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Horror Movie Quiz
1. Who starred as Rosemary Woodhouse in the classic 1968 horror movie Rosemary’s Baby?
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Mia Farrow.
2. Freddy Kruger made his first appearance in which 1984 movie?
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A Nightmare on Elm Street.
3. Who directed the 1992 American Gothic horror film Bram Stoker’s Dracula?
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Francis Ford Coppola.
4. Which 1987 supernatural horror movie, directed by Clive Barker, is based on Barker’s own novella The Hellbound Heart.
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Hellraiser.
5. 2007’s The Mist is a science fiction horror movie based on a novella of the same name by which author?
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Stephen King.
6. Who played the monster in the 1931 horror classic Frankenstein?
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Boris Karloff.
7. Virginia Madsen stars as Helen Lyle in which 1992 film about a spirit who can be summoned by a person who says his name five times to a mirror?
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Candyman.
8. The title of which 1987 teen black comedy horror movie is a reference to characters from J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan?
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The Lost Boys.
9. Which 1996 slasher film directed by Wes Craven was inspired by the real-life case of the Gainesville Ripper, a serial killer who murdered five students in Florida in 1990?
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Scream.
10. Which 2006 psychological horror movie directed by Christopher Gaines is an adaptation of a 1999 video game by Konami?
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Silent Hill.
11. The 2005 horror movie Hostel is set in which European country?
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Slovakia.
12. John Kramer is the main antagonist in which horror movie franchise?
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The Saw franchise.
13. Camp Crystal Lake is the home of serial killer Jason Vorhees in which series of horror movies?
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Friday the Thirteenth series.
14. Max Schreck starred as Count Orlok in which classic 1922 German horror film based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula?
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Nosferatu.
15. Which Star Wars legend made a cameo appearance in Scream 3?
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Carrie Fisher.
16. The plot of which 1997 horror film focuses on four young friends being stalked by a hook-wielding killer a year after they covered up a car accident in which they killed a man?
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I Know What You did Last Summer.
17. Which 1973 supernatural horror starring Linda Blair is based on the novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty?
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The Exorcist.
18. The mass murderer Leatherface is the antagonist in which 1974 classic movie?
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
19. Which is the only horror movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
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Silence of the Lambs, in 1991.
20. In which horror movie does Jack Nicholson coin the catchphrase “Here’s Johnny!”?
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The Shining.
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