This Brutally Difficult Horror Quiz Will Destroy Casual Fans – Can You Score 20/20?

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Calling all horror aficionados! This brutally difficult quiz packs 20 fiendish questions on horror cinema classics and modern gems, delving into obscure production trivia, hidden details, and forgotten facts. Ranging from tricky teasers to nightmare-level stumpers, dare to test if you’re truly a horror master?

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Cinema

Question 1: What was the name of the mechanical shark used during the production of Jaws (1975)?

A. Orca
B. Bruce
C. Quint
D. Jawsy

Question 2: Who composed the iconic piano-driven main theme for Halloween (1978)?

A. Bernard Herrmann
B. Jerry Goldsmith
C. Ennio Morricone
D. John Carpenter

Question 3: What is the name of the ancient demon possessing Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist (1973)?

A. Lucifer
B. Beelzebub
C. Pazuzu
D. Asmodeus

Question 4: Which company produced George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)?

A. Continental Distributing
B. Walter Reade Organization
C. American International Pictures
D. Image Ten

Question 5: Who was the credited director of Poltergeist (1982)?

A. Steven Spielberg
B. Sam Raimi
C. Wes Craven
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 6: How many razor blades protrude from Freddy Krueger’s iconic glove in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?

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

Question 7: Who is revealed as the actual killer in the original Friday the 13th (1980)?

A. Jason Voorhees
B. Tommy Jarvis
C. Roy Burns
D. Pamela Voorhees

Question 8: Which 1987 film introduced the character Pinhead and the Cenobites?

A. Society
B. Basket Case
C. Hellraiser
D. Candyman

Question 9: According to the map shown in The Evil Dead (1981), in which US state is the cabin located?

A. Kentucky
B. Michigan
C. New York
D. Tennessee

Question 10: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) was primarily filmed on location in which famous New York City apartment building?

A. The Ansonia
B. The Beresford
C. The Dakota
D. The San Remo

Question 11: Who directed the German Expressionist horror classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)?

A. F.W. Murnau
B. Fritz Lang
C. Paul Wegener
D. Robert Wiene

Question 12: Who played the prom date Tommy Ross in Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976)?

A. William Katt
B. John Travolta
C. Keith Gordon
D. PJ Soles

Question 13: Which horror film won the very first Academy Award for Best Makeup (at the 1982 Oscars)?

A. The Fly
B. Beetlejuice
C. An American Werewolf in London
D. The Thing

Question 14: In The Omen (1976), which actor plays the photographer Keith Jennings who meets a grisly end?

A. Gregory Peck
B. Leo McKern
C. David Warner
D. Billie Whitelaw

Question 15: What is the name of the virus that turns people into the infected in 28 Days Later (2002)?

A. Necro Virus
B. T-Virus
C. Rage Plague
D. Rage Virus

Question 16: Who directed the critically acclaimed Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In (2008)?

A. John Ajvide Lindqvist
B. Guillermo del Toro
C. Ari Aster
D. Tomas Alfredson

Question 17: Which demon is central to the plot and possession in Ari Aster’s Hereditary (2018)?

A. Valak
B. Pazuzu
C. Paimon
D. Legion

Question 18: What was the approximate production budget for The Blair Witch Project (1999)?

A. $1 million
B. $60,000
C. $5 million
D. $200,000

Question 19: In which 1981 film does Isabelle Adjani deliver her infamous “subway meltdown” scene while pregnant?

A. The Tenant
B. Nosferatu the Vampyre
C. Possession
D. Subway

Question 20: Which entry in the Friday the 13th series was shot and released in 3D?

A. Part II
B. Jason Goes to Hell
C. Part VI
D. Part III

Answers

  1. B. Bruce – Named after Steven Spielberg’s dog (and lawyer Bruce Ramer), the malfunction-prone animatronic shark caused major delays but heightened the film’s suspense; others are boat name (Orca), character (Quint), or made-up.
  2. D. John Carpenter – Carpenter, alongside Debra Hill, created the haunting synthesiser score himself; others are composers for different horror films like Psycho (Herrmann) or The Omen (Goldsmith).
  3. C. Pazuzu – The Assyrian demon of the southwest wind is explicitly named in the novel and film; others are generic demons not featured.
  4. D. Image Ten – A collective of Pittsburgh investors and filmmakers funded the $114,000 production; others were distributors or unrelated.
  5. D. Tobe Hooper – Credited director though Spielberg heavily involved as producer; others directed different 1980s horrors.
  6. C. 4 – Freddy’s glove consistently features four blades across the franchise; other numbers are incorrect.
  7. D. Pamela Voorhees – Jason’s mother, played by Betsy Palmer, is the killer seeking revenge; Jason appears only in hallucination (others are later killers).
  8. C. Hellraiser – Based on Clive Barker’s novella, directed by Barker; others feature different body-horror villains.
  9. D. Tennessee – The Necronomicon map pinpoints the cabin in rural Tennessee; others are common guesses or sequel locations.
  10. C. The Dakota – Iconic building where John Lennon lived (and was shot); others are nearby NYC landmarks but not the filming site.
  11. D. Robert Wiene – Directed the seminal Expressionist twist-ending film; others made other German classics like Nosferatu (Murnau).
  12. A. William Katt – Katt played the ill-fated Tommy; Travolta was Billy Nolan, others minor roles or later films.
  13. C. An American Werewolf in London – Won the inaugural Best Makeup Oscar for Rick Baker’s transformations; category began 1981, others nominated later.
  14. C. David Warner – Warner’s character is decapitated by a falling sign; others play Thorn (Peck), Bugenhagen (McKern), Mrs Baylock (Whitelaw).
  15. D. Rage Virus – Danny Boyle’s film names it explicitly; T-Virus is Resident Evil, others fabricated.
  16. D. Tomas Alfredson – Adapted from Lindqvist’s novel (he’s the writer, option A); others directed vampire (Cronos) or later horrors.
  17. C. Paimon – The king demon from Ars Goetia possesses the family; others from Exorcist (Pazuzu), Conjuring (Valak).
  18. B. $60,000 – Shot guerrilla-style, it grossed $248m on this shoestring budget; others are inflated estimates.
  19. C. Possession – Adjani’s raw performance in Zulawski’s film includes the graphic miscarriage scene; others her other roles.
  20. D. Part III – Released in 1982, it exploited the 3D craze with yo-yo and eye-gouging effects; others not in 3D.

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