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89 free horror movie trivia questions with answers. Fifty-one horror movie trivia questions in one place, starting easy and getting genuinely nasty. The warm-ups cover the icons everyone knows: Michael Myers, Pennywise, Freddy, Jason, Chucky and Ghostface. The hard horror movie trivia is where it gets fun: the TV character Michael Myers' mask was made from, why Night of the Living Dead has no copyright, which actor was cast as Freddy before Robert Englund, what magistrates suspected the director of Cannibal Holocaust of, and how John Larroquette was paid for narrating The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Good for a Halloween party, a horror-fan group chat, or a pub quiz round that needs teeth. Every question has a short explanation with one extra thing worth knowing. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia's articles on the individual films, and each question carries its source.
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Q 01Which iconic horror movie character first appeared in John Carpenter's 1978 film 'Halloween'?
Michael Myers
Michael Myers, credited as 'The Shape', first appears as a six-year-old who murders his sister Judith, then returns to Haddonfield fifteen years later.
Q 02Which legendary director helmed the groundbreaking 1960 psychological horror film 'Psycho'?
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock produced Psycho himself, from Joseph Stefano's screenplay of Robert Bloch's 1959 novel.
Q 03What name does the shapeshifting clown in Stephen King's 'It' go by?
Pennywise
It is the favourite form of a shapeshifting entity that feeds on the children of Derry, Maine, in King's 1986 novel.
Q 04The 1992 horror film 'Candyman' is primarily set in which infamous Chicago housing project?
Cabrini-Green
Cabrini-Green was a real public housing project on Chicago's Near North Side, and shooting there gave the urban legend a gritty authenticity.
Q 05In what year was the influential German Expressionist silent horror film 'Nosferatu' released?
1922
F.W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu,' an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' is a seminal German Expressionist horror film released in 1922.
Q 06Who wrote and directed the 1968 film 'Rosemary's Baby'?
Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski wrote the screenplay and directed the 1968 film, adapting Ira Levin's 1967 novel about a pregnant woman's mounting suspicions.
Q 07The remote cabin used for Sam Raimi's 1981 film 'The Evil Dead' was in which US state?
Tennessee
The cabin stood near Morristown, Tennessee; it had no plumbing, and the crew burned its furniture to keep warm during the winter shoot.
Q 08At which haunted Colorado hotel is Jack Torrance the caretaker in 'The Shining'?
The Overlook
Jack Torrance becomes winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies; King was inspired by a stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.
Q 09Which Australian filmmaker wrote and directed the 2014 psychological horror film 'The Babadook'?
Jennifer Kent
Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent wrote and directed the critically acclaimed 2014 psychological horror film 'The Babadook,' which explores themes of grief and mental health through its terrifying monster.
Q 10Which classic horror franchise features the machete-wielding killer Jason Voorhees?
Friday the 13th
Jason Voorhees is the iconic, hockey-mask-wearing killer from the 'Friday the 13th' film series, known for his relentless pursuit of victims at Camp Crystal Lake.
Q 11Who played Freddy Krueger in the original 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' series?
Robert Englund
Robert Englund is synonymous with the character of Freddy Krueger, having portrayed the iconic, claw-gloved killer in the original 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' film series and its spin-offs.
Q 12What is the original Japanese title of the horror film series known internationally as 'The Grudge'?
Ju-On
The Japanese horror film series famously known as 'The Grudge' in English-speaking markets is originally titled 'Ju-On' (呪怨), which translates to 'Grudge' or 'Curse Grudge'.
Q 13What is Pinhead's signature weapon in the 'Hellraiser' franchise?
Hooks and chains
Q 21Which horror actor called turning down Dr. Loomis in Halloween the biggest mistake of his career?
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee later told Carpenter that refusing Loomis was his worst career mistake; Peter Cushing's agent had already rejected the low offer, and Donald Pleasence took the part.
Q 22How was John Larroquette paid for narrating the opening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?
In marijuana
Larroquette said Tobe Hooper paid him for the narration in marijuana; the whole film was made for roughly $140,000.
Q 23Gunnar Hansen admitted secretly doing what during Grandpa's finger-sucking scene in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?
Cut Marilyn Burns for real
Pinhead's hooks and chains tear victims apart; the chains answer his will and erupt from any surface, first seen shredding Frank in the 1987 original.
Q 14Which 1999 sleeper hit revived 'found footage' and paved the way for Paranormal Activity?
The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project, shot in eight days on a tiny budget, grossed $248.6 million worldwide and launched the modern found-footage wave.
Q 15In 'The Exorcist', what is the name of the demon that possesses young Regan MacNeil?
Pazuzu
The demon possessing Regan MacNeil in 'The Exorcist' is identified as Pazuzu, a figure derived from ancient Mesopotamian mythology known as the king of wind demons.
Q 16Who directed the seminal 1968 zombie horror film 'Night of the Living Dead'?
George A. Romero
Romero also photographed and edited it; a missing copyright notice sent the film straight into the public domain on release.
Q 17What is the name of the fictional town where most of the 'Scream' film series takes place?
Woodsboro
The 'Scream' franchise is primarily set in the fictional Californian town of Woodsboro, where high school student Sidney Prescott and her friends are repeatedly targeted by the Ghostface killer.
Q 18Which classic horror film features the chilling line, 'We all go a little mad sometimes'?
Psycho
Norman Bates says it to Marion Crane over sandwiches in the motel parlour, defending his 'mother' as not a raving maniac.
Q 19What is the name of the infamous killer doll in the 'Child's Play' franchise?
Chucky
Chucky is the notorious 'Good Guy' doll possessed by the spirit of serial killer Charles Lee Ray, causing mayhem and murder throughout the 'Child's Play' film series.
Q 20Michael Myers' mask in Halloween (1978) was made from a cheap store mask of which TV character?
Captain Kirk
Production designer Tommy Lee Wallace bought a cheap William Shatner Captain Kirk mask, widened the eye holes and spray-painted it a bluish white.
In his memoir Chain Saw Confidential, Hansen admitted the fake-blood tube failed, so he really cut Marilyn Burns's finger for Grandpa to suck.
Q 24What object, almost never shown in American films then, appears in Psycho when Marion tears up a note?
A toilet flushing
The censors were as bothered by the flush as by the shower scene.
Q 25What did Kubrick change the number of the forbidden room to in The Shining, from the novel's 217?
237
Kubrick changed it to 237 at the request of the Oregon lodge used for exteriors, which had a real room 217 and feared guests would avoid it.
Q 26Which real Oregon building stood in for the exterior of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining?
Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon, supplied the Overlook's exteriors; the interiors were modelled on Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel, and the lodge has no hedge maze.
Q 27In what year was Shelley Duvall's Razzie nomination for The Shining rescinded?
2022
The Razzies rescinded Duvall's Worst Actress nomination in 2022, citing Kubrick's treatment of her during the shoot.
Q 28Who provided the androgynous voice of the demon in The Exorcist?
Mercedes McCambridge
Friedkin hired veteran radio actress Mercedes McCambridge to voice the demon, dropping his plan to electronically treat Linda Blair's voice.
Q 29The Exorcist's opening prologue was filmed at an archaeological site in which country?
Iraq
The dig is Hatra, near Mosul, shot at a time when the US and Iraq had no diplomatic relations.
Q 30The Exorcist was the first horror film ever nominated for which Oscar?
Best Picture
The Exorcist was the first horror film nominated for Best Picture, one of its ten nominations; Blatty won Adapted Screenplay and the film also won Best Sound.