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99 free Halloween Horror Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
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Q 01What is Michael Myers' weapon of choice in the Halloween films?
Kitchen knife
Kitchen knife: six-year-old Michael takes his first from a drawer in the family kitchen, and as an adult he pins a victim to a wall with another.
Q 02Who directed The Exorcist (1973)?
William Friedkin
William Friedkin was the choice of author William Peter Blatty; the studio chased bigger names until they passed and The French Connection proved Friedkin could deliver a hit.
Q 03Which summer camp is being readied to reopen when the killings start in Friday the 13th?
Camp Crystal Lake
Camp Crystal Lake: locals call it 'Camp Blood', and a truck driver warns the new cook that the place is jinxed, but its owner presses on with the reopening.
Q 04What is the masked killer in the Scream films called?
Ghostface
Ghostface is a costume, not a person: a different killer or pair of killers wears it in every Scream film, which is why the mask never changes but the motive does.
Q 05Who directed the original Halloween film?
John Carpenter
John Carpenter also wrote the score himself, building its piano theme on a 5/4 rhythm his father had taught him on the bongos when he was 13.
Q 06Which doll from The Conjuring got her own spin-off film in 2014?
Annabelle
Annabelle is a cracked porcelain doll on screen, but the real one the Warrens kept is a soft Raggedy Ann; the filmmakers redesigned her to look more menacing.
Q 07Which actress portrayed Laurie Strode in the original Halloween movie?
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis made her film debut as Laurie Strode; the producer knew casting her would be great publicity because her mother, Janet Leigh, had starred in Psycho.
Q 08In what fictional Illinois town does the original Halloween take place?
Haddonfield
Haddonfield, Illinois takes its name from Haddonfield, New Jersey, where the film's co-writer grew up; its streets were actually filmed in South Pasadena, California.
Q 09In which 1982 film does little Carol Anne announce 'They're here'?
Poltergeist
Poltergeist: the Freelings discover their house was built over a cemetery, and that the developer moved only the headstones and left the bodies.
Q 10Who directed the 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street?
Wes Craven
Wes Craven wrote and directed the 1984 original, then returned a decade later with New Nightmare, in which Freddy stalks the first film's star and Craven plays himself.
Q 11What is Freddy Krueger's signature weapon in A Nightmare on Elm Street?
A bladed glove
A bladed glove: the film's creator did not want one more villain with a knife, so he dreamed up a glove with steak knives; the sharp 'hero' glove cut whoever wore it.
Q 12The last jump scare of the original Friday the 13th was inspired by the shock ending of which earlier film?
Carrie
Carrie: by effects artist Tom Savini's account, he had just seen its hand-from-the-grave finale and suggested a matching last jolt, so a decayed Jason lunges at the lone survivor.
Q 13Who plays Sidney Prescott, the Scream franchise's enduring final girl?
Neve Campbell
Q 21In A Nightmare on Elm Street, what did the neighborhood parents do to Freddy Krueger after he walked free on a technicality?
Burned him alive
Burned him alive: Nancy's mother confesses that the parents tracked the child killer to his boiler room, poured gasoline around it and struck a match.
Q 22Which future star was among the cast of the original Friday the 13th?
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon played counselor Jack, killed by an arrow pushed up through his throat from under the bunk; for the shot his head poked through the mattress above a fake neck and chest.
Q 23In the original Friday the 13th, how is the boy Jason said to have died years earlier?
Drowned in the lake
Neve Campbell has played Sidney since 1996; she skipped Scream VI, saying the offer did not match the value she had brought to the series, then returned for Scream 7.
Q 14The original Halloween was shot on a budget of roughly how much?
$300,000
$300,000: money was so tight that many of the cast wore their own clothes, and the lead actress's whole wardrobe came from J.C. Penney for about $100.
Q 15Who co-wrote the original Halloween with its director and also produced it?
Debra Hill
Debra Hill wrote the babysitters while her co-writer handled Dr. Loomis and Michael, an even split by their own account; the pair went on to make The Fog together.
Q 16Who is six-year-old Michael Myers' first victim in the original Halloween?
His older sister
His older sister: Michael stabs teenage Judith on Halloween night 1963, is locked away for 15 years, then escapes on the eve of Halloween 1978 and heads home.
Q 17Which rock musician wrote and directed the 2007 remake of Halloween and its 2009 sequel?
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie, once the frontman of White Zombie, made both; his remake spends its first act on ten-year-old Michael's violent home life before the mask goes on.
Q 18Which future star made his screen debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)?
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp made his film debut as Nancy's boyfriend Glen Lantz, who is sucked into his bed and spat back out as a geyser of blood.
Q 19A Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by news reports of which people dying in their sleep after nightmares?
Refugees from Southeast Asia
Refugees from Southeast Asia: the director recalled an L.A. Times story of a young refugee who fought sleep for days, terrified of his nightmares, and died the night he finally dozed off.
Q 20A Nightmare on Elm Street's success earned which studio the nickname 'The House that Freddy Built'?
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, until then mostly a distributor of other people's films, earned the nickname 'The House that Freddy Built' because the Elm Street series bankrolled its growth into a major studio.
Drowned in the lake: Mrs. Voorhees blames the counselors who should have been watching him, and reveals that the night of the killings is his birthday.
Q 24Which actor played the flat-headed Monster in Universal's Frankenstein (1931)?
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff replaced Bela Lugosi, who had been lined up for the film under its first director; the opening credits billed the Monster only as '?', saving his name for the end.
Q 25The Exorcist was the first horror film ever nominated for which Academy Award?
Best Picture
Best Picture: no horror film had been nominated for it before; The Exorcist earned ten nominations in all and won two, but the top prize went to The Sting.
Q 26The Exorcist is set in which Washington, D.C. neighbourhood?
Georgetown
Georgetown: the MacNeil house sits on Prospect Street beside the steep 'Exorcist steps' down toward M Street, where Father Karras dies at the end.
Q 27Which young actress played Regan MacNeil, the possessed girl in The Exorcist?
Linda Blair
Linda Blair was 14 when the film opened and earned an Oscar nomination; the demon's rasp was dubbed by Mercedes McCambridge, who had to complain to get a screen credit.
Q 28Scream (1996) is set in which fictional California town?
Woodsboro
Woodsboro was filmed around Santa Rosa, whose school board refused to let its high school appear; the end credits offer the board 'no thanks whatsoever'.
Q 29Under what working title was the Scream screenplay developed before Miramax bought it?
Scary Movie
Scary Movie was Kevin Williamson's title for the script he wrote in three days; the studio renamed it Scream, and a 2000 parody of the film picked up the discarded name.
Q 30Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was inspired by the crimes of which real murderer?
Ed Gein
Ed Gein robbed Wisconsin graves and made masks and keepsakes from skin and bone, the detail behind Leatherface's mask; he also inspired Norman Bates in Psycho.