The Classic Horror Film Quiz

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Do you truly know the history of great Horror films?

Question 1: This great German director made the 1922 silent film "Nosferatu," the first filmed version of Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula."
Fritz Lang
Billy Wilder
Max Schreck
Tod Browning
F. W. Murnau

Question 2: This 1932 Horror film, directed by Tod Browning, was banned in England for 30 years due to its use of actual circus sideshow performers in many lead roles.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Freaks
Metropolis
Things to Come
The Devil-Doll

Question 3: This actor played Dr. Frankenstein to Boris Karloff's monster in the 1931 film "Frankenstein."
Vincent Price
Basil Rathbone
Peter Cushing
Lionel Atwill
Colin Clive

Question 4: A master make-up artist and pantomime, he played the title characters in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923) and "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925).
Fredric March
Bela Lugosi
Lon Chaney
Charlie Chaplin
Boris Karloff

Question 5: He would direct "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), considered one of the greatest horror films ever made. Later, the film "Gods and Monsters" (1998) would be based on his life.
James Whale
Robert Wise
Jacques Tourneur
Erich von Stroheim
Charles Laughton

Question 6: This long-time actor, a favorite of director Joe Dante's, would most famously play the lead role of Captain Patrick Hendry in Howard Hawks' horror/science fiction classic "The Thing From Another World" (1951).
John Carradine
Kenneth Tobey
James Arness
Dana Andrews
Richard Carlson

Question 7: Hired by RKO to supervise the making of horror films, he would produce and write nine works including "Cat People" (1942), "I Walked With a Zombie" (1943) and "The Body Snatcher" (1945) that are today considered classics of mood and suspense.
Jack Clayton
Robert Wise
Val Lewton
Jack Arnold
Fritz Lang

Question 8: The epitome of British cool, this veteran actor would play the role of Dr. Van Helsing and Dr. Frankenstein in numerous Hammer Horror films from 1957-1974.
Vincent Price
Michael York
Peter Cushing
Patrick Magee
Peter Lorre

Question 9: This popular television actor played the title role in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957).
Michael Landon
Darren McGavin
Ron Howard
Ben Murphy
Martin Milner

Question 10: Fresh from the success of his role in the Academy Award-winning "West Side Story" (1961), he would portray young playboy Luke Sanderson in Robert Wise's haunted house Horror classic "The Haunting" (1963).
George Chakiris
Russ Tamblyn
Sal Mineo
Tim Matheson
Christopher Plummer

Question 11: She would play the original heroine Ann Darrow in the 1933 monster classic "King Kong."
Elsa Lanchester
Gloria Holden
Myrna Loy
Greta Garbo
Fay Wray

Question 12: In 1968, he directed his first American film "Rosemary's Baby" starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes.
Roman Polanski
Milos Forman
William Castle
Werner Herzog
Ridley Scott

Question 13: He played the role of Lord Summerisle, the leader of a mysterious island village in the moody 1973 Horror classic "The Wicker Man."
Ralph Richardson
Peter Cushing
Christopher Lee
Richard Burton
Vincent Price

Question 14: This veteran actor played the role of the immortal Father Merrin who arrives on the scene to dramatically battle demonic possession in "The Exorcist" (1973).
Lee J. Cobb
Joseph Cotten
Ray Milland
Ralph Bellamy
Max Von Sydow

Question 15: This long-time actor would finally put his name on the map in the role of the sympathetic Captain Dallas in Ridley Scott's 1979 Horror classic "Alien."
Gary Busey
Harvey Keitel
James Woods
Peter Weller
Tom Skerritt

Question 16: She would star in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" in 1963. She is also the mother of actress Melanie Griffith.
Tippi Hedren
Vera Miles
Julie Andrews
Kim Novak
Angela Lansbury

Question 17: What is the name of the motel where Janet Leigh stops off to rest in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Horror film "Psycho?"
The Duchess Motel
Grand Motel
Judd's Motel
The Hill House
The Bates Motel

Question 18: This director first burst onto the scene with the 1978 independent film "Halloween." He would later direct "The Fog" (1980), "The Thing" (1982) and "Christine" (1983).
David Cronenberg
John Landis
Joe Dante
Tobe Hooper
John Carpenter

Question 19: This quirky character actress would play the role of Wendy Torrance, wife of Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), in Stanley Kubrick's chilling 1980 film version of the Stephen King bestseller "The Shining."
Shelley Duvall
Melinda Dillon
Karen Black
Teri Garr
Patty Duke

Question 20: These two actors played Steve and Diane Freeling, the perfect 1980's parents, in the Steven Spielberg-produced chiller "Poltergeist."
Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams
George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere
Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary
Richard Crenna and Glenn Close
Roddy McDowall and Gayle Hunnicutt

Question 21: What actor played the lead role in David Cronenberg's critically acclaimed 1986 remake of "The Fly."
Christopher Walken
William Hurt
David Naughton
Jeff Goldblum
Michael Biehn

Question 22: This film director, based in Pennsylvania, literally created the zombie genre as we know it today with his low budget 1968 horror classic "Night of the Living Dead."
Dan Curtis
Joe Dante
Herk Harvey
George Romero
Tobe Hooper

Question 23: This Academy-winning actor's career received a needed boost after he played the lead role in the huge 1976 blockbuster Horror hit "The Omen."
Gregory Peck
Richard Burton
Charlton Heston
Burt Lancaster
George C. Scott

Question 24: This actor has a devoted cult following, largely due to the success of his portrayal of Ash Williams in the 1981 Horror classic "The Evil Dead."
Lance Henriksen
Dick Miller
Jeremy Irons
Harry Dean Stanton
Bruce Campbell

Question 25: She first made her mark on the movie scene by directing the 1987 cult classic "Near Dark," a film detailing a surly vampire gang roaming the American southwest.
Joan Micklin Silver
Kathryn Bigelow
Jane Campion
Diablo Cody
Martha Coolidge

Question 26: He directed the fiendishly clever 1996 celebration of the modern slashed film "Scream," with Drew Barrymore meeting an untimely end.
Wes Craven
Tim Burton
Sam Raimi
John Landis
Jonathan Demme

Question 27: An accomplished horror novelist, he decided to try his hand at directing with the 1987 Horror film "Hellraiser."
Dean Koontz
Clive Barker
John Saul
Peter Straub
Stephen King

Question 28: Johnny Depp played the title character in this 1994 film that details the making of "Plan 9 From Outer Space."
Van Helsing
Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
Jacob's Ladder
Peeping Tom

Question 29: These renown actors played the vampires Lestat and Louis in Neil Jordan's 1994 adaptation of the Anne Rice Horror classic "Interview With the Vampire."
Jason Patric and Kiefer Sutherland
Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves
George Clooney and Brad Pitt
Antonio Banderas and River Phoenix
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt

Question 30: This young actor was nominated for an Academy Award in the role of Cole Sear, a person who sees dead people, in M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 Horror classic "The Sixth Sense."
Haley Joel Osment
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Kieran Culkin
Michael Cera
Corey Haim

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