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The Quiz #161

1. In what horror favorite will you find Jack Nicholson going mad at the Overlook Hotel?

Answer: "The Shining"

2. Which slasher film franchise features a serial killer named Jason Voorhees?

Answer: "Friday the 13th"

3. What seemingly harmless cartoon mascot terrorized New York City in the climactic showdown in "Ghostbusters?"

Answer: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

4. Oogie Boogie, Dr. Finkelstein, and Jack Skellington are among the characters you'll meet in this animated film.

Answer: "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

5. What cult 2004 zombie comedy introduced American audiences to British writer/performer Simon Pegg?

Answer: "Shaun of the Dead"

6. Wes Craven directed all of the following except:

Answer: "Carrie"

7. Which of the following horror films has yet to undergo a Hollywood remake?

Answer: "Rosemary's Baby"

8. What legendary actor played the inventor of the title character in "Edward Scissorhands?"

Answer: Vincent Price

9. Who was not one of the high school outcasts that practiced witchcraft in 1996's "The Craft?"

Answer: Drew Barrymore

10. What 1977 sequel was subtitled "The Heretic?"

Answer: "The Exorcist II"

11. What mass murderer was the focus of an incredibly controversial 1986 film subtitled "Portrait of a Serial Killer?"

Answer: Henry Lee Lucas

12. What type of creature does the titular teenager turn into when she strikes puberty in the 2000 cult movie "Ginger Snaps?"

Answer: Werewolf

13. Upon viewing this popular 1987 thriller, Clint Eastwood famously noted to producer Sherry Lansing that her film was so similar to his directorial debut "Play Misty for Me" that she owed him a beer.

Answer: "Fatal Attraction"

14. What is the name of the influential Italian film genre started by directors Mario Bava and Dario Argento in the 1960s and 1970s?

Answer: Giallo

15. Who is the only actor to have played the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster, a mummy, and a vampire on the silver screen?

Answer: Lon Chaney, Jr. He played the characters in "The Wolf Man" (1941), "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942), "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942), and "Son of Dracula" (1943), respectively.



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