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This quiz focuses on the directors responsible for key supernatural horror films. Questions cover production details, cast choices and narrative elements drawn from verified records. The mix ranges from straightforward facts to more specific credits.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Which director helmed the 1973 film The Exorcist?

A. Tobe Hooper
B. William Friedkin
C. Roman Polanski
D. John Carpenter

Question 2: Who directed the 1982 supernatural film Poltergeist?

A. Steven Spielberg
B. Wes Craven
C. Tobe Hooper
D. Sam Raimi

Question 3: Which director created the 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby?

A. William Friedkin
B. Roman Polanski
C. Mike Flanagan
D. Clive Barker

Question 4: James Wan directed which of these supernatural horror films released in 2013?

A. The Conjuring
B. Insidious
C. Sinister
D. Oculus

Question 5: Who wrote and directed the 1987 film Hellraiser?

A. John Carpenter
B. Clive Barker
C. Tobe Hooper
D. William Friedkin

Question 6: Sam Raimi directed the first Evil Dead film in what year?

A. 1979
B. 1981
C. 1983
D. 1985

Question 7: Which director helmed the 1980 supernatural film The Fog?

A. John Carpenter
B. Wes Craven
C. Roman Polanski
D. James Wan

Question 8: Wes Craven directed the 1988 voodoo-themed supernatural film titled what?

A. The Serpent and the Rainbow
B. Shocker
C. The People Under the Stairs
D. New Nightmare

Question 9: Mike Flanagan adapted which 2019 supernatural horror sequel based on a Stephen King novel?

A. Doctor Sleep
B. Gerald’s Game
C. Hush
D. The Haunting of Hill House

Question 10: Who directed the 2010 supernatural horror film Insidious?

A. James Wan
B. Mike Flanagan
C. Sam Raimi
D. Tobe Hooper

Answers

  1. B. William Friedkin – Friedkin directed The Exorcist in 1973. Hooper directed Poltergeist, Polanski directed Rosemary’s Baby and Carpenter directed The Fog.
  2. C. Tobe Hooper – Hooper directed Poltergeist. Spielberg produced but did not direct, Craven directed other horror films and Raimi directed The Evil Dead.
  3. B. Roman Polanski – Polanski directed Rosemary’s Baby. Friedkin directed The Exorcist, Flanagan directed later films and Barker directed Hellraiser.
  4. A. The Conjuring – Wan directed The Conjuring. He also directed Insidious but that released in 2010, while the other listed films were directed by different filmmakers.
  5. B. Clive Barker – Barker wrote and directed Hellraiser. Carpenter directed The Fog, Hooper directed Poltergeist and Friedkin directed The Exorcist.
  6. B. 1981 – Raimi directed The Evil Dead in 1981. The other years do not match the release of the first film in the series.
  7. A. John Carpenter – Carpenter directed The Fog. Craven directed The Serpent and the Rainbow, Polanski directed Rosemary’s Baby and Wan directed The Conjuring.
  8. A. The Serpent and the Rainbow – Craven directed The Serpent and the Rainbow. The other titles were also directed by Craven but belong to different films.
  9. A. Doctor Sleep – Flanagan directed Doctor Sleep. He directed Gerald’s Game but that is not a sequel, and the other titles are not his work.
  10. A. James Wan – Wan directed Insidious. Flanagan directed Doctor Sleep, Raimi directed The Evil Dead and Hooper directed Poltergeist.

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