Horror Directors
This is the director of the acclaimed "Living Dead" series of movies
George Romero
This two-time Golden Globe winner became the definitive, modern female horror protagonist in her 1978 film debut "Halloween"
Imhotep, the antagonist of this film, was named after a real person.
The Mummy
This eerie film is credited with coining the notorious phrase, “Do you like scary movies?”
Scream (1996)
In this 1985 horror spoof, a pair of reporters (Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr) are sent to Transylvania to find Dracula, only to find more monsters than they expected.
Transylvania 6-5000
This director is known for his horror films and scores, but is most notably known for his Halloween movies.
John Carpenter
Her most famous character would have to be Ellen Ripley, whom she played four times in the Alien franchise (so far?) - the second of which, in 1986’s Aliens, made her a first-time Oscar-nominee
Sigourney Weaver
In 1931, Boris Karloff played which kind of monster.
Vampire
The synopsis below most accurately represents this horror film. “A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.”
The Thing
In this 1986 Stephen King classic, machines gain consciousness and turn on humans.
Maximum Overdrive
Responsible for creating one of the essential cinematic screen villains, Freddy Kruger, this director broke into the horror scene with his unforgiving movie, Last House on the Left.
Wes Craven
It is an unheard of concept now, but in 1973, this teenage scream queen received an Oscar nomination for The Exorcist - the scariest movie ever in many fans’ eyes.
Linda Blair
This is the name of the monster in "The Creature from the Black Lagoon"
This horror film used the following tagline “In space, no one can hear you scream.”
Alien
Starring Rowdy Roddy Piper, this 1986 John Carpenter movie where a pair of sunglasses alerts a troubled man to the fact that aliens surround and rule us.
They Live
This director first scared audiences with his low- budget, cult classic film "Evil Dead" and is known for other scary films such as "Army of Darkness", "The Gift" and "Drag Me to Hell"
Sam Raimi
If we really want to start talking legends, that category would be incomplete without mention of this scream queen, who was already a big star when she gave an Oscar-nominated performance as Marion Crane in 1960’s Psycho
Janet Leigh
In 1931's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," this item turns the doctor into the evil Hyde
potion/elixir
This horror film’s tagline is “We dare you to say his name five times“?
Candyman
Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town with cotton candy guns in this 1988 cult classic
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
With his twisted psychological stories of the human condition, this director explores his characters' latent desires in such movies as "Scanners", "Videodrome" and most recently, "Crimes of the Future"
David Cronenberg
This scream queen got her start as Michael Meyers young niece in Halloween 4. She went on to start in the Rob Zombie two-part reinvention of the Halloween series.
Danielle Harris
This actor became the only person in the franchise to play Dracula, Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, and a mummy.
Lon Chainey Jr
In this horror movie, the quote used is "We Have Such Sights To Show You."
Hellraiser
A foxy horror-movie hostess inherits an old mansion and finds herself pitted against the local townsfolk. This 1988 movie was based on the popular TV series of the same name.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark