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This quiz explores key eras of supernatural horror cinema through questions on directors, cast members, release years, plot details and production facts. The ten questions range from classic 1970s possession films to later found-footage and haunted-house entries, testing precise recall of verifiable details.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Which 1973 film directed by William Friedkin centres on the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl named Regan?

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

Question 2: In which year was the film Rosemary’s Baby, directed by Roman Polanski, released?

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

Question 3: Who played the role of paranormal investigator Ed Warren in the 2013 film The Conjuring?

A. Patrick Wilson
B. Vera Farmiga
C. Ron Livingston
D. Lili Taylor

Question 4: Which 1982 film produced by Steven Spielberg features a family terrorised by malevolent spirits in their suburban home?

A. Poltergeist
B. The Entity
C. Ghost Story
D. The Changeling

Question 5: The 2018 film Hereditary was written and directed by which filmmaker?

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

Question 6: In the 2014 film The Babadook, what is the name of the book that appears in the household?

A. Mister Babadook
B. The Babadook
C. Babadook’s Book
D. The Shadow Book

Question 7: Which actor starred as Jack Torrance in the 1980 supernatural horror film The Shining?

A. Shelley Duvall
B. Jack Nicholson
C. Danny Lloyd
D. Scatman Crothers

Question 8: The 2007 film Paranormal Activity was directed by which person?

A. Oren Peli
B. James Wan
C. Eli Roth
D. Adam Wingard

Question 9: In which decade was the original Japanese film Ringu released?

A. 1980s
B. 1990s
C. 2000s
D. 2010s

Question 10: The 1979 film The Amityville Horror is based on events claimed to have occurred in which US state?

A. California
B. New York
C. New Jersey
D. Massachusetts

Answers

  1. B. The Exorcist – William Friedkin directed the 1973 adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel about Regan’s possession by the demon Pazuzu. The Omen concerns an antichrist child, Rosemary’s Baby a satanic pregnancy and The Amityville Horror a haunted house.
  2. B. 1968 – Rosemary’s Baby premiered in 1968 and stars Mia Farrow as a woman whose pregnancy is manipulated by a coven. It was not released in 1967, 1969 or 1970.
  3. A. Patrick Wilson – Patrick Wilson portrayed Ed Warren opposite Vera Farmiga’s Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring. The other listed actors appeared in different roles or different films in the franchise.
  4. A. Poltergeist – Tobe Hooper directed the 1982 film produced by Steven Spielberg about the Freeling family’s encounters with spirits. The other titles are unrelated haunted-house or ghost stories from the same era.
  5. A. Ari Aster – Ari Aster wrote and directed Hereditary, his feature debut released in 2018. Robert Eggers, Jordan Peele and Mike Flanagan directed other horror films but not this one.
  6. B. The Babadook – The pop-up book titled The Babadook appears repeatedly and torments the mother and son in Jennifer Kent’s 2014 film. The other options are not the correct title.
  7. B. Jack Nicholson – Jack Nicholson played the writer Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. Shelley Duvall played his wife and Danny Lloyd played their son.
  8. A. Oren Peli – Oren Peli wrote and directed the low-budget found-footage film Paranormal Activity released in 2007. James Wan, Eli Roth and Adam Wingard directed other horror titles.
  9. B. 1990s – Hideo Nakata’s Ringu was released in Japan in 1998. The American remake followed in 2002.
  10. B. New York – The Amityville Horror is set in Amityville on Long Island, New York, based on the Lutz family’s reported experiences. The other states are incorrect.

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