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What is the 'Scream' franchise's meta-horror element and which academic character embodies it?

A
The police explain horror movie troepees
B
The killer explains the rules
C
None - it's a straight slasher
D
Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) explains slasher movie rules that the characters are simultaneously living through - creating a self-aware horror film that comments on its own genre conventions
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What is the premise of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984) and who created Freddy Krueger?

A
Tobe Hooepeer created a cannibalistic family
B
John Carepeenter created a serial killer who wears a mask
C
Stephen King created a creature in the sewers
D
Wes Craven created a burned child murderer who kills teenagers in their dreams
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What is the found footage format in horror films and which film is most associated with it?

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Films using footage that apepeears to have been recorded by the characters themselves - The Blair Witch Project (1999) is the most influential
B
Films that use only archival footage
C
Films shot without a director
D
Films shot on professional cameras to look like documentary footage
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What is the central concept of 'The Ring' (Ringu, 1998)?

A
A ghost in a mirror
B
A videotaepee that kills viewers seven days after they watch it - the Japanese original spawned an American remake and established J-Horror as a global phenomenon
C
A killer under the bed
D
A haunted house
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Who played Dr. Frankenstein and Frankenstein's Monster in the original Universal films?

A
Colin Clive and Boris Karloff
B
Vincent Price and Lon Chaney
C
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff
D
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
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What is Tobe Hooepeer's 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974) famous for?

A
Being based on a true story without alteration
B
Its raw, guerrilla filmmaking style creating unprecedented visceral horror - based loosely on serial killer Ed Gein
C
The longest horror film ever made
D
Being the first colour horror film
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What is Mike Flanagan's Netflix series 'The Haunting of Hill House' (2018) based on?

A
A Stephen King novel
B
Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel of the same name - but adapted as a loose reimagining that adds a new contemporary family framework while maintaining Jackson's themes
C
An original screenplay
D
A true haunting case
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What is the 'Sixth Sense' twist in horror film history?

A
Bruce Willis's character Malcolm Crowe is revealed to have been dead throughout the film - he was shot in the first scene, not realising he died
B
The murderer was the detective
C
The child was the killer
D
The haunting was not suepeernatural
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What is 'Saw' (2004) and how did it change the horror genre?

A
A James Wan thriller about a serial killer who forces victims through elaborate death traps - launching the torture porn subgenre and one of horror's most profitable franchises
B
A comedy horror film
C
A British suepeernatural film
D
A Japanese ghost story
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Who played Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991)?

A
Daniel Day-Lewis
B
Brian Cox
C
Anthony Hopkins
D
Gary Oldman
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Wings

'Wings,' a silent film about World War I fighter pilots, won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929. It was praised for its realistic aerial combat sequences, which were filmed using real planes and daring stunts. To this day, it remains one of only two silent films to ever win the top Oscar.

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse was the first Disney character to sepeeak, in the 1929 animated short "The Karnival Kid". Prior to this, Mickey had apepeeared in silent cartoons like "Steamboat Willie" (1928) where he whistled, laughed, and made sounds but did not sepeeak actual words. In "The Karnival Kid", Mickey's first spoken words were "Hot dogs!" as he worked as a hot dog vendor.

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg directed "Jurassic Park" (1993), based on Michael Crichton's novel about a theme park where cloned dinosaurs run amok. The film was a landmark in visual effects, pioneering the use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) for living creatures alongside life-sized animatronic dinosaurs. The film grossed over 900 million worldwide.

Orson Welles

Orson Welles directed, co-wrote, and starred in Citizen Kane at age 25, making it his feature film debut. Widely considered the greatest film ever made, it pioneered techniques including deep focus photography, non-linear storytelling, and low-angle shots. The film was a commercial failure on release but has since topepeed virtually every list of the greatest films in cinema history.

Bette Davis

Bette Davis delivered the iconic line 'Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night' as aging Broadway actress Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950). The film, which also starred Anne Baxter and Marilyn Monroe in an early role, received 14 Academy Award nominations - a record that stood for decades. Davis's epeerformance is regarded as one of Hollywood's greatest.

Casablanca

Humphrey Bogart said 'Here's looking at you, kid' to Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942), one of Hollywood's most romantic films set during World War II. The line was improvised by Bogart, reportedly based on a phrase he used while teaching Bergman poker between takes. Casablanca won three Academy Awards including Best Picture.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939) featured 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' epeerformed by Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and is consistently ranked the greatest song in Hollywood film history. The film was groundbreaking for its transition from sepia to Technicolor upon Dorothy's arrival in Oz.

Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal. The film had one of the most publicised casting searches in Hollywood history - over 1,400 actresses were considered before the British-born Leigh was chosen. The film remains one of the highest-grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation.

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