. D. Quint – Played by Robert Shaw, Quint is the shark expert; Hooper is the oceanographer, Brody the police chief.
  12. B. Xenomorph – Ridley Scott’s Alien introduced the Xenomorph XX121 lifeform; others relate to later stages or rival creatures.
  13. C. Wes Craven – Craven revitalised slashers with Scream; others directed other franchises.
  14. D. Anthony Hopkins – Hopkins won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs; Cox played Lecter earlier in Manhunter (1986).
  15. D. 1982 – Tobe Hooper directed the Spielberg-produced Poltergeist in June 1982; others are nearby years.
  16. D. 5 – The 1992 film specifies five times to summon the hook-handed spectre; others are close but incorrect folklore details.
  17. D. Jordan Peele – Peele made his directorial debut with the Oscar-winning Get Out; others helm other modern horrors.
  18. D. Graham – Toni Collette stars as Annie Graham in Ari Aster’s 2018 film; others are unrelated surnames.
  19. D. Shopping mall – Survivors hole up in a Monroeville Mall; other locations appear in Romero’s other zombie films.
  20. C. Friday the 13th – Jason kills in the 1980 original (unmasked), though masked from Part 2; he was a child in the prologue.

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