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Horror Quiz
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Horror is one of cinema's oldest and most enduring genres, designed to frighten, disturb, and unsettle audiences. From the silent-era expressionism of Nosferatu (1922) to the psych...
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All 20 questions in this Horror quiz
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What is 'The Omen' (1976) about?
- A. A serial killer film
- B. A zombie apocalypse
- C. An American diplomat discovers his young son Damien may be the Antichrist
- D. A haunted house story
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Who directed 'Hereditary' (2018) - widely considered the most disturbing horror film of the 2010s?
- A. Ari Aster
- B. Mike Flanagan
- C. Jordan Peele
- D. Robert Eggers
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What is 'The Conjuring' (2013) by James Wan based on?
- A. The real case files of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren - specifically their investigation of a haunted farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971
- B. A fictional haunting
- C. A Japanese ghost story
- D. A novel by Stephen King
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What is 'Candyman' (1992) about and what social themes does it address?
- A. A conventional slasher film
- B. A zombie film set in Chicago
- C. A ghost story without social commentary
- D. A supernatural horror film where summoning the spirit of a lynched Black man five times in a mirror brings death - with Virginia Madsen investigating the legend in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing projects
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What is the concept of body horror in films like David Cronenberg's 'The Fly' (1986)?
- A. A supernatural subgenre
- B. Horror involving ghosts
- C. A horror subgenre focusing on the violation and transformation of the physical body - Cronenberg's films explore biological mutation as metaphor for sexuality, disease, and identity
- D. A slasher subgenre
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What is 'TUSK' (2014) by Kevin Smith notable for in horror?
- A. A mainstream horror sequel
- B. A found footage film
- C. An extremely strange body horror film about a journalist transformed into a walrus by a mad sailor - one of the most bizarre premises in mainstream horror
- D. A traditional ghost story
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What is the NEON supernatural horror film 'Lamb' (2021) from Iceland about?
- A. A contemporary ghost story
- B. A Scandinavian horror film about a childless couple who raise a half-human, half-sheep child born on their isolated farm
- C. A zombie film
- D. A Viking epic
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What is the premise of 'Cloverfield' (2008) produced by J.J. Abrams?
- A. A zombie apocalypse
- B. A slasher film
- C. A supernatural possession film
- D. A found footage monster film depicting a giant creature attacking New York City from the perspective of civilians capturing events on a handheld camera
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What is the premise of 'Nope' (2022) by Jordan Peele?
- A. Two siblings on a California horse ranch discover a mysterious entity in the clouds above their property - a film exploring spectacle, exploitation, and the cost of being witnessed
- B. A zombie apocalypse film
- C. A supernatural haunting
- D. A slasher film
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What is the significance of 'Night of the Living Dead' (1968) in terms of budget and production?
- A. An independently produced film shot in Pittsburgh for approximately $114,000 that became one of cinema's most profitable films proportionally and established the independent horror film model
- B. A British production
- C. A major studio film
- D. A television film
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What is the premise of 'The Babadook' (2014) and what does the Babadook represent?
- A. A supernatural romance
- B. A straightforward monster film
- C. An Australian horror film about a widowed mother and her disturbed son haunted by a creature from a picture book - widely interpreted as a metaphor for grief and depression
- D. A zombie film
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Which director made the slasher film 'Halloween' (1978) launching Michael Myers?
- A. George A. Romero
- B. John Carpenter
- C. Wes Craven
- D. Tobe Hooper
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What is the Universal Monsters era in horror cinema history?
- A. The 1970s Italian horror movement
- B. The contemporary superhero era
- C. The 1980s slasher era
- D. The 1930s-1950s Universal Studios cycle featuring Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and Creature from the Black Lagoon - establishing the iconic monsters of cinema
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What is the name of the boat in 'Jaws'?
- A. Orca
- B. Pequod
- C. Moby
- D. Dory
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What is the premise of 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' (2016)?
- A. A father-son coroner team performing an autopsy on an unidentified woman whose body presents increasingly impossible physical evidence - directed by Andr vredal
- B. A found footage film
- C. A slasher film
- D. A supernatural mystery set in a hospital
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What is the supernatural horror concept of the unreliable narrator in films like 'The Others' (2001)?
- A. A narrator with poor memory
- B. A protagonist whose perception of reality we gradually realise is wrong - in The Others Nicole Kidman's character does not know she and her children are dead
- C. A ghost who narrates
- D. A narrator who tells false information deliberately
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What is 'Midsommar' (2019) by Ari Aster notable for?
- A. Being set in urban darkness
- B. A found footage horror film
- C. A supernatural ghost story
- D. A horror film set during a Swedish midsummer festival in perpetual daylight - subverting horror's conventional darkness-as-danger with bright pastoral terror
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What year was 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' released and who played Freddy Krueger?
- A. 1982 - David Prowse
- B. 1987 - Wes Craven
- C. 1980 - Boris Karloff
- D. 1984 - Robert Englund
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Who directed 'Suspiria' (1977) - the Italian horror masterpiece of colour and sound?
- A. Dario Argento
- B. Lucio Fulci
- C. Mario Bava
- D. Bernardo Bertolucci
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What is the premise of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984) and who created Freddy Krueger?
- A. Tobe Hooper created a cannibalistic family
- B. John Carpenter 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