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48 free Spooky Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Spooky Movie trivia questions with answers. This quiz covers the Scary Movie parody franchise, from the 2000 original to the 2026 revival: who directed each film, which horror hits they spoofed and the running gags. For general horror-film questions, try our horror movies quiz instead.
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Q 01Who directed the first film in the "Scary Movie" franchise?
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Keenen Ivory Wayans directed the first Scary Movie from a script co-written by his younger brothers Shawn and Marlon, following his 1988 blaxploitation spoof I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.
Q 02The plot of the original "Scary Movie" primarily spoofs which two popular 1990s horror films?
Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer
The first "Scary Movie" film heavily satirized the slasher genre, with its main parodies being *Scream* and *I Know What You Did Last Summer*.
Q 03Who plays Cindy Campbell in the first four Scary Movie films?
Anna Faris
Anna Faris played Cindy Campbell in the first four Scary Movie films; the role launched the comedy career that led to The House Bunny and the sitcom Mom.
Q 04Which character in the first "Scary Movie" is secretly the killer, having faked a disability?
Doofy Gilmore
Doofy, the seemingly dim-witted police officer, drops the act in the final scene and drives off with the TV reporter, a takeoff of the ending of The Usual Suspects.
Q 05What year was the first "Scary Movie" film released?
2000
Scary Movie opened on July 7, 2000, and went on to gross about $278 million worldwide, the most of any film in the franchise through 2013.
Q 06The chain of stoned friends yelling 'Whassup?' down the phone in the first Scary Movie spoofs an ad campaign for which beer?
Budweiser
Budweiser's Whassup? commercials were a late-1990s phenomenon, and the film joins in with a phone chain of its own.
Q 07In 'Scary Movie 2', what is the name of the haunted mansion the characters are tricked into visiting?
Hell House
The name nods to The Legend of Hell House (1973), one of the many haunted-house films the sequel borrows from.
Q 08Which film is the primary target of parody in "Scary Movie 2"?
The Haunting (1999)
The Haunting (1999), Jan de Bont's remake with Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones, supplies the haunted-mansion plot and the professor's sleep-study pretext for gathering the students.
Q 09Who played Brenda Meeks, known for her dramatic reactions, in the Scary Movie franchise?
Regina Hall
Regina Hall plays Brenda Meeks, Cindy's best friend, whose over-the-top reactions became a running joke; she is killed off in several films and keeps coming back.
Q 10In "Scary Movie 2," what distinctive physical feature does Hanson, the mansion's creepy caretaker, have?
A malformed hand
Chris Elliott's Hanson has a malformed hand, tiny and withered, and his habit of handling the dinner food with it ruins everyone's appetite.
Q 11Which actor joined Scary Movie 3 as the clueless President Baxter Harris?
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen joined the franchise in its third instalment alongside Charlie Sheen, Kevin Hart and Queen Latifah.
Q 12Which director took over the "Scary Movie" franchise starting with the third film?
David Zucker
David Zucker, known for his work on parody films like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," began directing the "Scary Movie" series with the third installment.
Q 13Which M. Night Shyamalan film is a main parody target of Scary Movie 3?
Signs
Signs supplies the Logan family farm, the visiting aliens and the half-drunk glasses of water left around the house, a lift from Bo's habit in Shyamalan's film.
Q 21Which celebrity duo appears in the sex-tape opening scene of Scary Movie 5?
Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan
The film opens with a scene featuring Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan making a sex tape before being subjected to paranormal attacks.
Q 22Who directed "Scary Movie 5"?
Malcolm D. Lee
Malcolm D. Lee directed Scary Movie 5 and later disowned it, calling it 'just a bad movie' and telling people not to bother seeing or renting it.
Q 23Jody's ballet audition in 'Scary Movie 5' parodies which psychological thriller?
Black Swan
Q 14Which popular rapper makes an appearance in "Scary Movie 3" in a rap battle scene?
Fat Joe
Fat Joe appears as himself at the rap battle where aspiring white rapper George Logan tries to launch a hip-hop career.
Q 15In Scary Movie 4, Cindy's caretaker job in a house haunted by a ghostly boy spoofs which film?
The Grudge
The Grudge is the target: Cindy, like Sarah Michelle Gellar's care worker, tends an old woman in a house haunted by the ghostly boy Toshio, here played for laughs.
Q 16Which two celebrities wake up chained in a bathroom in the opening of 'Scary Movie 4'?
Shaquille O'Neal and Dr. Phil
The opening scene of "Scary Movie 4" parodies the *Saw* franchise, featuring Shaquille O'Neal and Dr. Phil McGraw chained in a bathroom.
Q 17The alien invasion plot of Scary Movie 4 parodies which science-fiction film?
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds is the target: its tripods become 'Tr-iPods', and Craig Bierko's Tom Ryan stands in for Tom Cruise's Ray Ferrier.
Q 18Which film featuring a secluded community with a shocking secret is parodied in "Scary Movie 4"?
The Village
The Village is spoofed when Cindy and Brenda reach a 19th-century-style community, with Bill Pullman's Henry Hale as its elder and Carmen Electra as the blind Holly.
Q 19Which 'High School Musical' alum plays adoptive mother Jody Sanders in 'Scary Movie 5'?
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale plays Jody Sanders in Scary Movie 5; she and Erica Ash took over the lead roles from the two actresses who headlined the first four films.
Q 20Which found-footage franchise is the central target of Scary Movie 5's satire?
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity is the spine of Scary Movie 5: Dan and Jody may adopt the children only if they move into a camera-rigged house that records every haunting.
Jody's ballet audition and performance are a clear parody of Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller *Black Swan*.
Q 24Which Wayans brother plays stoner Shorty in the first two Scary Movie films?
Marlon Wayans
Marlon Wayans plays Shorty Meeks, Brenda's stoner brother, in the first two films, while Shawn Wayans plays Ray Wilkins.
Q 25How many "Scary Movie" films had been released by the end of 2025?
Five
Five Scary Movie films were released between the original and 2013's Scary Movie 5; a Wayans-led revival titled simply Scary Movie was scheduled for June 2026.
Q 26Which character is the pushy TV news reporter in the first Scary Movie?
Gail Hailstorm
Cheri Oteri's Gail Hailstorm is the pushy TV reporter chasing the killings in the first Scary Movie; the film ends with the unmasked killer driving off with her.
Q 27The six "Scary Movie" films have collectively grossed roughly how much at the worldwide box office?
$1 billion
The first five films alone took roughly $900 million worldwide, putting the series at about $1 billion; the original led with $278 million and 2013's Scary Movie 5 trailed at under $80 million.
Q 28Which film did Drew Decker call her favorite horror movie in the first 'Scary Movie'?
Kazaam
Asked her favorite scary movie by the killer, Carmen Electra's Drew Decker answers 'Kazaam', the 1996 genie comedy starring a basketball star.
Q 29Who is the sinister academic who lures the students to the haunted mansion in 'Scary Movie 2'?
Professor Oldman
Tim Curry's Professor Oldman recruits Cindy and her friends as sleep-study subjects for the mansion and is eventually lured to his death by the ghost of its former mistress.
Q 30Scary Movie 2 opens with two priests, projectile vomiting and a possessed girl named Megan, parodying which horror classic?
The Exorcist
The Exorcist's possession scene gets the treatment: Fathers McFeely and Harris fail to exorcise Megan, and McFeely pulls a gun and shoots her.