These Western Movie Questions Are Pure Nightmare Fuel: Can You Score 20/20?

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Step into the shadowy badlands of horror-infused Western cinema with this spine-chilling trivia quiz. From cannibal caves to vampire nomads and monstrous burrows, these 20 questions mix easy riders with devilishly tough draws to test your knowledge of nightmare fuel on the frontier. Grab your six-shooter and fire away!

20 Trivia Questions on Nightmare Fuel Western Movies

Question 1: In Bone Tomahawk (2015), Kurt Russell plays which character?

A. Arthur O’Dwyer
B. John Brooder
C. Sheriff Franklin Hunt
D. Deputy Chicory

Question 2: Ravenous (1999) was directed by whom?

A. S. Craig Zahler
B. Kathryn Bigelow
C. Antonia Bird
D. Eric Red

Question 3: In Near Dark (1987), Bill Paxton plays the vampire cowboy named?

A. Jesse
B. Caleb
C. Severen
D. Diamondback

Question 4: The Burrowers (2008) is primarily set in which year?

A. 1864
B. 1902
C. 1874
D. 1886

Question 5: Dead Birds (2004) features Civil War soldiers haunted in which state?

A. Texas
B. Arizona
C. Alabama
D. Nevada

Question 6: Who directed The Missing (2003), where a rancher hunts a witch?

A. Tommy Lee Jones
B. Kevin Costner
C. Ron Howard
D. Cate Blanchett

Question 7: In High Plains Drifter (1973), Clint Eastwood’s Stranger is implied to be the ghost of?

A. Mayor Jason Tobin
B. Marshal Jim Duncan
C. Stableman Jake Ross
D. Gunman Stacey Bridges

Question 8: The underground monsters in Tremors (1990) are called?

A. Sand Rex
B. Burrowers
C. Graboids
D. Wormkings

Question 9: David Carradine plays the vampire Count Mardulak in which film?

A. Near Dark
B. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
C. Jonah Hex
D. Priest

Question 10: In Jonah Hex (2010), Jonah is resurrected by a?

A. Confederate scientist
B. Navajo shaman
C. Vampire lord
D. Demonic preacher

Question 11: Which actor endures the infamous bear mauling in The Revenant (2015)?

A. Tom Hardy
B. Leonardo DiCaprio
C. Domhnall Gleeson
D. Forrest Goodluck

Question 12: In Cowboys & Aliens (2011), the invading aliens seek?

A. Water
B. Gold
C. Slaves
D. Guns

Question 13: Priest (2011) pits a priest against vampires in a post-apocalyptic world styled like the?

A. Old West
B. Medieval Europe
C. Future city
D. Ancient Rome

Question 14: In Bone Tomahawk (2015), which character has his leg amputated?

A. Sheriff Hunt
B. John Brooder
C. Deputy Chicory
D. Arthur O’Dwyer

Question 15: Cannibalism in Ravenous (1999) draws from which Native American legend?

A. Skinwalker
B. Wendigo
C. Thunderbird
D. Piasa Bird

Question 16: In Near Dark (1987), Severen meets his end via?

A. A stake to the heart
B. Sunlight exposure
C. Holy water
D. Decapitation

Question 17: The creatures in The Burrowers (2008) paralyse prey with?

A. Acid spit
B. Neurotoxin
C. Hypnotic gaze
D. Crushing coils

Question 18: The Beguiled (1971) is set during the?

A. Mexican-American War
B. American Civil War
C. Spanish-American War
D. World War I

Question 19: In the horror Western Ghost Town (1988), the hero battles?

A. Demons
B. Ghosts
C. Werewolves
D. Cannibals

Question 20: In Bone Tomahawk (2015), the troglodytes are described as a prehistoric tribe called?

A. Maulers
B. Troglodytes
C. Bone Eaters
D. Cave Reavers

Answers

  1. C. Sheriff Franklin Hunt – Kurt Russell portrays the grizzled Sheriff Hunt leading the rescue party; the others are played by Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins respectively.
  2. C. Antonia Bird – The British director helmed this chilling cannibal tale starring Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle; the others are connected to different horror Westerns.
  3. C. Severen – Paxton’s wild Severen is staked in a brutal barn fight; Jesse is Lance Henriksen’s leader, with others as different characters.
  4. C. 1874 – The film unfolds in 1874 New Mexico Territory amid settler disappearances; other years fit different Western eras.
  5. C. Alabama – The Confederate soldiers are trapped on a haunted Alabama plantation; other states host different horror Westerns.
  6. C. Ron Howard – Howard directed this tale of witchcraft and frontier justice; Jones stars as the rancher, not directs.
  7. B. Marshal Jim Duncan – Eastwood’s Stranger avenges Duncan’s whipping and murder; others are Lago townsfolk he terrorises.
  8. C. Graboids – The massive, man-eating Graboids terrorise Perfection, Nevada; other names appear in similar monster films.
  9. B. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat – Carradine leads pacifist vampires in a dusty Nevada town; the others feature different vampire lore.
  10. B. Navajo shaman – A shaman revives Hex with a curse allowing brief resurrections; other methods suit different undead tales.
  11. B. Leonardo DiCaprio – DiCaprio’s Hugh Glass survives a savage grizzly attack in visceral detail; Hardy plays rival Fitzgerald.
  12. B. Gold – The aliens mine gold for their planet; water and others are sci-fi tropes but not this plot’s focus.
  13. A. Old West – The film’s dystopia evokes Wild West aesthetics with vampires confined to tent-city reservations.
  14. D. Arthur O’Dwyer – Patrick Wilson’s Arthur suffers a horrific field amputation due to gangrene; others survive intact.
  15. B. Wendigo – The Wendigo myth of cannibalistic hunger drives Col. Ives’ madness; others are unrelated legends.
  16. B. Sunlight exposure – Severen burns up in dawn light during a getaway; traditional stakes kill others in the family.
  17. B. Neurotoxin – The burrowers inject paralysing neurotoxin to drag prey underground; other attacks fit different monsters.
  18. B. American Civil War – Don Siegel’s film unfolds in 1860s Virginia at a girls’ school; other wars frame different stories.
  19. B. Ghosts – Franc Luz’s drifter fights spectral outlaws in the cursed town; other foes define separate subgenres.
  20. B. Troglodytes – The film names the savage, inbred cannibals as troglodytes living in Bright Hope’s caves.

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