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Horror Movie Trivia Questions And Answers 1. The white face mask Michael Myers wears is based on what Hollywood actor? Reveal Answer William Shatner Reveal Answer 2. What is the film where a character was famously asked, “Do you like scary movies?” Reveal Answer Scream Reveal Answer 3. Who is the character everyone is running away from on Friday The 13th? Reveal Answer Jason Reveal Answer 4. What is the name of the movie where two legendary horror film characters fight? Reveal Answer Freddie vs Jason Reveal Answer 5. What is the highest-grossing horror film of all time? Reveal Answer It Reveal Answer 6. What horror movie did Kelly Rowland of Destiny Childs star in? Reveal Answer Freddie vs Jason Reveal Answer 7. What famous Hollywood actress starred in the first Halloween movie in 1978? Reveal Answer Jamie Lee Curtis Reveal Answer 8. In 1999, what horror movie became one of the most successful independent films of all time? Reveal Answer The Blair Witch Project Reveal Answer 9. In 1973, what movie became the first horror movie to be nominated for an Oscar? Reveal Answer The Exorcist Reveal Answer 10. What classic 90’s horror movie was made into a series in 2021? Reveal Answer I Know What You Did Last Summer Reveal Answer 11. Who was the original star of the 90’s movie mentioned in the previous question? Reveal Answer Jennifer Love Hewitt Reveal Answer 12. What 90’s R&B singer co-starred in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer? Reveal Answer Brandy Reveal Answer 13. What actress will not be appearing in Scream 6? Reveal Answer Neve Campbell Reveal Answer 14. What is the 1976 film where a shy teenage girl was bullied at school but eventually got her revenge at the high school prom? Reveal Answer Carrie Reveal Answer 15. What horror movie character goes after people in their dreams? Reveal Answer Freddie Kreuger Reveal Answer 16. What horror movie was originally a popular video game in the 90s? Reveal Answer Resident Evil Reveal Answer 17. How many exorcist movies have been made? Reveal Answer 5 Reveal Answer 18. How many Halloween movies have been made? Reveal Answer 13 Reveal Answer 19. What is the Halloween movie that released in 2022? Reveal Answer Halloween Ends Reveal Answer 20. What 2017 horror movie was directed by Jordan Peele and starred Daniel Kaluuya? Reveal Answer Get Out Reveal Answer 21. What film is based on the alleged paranormal experiences of the Lutz family? Reveal Answer Amityville Horror Reveal Answer 22. Who is the legendary actor that stars in the 1980s film, The Shining? Reveal Answer Jack Nicholson Reveal Answer 23. What was the second horror film directed by Jordan Peele? Reveal Answer Us Reveal Answer 24. What popular 2002 horror movie was a remake of a Japanese film? Reveal Answer The Ring Reveal Answer 25. What horror film does Anthony Hopkins recite the famous line, “Good evening, Clarice?” Reveal Answer The Silence of the Lambs Reveal Answer 26. Which horror film is set in a fictional Maine town and involves a mysterious mist full of monsters? Reveal Answer The Mist 27. What was the first feature-length zombie film? Reveal Answer White Zombie (1932)
28. Who directed the 1979 film, “Alien”? Reveal Answer Ridley Scott
29. Which horror film features a villain who kills his victims in their dreams? Reveal Answer A Nightmare on Elm Street
30. What is the name of the serial killer in the “Halloween” series? Reveal Answer Michael Myers
31. What is the name of the summer camp in “Friday the 13th”? Reveal Answer Camp Crystal Lake
32. What is the mask in “Scream” inspired by? Reveal Answer The painting “The Scream” by Edvard Munch
33. What animal terrorizes the residents in the 1975 film “Jaws”? Reveal Answer A shark
34. In “Psycho,” where does Marion Crane stop to rest? Reveal Answer The Bates Motel
35. Which actress played the telekinetic teenager in “Carrie”? Reveal Answer Sissy Spacek
36. Who directed the 1968 film “Rosemary’s Baby”? Reveal Answer Roman Polanski
37. What was the original title for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”? Reveal Answer Head Cheese
38. In “The Blair Witch Project,” what is left outside the tent on the second morning? Reveal Answer Piles of rocks
39. What object does the demon in “Paranormal Activity” move at night? Reveal Answer A Ouija board
40. Who wrote the novel that “The Shining” is based on? Reveal Answer Stephen King
41. What is the name of the hotel in “The Shining”? Reveal Answer The Overlook Hotel
42. Which 1922 silent film is considered the first vampire-themed movie? Reveal Answer Nosferatu
43. What insect is associated with the killer in “The Silence of the Lambs”? Reveal Answer A moth
44. Who played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”? Reveal Answer Tim Curry
45. Who directed “The Babadook”? Reveal Answer Jennifer Kent
46. In which film does the villain make puzzles out of his victims’ bones? Reveal Answer Saw
47. In “It Follows,” how is the curse passed on? Reveal Answer Through sexual contact
48. Who directed the 2008 film “Cloverfield”? Reveal Answer Matt Reeves
49. In “The Ring,” how many days do you have after watching the video tape? Reveal Answer Seven days
50. Who directed the film “Get Out”? Reveal Answer Jordan Peele
51. What 2018 horror movie is about a family trying to survive in silence to avoid creatures that hunt by sound? Reveal Answer A Quiet Place
52. In “Hereditary,” what item is frequently seen that symbolizes the grandmother? Reveal Answer A necklace with a symbol
53. Who directed the original 1968 version of “Night of the Living Dead”? Reveal Answer George A. Romero
54. Who was the killer in the original “Friday the 13th” movie? Reveal Answer Pamela Voorhees, Jason’s mother
55. Who is the author of the short story that inspired “The Birds”? Reveal Answer Daphne du Maurier
56. Who played Regan MacNeil in “The Exorcist”? Reveal Answer Linda Blair
57. In “The Sixth Sense,” what is the twist ending? Reveal Answer Bruce Willis’ character was dead the whole time
58. Who directed the 2017 film “IT”? Reveal Answer Andrés Muschietti
59. Which horror film was the first ever to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar? Reveal Answer “The Exorcist”
60. What was the name of the doll in “Child’s Play”? Reveal Answer Chucky
61. Which movie features the quote, “They’re here!”? Reveal Answer Poltergeist
62. Who directed the original “Suspiria” (1977)? Reveal Answer Dario Argento
63. Who played the original Dracula in the 1931 film? Reveal Answer Bela Lugosi
64. In what year was the original “Halloween” movie released? Reveal Answer 1978
65. In “28 Days Later,” what causes the outbreak? Reveal Answer A virus called “Rage”
66. Who is the antagonist in “Candyman”? Reveal Answer Daniel Robitaille, the Candyman
67. Which horror film was based on a Stephen King novel about a haunted car? Reveal Answer Christine
68. Who is the “final girl” in the first “Alien” film? Reveal Answer Ellen Ripley
69. What kind of establishment does Dr. Heiter own in “The Human Centipede”? Reveal Answer A home, which was formerly a sanitarium
70. In “The Witch,” what is the family’s primary crop? Reveal Answer Corn
71. Which horror film was inspired by the real-life story of the Lutz family? Reveal Answer The Amityville Horror
72. Which horror film is based on the real-life events surrounding the haunting of the Perron family in the 1970s? Reveal Answer The Conjuring
73. Who directed the remake of “The Fly” in 1986? Reveal Answer David Cronenberg
74. Which Stephen King novel is the movie “Misery” based on? Reveal Answer Misery
75. What is the title of the sequel to “The Shining,” both a novel by Stephen King and a film? Reveal Answer Doctor Sleep
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