horror film
Horror uses suspense, monsters, violence, or supernatural threats. This topic is part of Film Genres within Movies & Television. This page currently draws on 8 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
horror film trivia questions
A horror film is designed mainly to evoke what?
Answer: Fear
Bonus fact: Horror uses suspense, monsters, violence, or supernatural threats.
Which 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film features the Bates Motel?
Answer: Psycho
Bonus fact: Psycho became one of the most influential horror-thrillers.
Which 1931 Universal film helped define the screen image of Count Dracula?
Answer: Dracula
Bonus fact: Bela Lugosi starred as Dracula.
Robert Eggers made his feature debut with which Puritan horror film?
Answer: The Witch
Bonus fact: The film is set in 17th-century New England.
Ridley Scott directed which 1979 science-fiction horror film?
Answer: Alien
Bonus fact: Alien introduced the character Ellen Ripley.
Which disturbing 1999 horror film helped bring Takashi Miike international attention?
Answer: Audition
Bonus fact: Audition shifts dramatically from restrained drama to horror.
Ari Aster made his feature directing debut with which horror film?
Answer: Hereditary
Bonus fact: Toni Collette stars in Hereditary.
Who directed the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still?
Answer: Robert Wise
Bonus fact: 1951 US science fiction horror film directed by Robert Wise.