Am I a Horror Movie Expert?

Take this trivia quiz to test your knowledge of horror cinema!

Are you the kind of horror movie fan who watches through your fingers, or are you more likely to cheer and holler when the villain appears? Either way, we’re here to test your scary movie knowledge with a spine-tingling trivia quiz!

Take a stab at these 15 creepy trivia questions to see how big of a fan you are. Can you ace it and make it out alive?

Beware, though, because they only get harder as they go!

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1. Let's start off easy: What kind of shark preys on swimmers in the movie Jaws (1975)?
  1. A great white shark
  2. A tiger shark
  3. A hammerhead shark
  4. A bull shark
2. What's the name of the alien in Jordan Peele's Nope ?
  1. Denim Jacket
  2. Rain Cloud
  3. Thunderbird
  4. Jean Jacket
3. What happens when characters hold the mummified hand in the movie Talk to Me (2022)?
  1. They see dead spirits and can become possessed.
  2. They enter an alternate dimension full of monsters.
  3. They learn the time and date of their own death.
  4. They receive signals from aliens.
4. Which Native American nation must fend off an extraplanetary hunter in the Predator prequel, Prey (2022)?
  1. Apache
  2. Comanche
  3. Cherokee
  4. Sioux
5. Where does the final showdown of the movie Barbarian (2022) take place?
  1. In a basement.
  2. On a water tower.
  3. At a power plant.
  4. In an abandoned house.
6. What's the name of the freaky puppet from the Saw movies?
  1. Benny
  2. Bobby
  3. Brandon
  4. Billy
7. Which movie monster emerges from a child's storybook to terrorize a single mother and her son?
  1. The Leprechaun
  2. The Xenomorph
  3. The Gremlins
  4. The Babadook
8. What's the name of the protagonist in Alien (1979), played by Sigourney Weaver?
  1. Ellen Davis
  2. Ellen Ripley
  3. Emma Ripley
  4. Eileen Rogers
9. What do you call the interdimensional beings in the Hellraiser series?
  1. Pinheads
  2. Dominators
  3. Cenobites
  4. Terrifiers
10. Which object does Evil Dead protagnist Ash Williams mount on his arm?
  1. A pitchfork
  2. A rocket launcher
  3. A chainsaw
  4. A film camera
11. Which supernatural slasher villain is armed with a hook hand?
  1. Candyman
  2. Freddy Kreuger
  3. Annabelle
  4. Leatherface
12. What happens to Carrie to make her go berserk on her fellow highschoolers?
  1. She attends prom with a terrible haircut.
  2. Other students throw tomatoes at her on stage.
  3. Her crush rejects her.
  4. She gets drenched with pig's blood.
13. What does the creature in the 1982 movie The Thing first disguise itself as?
  1. An Antarctic researcher
  2. A sled dog
  3. A penguin
  4. A helicopter pilot
14. Which Italian movie genre do many modern slasher movies take inspiration from?
  1. Giallo
  2. Spaghetti Westers
  3. Commedia
  4. Romanticismo
15. Which zombie movie is widely credited as the first ever zombie movie?
  1. Night of the Living Dead
  2. Resident Evil
  3. Dawn of the Dead
  4. White Zombie

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Even More Horror Movie Trivia

If you’re into horror movies, you probably already know that it’s one of the most beloved and diverse genres to ever grace the silver screen. From supernatural poltergeists to ruthless serial killers to incomprehensible aliens to gut-busting parodies and homages, there’s truly something for everyone to love when it comes to scary movies. So it’s no surprise that there’s also plenty of quirky, surprising, and sometimes grisly history behind your favorite fright flicks. Here are plenty of interesting, freaky factoids that’ll blow your mind:

  • The 2002 film The Ring , about a cursed videotape, is actually an adaptation of a Japanese film from 1998, which is itself an adaptation of a book released in 1991, which has 5 sequels.
  • Jamie Lee Curtis was cast as the protagonist in Halloween (1978) partly as a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, who cast Curtis’ mother, Janet Leigh, in Psycho (1960).
  • Stephen King, the author of the original The Shining novel, famously dislikes Stanley Kubrick’s iconic film adaptation.
  • In the classic horror movie The Amityville Horror (1979), the crew coated actor Rod Steiger’s head in honey in order to attract a swarm of flies in one notorious scene.
  • David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986) is a reimagining of a 1959 film of the same name. Vincent Price, who starred in the 1959 film, thought the remake “went a little too far.”
  • In the classic 1973 film The Exorcist , Jason Miller was initially meant to be hit in the chest by the demon’s vomit, but a prop malfunction caused him to be hit in the face. His on-screen reaction is genuine.
  • New Line Cinema was facing bankruptcy when the company released A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), but the film was such a hit that it saved the production company.
  • The cabin used as the primary set in The Evil Dead (1981) also served as the crew’s housing while filming. It had no plumbing and was in such disrepair that by the end of filming, the crew was burning furniture to keep warm.

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