This Quiz Will Prove If You Are a Horror Expert: 20 Ultimate Horror Trivia Questions!

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Think you’re a true horror expert? Put your knowledge to the ultimate test with these 20 trivia questions spanning classic chillers, slashers, supernatural scares, and modern masterpieces. Ranging from easy starters to devilishly difficult, can you ace them all and prove your mastery?

20 Trivia Questions on Horror Cinema

Question 1: In which year was Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho released?

A. 1959
B. 1961
C. 1960
D. 1962

Question 2: Who directed the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. John Carpenter
C. William Friedkin
D. Roman Polanski

Question 3: What is the name of the isolated hotel in The Shining (1980)?

A. Panorama Hotel
B. Outlook Hotel
C. Evergreen Hotel
D. Overlook Hotel

Question 4: Which actor originated the role of Norman Bates in Psycho?

A. Anthony Hopkins
B. Boris Karloff
C. Vincent Price
D. Anthony Perkins

Question 5: Who directed George A. Romero’s groundbreaking zombie film Night of the Living Dead?

A. Wes Craven
B. Tobe Hooper
C. George A. Romero
D. Sam Raimi

Question 6: In which year was Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, released?

A. 1976
B. 1974
C. 1975
D. 1977

Question 7: Who played the iconic role of Dracula in Hammer Films’ Horror of Dracula (1958)?

A. Bela Lugosi
B. Peter Cushing
C. Lon Chaney Jr.
D. Christopher Lee

Question 8: Which director helmed Rosemary’s Baby in 1968?

A. William Friedkin
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. Roman Polanski
D. Stanley Kubrick

Question 9: What year was John Carpenter’s original Halloween released?

A. 1979
B. 1977
C. 1978
D. 1980

Question 10: Who portrayed Leatherface in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)?

A. Edwin Neal
B. Gunnar Hansen
C. Tobe Hooper
D. Marilyn Burns

Question 11: Which actor first played Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?

A. Robert Englund
B. Wes Craven
C. Johnny Depp
D. Ronee Blakley

Question 12: Who directed the modern horror hit Get Out (2017)?

A. Ari Aster
B. Jordan Peele
C. James Wan
D. Mike Flanagan

Question 13: In which year was F.W. Murnau’s silent vampire film Nosferatu released?

A. 1923
B. 1921
C. 1922
D. 1920

Question 14: Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture as a horror movie in 1992?

A. The Silence of the Lambs
B. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
C. Misery
D. Jacob’s Ladder

Question 15: Who composed the haunting synthesiser score for John Carpenter’s Halloween?

A. Ennio Morricone
B. John Carpenter
C. Goblin
D. Wendy Carlos

Question 16: Which director made Hereditary (2018)?

A. Robert Eggers
B. Ari Aster
C. Jordan Peele
D. David Robert Mitchell

Question 17: In The Conjuring (2013), the story is based on the investigations of which real-life couple?

A. Peter and Rosemary Venzi
B. Lorraine and Ed Warren
C. Maurice and Janet Grosse
D. Tony and Lin Sayer

Question 18: Who played the lead demoniac child in The Exorcist?

A. Linda Blair
B. Jodie Foster
C. Tatum O’Neal
D. Brooke Shields

Question 19: Which 1920 German Expressionist film is considered a cornerstone of horror cinema?

A. Metropolis
B. The Golem
C. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
D. M

Question 20: In Scream (1996), who reveals themselves as one of the primary killers alongside Stu Macher?

A. Dewey Riley
B. Sidney Prescott
C. Billy Loomis
D. Gale Weathers

Answers

  1. C. 1960 – Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho premiered on 16 June 1960; the other years are off by one.
  2. C. William Friedkin – Friedkin directed the 1973 adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel; the others helmed different horror classics.
  3. D. Overlook Hotel – The fictional Overlook is central to Stephen King’s novel and Kubrick’s 1980 film; others are fabricated distractors.
  4. D. Anthony Perkins – Perkins starred as the disturbed Bates in 1960; Hopkins played him later in Psycho sequels.
  5. C. George A. Romero – Romero wrote and directed the 1968 indie zombie film that redefined the genre.
  6. C. 1975 – Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws was released on 20 June 1975.
  7. D. Christopher Lee – Lee played Dracula in Hammer’s 1958 Horror of Dracula and subsequent sequels; Lugosi was Universal’s 1931 version.
  8. C. Roman Polanski – Polanski directed the 1968 psychological horror starring Mia Farrow.
  9. C. 1978 – John Carpenter’s Halloween was released on 25 October 1978.
  10. B. Gunnar Hansen – Hansen donned the mask as Leatherface in Tobe Hooper’s 1974 film; others played different characters.
  11. A. Robert Englund – Englund debuted as Freddy Krueger in Wes Craven’s 1984 slasher.
  12. B. Jordan Peele – Peele wrote and directed the 2017 social horror thriller Get Out.
  13. C. 1922 – Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror was released on 26 March 1922, an unauthorised Dracula adaptation.
  14. A. The Silence of the Lambs – It won Best Picture at the 1992 Oscars, the only horror film to do so.
  15. B. John Carpenter – Carpenter performed the iconic 5/4-time piano theme himself for his 1978 film.
  16. B. Ari Aster – Aster’s directorial debut Hereditary stunned audiences in 2018.
  17. B. Lorraine and Ed Warren – The Warrens inspired James Wan’s 2013 film and its universe.
  18. A. Linda Blair – Blair played Regan MacNeil in Friedkin’s 1973 film, earning an Oscar nomination.
  19. C. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – Robert Wiene’s 1920 film pioneered Expressionist horror visuals.
  20. C. Billy Loomis – Skeet Ulrich’s Billy is revealed as a killer with Stu (Matthew Lillard) in Wes Craven’s 1996 meta-slasher.

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