Hitchcock
History of horror
Psychology of horror
Theories and terminology
Mixed bag
100
"Psycho" was released in this year.
What is 1960?
100
The period in which Pulp Science Fiction movies like "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "Forbidden Planet" or "Godzilla" were produced.
What is the cold war?
100
The reason why we have fears.
What fear triggers and survival instinct?
100
The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. And also an explanation for why things are creepy.
What is ambiguity.
100
On this day the US Americans celebrate Independence Day.
What is the 4th of July?
200
The name of the serial killer that Norman Bates from "Psycho" is based on.
What is Ed Gein?
200
Psychological horror.
The kind of horror Alfred Hitchcock's films belong to.
200
The three primary factors of horror film allure (why we watch horror movies).
What are tension, relevance, and unrealism.
200
A horror film watching motivation where the watcher has low empathy with the victims and strong identification with the killer.
What is Gore Watching?
200
The first female Prime Minister of the UK.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
300
The three important themes in "Psycho" and "Birds".
What are Mummie issues, Punishment of Women and Birds?
300
The horror genre is rooted in this literary genre.
What is Gothic horror?
300
Two of the four motivations for watching horror films. Hint: It has something to do with who you feel empathy for.
What are Gore watching, thrill watching, independent watching, problem watching?
300
A theory stating that we watch horror films to release our feelings of aggression.
What is Catharsis?
300
This American State is nearest to the former Soviet Union.
What is Alaska?
400
The name of the secretary in "Psycho" that steals the money and then gets killed by Norman Bates.
What is Marion Crane?
400
Sharp angles and bizarre perspective distortion are a characteristic of this early filmmaking style.
What is German Expressionism?
400
According to this theory, we watch horror movies to practice our traditional gender roles.
What is the Gender Socialisation Theory or Snuggle Theory?
400
Excitation transfer theory.
What is the theory that says that horror films intensify our positive emotions when the hero wins in the end.
400
According to a British Proverb this is "mightier than the sword."
What is a pen?
500
The name of Norman Bates' dead mother and the time she has been dead in the film.
What is Norma Bates and 10 years?
500
Five different Horror Film Styles/Cycles throughout the history of horror.
What are Gothic horror, German Expressionism, Universal's Gothic Horror Cycle, low-budget horror films, Pulp Science Fiction Cycle, psychological horror, the Occult, Shark Circle, Slasher Movies, Teen Horror, Torture Porn, Footage Horror, Zombie Apocalypse Cycle?
500
Three of the four theories about our attraction to horror.
What are Psychoanalysis, Catharsis, Excitation Transfer Theory, and Gender Socialisation Theory?
500
The Dispositional Alignment Theory.
What is the theory that states that we watch horror films because we enjoy the punishment of the people on screen?
500
The youngest ever US President.
Who is Theodor Roosevelt?