Horror Films Quiz — 47 Questions and Answers (2026)

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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