Movies
Vocabulary
General Trivia
Grammar
Spelling
100

A movie about a little girl who enters an alternate world through a mysterious door in her new home. 


Coraline

100

The word that refers to the bone that forms a person's head. 

Skull

100

The name of the villain in the IT film franchise. 

Pennywise 

100

Rewrite this to fit the past simple tense: 

Bill Skarsgård (play) Pennywise in the acclaimed IT franchise.

Bill Skarsgård played Pennywise in the acclaimed IT franchise.

100

👻 an adverb 

ghostly
200

A movie about a skeleton who discovers Christmas. 


The Nightmare Before Christmas

200
The cleaning object that is associated with allowing a witch to fly. 

Broom

200

The villain that torments the characters in their sleep. (Film franchise: A Nightmare on Elm Street) 

Freddy Krueger 

200

Rewrite this to fit the past continuous tense: 

The little boy (sleep) when Art the Clown entered his room.

The little boy was sleeping when Art the Clown entered his room.

200

a synonym of spell 🪄 also a horror movie inspired by spooky events that took place in Taiwan.  

incantation 

300

The author who wrote the novels that inspired the films The Shining, IT, Misery, Pet Semetary, and more. 

Stephen King

300

A synonym for "ghost" 

Spectre, phantom, spirit, soul. 

300

A person, typically a priest, who removes demons or spirits from a person's body. (Clue: this is also the title of an iconic horror film released in 1973.) 

(The) Exorcist 

300

Hereditary by Ari Aster is (superlative) (scary) film I've ever seen. 

Hereditary by Ari Aster is the scariest film I've ever seen. 

300

the noun for warlock activities 

wizardry 

400

A horror subgenre in which we follow the main characters through a handheld camera, surveillance footage, or documentary fragments. 

Found Footage

400
The genre that covers real-life stories about murderers, thieves, and mysteries concerning illegal and/or scary events. 

True Crime 

400

The name of the black-and-white nun from The Conjuring universe. 


Valak

400

Add the appropriate superlative adjective. 

Despite its darker themes, Weapons was one of the _____ horror movies I've seen lately. Somehow, the ending was pure comedy. 

funniest 

funny -> comedy

400

Something that reminds one of bloodthirsty creatures. An adjective. 

vampiric 

500

Name five slasher films (in their English titles.)

OPEN ANSWER

500

The horror movie trope where a spunky female character survives and emerges triumphant. 

Final Girl 

500

A cliché, abrupt scene in a horror movie meant to shock the audience. 

Jump scare

500

Insert the appropriate quantifier. 

There were ____ shocking scenes in Weapons; for that reason, I would recommend it only to seasoned horror fans!

There were ____ shocking scenes in Barbarian; for that reason, I would recommend it only to seasoned horror fans!

(countable) plenty of/so many/many/several/a few

500

Dealing with the gruesome, dark, and bleak. An adjective. 

macabre