Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
What story does the narrator have an alcohol problem and cuts out an animal's eye?
What is "The Black Cat"?
What was the first horror movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards? (Hint: we watched it for class)
How many people were executed in the Salem Witch Trials?
A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
What is Suspense?
In which film is there a soundtrack that has lyrics translating to “Run away! Save yourself.”
What is "Get Out"?
What story does the narrator defend his sanity for killing an old man?
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
What is Edgar Allan Poe holding in his statue near the Boston Commons?
What is A Briefcase?
What state/years did the Salem Witch Trials occur?
What is MA, 1692-1693?
Examples of this type of horror may be obsession, paranoia, or delusion. The shining and silence of the lambs are good examples.
What is Psychological Horror?
In this movie, there is a general theme of redemption as the main character is given a chance to right his wrongs.
What is "The Twilight Zone"?
What story includes a plague and a fancy masquerade ball?
What is "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What is Maine?
Who was the last Salem "witch" to be exonerated?
What is Elizabeth Johnson Jr.?
An ending to an episode of a serial drama that leaves the audience in suspense. “Get Out” was a good example from class.
There are satanic rituals occurring in this movie, and themes of paranoia and fear. There is betrayal within the family, and eerie isolation overtakes
What story has a narrator who suffers from an obsessive disorder and proposes to his cousin?
What is "Berenice"?
Which Author that we learned about in class never had a real book published during his lifetime but had his works published by his friends after his death?
What is HP Lovecraft?
Which "witch" did not claim to be innocent, and what was her excuse?
What is Tibuta (a Caribbean enslaved woman),
"The devil came to me and bid me serve him"
This is an example of a good horror film, has progressed significantly over the years as technology and film-making has advanced. The exorcist does well with this.
What is Special Effects and Costume?
In what movie does an Indigenous community get hit with a Zombie plague?
What is "Blood Quantum"?
What story has a "wine connoisseur" as a character?
What is "The Cask of Amontillado"?
Refers to persons, ideas, events that exist outside of time, always present, but with no origin. Like ghosts.
What type of evidence was not allowed per Cotton Mather?
(Evidence of dreams and visions)
(Of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. The Haunting of Hill House series does well with this (through ghosts, etc.)
What is Supernatural?
Possession and religion cross paths in this movie, and a seeming medical illness of a young girl is shown to be the fearful and alarming overtaking by the devil.
What is "The Exorcist"?