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48 free Spooky Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Spooky Movie trivia questions with answers. This quiz covers the Scary Movie parody franchise, from the 2000 original to the 2026 revival: who directed each film, which horror hits they spoofed and the running gags. For general horror-film questions, try our horror movies quiz instead.
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Q 01Who directed the first film in the "Scary Movie" franchise?
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Keenen Ivory Wayans directed the first two films from scripts co-written by two of his brothers; the studio then carried on without the family, who came back only for the 2026 revival.
Q 02The first Scary Movie's plot mainly spoofs which two films?
Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer
Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer supply the plot, and even the name is borrowed: Scary Movie was the title Kevin Williamson first gave his Scream script.
Q 03Who plays Cindy Campbell in the first four Scary Movie films?
Anna Faris
Anna Faris played Cindy Campbell in the first four Scary Movie films; the role launched the comedy career that led to The House Bunny and the sitcom Mom.
Q 04Which character does the final twist of the first Scary Movie reveal as the real killer?
Doofy Gilmore
Doofy Gilmore, the seemingly dim-witted special officer, was faking it all along: he drops the act and drives off with the TV reporter, a takeoff of the ending of The Usual Suspects.
Q 05The first Scary Movie's poster promised no mercy, no shame and no what?
Sequel
No sequel, the poster promised in 2000; when Scary Movie 2 arrived only a year later, its own tagline owned up in two words: 'We lied.'
Q 06The chain of stoned friends yelling 'Whassup?' down the phone in the first Scary Movie spoofs an ad campaign for which beer?
Budweiser
Budweiser's Whassup? ads were brand new and hugely popular while the film was being made, so the Wayans team wrote a phone chain of their own into the script.
Q 07In 'Scary Movie 2', what is the name of the haunted mansion the characters are tricked into visiting?
Hell House
Hell House is where the students think they have signed up for a sleep study; the professor's real aim is to use them to investigate the mansion's ghost.
Q 08Scary Movie 2's plot, a fake sleep study in a mansion, spoofs which film?
The Haunting (1999)
The Haunting (1999) has the same set-up: Liam Neeson's scientist passes off an experiment in fear as an insomnia study, and the spoof even keeps a character called Theo.
Q 09Who played Brenda Meeks, known for her dramatic reactions, in the Scary Movie franchise?
Regina Hall
Regina Hall plays Brenda Meeks, Cindy's loud best friend, who is killed in both the first and third films and simply turns up alive again in the next one.
Q 10In "Scary Movie 2," what distinctive physical feature does Hanson, the mansion's creepy caretaker, have?
A malformed hand
A malformed hand is the trademark of Chris Elliott's Hanson, and his repulsive way of handling the dinner puts the whole table off eating.
Q 11Which actor joined Scary Movie 3 as the clueless President Baxter Harris?
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen plays President Harris and recycles a line from his Airplane! days, solemnly telling the heroes: 'Good luck, we're all counting on you.'
Q 12Which director took over the "Scary Movie" franchise starting with the third film?
David Zucker
David Zucker, one of the trio behind Airplane!, directed the third and fourth films, then co-wrote and produced the fifth without directing it.
Q 13Which M. Night Shyamalan film is a main parody target of Scary Movie 3?
Signs
Signs supplies the farm plot: brothers Tom and George find a crop circle that spells out 'Attack Here', with an arrow pointing at their own house.
Q 21Which celebrity duo appears in the sex-tape opening scene of Scary Movie 5?
Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan
Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan set out to film a sex tape, but a demon possesses Lohan and she kills Sheen, leaving his children to be found in the woods months later.
Q 22Who directed Scary Movie 5?
Malcolm D. Lee
Malcolm D. Lee directed Scary Movie 5 and later disowned it, calling it 'just a bad movie' and telling people not to bother seeing or renting it.
Q 23Jody's ballet audition in Scary Movie 5 parodies which film?
Black Swan
Q 14Which New York rapper does George face at the rap battle in Scary Movie 3?
Fat Joe
Fat Joe plays himself at the rap battle, and it is George, fresh off his brother's farm, who comes out on top.
Q 15In Scary Movie 4, Cindy's caretaker job in a house haunted by a ghostly boy spoofs which film?
The Grudge
The Grudge is the target: Cindy tends an old woman in a house haunted by a pale ghost boy, whom she solemnly questions in mock Japanese.
Q 16Which two celebrities wake up chained in a bathroom in the opening of 'Scary Movie 4'?
Shaquille O'Neal and Dr. Phil
Shaquille O'Neal and Dr. Phil wake up in a spoof of Saw: Shaq has to sink a basket to reach the saws, and Dr. Phil then cuts off the wrong foot.
Q 17The alien invasion plot of Scary Movie 4 parodies which science-fiction film?
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds is the target: like Tom Cruise's character, dock worker Tom Ryan is a neglectful dad who wins his kids over while fleeing giant three-legged 'triPods'.
Q 18Which film featuring a secluded community with a shocking secret is parodied in "Scary Movie 4"?
The Village
The Village is spoofed when Cindy and Brenda stumble on an Amish-style settlement, are seized as trespassers and told they may live but never leave.
Q 19Which 'High School Musical' alum plays adoptive mother Jody Sanders in 'Scary Movie 5'?
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale plays Jody Sanders in Scary Movie 5, taking over as the series' lead from the actress who had headlined all four earlier films.
Q 20Which found-footage franchise is the central target of Scary Movie 5's satire?
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity is the spine of Scary Movie 5: the Sanders house is rigged with security cameras that film each night's disturbances, down to the couple's absurd tossing and turning.
Black Swan is the target: Jody auditions for Swan Lake, but it is her friend Kendra who ends up dancing the Swan Queen, in the style of a stripper.
Q 24Which Wayans brother plays stoner Shorty in the first two Scary Movie films?
Marlon Wayans
Marlon Wayans plays Shorty Meeks, Brenda's stoner brother; in the second film a giant weed plant turns the tables, rolling him up and smoking him like a joint.
Q 25The first Scary Movie's final fight copies which sci-fi film?
The Matrix
The Matrix is the model: Cindy fights the killer in mock bullet time and kicks him clean through a window, and he is gone before the police arrive.
Q 26Which character is the pushy TV news reporter in the first Scary Movie?
Gail Hailstorm
Cheri Oteri's Gail Hailstorm is the pushy TV reporter chasing the killings in the first Scary Movie; the film ends with the unmasked killer driving off with her.
Q 27Which TV talent-show judge has a cameo in Scary Movie 3, passing verdict on a rap battle?
Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell plays himself in a send-up of American Idol, listening to the rappers and then telling them they were 'absolutely dreadful'.
Q 28Which film did Drew Decker call her favorite horror movie in the first 'Scary Movie'?
Kazaam
Kazaam is Drew Decker's answer when the killer asks for her favorite scary movie: the genie comedy's basketball-star lead, she explains, acted that frighteningly.
Q 29Which actor plays Professor Oldman, who lures the students to the haunted mansion in Scary Movie 2?
Tim Curry
Tim Curry plays the lecherous professor in a film that also spoofs his own Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the lurer ends up lured: a ghost tempts him to his death under the house.
Q 30Scary Movie 2 opens with James Woods as a priest making a house call, parodying which horror classic?
The Exorcist
The Exorcist gets the treatment: Fathers McFeely and Harris fail to drive the spirit out of young Megan, and McFeely settles matters by pulling a gun and shooting her.