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Horror Films

There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive this quiz.

Horrifying History

Is there anything more terrifying than the past?

1
After her shrieking performance as Ann Darrow in 1933’s King Kong, actress Fay Wray was one of the first to be dubbed what colloquial term?
2
The early horror films Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and The Golem: How He Came into the World are all examples of what kind of cinema known for its use of dramatic chiaroscuro lighting technique?
3
Although the famous vampire has been depicted in more than 200 films, which actor has portrayed Dracula more than any other actor - Bela Lugosi, John Carradine or Christopher Lee?
4
“Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly” is the final line of what classic horror film?
5
Six years before his ground-breaking film Le Voyage dans la Lune, which director made what is considered the first horror film, La Manoir du Diable/The Haunted Castle?

Horrifying History

Cluedo Accusations

Can you guess the horror film based on a Cluedo-style accusation?

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Jason in the summer camp with the machete.
7
Jack in the hotel with the axe.
8
Patrick in the stairwell with a chainsaw.
9
Damien at the church with his thoughts.
10
Bruce at the beach with his teeth.

Cluedo Accusations

Spooky Seventies & Eerie Eighties

What a time to be alive! Unless you’re a character in these films.

11
Becoming the subject of the Mandela Effect, many people remember Freddy Krueger’s sweater being red and black; however, it is actually red and what other colour?
12
What is the name of the main antagonist in The Exorcist - Pazuzu, Asmodeus or Beelzebub?
13
Jamie Lee Curtis stars alongside her scream-queen mother Janet Leigh in what 1980 John Carpenter film?
14
In the 1976 film Carrie, Nancy plots her revenge by setting up a bucket of what to fall on Carrie’s head at prom?
15
In the 1984 film Gremlins, what are the three rules one should follow when looking after one of these mischievous title creatures?

Spooky Seventies & Eerie Eighties

Directors by Filmography

We’ll give you the films, you name the director.

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Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau is Afraid
17
The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, Red Eye
18
The Babadook, The Nightingale, Monster
19
Get Out, Us, Nope
20
The Conjuring, Saw, Insidious

Directors by Filmography

Modern Macabre

From the 1990s to the present.

21
Made for an estimated $15,000 and earning $194 million at the box office, what 2007 horror film is widely regarded as one of the most profitable films of all time on a return on investment (ROI) basis?
22
Serving as the setting for a number of Stephen King’s novels, what is the fictional town in the films It and It Chapter Two?
23
Which of the following horror films was not a feature directorial debut - Talk To Me (2022), The Lighthouse (2019), A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) or 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)?
24
What four letter word is given to the virus in the 2002 film 28 Days Later?
25
A callback to the description of this quiz, what are the three rules for surviving a horror film outlined in the 1996 film Scream?

Modern Macabre

The Final Girl

Can you name the horror film from the final girl?

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Nancy Thompson
27
Sally Hardesty
28
Laurie Strode
29
Ellen Ripley
30
Maxine Minx

The Final Girl

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