This Horror Movie Quiz Is Not for Beginners – Can You Score 20/20?

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Think you’re a horror movie master? This advanced quiz dives deep into obscure facts from classic and modern fright flicks, with questions ranging from tough to expert-level. Only die-hard fans will conquer all 20 – grab a pen and prove your knowledge!

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Movies

Question 1: What was the working title of Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien?

A. Necronomicon
B. Star Beast
C. Starship
D. H.R. Giger’s Beast

Question 2: In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), from which city does Marion Crane embezzle $40,000?

A. Fairvale
B. Phoenix
C. Tucson
D. Los Angeles

Question 3: In William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973), what statue does Father Karras discover desecrated on campus?

A. Jesus Christ
B. Saint Joseph
C. The Virgin Mary
D. Saint Michael

Question 4: In Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby (1968), what is the title of the book given to Rosemary by Minnie Castevet?

A. The Witches of Salem
B. All of Them Witches
C. Modern Witchcraft
D. Satanic Rites

Question 5: In The Omen (1976), what is the name of the photographer killed by a freak accident involving a truck?

A. Robert Thorn
B. Keith Jennings
C. Charles Warren
D. Harvey Dean

Question 6: The iconic mask worn by Michael Myers in Halloween (1978) was originally a Captain Kirk mask likeness of which actor?

A. Leonard Nimoy
B. William Shatner
C. DeForest Kelley
D. James Doohan

Question 7: In Friday the 13th (1980), who is revealed as the killer?

A. Jason Voorhees
B. Alice Hardy
C. Pamela Voorhees
D. Jack Burrow

Question 8: How many razor-sharp blades protrude from Freddy Krueger’s glove in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?

A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six

Question 9: In John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), according to Blair, how many hours would it take for the creature to assimilate all life on Earth?

A. 10,000 hours
B. 27,000 hours
C. 50,000 hours
D. 100,000 hours

Question 10: In Poltergeist (1982), what is the name of the diminutive psychic medium who assists the Freeling family?

A. Ryan
B. Tangina
C. Diane
D. Kane

Question 11: What is the ancient Sumerian text called in Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981)?

A. The Book of the Damned
B. Necronomicon Ex-Mortis
C. The Sumerian Spellbook
D. Book of Shadows

Question 12: In George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978), what real-life shopping mall serves as the primary setting?

A. Sunrise Mall
B. Monroeville Mall
C. Century III Mall
D. Ross Park Mall

Question 13: In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), what species of moth is placed in the victim’s throat?

A. Luna moth
B. Death’s-head hawkmoth
C. Polyphemus moth
D. Emperor gum moth

Question 14: In Candyman (1992), what is the given name of the Candyman?

A. Samuel Robitaille
B. Daniel Robitaille
C. Anthony Robitaille
D. Virgil Robitaille

Question 15: In David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986), what is the name of the teleportation device invented by Seth Brundle?

A. Transmatter Device
B. Telepod
C. Fusion Pod
D. Matter Mixer

Question 16: In Gore Verbinski’s The Ring (2002), at which location is Samara Morgan’s well located?

A. The Morgan Farm
B. Shelter Mountain Inn
C. Passaic Hospital
D. The Taylor Cabin

Question 17: In Saw (2004), what is the real name of the Jigsaw Killer?

A. Adam Stanheight
B. John Kramer
C. Lawrence Gordon
D. Zep Hindle

Question 18: In Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017), what is the name of the white liberal family’s hypnosis trigger phrase?

A. Sink
B. Sleep
C. Drop
D. Fall

Question 19: In Ari Aster’s Hereditary (2018), what demon is the family being groomed to worship?

A. Paimon
B. Asmodeus
C. Bathsheba
D. Abalam

Question 20: In Robert Eggers’ The Witch (2015), what is the name of the family’s male goat that serves as the devil’s familiar?

A. Black Phillip
B. Satan
C. The Devil
D. Damien

Answers

  1. B. Star Beast – The script was originally titled Star Beast before being renamed Alien; the other options reference unrelated concepts or later works.
  2. B. Phoenix – Marion steals the money from her employer’s office in Phoenix, Arizona; Fairvale is the motel town.
  3. C. The Virgin Mary – Karras finds the campus statue of the Virgin Mary vandalised with blasphemous words; the others are not featured in that scene.
  4. B. All of Them Witches – Minnie lends Rosemary this fictional book by Donald Baynes about witchcraft; the others are invented distractors.
  5. B. Keith Jennings – The photographer Keith Jennings is decapitated by a sliding sign from a truck; the others are different characters.
  6. B. William Shatner – The mask was a painted white William Shatner Halloween mask bought from a party store; the others played different Star Trek roles.
  7. C. Pamela Voorhees – Jason’s mother Pamela is the killer, driven mad by her son’s supposed drowning; Jason does not appear until the sequel.
  8. B. Four – Freddy’s glove has exactly four blades, as designed for the film; five or six would reference other slashers.
  9. B. 27,000 hours – Blair’s frantic calculation on the computer reveals the Thing could infect the world in 27,000 hours; the others are incorrect estimates.
  10. B. Tangina – Tangina Barrons, played by Zelda Rubinstein, communicates with the spirits; the others are family members or unrelated.
  11. B. Necronomicon Ex-Mortis – This “Book of the Dead” unleashes the demons when read; the others are similar but incorrect titles from the series or elsewhere.
  12. B. Monroeville Mall – The film was shot at the actual Monroeville Mall near Pittsburgh; the others are nearby malls but not used.
  13. B. Death’s-head hawkmoth – Buffalo Bill’s signature is the Death’s-head hawkmoth cocoon in victims’ throats; the others are different moths.
  14. B. Daniel Robitaille – The Candyman was artist Daniel Robitaille, lynched for loving a white woman; the others vary the name incorrectly.
  15. B. Telepod – Brundle’s invention is called the Telepod; the others describe its function but are not the name.
  16. B. Shelter Mountain Inn – Samara was locked in the well beneath the Shelter Mountain Inn stables; the others are fabricated locations.
  17. B. John Kramer – The terminally ill John Kramer is Jigsaw, revealed at the end; the others are victims in the first trap.
  18. A. Sink – Missy says “sink” to trigger the hypnosis into the Sunken Place; the others are similar commands but wrong.
  19. A. Paimon – The cult worships King Paimon, possessing Peter at the end; the others are demons from different films.
  20. A. Black Phillip – The goat Black Phillip speaks to Thomasin, revealing himself as the devil; the others are generic names.

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