Q 01/05

Which iconic horror movie character first appeared in John Carpenter's 1978 film 'Halloween'?

A) Michael Myers

B) Jason Voorhees

C) Freddy Krueger

D) Ghostface

Answer · why

A) Michael Myers

Michael Myers, credited as 'The Shape', first appears as a six-year-old who murders his sister Judith, then returns to Haddonfield fifteen years later...

Q 02/05

Which legendary director helmed the groundbreaking 1960 psychological horror film 'Psycho'?

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Stanley Kubrick

C) Brian De Palma

D) John Carpenter

Answer · why

A) Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock paid for Psycho himself when Paramount balked, shooting it cheaply in black and white with the crew of his TV series. Instead of a fe...

Q 03/05

What name does the shapeshifting clown in Stephen King's 'It' go by?

A) Pennywise

B) Art the Clown

C) Twisty

D) Captain Spaulding

Answer · why

A) Pennywise

Pennywise began with a walk over a wooden bridge in Colorado: King pictured the troll from 'Three Billy Goats Gruff', moved it into a city's sewers an...

Q 04/05

Which scholar coined the term 'final girl' in a 1987 essay on gender in slasher films?

A) Stephen King

B) Wes Craven

C) Carol J. Clover

D) Tobe Hooper

Answer · why

C) Carol J. Clover

Clover's article was 'Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film'; she argued viewers begin by sharing the killer's perspective and then shift to t...

Q 05/05

The 1992 horror film 'Candyman' is primarily set in which infamous Chicago housing project?

A) Cabrini-Green

B) Robert Taylor Homes

C) Henry Horner Homes

D) Stateway Gardens

Answer · why

A) Cabrini-Green

Cabrini-Green was a real Chicago housing project. Clive Barker's original story was set in his native Liverpool; director Bernard Rose moved it to Chi...