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Who played Count Dracula in the 1931 Universal classic Dracula?
Bela Lugosi
In The Amityville Horror (1979), what was the family’s last name who moved into the haunted house?
The Lutz Family
What classic movie monster was awakened by atomic radiation in a 1954 Japanese film?
Godzilla
Which urban legend warns that if you say her name three times in a mirror, she will appear?
Bloody Mary
In The Mist (2007), where do survivors barricade themselves as the monsters close in?
A grocery store
Boris Karloff is most famous for portraying which horror monster in the 1931 Universal film?
Frankenstein’s Monster
What 1982 horror film features the quote, “They’re here…”?
Poltergeist
In Greek mythology, what monster had snakes for hair and could turn people to stone?
Medusa
The “Curse of the Bambino” was a baseball superstition involving which team?
The Boston Red Sox
In A Quiet Place (2018), what rule must the family follow to avoid the alien monsters?
Stay silent
In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), who played Norman Bates?
Anthony Perkins
In The Shining (1980), what is the name of the haunted hotel?
The Overlook Hotel
Which Universal monster lives underwater and debuted in the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon?
The Gill-man
In Japanese folklore, the slit-mouthed woman (Kuchisake-onna) asks potential victims what chilling question?
"Am I Pretty?"
In The Thing (1982), what survival tactic do the researchers use to try to identify the alien impostor?
A blood test
Vincent Price, the “Master of Horror,” was famous for his roles in films based on the works of which author?
Edgar Allan Poe
In The Conjuring (2013), paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate a haunted farmhouse in which U.S. state?
Rhode Island
What Stephen King creature takes the form of a clown named Pennywise?
It
Which cursed gemstone is said to bring misfortune to its owners, including Marie Antoinette and the Hope family?
The Hope Diamond
In The Grey (2011), what animal stalks Liam Neeson and the other survivors after a plane crash?
Wolves
Jason Voorhees is the main killer in the Friday the 13th series, but in the original 1980 movie, who was the actual murderer?
Pamela Voorhees (Jason’s mother)
What classic 1963 horror film, based on a Shirley Jackson novel, features Hill House?
The Haunting
Which hairy humanoid monster is said to roam the snowy mountains of the Himalayas?
The Yeti
What is the name of the alleged government experiment said to make a naval ship invisible in 1943?
The Philadelphia Experiment.
In Alive (1993), what survival method do the plane crash survivors resort to in the Andes?
Cannibalism
Michael Myers first appeared in which 1978 slasher film directed by John Carpenter?
Halloween
Which horror film franchise centers around a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after watching it?
The Ring
Which cryptid is often described as a giant winged humanoid with glowing red eyes, first spotted in West Virginia in the 1960s?
The Mothman
Which cursed movie set was linked to strange deaths and accidents, including those of actors Dominique Dunne and Heather O’Rourke?
Poltergeist
In 28 Days Later (2002), what caused the rage virus outbreak?
Infected chimpanzees
Who played the possessed child Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist (1973)?
Linda Blair
In The Sixth Sense (1999), what chilling line does the young boy Cole say about ghosts?
"I see dead people"
In Stranger Things, what is the nickname given to the monster from the Upside Down?
The Demogorgon
Which cursed painting is said to bring death to its owners, depicting a boy with a haunting smile?
The Crying Boy
In Train to Busan (2016), where are the passengers trapped as a zombie outbreak spreads?
On a moving train
Which horror icon’s glove featured blades attached to the fingers?
Freddy Krueger
In Ghostbusters (1984), what haunted location do they first investigate?
The New York Public Library
Which legendary sea monster is said to resemble a giant squid and terrorize sailors?
The Kraken
What cursed mirror is said to show spirits or your future death if stared into for too long?
The Black Mirror
In The Revenant (2015), Hugh Glass must survive after being attacked by what animal?
A Grizzly Bear
Which 1976 horror film made Sissy Spacek an icon as a bullied teenager with telekinetic powers?
Carrie
In Insidious (2010), what realm do the ghosts and demons come from?
In Gremlins (1984), what are the cute creatures called before they transform into gremlins?
Mogwai
In the legend of the cursed painting Perron Family Doll, what is the doll’s name?
Annabelle
In The Shallows (2016), Blake Lively’s character must survive against what predator?
A Great white Shark
The 1933 film King Kong featured the giant ape climbing which New York City landmark?
The Empire State Building
Which Stephen King story, later adapted into a 2007 film, involves a haunted hotel room that kills its guests?
1408
Which mythical bird is said to regenerate itself by rising from its own ashes?
The Phoenix
Which American urban legend tells of a ghostly hitchhiker that disappears after being picked up?
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
In Silent Hill (2006), what phenomenon constantly changes the town from normal to terrifying?
The siren signaling the “Dark World.”