Horror Tropes
In slasher movies, what is the common name for the last surviving character (usually a woman) who defeats the killer at the very end?
Final Girl
In the chilling vampire series Shiki, what term do the newly resurrected predatory villagers use to refer to themselves, derived from the Japanese word for "corpse demon"?
Shiki
"The power of Christ compels you!"
the Exorcist
When dying serial killer Charles Lee Ray transfers his soul into a red-haired 'Good Guy' doll to escape the police, he adopts this nickname.
Chucky
This blood sucker is a little "batty."
Dracula
When a group of friends arrives at a spooky, abandoned house and decides to look around, what classic horror mistake do they almost always make next?
Splitting up to search the house alone.
In the mystery-horror series Another, Class 3-3 of Yomiyama North Middle School is cursed because of a tragedy from 1972 involving a popular student named who?
Misaki
"A boy's best friend is his mother."
Psycho
Jack Nicholson shouts 'Here's Johnny!' in this 1980 Stanley Kubrick film.
the Shining
Monster that originated from a science experiment.
Frankenstein
In modern horror movies set in the woods or mountains, what specific technology problem always happens to trap the characters?
They lose cell phone service or signal
In Death Note, what is the specific time frame in seconds within which the cause of death must be written after the name for it to be implemented?
40 seconds
"They're all going to laugh at you!"
Carrie
This 1996 Wes Craven horror film revived the slasher genre with a meta-script written by Kevin Williamson, featuring a masked killer named Ghostface.
Scream
A fury creature...sometimes. It all depends on the Moon.
werewolf
What classic sign of a haunting usually causes a character to check the basement or attic, completely ignoring the danger?
A strange, unexplainable noise or a door creaking open by itself.
In Satoshi Kon's 1997 psychological thriller Perfect Blue, what is the name of the idol group that Mima Kirigoe leaves behind to pursue a career in acting, which triggers her spiraling descent into dissociation?
CHAM
"I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies,"
Alien
Released in 1978, this John Carpenter classic features Michael Myers returning to his hometown on October 31 to terrorize Laurie Strode.
Halloween
A skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood. He stands for DEATH.
Grim Reaper
In traditional monster movies, what shiny, precious metal must be melted down into a bullet to stop a rampaging werewolf?
Silver
In The Promised Neverland, the orphans of Grace Field House discover that their idyllic home is actually what kind of facility?
A farm meant to raise human children as food for demons
"He has his father's eyes"
Rosemary's Baby
This horror-filled John Carpenter remake is set in a frozen wasteland where an extraterrestrial parasite assimilates its victims
the Thing
Egyptians that rise from the dead.
mummies