Classic Horror Cinema
This 1996 film is widely credited with revitalizing the slasher subgenre.
What is Scream?
Known for his tales of the macabre, this writer is also known as the inventor of detective fiction.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Rick, Michonne, Carl, and Negan
What is The Walking Dead?
This Richard O'Brien stage musical premiered in 1973 and was adapted two years later into what is now the longest running theatrical film in history.
What is The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
John Carpenter not only wrote and directed this 1978 film, but composed the music for it as well.
What is Halloween?
This F.W. Murnau film is credited as the first vampire film.
What is Nosferatu?
Anne Rice's debut novel featured this antihero vampire, famously played by Tom Cruise in an adaptation.
Who is Lestat de Lioncourt?
Nancy, Dustin, Joyce, and Mike
What is Stranger Things?
This stage play premiered on Broadway in October 1927 and starred Bela Lugosi in his first major English-speaking role.
What is Dracula?
Ki ki ki, ma ma ma are the well-known sounds from this series theme.
What is Friday the 13th?
Often mentioned alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Neve Campbell as the biggest "scream queens," Heather Langenkamp starred in this seminal horror series.
What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
This novel set in the West Yorkshire Moors featured the Linton and Earnshaw families and was published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.
What is Wuthering Heights?
Eric, Bill, Lafayette, and Sookie
What is True Blood?
This 1988 Broadway flop was a musical adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 hit.
What is Carrie?
The theme from this Tobe Hooper film was also known as "Carol Anne's Theme."
This 1973 William Friedkin film was the first horror film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is The Exorcist?
This landmark Toni Morrison novel was adapted into a 1998 film starring Oprah Winfrey.
What is Beloved?
Dale, Laura, Leland, and BOB
What is Twin Peaks?
Considered cursed within the world of theater, many thespians will not refer to it by name and instead call it "the Scottish play."
What is Macbeth?
The Jerry Goldsmith composed and Oscar nominated song Ave Satani is the theme song for this 1976 film, which also won Best Original Score.
What is The Omen?
Known for his pioneering work in horror, this director is responsible for films such as The People Under the Stairs, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Cursed, and Vampire in Brooklyn.
Who is Wes Craven?
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Jake Wheeler, Andy Barclay, Charles Lee Ray, and Tiffany Valentine
What is Chucky?
Featuring songs such as "Do the Necronomicon," "Cabin in the Woods," and "Hail to the King," this rock musical was called the next Rocky Horror.
What is Evil Dead?
The song Pet Semetary, written specifically for the movie of the same name, was written and performed by this band, often called the first true punk rock group.
Who are the Ramones?