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Horror Trivia

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Which 1999 found footage hit was marketed with missing person flyers and a fake documentary site?

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Which exact spectral classification letter did astronomers give the sky color continuity plate in A Field in England?

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Which numbered film in the Friday the 13th series first shows Jason in a hockey mask?

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What was the exact budget in US dollars for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974?

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Which horror comedy shows tiny green creatures causing mayhem after midnight?

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Which spooky festival in Mexico honors ancestors with marigolds and sugar skulls?

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Which 1979 sci-fi horror film used the tagline "In space no one can hear you scream"?

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Which 2013 film put a demonic nun on the map as a breakout character?

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Which 2012 anthology found footage film features the tape titled Amateur Night?

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What classic anthology TV series began in 1959 with Rod Serling's narration?

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Which filmmaker created the black and white masterpiece The Bride of Frankenstein in 1935?

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What household object was the Michael Myers mask modified from in the original Halloween?

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Which 1990 TV miniseries turned a red balloon into a terror icon for a generation?

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What do many cultures carve for October festivities in the United States?

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Which author created the vampire Lestat in a 1976 novel?

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What is the name of the puzzle box that summons cenobites in Hellraiser?

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What frozen setting isolates the crew in John Carpenter's The Thing?

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Which 2006 South Korean creature feature was directed by Bong Joon-ho?

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What exact number of Academy Award nominations did The Exorcist receive?

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Which country produced the original 2002 film Ju-On that launched The Grudge?

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Which sea creature feature made many viewers avoid beaches in 1975?

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Which 1968 film redefined zombies as flesh eaters in modern cinema?

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Which 2013 slasher features a cross-country killer named Kevin Williamson?

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Which exact running time in minutes does the US theatrical cut of The Wicker Man 1973 have?

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Which exact year did The Witch of Edmonton first appear on the English stage with malefic lore?

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What exact focal length lens created the long corridor compression in The Shining tricycle shots?

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Which Hammer Films star was known for portraying Dracula starting in 1958?

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Which 1980 classic originally received an X rating for violence before edits?

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What specific 1931 microphone type captured Bela Lugosi's lines in Dracula?

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What exact year did the original Black Christmas precede Halloween as a slasher template?

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What is the name of the demonic board used by teens in multiple horror films?

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Which 2016 South Korean film follows a father on a train during an undead outbreak?

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What is the title of the eerie piano theme John Carpenter composed for his own 1978 film?

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What specific Latin phrase appears on the amulet in The Exorcist as a Pazuzu token?

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Which 2017 adaptation of a Stephen King novel features red balloons in Derry?

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What exact Norwegian title does Thelma 2017 carry in its homeland?

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What 2018 film follows a family silently avoiding creatures that hunt by sound?

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Which 2007 Spanish film takes place in a quarantined apartment building captured by a news crew?

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Which director won the Palme d'Or with a horror-adjacent film about grief titled The Piano Teacher?

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What precise London cemetery provided tomb footage for Dracula 1958?

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What Stephen King novel features a haunted hotel named the Overlook?

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How many distinct cuts are commonly cited in the Psycho shower sequence?

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Which 2017 film became the top-grossing horror movie in North America unadjusted for inflation?

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Which exact US rating did The Exorcist carry on its original release?

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Which specific reel number contains the head turning scene in The Exorcist theatrical cut?

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Which 2004 film launched a franchise about sadistic moral tests and a puppet on a tricycle?

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Which exact Italian laboratory handled the dye transfer prints of Suspiria on re-release?

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Which 2014 film by David Robert Mitchell features a curse that passes by intimacy?

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What exact New England town inspired H.P. Lovecraft's Arkham and Innsmouth?

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Which precise month and year did The Ring open in the United States?

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Which series brought fast-running infected to the big screen in 2002?

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Which 2014 Iranian film features a vampire girl on a skateboard?

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Which country originated the 1998 film Ringu, later remade as The Ring?

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What exact model name is Pinhead's puzzle box replica designated by fans?

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What exact reading on the clapboard slate appears in the first take of the elevator blood shot in The Shining?

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What is the precise US domestic gross of Halloween 1978 in dollars unadjusted as often reported?

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Which exact film stock process gave Suspiria its saturated color look in 1977?

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Who wrote the 1897 novel Dracula that shaped modern vampire lore?

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What ingredient famously doubled for blood in Psycho's shower scene?

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Which precise cathedral hosted the climactic scene of The Omen 1976 in London?

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Which exact issue number of Weird Tales printed Lovecraft's The Haunter of the Dark?

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Which 1984 comedy about ghost hunters features a chart-topping theme song by Ray Parker Jr.?

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What 1974 Texas horror film claimed to be based on true events despite being fictional?

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Which exact California house stood in for Nancy's home in A Nightmare on Elm Street?

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Which exact US city hosted the premiere of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead in 1978?

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Which precise model of steadicam was used for Danny's tricycle shots in The Shining?

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Which exact optical printer technique created the dream credits in A Nightmare on Elm Street?

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Which precise Kodak stock was used for the night exteriors in The Exorcist?

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What exact camera format captured Heather's diary footage in The Blair Witch Project?

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Which 2019 daylight horror centers on a Swedish festival filled with flower crowns?

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What masked figure stalks Woodsboro teens in the Scream series?

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What exact word count appears on the typewriter page in The Shining shown on screen?

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Which literary magazine first published The Call of Cthulhu in 1928?

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Which precise aperture stop captured the candlelit scenes in The Witch?

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Which composer created the unsettling main theme for The Exorcist using Tubular Bells?

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What precise shutter angle did Rob Bottin request during transformation shots in The Thing?

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Who is revealed as the killer in the first Friday the 13th?

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Which exact edition year introduced the full text of Carmilla in book form?

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Which 1981 film is famous for pioneering on-screen transformation effects for a werewolf?

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Which precise lighthouse lens order appears in The Lighthouse 2019?

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Which specific phobia term fits the premise of The Descent with cave terror?

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Which Italian director's 1977 film Suspiria drenched the screen in bold color and music by Goblin?

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Which 2008 home invasion film popularized white canvas masks in marketing?

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Which 2017 horror film earned Jordan Peele an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay?

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Which exact Berlin theater hosted the German premiere of Nosferatu in 1922?

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What real church location doubled for the Georgetown steps sequence in The Exorcist?

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What precise Finnish holiday tradition resembles trick or treat during Easter?

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Which 2015 film by Robert Eggers features a goat named Black Phillip?

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What exact literary magazine and month first printed The Lottery by Shirley Jackson?

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Which 2000 Japanese film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa explores technology and loneliness as a haunting?

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Which horror icon wears a hockey mask starting in the third film of his series?

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Which specific synthesizer model did John Carpenter use on the Halloween theme?

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Which specific Shakespeare play title appears on the classroom board in Halloween 1978?

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Which horror villain attacks victims in their dreams in a 1984 film?

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What precise US city hosted the first wide release of The Blair Witch Project?

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What precise runtime to the second is listed for the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in common restorations?

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Which author created the Goosebumps series for young readers in the 1990s?

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What exact number of bees were reportedly used in Tony Todd's mouth shot for Candyman?

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Which 1963 film used subtle sound and unseen forces to haunt Hill House?

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Which 2018 film by Ari Aster features a miniature artist and a chilling family secret?

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Which 1992 film set in Chicago linked a hook-handed spirit to Cabrini Green?

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Which novel by Stephen King was published in 1977 and features room 217 in print?

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What 1922 silent film retold Dracula with a new name to avoid rights issues?

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Which 1982 haunted house film features the line "They are here"?

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Which 2014 film made a children's pop-up book into a symbol of grief and terror?

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What 2018 film traps two sisters underwater with circling sharks and a failing air supply?

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Which exact New Zealand town doubled for a rugged outback in The Dead Lands?

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Which early Universal monster film introduced the character Imhotep?

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What specific blood recipe component gave the deep tone in Night of the Living Dead?

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What specific pastry is traditionally baked for soul cakes on All Souls celebrations in parts of Britain?

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What is the name of the killer doll in Child's Play?

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What is the exact prop brand of typewriter used by Jack in The Shining?

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What exact date did Halloween open in limited US theaters in 1978?

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What exact Japanese studio produced the original Ringu in 1998?

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Which exact US network aired the first season of American Horror Story in 2011?

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What precise year did Bela Lugosi first play Dracula on stage in the United States?

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What 1973 horror classic made pea soup famous as projectile vomit on screen?

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Which exact US city's library staircase appears in the opening of Ghostbusters used as a horror homage?

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What exact runtime in seconds is the Psycho shower sequence often cited for its editing?

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What is the exact model of camera used by the crew in The Blair Witch Project?

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Which exact New Jersey mall served as the primary location for Dawn of the Dead 1978?

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Which author wrote the 1818 novel about a scientist who animates life?

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What exact London studio recorded Goblin's score for Suspiria?

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What phrase appears on the wall in The Shining written repeatedly by Jack?

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