Horror Film Facts
The directors, writers, studios, budgets and tricks behind horror films, from silent classics to modern Indian horror.
About this quiz
How do horror films get under your skin? This quiz looks behind the screams: the directors who changed the genre, the novels that inspired it, the studios that made it famous, the tiny budgets that earned fortunes and the filmmaking tricks every horror fan knows.
Good to know: Horror films are often made cheaply. Paranormal Activity (2007) was shot for about $15,000 and earned more than $190 million worldwide.
How to play
- 10 questions, each with four answers
- +100 points for every right answer
- After each question you see the right answer and why
- Every round picks its questions at random, so playing again brings new ones
- No time limit: take as long as you like
Sample questions
- Who directed The Exorcist (1973)?
- Who directed both A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Scream (1996)?
- Who directed The Conjuring (2013) and co-created the Saw series with Leigh Whannell?
Each round picks 10 of this quiz’s 20 questions, so these may come up.
