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This quiz focuses on directors who shaped horror cinema during the 1970s. Questions cover production details, cast choices, release years and narrative contributions from key films of the era. Test your knowledge across a range of difficulty levels.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Which director made his feature debut with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974?

A. Wes Craven
B. Tobe Hooper
C. John Carpenter
D. George A. Romero

Question 2: Who directed the 1978 film Halloween?

A. Tobe Hooper
B. Wes Craven
C. John Carpenter
D. Dario Argento

Question 3: Which director helmed both Last House on the Left in 1972 and The Hills Have Eyes in 1977?

A. George A. Romero
B. Bob Clark
C. Wes Craven
D. Brian De Palma

Question 4: Dawn of the Dead, released in 1978, was directed by which filmmaker?

A. John Carpenter
B. George A. Romero
C. Tobe Hooper
D. David Cronenberg

Question 5: Suspiria from 1977 was directed by which Italian filmmaker?

A. Dario Argento
B. Lucio Fulci
C. Mario Bava
D. Ruggero Deodato

Question 6: Who directed the 1979 Canadian horror film The Brood?

A. David Cronenberg
B. Bob Clark
C. William Friedkin
D. Richard Donner

Question 7: Black Christmas, released in 1974, was directed by which filmmaker?

A. Bob Clark
B. John Carpenter
C. Wes Craven
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 8: The Omen from 1976 was directed by which American filmmaker?

A. William Friedkin
B. Richard Donner
C. Brian De Palma
D. George A. Romero

Question 9: Carrie, released in 1976, was directed by which filmmaker?

A. Brian De Palma
B. David Cronenberg
C. John Carpenter
D. Dario Argento

Question 10: Phantasm from 1979 was directed by which filmmaker?

A. Don Coscarelli
B. Tobe Hooper
C. Wes Craven
D. Bob Clark

Answers

  1. B. Tobe Hooper – Tobe Hooper directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as his first feature film in 1974. Wes Craven directed Last House on the Left that same year, John Carpenter made Halloween in 1978 and George A. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead in 1968.
  2. C. John Carpenter – John Carpenter wrote and directed Halloween, which was released in 1978. Tobe Hooper directed Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Wes Craven made The Hills Have Eyes in 1977 and Dario Argento directed Suspiria in 1977.
  3. C. Wes Craven – Wes Craven directed both Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes. George A. Romero directed Dawn of the Dead, Bob Clark directed Black Christmas and Brian De Palma directed Carrie.
  4. B. George A. Romero – George A. Romero directed Dawn of the Dead in 1978. John Carpenter directed Halloween that year, Tobe Hooper made Salem’s Lot in 1979 and David Cronenberg directed The Brood in 1979.
  5. A. Dario Argento – Dario Argento directed Suspiria in 1977. Lucio Fulci directed Zombi 2 in 1979, Mario Bava worked primarily in the 1960s and Ruggero Deodato directed Cannibal Holocaust in 1980.
  6. A. David Cronenberg – David Cronenberg directed The Brood in 1979. Bob Clark directed Black Christmas, William Friedkin directed The Exorcist in 1973 and Richard Donner directed The Omen in 1976.
  7. A. Bob Clark – Bob Clark directed Black Christmas in 1974. John Carpenter directed Halloween in 1978, Wes Craven made Last House on the Left in 1972 and Tobe Hooper made Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974.
  8. B. Richard Donner – Richard Donner directed The Omen in 1976. William Friedkin directed The Exorcist, Brian De Palma directed Carrie and George A. Romero directed Dawn of the Dead.
  9. A. Brian De Palma – Brian De Palma directed Carrie in 1976. David Cronenberg directed Rabid in 1977, John Carpenter directed Halloween in 1978 and Dario Argento directed Suspiria in 1977.
  10. A. Don Coscarelli – Don Coscarelli directed Phantasm in 1979. Tobe Hooper directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Wes Craven made The Hills Have Eyes and Bob Clark directed Black Christmas.

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