Ultimate Horror Movie Trivia Quiz: Can You Beat the Clock and Score 20/20?
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Think you’re a horror movie master? Test your knowledge across decades of spine-chilling classics and modern terrors in this ultimate challenge. Questions range from easy warm-ups to devilishly hard brain-teasers – set a timer and see if you can conquer all 20 before the clock runs out!
20 Ultimate Horror Movie Trivia Questions
Question 1: In which year was Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho first released?
A. 1959
B. 1961
C. 1960
D. 1962
Question 2: Who directed the 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist?
A. John Carpenter
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. William Friedkin
D. Roman Polanski
Question 3: What is the name of the grizzled shark hunter played by Robert Shaw in Jaws (1975)?
A. Matt Hooper
B. Sam Quint
C. Martin Brody
D. Chief Hayes
Question 4: In John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), what is Michael Myers’ sister’s name?
A. Laurie Strode
B. Annie Brackett
C. Judith Myers
D. Lynda Van der Klok
Question 5: Which actor portrayed Freddy Krueger in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street film series?
A. Brad Dourif
B. Robert Englund
C. Kane Hodder
D. Warwick Davis
Question 6: What iconic line does Jack Torrance yell while axe-chopping the bathroom door in The Shining (1980)?
A. “Redrum!”
B. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
C. “Heeeere’s Johnny!”
D. “I’m not gonna hurt you.”
Question 7: In The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), what is the name of the masked, chainsaw-wielding family member?
A. Hitchhiker
B. Grandpa
C. Nubbins
D. Leatherface
Question 8: Who directed the 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien?
A. James Cameron
B. Ridley Scott
C. David Fincher
D. Paul W.S. Anderson
Question 9: George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was released in which year?
A. 1967
B. 1969
C. 1968
D. 1970
Question 10: What is the name of the isolated hotel where the Torrance family stays in The Shining?
A. Timberline Hotel
B. Overlook Hotel
C. Stanley Hotel
D. Bates Motel
Question 11: Who directed Rosemary’s Baby (1968)?
A. William Friedkin
B. Roman Polanski
C. Ira Levin
D. Mia Farrow
Question 12: In the Child’s Play franchise, what is the serial killer’s name who possesses the doll?
A. Andy Barclay
B. Chucky
C. Tiffany
D. Glen
Question 13: Which real-life couple inspired the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring (2013)?
A. The Perrons
B. The Warrens themselves
C. The Enfields
D. The Amityvilles
Question 14: Who wrote and directed the 2017 horror hit Get Out?
A. Jordan Peele
B. Ari Aster
C. Robert Eggers
D. Mike Flanagan
Question 15: In Scream (1996), which character is revealed as one of the original Ghostface killers?
A. Sidney Prescott
B. Dewey Riley
C. Billy Loomis
D. Randy Meeks
Question 16: Who plays the Cenobite leader Pinhead in the Hellraiser series?
A. Doug Bradley
B. Andrew Robinson
C. Julian Sands
D. Bruce Ramsay
Question 17: Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for portraying which cannibal in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)?
A. Buffalo Bill
B. Jame Gumb
C. Hannibal Lecter
D. Miggs
Question 18: In which horror franchise does the masked killer Jason Voorhees wield a machete at Crystal Lake?
A. Halloween
B. Friday the 13th
C. Nightmare on Elm Street
D. Scream
Question 19: What is the ancient entity that the Graham family summons in Hereditary (2018)?
A. Paimon
B. Charlie
C. Peter
D. Annie
Question 20: Who directed the 2019 folk horror film Midsommar?
A. Robert Eggers
B. Ari Aster
C. Jordan Peele
D. James Wan
Answers
- C. 1960 – Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho premiered on 16 June 1960; 1959 was North by Northwest, 1961 The Birds preparation year, and 1962 its release.
- C. William Friedkin – Friedkin helmed the 1973 adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel; Carpenter did Halloween, Kubrick The Shining, Polanski Rosemary’s Baby.
- C. Martin Brody – No, wait, correction in planning: Actually Quint is C in question, but wait: Q3 correct is C. Quint? Wait, Robert Shaw is Quint. Yes, C. Sam Quint is wrong name, but plausible. Quint is correct. Explanation: Robert Shaw plays Quint, the shark expert; Hooper is the oceanographer (Scheider? No, Dreyfuss Hooper, Scheider Brody.
- C. Quint – Robert Shaw’s character is Quint, a professional shark hunter; Hooper is the scientist (Richard Dreyfuss), Brody the police chief (Roy Scheider), Hayes fictional distractor.
- D. Judith Myers – Michael kills his sister Judith on Halloween night 1963, as shown in flashback; the others are victims or friends of Laurie.
- B. Robert Englund – Englund originated Freddy Krueger in 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street and most sequels; Dourif is Chucky, Hodder Jason, Davis other roles.
- C. “Heeeere’s Johnny!” – Iconic ad-lib by Jack Nicholson referencing The Tonight Show; others are from the film but not the door scene.
- D. Leatherface – Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) wears a mask of human skin and uses the chainsaw; others are his cannibal family members.
- B. Ridley Scott – Scott directed the original Alien; Cameron did Aliens, Fincher Alien 3, Anderson Resident Evil.
- C. 1968 – Romero’s black-and-white zombie film debuted 1 October 1968, revolutionising the genre; others are adjacent years.
- B. Overlook Hotel – The fictional Overlook is based partly on Colorado’s Stanley Hotel; others are real or distractor locations.
- B. Roman Polanski – Polanski directed the 1968 adaptation of Ira Levin’s novel; Levin wrote it, Farrow starred.
- B. Chucky – Charles Lee Ray’s soul possesses the Good Guy doll named Chucky; others are human characters.
- B. The Warrens themselves – The Conjuring is based on the real Ed and Lorraine Warren’s cases; others are haunted families.
- A. Jordan Peele – Peele made his directorial debut with Get Out, winning an Oscar for screenplay; others are contemporary horror directors.
- C. Billy Loomis – Skeet Ulrich’s Billy is Ghostface with Stu; others are survivors or experts.
- A. Doug Bradley – Bradley played Pinhead from Hellraiser (1987) through most films; others played other Cenobites or characters.
- C. Hannibal Lecter – Hopkins won Best Actor for the role; Bill and Gumb are the same skin-stealing killer, Miggs a minor inmate.
- B. Friday the 13th – Jason drowns at Camp Crystal Lake then haunts it; other franchises have different killers/settings.
- A. Paimon – The demon King Paimon possesses the family via rituals; others are family members.
- B. Ari Aster – Aster followed Hereditary with Midsommar; others direct different horrors.
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