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This quiz covers key facts from modern horror films released since 2000. Questions focus on directors, cast members, plot details and production history across a range of acclaimed titles. Readers can expect a balanced mix of straightforward and more demanding items drawn from verified records.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Who directed the 2017 horror film Get Out?

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

Question 2: In The Conjuring from 2013, the Perron family moves to a farmhouse located in which US state?

A. Massachusetts
B. Rhode Island
C. Connecticut
D. Vermont

Question 3: Which actress portrays Annie Graham in the 2018 film Hereditary?

A. Toni Collette
B. Milly Shapiro
C. Ann Dowd
D. Gabriel Byrne

Question 4: Who directed the 2014 supernatural horror film It Follows?

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

Question 5: What is the full name of the central character played by Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out?

A. Chris Washington
B. Rod Williams
C. Walter Cunningham
D. Andre Hayworth

Question 6: In what year was the original Paranormal Activity released?

A. 2005
B. 2007
C. 2009
D. 2011

Question 7: Who directed the 2019 film Midsommar?

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

Question 8: The 2014 Australian horror film The Babadook was directed by which filmmaker?

A. Jennifer Kent
B. Ari Aster
C. Jordan Peele
D. James Wan

Question 9: Who directed the original 2004 Saw film?

A. James Wan
B. Leigh Whannell
C. Darren Lynn Bousman
D. David Fincher

Question 10: The 2022 film Smile was expanded from a short film written and directed by Parker Finn. What is the title of that short film?

A. The Smile
B. Laura Hasn’t Slept
C. It Follows
D. The Visit

Answers

  1. A. Jordan Peele – Jordan Peele wrote and directed Get Out. Ari Aster directed Hereditary and Midsommar, James Wan directed Saw and The Conjuring, while David Robert Mitchell directed It Follows.
  2. B. Rhode Island – The Perrons relocate to a Rhode Island farmhouse in The Conjuring. The other states listed do not match the documented setting.
  3. A. Toni Collette – Toni Collette plays Annie Graham in Hereditary. The remaining names belong to other cast members in the same film.
  4. D. David Robert Mitchell – David Robert Mitchell directed It Follows. The other directors are linked to different modern horror titles.
  5. A. Chris Washington – Daniel Kaluuya portrays Chris Washington in Get Out. The other names refer to supporting characters.
  6. B. 2007 – Paranormal Activity first screened in 2007. The alternative years do not correspond to the original release.
  7. C. Ari Aster – Ari Aster directed Midsommar. The remaining directors are associated with other films in the quiz.
  8. A. Jennifer Kent – Jennifer Kent directed The Babadook. The other names are directors of different horror features listed here.
  9. A. James Wan – James Wan directed the original Saw. Leigh Whannell co-wrote the screenplay but did not direct.
  10. B. Laura Hasn’t Slept – Parker Finn expanded his short film Laura Hasn’t Slept into Smile. The other titles do not match the source material.

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