Q 01/05

Which 1984 film features a serial killer who preys on teenagers in their dreams?

A) Halloween

B) A Nightmare on Elm Street

C) Scream

D) Friday the 13th

Answer · why

B) A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger murders teenagers through their dreams as revenge on the parents who burned him alive; Wes Craven wrote and...

Q 02/05

What is the 1973 possession film centred on a young girl named Regan?

A) Rosemary's Baby

B) The Exorcist

C) The Omen

D) Poltergeist

Answer · why

B) The Exorcist

The Exorcist (1973), directed by William Friedkin, follows the possession of 12-year-old Regan MacNeil; it was the first horror film nominated for the...

Q 03/05

Which director made the 1960 thriller about the Bates Motel that is famous for its shower scene?

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Billy Wilder

C) Orson Welles

D) Stanley Kubrick

Answer · why

A) Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock directed Psycho (1960) in black and white with his television crew on a small budget; the shower scene alone took about seven days to...

Q 04/05

Which 1975 Steven Spielberg film made a two-note theme scarier than the great white shark?

A) Piranha

B) The Shallows

C) Jaws

D) Deep Blue Sea

Answer · why

C) Jaws

Jaws (1975) is Spielberg's great-white thriller; its mechanical sharks kept breaking, so he mostly hid the creature and let John Williams's two-note t...

Q 05/05

Which 1974 horror film introduced Leatherface, who wears masks made of human skin?

A) Halloween

B) Last House on the Left

C) Black Christmas

D) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Answer · why

D) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' introduced the iconic villain Leatherface and is considered a seminal film in the slasher genre, despite its limited on...