Question 1 of 20Universal monstersEasy
Horror movie quiz
Dim the lights and grab the popcorn. This horror movie quiz runs from black-and-white monster classics and 1970s shockers to modern hits, with 20 questions of horror movie trivia on directors, settings, stars, Oscar wins and behind-the-scenes secrets. All chills, no gore.
A free quiz from Megan Moran.
Question 2 of 20SlashersEasy
Which 1984 Wes Craven film introduced the dream-stalking villain Freddy Krueger?
Question 3 of 20SettingsMedium
The Exorcist (1973) is set in which neighborhood of Washington, D.C.?
Question 4 of 20Behind the scenesMedium
The famous mask worn by Michael Myers in Halloween (1978) began life as a cheap store-bought mask of which actor?
Question 5 of 20AwardsHard
In 1982, makeup artist Rick Baker won the first-ever competitive Academy Award for Best Makeup for which film?
Question 6 of 20Modern horrorEasy
Who wrote and directed the 2017 thriller Get Out?
Question 7 of 20SettingsMedium
George A. Romero shot Night of the Living Dead (1968) in the countryside north of which US city?
Question 8 of 20SlashersMedium
In the original Friday the 13th (1980), who turns out to be the killer at Camp Crystal Lake?
Question 9 of 20Behind the scenesHard
Timberline Lodge, used for the exterior of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980), stands on which mountain?
Question 10 of 20Modern horrorEasy
Who directed A Quiet Place (2018) and co-starred in it with his wife, Emily Blunt?
Question 11 of 20Sci-fi horrorMedium
What is the name of the commercial spaceship in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979)?
Question 12 of 20SettingsMedium
The Blair Witch Project (1999) is set in the woods of which US state?
Question 13 of 20Silent eraHard
Which actor played the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu?
Question 14 of 20RemakesEasy
The Ring (2002) is a remake of a 1998 horror film from which country?
Question 15 of 20AwardsMedium
Which 1991 thriller became only the third film to win all five major Academy Awards: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay?
Question 16 of 20AwardsHard
Which actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Rosemary's Baby (1968)?
Question 17 of 20SlashersMedium
In Scream (1996), which star, marketed as if she were the lead, is killed off in the opening scene?
Question 18 of 20Modern horrorEasy
Ari Aster's folk horror film Midsommar (2019) is set at a summer festival in which country?
Question 19 of 20AwardsMedium
Kathy Bates won the Best Actress Oscar for playing obsessive fan Annie Wilkes in which film?
Question 20 of 20SettingsHard
Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) is set in which California coastal town?
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- Which actor played the monster in Universal's 1931 film Frankenstein? Boris KarloffMakeup artist Jack Pierce created the monster's look, and the opening credits listed its actor only as a question mark.
- Which 1984 Wes Craven film introduced the dream-stalking villain Freddy Krueger? A Nightmare on Elm StreetA young Johnny Depp made his film debut in it, and its studio, New Line Cinema, became known as The House That Freddy Built.
- The Exorcist (1973) is set in which neighborhood of Washington, D.C.? GeorgetownIt became the first horror film nominated for Best Picture, earning 10 Oscar nominations and winning two, including Best Adapted Screenplay.
- The famous mask worn by Michael Myers in Halloween (1978) began life as a cheap store-bought mask of which actor? William ShatnerCrew member Tommy Lee Wallace widened the eye holes and spray-painted it bluish white. The film was also Jamie Lee Curtis's screen debut.
- In 1982, makeup artist Rick Baker won the first-ever competitive Academy Award for Best Makeup for which film? An American Werewolf in LondonBaker went on to win seven Oscars in the category, still a record as of 2026. The film's moors scenes were shot in Wales's Black Mountains.
- Who wrote and directed the 2017 thriller Get Out? Jordan PeeleIt was his directorial debut, and it made him the first African American winner of the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
- George A. Romero shot Night of the Living Dead (1968) in the countryside north of which US city? PittsburghThe low-budget crew used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood, and the Library of Congress added the film to the National Film Registry in 1999.
- In the original Friday the 13th (1980), who turns out to be the killer at Camp Crystal Lake? Pamela Voorhees, Jason's motherThe camp scenes were filmed at a working Boy Scout camp in New Jersey, and a young Kevin Bacon played one of the counselors.
- Timberline Lodge, used for the exterior of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980), stands on which mountain? Mount HoodThe lodge asked Kubrick to change the haunted Room 217 to a made-up number, fearing guests would avoid it, so the film uses Room 237.
- Who directed A Quiet Place (2018) and co-starred in it with his wife, Emily Blunt? John KrasinskiDeaf actress Millicent Simmonds played the family's deaf daughter, Regan; the director said he didn't want a hearing actress pretending to be deaf.
- What is the name of the commercial spaceship in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979)? NostromoThe name comes from Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel Nostromo, and the film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
- The Blair Witch Project (1999) is set in the woods of which US state? MarylandMade for well under a million dollars, the found-footage film grossed about $248 million worldwide and was shot mostly in Seneca Creek State Park.
- Which actor played the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu? Max SchreckBram Stoker's widow sued over the unauthorized adaptation, and a court ordered every copy destroyed, but several prints survived.
- The Ring (2002) is a remake of a 1998 horror film from which country? JapanThe original, directed by Hideo Nakata, was based on a 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki; the remake moved the story to the rainy Seattle area.
- Which 1991 thriller became only the third film to win all five major Academy Awards: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay? The Silence of the LambsThe other two films to manage the clean sweep are It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
- Which actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Rosemary's Baby (1968)? Ruth GordonRoman Polanski wrote and directed the film, and New York's Dakota building stood in for the Bramford, the couple's ominous apartment house.
- In Scream (1996), which star, marketed as if she were the lead, is killed off in the opening scene? Drew BarrymoreShe was first offered the lead role of Sidney Prescott but asked for the smaller part. Kevin Williamson's script was originally titled Scary Movie.
- Ari Aster's folk horror film Midsommar (2019) is set at a summer festival in which country? SwedenDespite its rural setting, most of the film was shot around Budapest, Hungary, partly because of budget limits.
- Kathy Bates won the Best Actress Oscar for playing obsessive fan Annie Wilkes in which film? MiseryRob Reiner directed and William Goldman adapted the 1987 novel, in which Annie is a former nurse who takes in an injured author.
- Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) is set in which California coastal town? Bodega BayThe film was loosely based on a Daphne du Maurier short story and marked Tippi Hedren's film debut.
