Horror Films Quiz

Which German director helmed the 1922 silent horror masterpiece Nosferatu, an unauthorised adaptation of Dracula?

AnswerF. W. Murnau

Which actor portrayed the title creator Dr. Frankenstein opposite Boris Karloff's monster in the classic 1931 Universal film?

AnswerColin Clive

Known as a master of make-up and pantomime, which silent-era star played both the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera in the 1920s?

AnswerLon Chaney

Which English director helmed the acclaimed 1935 sequel Bride of Frankenstein, and later had his life dramatised in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters?

AnswerJames Whale

Which British actor portrayed both Dr. Van Helsing and Dr. Frankenstein in numerous Hammer Horror films from the late 1950s into the 1970s?

AnswerPeter Cushing

Who played the cult leader Lord Summerisle on a mysterious Scottish island in the 1973 folk-horror classic The Wicker Man?

AnswerChristopher Lee

In the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, which Swedish actor played Father Merrin, the priest arriving to battle demonic possession?

AnswerMax von Sydow

Which director made his American feature debut in 1968 with Rosemary's Baby, starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes?

AnswerRoman Polanski

Which 1932 Tod Browning horror film, which cast real circus sideshow performers, was banned in Britain for around 30 years?

AnswerFreaks

Which horror producer and writer was hired by RKO to supervise works such as Cat People and I Walked With a Zombie?

AnswerVal Lewton

During Hollywood's golden age, which classic creature was the only Universal monster played by just one actor across all its appearances?

AnswerThe Wolf Man

NoteThe character was portrayed across five films by Lon Chaney Jr.

Who authored the 1967 novel that served as the basis for Roman Polanski's 1968 psychological horror film Rosemary's Baby?

AnswerIra Levin

Whose face was used as the model to create the serial killer mask worn by Michael Myers in Halloween?

AnswerWilliam Shatner

Before transferring his soul into a Good Guy doll using voodoo, what was the full real name of the serial killer known as Chucky?

AnswerCharles Lee Ray

NoteBefore dying and becoming Chucky, the killer was known as the Lakeshore Strangler.

Which actor portrayed Freddy Krueger throughout the original A Nightmare on Elm Street film series?

AnswerRobert Englund

NoteAnother actor, David Warner, had originally been cast as Krueger before dropping out.

Which dancer and clown is the terrifying guise assumed by the shapeshifting entity in Stephen King's It?

AnswerPennywise

NoteThe monster in the story shapeshifts to represent a victim's greatest fear.

Who is revealed to be the actual killer murdering camp counsellors in the original 1980 film Friday the 13th?

AnswerJason's mother (Pamela Voorhees)

NoteBetsy Palmer took the role of Pamela Voorhees because ten days of pay covered the new car she needed.

What two colors make up the horizontal stripes on Freddy Krueger's knit sweater?

AnswerRed and green

NoteIn the film's ending, a convertible roof matching Freddy's striped colors snaps shut to carry teenagers away.

At which fictional summer camp did Jason Voorhees drown as a boy before later terrorizing its counsellors?

AnswerCamp Crystal Lake

NoteIn the very first Friday the 13th film, Jason Voorhees himself kills zero people.

What is the name of the fictional town in Illinois that is terrorized by the masked killer Michael Myers?

AnswerHaddonfield

What is the name of the chainsaw-wielding cannibal villain featured in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?

AnswerLeatherface

NoteLeatherface crafts gruesome masks out of the skin of his previous victims.

What insect does the supernatural killer Candyman use as one of his signature weapons against victims?

AnswerBees

NoteCandyman possesses a hook in place of one hand alongside his insect army.

What is the name of the demon that possesses a young girl in the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist?

AnswerPazuzu

NoteThe Exorcist was the very first horror movie ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Which director broke through in 2004 with the horror film Saw and went on to create The Conjuring Universe?

AnswerJames Wan

NoteHe and Leigh Whannell shot a trap scene as a short film on DVD to secure feature funding, finishing the movie in eighteen days.

Who directed and wrote the 2007 found-footage phenomenon Paranormal Activity?

AnswerOren Peli

NoteThe director filmed the entire production inside his own home.

Which demonic figure is worshipped by the secretive cult that targets the Graham family in Ari Aster's Hereditary?

AnswerPaimon

NoteAri Aster also went on to direct the daylight horror feature Midsommar and Beau Is Afraid.

Which real-life married couple of paranormal investigators inspired the supernatural investigations seen in The Conjuring?

AnswerEd and Lorraine Warren

NoteThe real doll kept behind glass at their Connecticut museum is actually a soft Raggedy Ann doll.

Which actor directed the 2018 thriller A Quiet Place, in which he also co-starred as the father Lee Abbott?

AnswerJohn Krasinski

NoteHis real-life wife Emily Blunt starred alongside him in the film.

Which Academy Award category was won by Jordan Peele for his 2017 horror film Get Out?

AnswerBest Original Screenplay

NoteThe acclaimed horror release marked Jordan Peele's debut as a feature director.

What is the name of the malevolent entity that takes the form of a demon nun in The Conjuring 2 and The Nun?

AnswerValak

What is the name of the shadowy spirit realm where the young boy Dalton becomes trapped in Insidious?

AnswerThe Further

NoteMoving house did not help the Lambert family, as the spirits were pursuing Dalton's vacant body rather than haunting the house.

In Jordan Peele's 2019 horror film Us, what collective name is given to the red-suited doubles who confront the Wilson family?

AnswerThe Tethered

NoteDirector Jordan Peele followed up this release with his third feature, Nope.

In the 2014 horror film The Babadook, which specific household object unleashes the sinister entity into the home?

AnswerA children's book

Which American filmmaker directed the 2014 indie horror hit It Follows?

AnswerDavid Robert Mitchell

NoteThe supernatural entity in the movie relentlessly stalks its targets by steadily walking toward them at a slow pace.

Which 2015 folk horror feature marked the debut of director Robert Eggers?

AnswerThe Witch

NoteThe story takes place within a 1630s New England settlement.

Which filmmaker wrote the iconic five-four piano theme himself when he directed and scored Halloween in the late 1970s?

AnswerJohn Carpenter

Which future Hollywood leading man made his feature film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street, where his character gets swallowed by a bed?

AnswerJohnny Depp

NoteHis character's death involved an outrageous geyser of blood erupting directly out of the bed.

In Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller Jaws, which composer created the ominous two-note theme used to announce the great white shark?

AnswerJohn Williams

NoteSpielberg mostly hid the shark and relied on the music because the mechanical creature kept breaking down during filming.

Which iconic scream queen made her film debut portraying Laurie Strode in the 1978 slasher Halloween?

AnswerJamie Lee Curtis

NoteCasting her was an intentional nod to cinema history, as her mother Janet Leigh starred in the famous shower scene in Psycho.

In the iconic opening scene of the 1996 slasher Scream, which A-list Hollywood star shocked audiences by being killed off first?

AnswerDrew Barrymore

NoteShe was prominently featured on the movie poster, leading audiences to assume she was the main character.

Which director helmed the 1973 supernatural horror classic The Exorcist, about the demonic possession of a young girl?

AnswerWilliam Friedkin

NoteIt earned ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Sound and Adapted Screenplay.

Which famous filmmaker directed the 1960 psychological thriller Psycho, choosing to shoot it in black and white with a television crew?

AnswerAlfred Hitchcock

NoteShooting the infamous shower scene alone took Hitchcock around seven days to complete.

In the 1980 psychological horror film The Shining, what sinister word does young Danny write across a door?

AnswerRedrum

NoteJack Nicholson ad-libbed the line 'Here's Johnny!', borrowed from The Tonight Show's introduction.

Which prolific American novelist wrote the books behind the screen adaptations of Carrie, The Shining, and It?

AnswerStephen King

NoteHe has published more than sixty novels, with film adaptations stretching all the way to The Shawshank Redemption.

Which filmmaker created dream-stalking killer Freddy Krueger and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street in the 1980s?

AnswerWes Craven

NoteThe franchise was such a massive financial win for New Line Cinema that the studio was nicknamed 'the house that Freddy built'.

What is the name of the isolated hotel where Jack Torrance takes a job as winter caretaker in The Shining?

AnswerOverlook

NoteThe hotel's head chef, Dick Hallorann, shares Danny's psychic 'shining' ability.

Which 1991 psychological horror film follows FBI trainee Clarice Starling as she consults the cannibalistic Hannibal Lecter?

AnswerThe Silence of the Lambs

NoteIt swept the prestigious 'Big Five' Oscars, becoming only the third film in history to win Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay.