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Question 1

If the Bates Motel has a "vacancy" sign, keep on driving. Can you name the 1960 film by Alfred Hitchcock that featured this horrible hotel as a setting?

  • A
    Psycho
  • B
    Nightmares
  • C
    The Night of the Hunted
  • D
    This Island Earth

Question 2

This 1968 film delivers horror in eerie black and white as a group of people try to stay alive as hordes of flesh-eating zombies close in and attack them. Can you name it?

  • A
    Night of the Living Dead
  • B
    The Ghastly Ones
  • C
    Genocide
  • D
    The Devil Rides Out

Question 3

Although this film spawned a franchise that made a serial killer into a sort of hero, this first installment, released in 1980, tells the story of a child's drowning at Camp Crystal Lake many years before. If you want gore for Halloween, this film, as one of the earliest 1980s slasher films, is full of violence. Can you name it?

  • A
    Friday the 13th
  • B
    Deep Red
  • C
    Predator
  • D
    Alice Sweet Alice

Question 4

When Michael Myers decides to escape a mental institution and go home in 1978, he unleashes a night of violence and terror. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Halloween
  • B
    All Hallows' Eve
  • C
    Trick 'r Treat
  • D
    The Pumpkin Karver

Question 5

The 1979 story of the Lutz family's experience with a negative presence in their new home became a famous film that still frightens viewers any time of the year and certainly at Halloween. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Amityville Horror
  • B
    The Barn
  • C
    American Horror House
  • D
    Always From Darkness

Question 6

Can you name this 1984 film in which a murdered killer returns to stalk and kill teenagers in their dreams?

  • A
    A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • B
    Deadly Intruder
  • C
    Satan's Blade
  • D
    Razorback

Question 7

In this 1976 film, an American diplomat and his wife notice there is something strange about their son, especially when death and disturbance follow him everywhere. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Death Machines
  • B
    Who Can Kill a Child?
  • C
    The Omen
  • D
    The Rat Savior

Question 8

If you want horror for Halloween, this 1991 film delivers it in spades. Aptly described as a film about women being watched by men, this story about a young FBI cadet who must interview a highly intelligent and cultured cannibal killer while on the trail of another horrifying serial murderer who skins people may just make you leave the lights on. Can you name this movie?

  • A
    The Silence of the Lambs
  • B
    Eye of the Devil
  • C
    House of Whipcord
  • D
    Don't Look Now

Question 9

Playing on what we do not see, this 1999 film is styled to be found footage shot by young people going into the Maryland woods to investigate legends of a supernatural being. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Blair Witch Project
  • B
    Bats
  • C
    The Nameless
  • D
    Desecration

Question 10

Open, empty spaces are even more frightening than confined ones, and long hallways with many closed doors are terrifying. This 1980 film tells the story of the terrible things that happen when an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic moves his family into a large, remote hotel for the winter when he agrees to serve as caretaker. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Children
  • B
    The Shining
  • C
    The Changeling
  • D
    Demented

Question 11

In this 1931 film, an ancient European vampire travels to England in search of new blood. He soon favors a young woman named Mina. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Dracula
  • B
    Black Moon
  • C
    The Vampire Bat
  • D
    The Monster Walks

Question 12

What if Nature finally gets tired of human meddling and abuses? The audience is thrown into this frightening situation just as are the characters in this 1963 film that poses the question "what if?" as flocks of black birds gather around a coastal town. Can you name this terror-filled film?

  • A
    The Birds
  • B
    The Terror
  • C
    Dementia 13
  • D
    Black Zoo

Question 13

Can you name this 1953 horror film about a man who becomes deranged after being nearly burned to death by a traitorous business partner and who then turns to murder and immortality by sealing his victims in wax?

  • A
    House of Wax
  • B
    The Maze
  • C
    The Mad Magician
  • D
    Dementia

Question 14

In this 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma, a confused teenager struggles to function normally and fit in while dealing with a strange power and a mother who is a religious fanatic. Can you name it?

  • A
    Alice, Sweet Alice
  • B
    J.D.'s Revenge
  • C
    Carrie
  • D
    To the Devil a Daughter

Question 15

In this 1925 horror film, a composer, disfigured and mad, stops at nothing to do what he sees as furthering the career of a young singer in an opera house. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Haunted Castle
  • B
    The Phantom of the Opera
  • C
    The Monster
  • D
    The Black Scorpion

Question 16

This 1932 film features another one of Universal Studios' great monsters. It tells the story of Imhotep, whose body was preserved in ancient Egypt. He is inadvertently brought back to life by archaeologists reading from a magic scroll, and he begins seeking his bride, whom he believes to be reincarnated in a modern woman. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Black Cat
  • B
    The Mummy
  • C
    The Monster Walks
  • D
    Island of Lost Souls

Question 17

The advertisement for this 1979 science fiction horror film stated that "In space, no one can hear you scream." An echoing, shadowy space vessel, an unknown species that stalks humans and gestates inside their bodies, and nothing but empty space all around add up to horror on the deepest psychological levels. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Alien
  • B
    Star Wars
  • C
    Flesheater
  • D
    Pumpkinhead

Question 18

This 1980 film tells a genuinely ghostly story about those on a ship that sunk due to treachery coming back 100 years later cloaked in a strange, swirling mist. They're out for revenge on the descendants of those who betrayed them. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Fog
  • B
    Carrie
  • C
    The Lost Boys
  • D
    Fright Night

Question 19

This 1951 horror/science fiction film first creates psychological fear with a scary scenario then becomes very much a terrifying fight for survival. Scientists and military personnel in an arctic research center discover a flying saucer and unleash an alien creature that reproduces like a plant to create a race that could threaten the entire planet. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Thing from Another World
  • B
    Before I Hang
  • C
    Black Friday
  • D
    Invisible Ghost

Question 20

In this 1968 film, a waif-like young woman dreams she is raped by a beast-like creature, and she soon discovers she is pregnant. She is on her own, as her husband grows farther and farther away from her, influenced by sinister elderly residents in their apartment building. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Enigma of Death
  • B
    Rosemary's Baby
  • C
    The Joy of Torture
  • D
    Spider Baby

Question 21

In every person lies good and evil, says a man of science who puts his theory to the test in this 1931 film. Can you name this double-faced film?

  • A
    Freaks
  • B
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • C
    White Zombie
  • D
    Murders in the Rue Morgue

Question 22

This 1973 film has been named the most frightening film of all time, with good reason. No matter what you believe, scenes throughout the film, especially the emotional and frightening climax, will stay with you for a long time.

  • A
    The Exorcist
  • B
    Dark Places
  • C
    The Devil's Wedding Night
  • D
    The Crazies

Question 23

This 2002 home-invasion film touches on our deepest fears. A terrified mother and her diabetic daughter find out their most sacred retreat is not safe after all when burglars invade their home, and they must fight to stay alive. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Panic Room
  • B
    Close Your Eyes
  • C
    Make a Wish
  • D
    Hunting Humans

Question 24

This 1935 sequel to what many American critics call the greatest monster movie of all time reprises the roles of Boris Karloff and Colin Clive when a monster pieced together from dead body parts demands a mate. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Raven
  • B
    The Black Room
  • C
    The Crime of Dr. Crespi
  • D
    The Bride of Frankenstein

Question 25

This 1956 film is considered by many to be a forerunner for modern science fiction, and its plot and special effects were groundbreaking. Set in the 23rd century, a space crew is sent on an expedition to discover the fate of a crew that disappeared two decades before. The crew is greeted by Robby the Robot, who guides them to a meeting with Dr. Edward Morbius. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Forbidden Planet
  • B
    The Mad Magician
  • C
    The She-Creature
  • D
    The Maze

Question 26

This 1931 thriller caused a sensation when it was released. It tells the story of a scientist obsessed with creating a being from body parts and bringing the creation to life. Can you name it?

  • A
    Braindead
  • B
    Dead Ringers
  • C
    Frankenstein
  • D
    Re-Animator

Question 27

In this 1933 film, a scientist pushes the limits of human existence by developing a formula that allows his physical body to disappear from sight, but in so doing, he loses his mind. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Ghoul
  • B
    Maniac
  • C
    The Invisible Man
  • D
    Castle Sinister

Question 28

In this 1958 horror film, a scientist who has invented a teleportation device has a horrible accident involving a household insect. Can you name it?

  • A
    Curse of the Faceless Man
  • B
    Attack of the Giant Leeches
  • C
    The Fly
  • D
    Macabre

Question 29

This 2007 horror film is about malevolent supernatural entities that terrorize a young couple in their home. The slow pace builds up suspense to a maddening level, as the audience must wait, along with those in the film, for something to happen, dreading that finally, it will. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Beneath the Surface
  • B
    Black Swarm
  • C
    Paranormal Activity
  • D
    Buried Alive

Question 30

This 1959 film directed by William Castle and an uncredited Rosemary Horvath tells what happens when a millionaire offers five people money to stay in a large, spooky house with him and his wife. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Tingler
  • B
    Terror Is a Man
  • C
    A Bucket of Blood
  • D
    House on Haunted Hill

Question 31

Be careful where you stop for the night. In this 1960 film, Norman Bates likes to stuff birds, and he has a strong attachment to his mother. Can you name this movie?

  • A
    House of Usher
  • B
    The Little Shop of Horrors
  • C
    Peeping Tom
  • D
    Psycho

Question 32

This 2004 film begins in a filthy bathroom, with two men chained to pipes and a bloody corpse splayed on the floor. The story of how they came to be there is told in flashbacks until the slow realization comes to them both that the only way to escape is through self-mutilation, which is meant to prove their strong drive to survive. Can you name this film?

  • A
    12 Days of Terror
  • B
    Bone Sickness
  • C
    Creep
  • D
    Saw

Question 33

This 1990 miniseries is an adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 eponymous novel, in which children are terrorized and haunted by a dreadful being. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Bye Bye Man
  • B
    It
  • C
    The Evil Within
  • D
    Jigsaw

Question 34

If you want your Halloween viewing to be purely seasonal, this 1988 film takes place on All Hallows' Eve, when a group of teens decide to gather at an abandoned funeral parlor. When a wicked force is released, their fun seasonal gathering becomes deadly. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Night of the Demons
  • B
    This Island Earth
  • C
    Eye of the Devil
  • D
    The Haunted Strangler

Question 35

This 1941 film has a stellar cast to tell the tragic story of a man who turns into a murderous creature during full moons. Can you name it?

  • A
    Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • B
    The Snow Creature
  • C
    Back from the Dead
  • D
    The Wolf Man

Question 36

This 1967 film is based on Truman Capote's eponymous true crime book. Yes, this actually happened. Two vagrants break into the Clutter family home in Kansas and murder everyone. Can you name this film?

  • A
    In Cold Blood
  • B
    Night of the Big Heat
  • C
    Even the Wind Is Scared
  • D
    Berserk!

Question 37

Hired to prove or disprove the existence of an afterlife by an older wealthy man, a physicist, his wife, and two mediums agree to a large paycheck for staying in a house renowned for its cruel and sexually perverse owner. But will they make it out alive? Name this well-known film, if you know.

  • A
    The Legend of Hell House
  • B
    Terror Train
  • C
    Prom Night
  • D
    The Watcher in the Woods

Question 38

Can you name this ghostly film set in the Victorian Era that features Nicole Kidman as a lonely, confused mother living with her two light-sensitive children in a dark house she thinks may be haunted?

  • A
    The Others
  • B
    Macabre
  • C
    Necromancy
  • D
    Maniac

Question 39

Another winner from director Tobe Hooper, this 1979 horror film, first penned by Stephen King, is richly atmospheric and tells the chilling story of how a novelist and a young horror fan work together to try to save a small New England town from vampires. Can you name it?

  • A
    Salem's Lot
  • B
    Puppet Master
  • C
    The Gate
  • D
    Let's Scare Jessica to Death

Question 40

This 1963 British horror film is rich in atmosphere and interesting character development as well as has a fascinating plot. A scientist and three other people meet at a large house reputedly haunted to determine whether spirits do haunt its halls. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Old Dark House
  • B
    Tomb of Torture
  • C
    The Haunting
  • D
    Twice-Told Tales

Question 41

This 1963 film proves that true fear is much deeper than many modern horror films would have us believe. Three people and a doctor interested in the supernatural come together at an old New England house to determine whether it is haunted. Julie Harris delivers an outstanding performance, complemented by Claire Bloom. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Haunting
  • B
    Horror High
  • C
    The Towering Inferno
  • D
    The Children

Question 42

Can you name this 1958 film in which an amoebic life form from space lands on Earth in a meteorite and starts growing and dissolving people, becoming ever stronger?

  • A
    My World Dies Screaming
  • B
    The Thing That Couldn't Die
  • C
    The Blob
  • D
    The Trollenberg Terror

Question 43

In this 1974 film from Tobe Hooper, a young woman and her brother, along with three other young people, travel to check her grandfather's grave after hearing reports of grave desecration. What they find is much worse, when they discover a strange dwelling that houses a family of homicidal cannibals. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Drive-In Massacre
  • B
    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • C
    The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe
  • D
    Deranged

Question 44

This 1968 black and white film opens with one of the most spine-chilling scenes in recent film history. A brother and sister, visiting a cemetery, spot a strange figure limping along, seemingly coming toward them. The pace is slow but inexorable and menacing. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Night of the Living Dead
  • B
    The Evil Dead
  • C
    Village of the Damned
  • D
    Circus of Horrors

Question 45

This 1998 Japanese film is a psychological horror-fest about a video tape that kills its viewers within seven days of watching it. Can you name this film?

  • A
    I've Been Waiting for You
  • B
    Deep Rising
  • C
    The Ring, aka Ringu
  • D
    The Killer Eye

Question 46

In this 1961 film, a young Englishman finds himself strapped onto a table watching a blade fall after he traveled to Spain to investigate the death of his sister. Can you name it?

  • A
    Shadow of the Cat
  • B
    The Pit and the Pendulum
  • C
    The Mask
  • D
    Mr. Sardonicus

Question 47

This 2011 British film carries on the tradition of great ghost stories with a compelling plot and beautiful cinematography. Set in the English countryside, this movie tells the story of a woman who debunks fake mediums. She has a crisis of faith herself when she travels to a boys' school to try to unravel the mystery of a child's death, allegedly at the hands of a spirit. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Awakening
  • B
    Primal Rage
  • C
    Sinister
  • D
    Tales of Halloween

Question 48

This 1973 film follows events on a Scottish island when a policeman arrives to investigate the death of a child. Pagan rites are obviously picking up steam, until residents bring out the ultimate horror, devised by ancient Celts to be used only in terms of dire emergencies but perverted in the 20th century. Can you name this film, starring Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward?

  • A
    The Hanging Woman
  • B
    And Now the Screaming Starts!
  • C
    The Wicker Man
  • D
    The Iron Rose

Question 49

This 1957 British horror film, the first color film from Hammer Film Productions, tells the story of a scientist who crosses the boundaries of ethics and morals to build a creature and bring it to life. Then things begin to go awry. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Brain Eaters
  • B
    Night of the Demon
  • C
    Back from the Dead
  • D
    The Curse of Frankenstein

Question 50

What lines does this 1987 film not cross? An adulteress, her dead lover being revived from the dead by his brother's blood, fearsome entities called cenobites pursuing an escapee from their world of sadomasochism—director Clive Barker pulled out all the stops. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Hellraiser
  • B
    Witchboard
  • C
    It's Alive
  • D
    Don't Go in the House

Question 51

This 1954 horror film features a frightening prehistoric beast that is known now as one of Universal Studios' classic monsters. Scientists discover a strange beast in the Amazon jungle, and of course horrible things happen when they interfere and bring it back to study. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • B
    Bride of the Gorilla
  • C
    Dementia
  • D
    Man Beast

Question 52

This 2002 British horror film portrays post-apocalyptic devastation after a terrible virus is released into the population, and chronicles the efforts of four survivors making their way through the newly bleak landscape of their world. Can you name it?

  • A
    28 Days Later
  • B
    Dog Soldiers
  • C
    Darkness
  • D
    Dead Above Ground

Question 53

Do you instantly get nervous when you hear "Tubular Bells"? Does the image of a street lamp and a long flight of narrow stairs frighten you? This 1973 film sets a stage for pure horror, depending upon what one is willing to believe, though no matter what your opinion, this film is unforgettably disturbing. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Exorcist
  • B
    Hellbent
  • C
    The Hollow
  • D
    Pet Sematary

Question 54

In this 1964 film, Vincent Price stars as the horrifyingly cruel Prince Prospero who rules his unhappy household and struggles to bar his doors against the deadly plague ravaging the countryside. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Masque of the Red Death
  • B
    Laura
  • C
    Horrors of the Black Museum
  • D
    Corridors of Blood

Question 55

This 1963 film tells the story of a scientist and three people who gather to spend time in a house reputed to be quite haunted. What they find there terrifies them—and viewers—to this day. Can you name this film?

  • A
    The Whip and the Body
  • B
    The Old Dark House
  • C
    The Haunting
  • D
    Black Sabbath

Question 56

In this 1962 film, a woman becomes strangely attracted to a mysterious, defunct fun fair after a traumatic accident. She also begins noticing a fiendish figure stalking her. Do you know this film?

  • A
    The Haunted Palace
  • B
    Carnival of Souls
  • C
    The Whip and the Body
  • D
    Touch of Torture

Question 57

This silent German horror film from 1920 tells the story of an insane, immoral hypnotist who compels a somnambulist called Cesare to commit murders. Can you name it?

  • A
    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • B
    The Golem: How He Came into the World
  • C
    A Blind Bargain
  • D
    The Ghost Breaker

Question 58

This 1922 German Expressionist horror film may be silent, but its creepy atmosphere, shadowy sets, and eerie movements say a great deal about how terrifying vampires can be. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Nosferatu
  • B
    The Haunted Castle
  • C
    The Monster
  • D
    The Penalty

Question 59

This 1997 science fiction film takes space terror to the edge and beyond when a rescue team begins to inspect an advanced vessel that went into a black hole and has finally returned. They soon discover that the crew-less ship has brought something unimaginably frightening back with it. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Event Horizon
  • B
    Waxwork
  • C
    Full Circle
  • D
    The Other

Question 60

Though silent, this 1922 film from F.W. Murnau captures the true horror of what a vampire really is. Can you name this film?

  • A
    Nosferatu
  • B
    Van Helsing
  • C
    Creepshow
  • D
    Ginger Snaps

Question 61

This 1939 adaptation of a mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is an enduring favorite and stars Basil Rathbone as a world-famous sleuth who uses his magnifying glass to unravel a baffling and frightening case that involves a ghostly animal. Can you name the film?

  • A
    The Monkey's Paw
  • B
    The Monster Walks
  • C
    The Face at the Window
  • D
    The Hound of the Baskervilles

Question 62

In this 1971 British classic from Amicus, four horrific stories are deftly woven together, connected by an unfriendly house.

  • A
    Horror Hospital
  • B
    Theatre of Blood
  • C
    From Beyond the Grave
  • D
    The House That Dripped Blood

Question 63

Made and remade multiple times, the 1986 version of this film stars Klaus Kinski as the disturbed son of a Nazi surgeon who just happens to run a women's boarding house and who likes secret passages, peepholes, and tunnels. Can you name this 1986 film?

  • A
    Crawlspace
  • B
    The Sentinel
  • C
    Tales From the Crypt
  • D
    The Boogey Man

Question 64

This stylish 1973 film eschews jump-and-startle violence and instead focuses on a different sort of terror. Two parents grieving the recent accidental loss of their daughter travel to Venice for the husband's work, where they meet two strange sisters and begin to experience unusual sightings that hint at their daughter's return. Can you name this scary film?

  • A
    Assignment Terror
  • B
    Don't Look Now
  • C
    And Soon the Darkness
  • D
    The Baby

Question 65

Can you name the film that features Daniel Radcliffe, fresh off of his extended role as Harry Potter, and Shakespearean actor Ciaran Hinds in a disturbing ghost story about a young solicitor, recently widowed, who discovers an angry spirit terrorizing the living?

  • A
    The Woman in Black
  • B
    To All a Goodnight
  • C
    The Unseen
  • D
    Lost Souls

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