Horror film - Quiz
Horror film
  • 1. According to Jacob Shelton, what does negative space do in a horror film frame?
A) It draws the viewers' eyes to specific areas like walls or shadows.
B) It prevents the viewer from seeing the protagonist.
C) It creates a sense of comfort and safety.
D) It highlights the primary monster in the scene.
  • 2. What effect do lighting extremes have on viewers according to Anna Powell?
A) They help the viewer feel completely safe.
B) They reveal all hidden details in the scene.
C) They provoke unease by obscuring details.
D) They stop the audience from being startled.
  • 3. How can bright lighting be used to manipulate horror viewers?
A) It ensures the scene is not scary.
B) It can trick viewers into feeling safe.
C) It guarantees that no jump scare will happen.
D) It makes the monster immediately visible.
  • 4. Which techniques does Powell suggest directors use to disorient viewers?
A) Tilted camera angles, slow-motion, and reverse shots.
B) Static wide shots and monotone audio.
C) Extreme close-ups and silence.
D) High-speed panning and bright colors.
  • 5. What is a common connotation of the color red in horror films?
A) Coldness and winter.
B) Humor and lightheartedness.
C) Blood, passion, or disease.
D) Safety and neutrality.
  • 6. What is the primary goal of a jump scare?
A) To soothe the audience during intense moments.
B) To explain the back-story of the antagonist.
C) To surprise the viewer with an abrupt image change and loud sound.
D) To provide a comedic break in the tension.
  • 7. How can the jump scare trope be subverted to create tension?
A) By removing all sound during the jump scare.
B) By making the jump scare occur in bright daylight.
C) By ensuring the jump scare happens at the very end of the film.
D) By making audiences feel unease in anticipation of the scare.
  • 8. Why are mirrors frequently used in horror films?
A) To act as a portal for the protagonist to escape.
B) To provide a clear view of the entire room.
C) To allow the protagonist to see behind themselves easily.
D) To create visual depth and build tension.
  • 9. According to Shelton, why do audiences fear mirrors in horror films?
A) Because they reflect the viewer's own fears.
B) Because mirrors are physically dangerous to actors.
C) Because they have been conditioned by repeated use in the genre.
D) Because mirrors are naturally associated with ghosts.
  • 10. What is the effect of using tight framing and close-ups in horror?
A) They create a sense of vastness and space.
B) They make the scene appear more realistic.
C) They induce anxiety by limiting the viewer's field of vision.
D) They provide the viewer with more information.
  • 11. How does Rhodes describe the role of horror films for audiences?
A) As a tool to desensitize viewers to violence.
B) As a safe space to confront and process fears.
C) As a way to avoid all real-world anxieties.
D) As an educational resource for survival skills.
  • 12. What psychological benefit does the author suggest horror films provide?
A) Increased paranoia and long-term fear.
B) Complete loss of ability to process trauma.
C) Catharsis, relief, and a sense of empowerment.
D) A desire to avoid social interaction.
  • 13. What does Lerner state is the primary intent of horror film music?
A) To distract viewers from the scary visual elements.
B) To provide a relaxing break from the imagery.
C) To provide clues about the mystery.
D) To make viewers feel threatened and uncomfortable.
  • 14. What musical techniques are considered typical in horror films?
A) Dissonance, atonality, and experiments with timbre.
B) Classical piano concertos and opera.
C) Cheerful melodies and major keys.
D) Standard pop rhythms and acoustic guitar.
  • 15. Which of these is considered a broad element of the horror genre?
A) Monsters
B) Romantic comedy subplots
C) Documentary-style narration
D) Musical dance numbers
  • 16. Which author is mentioned as an early inspiration for horror?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Mark Twain
C) Jane Austen
D) Charles Dickens
  • 17. According to the text, the horror genre was only codified after the release of which film?
A) Alien (1979)
B) The Lost Weekend (1945)
C) Dracula (1931)
D) Gaslight (1944)
  • 18. Who declared that the commonality between horror films is that 'normality is threatened by the monster'?
A) Robin Wood
B) Noël Carroll
C) Gary D. Rhodes
D) Andrew Tudor
  • 19. What genre was often used to promote Dracula before it was considered horror?
A) Mystery
B) Western
C) Comedy
D) Science fiction
  • 20. Which film was included in Siegfried Kracauer’s list of 'terror films' in the 1940s?
A) Alien
B) A Nightmare on Elm Street
C) Dracula
D) The Lost Weekend
  • 21. What does Mark Jancovich argue regarding the collective belief in horror?
A) Fans are in total agreement
B) Collective belief has remained unchanged
C) There is no simple collective belief
D) Critics have defined it perfectly
  • 22. According to Charles Derry's book 'Dark Dreams', how many broad themes of horror films are there?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Four
D) Three
  • 23. Which film is cited as an example of the horror of personality featuring a psychotic murderer?
A) The Omen
B) The Exorcist
C) White Zombie
D) Psycho
  • 24. What is the primary fear explored in the Armageddon theme?
A) Large-scale destruction
B) Individual mutilation
C) Satanic rituals
D) Psychological breakdown
  • 25. Which film is mentioned as an example of the Armageddon theme involving natural events?
A) White Zombie
B) Night of the Living Dead
C) Frankenstein
D) The Birds
  • 26. The demonic theme features accounts of which of the following?
A) Alien invasions
B) Satanic rites
C) Serial killers
D) Zombie uprisings
  • 27. Which film is listed as an example of the theme of the demonic?
A) The Birds
B) Psycho
C) White Zombie
D) The Exorcist
  • 28. Which historical event is mentioned as an example of an issue explored through horror films?
A) The Renaissance
B) The Vietnam War
C) The Industrial Revolution
D) The Great Depression
  • 29. What subgenre is cited as a prime example of anxieties surrounding race and racism?
A) Zombie apocalypse
B) Slasher films
C) Psychological thrillers
D) Gothic romance
  • 30. Which film presented Afro-Haitian religious practices as evil?
A) Night of the Living Dead
B) Psycho
C) The Omen
D) White Zombie
  • 31. Who was cast as the lead in 'Night of the Living Dead'?
A) Charles Derry
B) Jeanne Hall
C) Duane Jones
D) Alfred Hitchcock
  • 32. What is the name of the book written by Charles Derry?
A) Dark Dreams
B) Visual Horror
C) The History of Fear
D) Horror and Society
  • 33. Which scholar wrote the book Monsters and Mad Scientists: A Cultural History of the Horror Movie?
A) Mark Jancovich
B) H. P. Lovecraft
C) Adam Rockoff
D) Isabel Pinedo
  • 34. Which film is used as an example of a temporary defeat of the monster?
A) A Nightmare on Elm Street
B) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
C) Halloween
D) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • 35. What is a major theme of Lovecraftian horror?
A) Cosmic dread
B) The collapse of the government
C) Serial killers in holiday settings
D) Bodily transformation
  • 36. When did the body horror sub-genre emerge?
A) The 1950s
B) The 1980s
C) The 1990s
D) The 1970s
  • 37. Which director is associated with the earliest body horror films like Shivers?
A) David Cronenberg
B) E. T. A. Hoffmann
C) Charles Dickens
D) H. P. Lovecraft
  • 38. Which film is mentioned as an example of body horror?
A) The Fly
B) April Fool's Day
C) Silent Night, Bloody Night
D) Black Christmas
  • 39. What is considered an influential Christmas horror film from 1974?
A) April Fool's Day
B) Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
C) My Bloody Valentine
D) Black Christmas
  • 40. Adam Rockoff categorized the Christmas horror sub-genre alongside which type of films?
A) Holiday-themed slasher films
B) Documentary-style horror
C) Lovecraftian ghost stories
D) Science fiction films
  • 41. Which literary work is mentioned as an antecedent to the darker elements of Christmas?
A) Shivers
B) The Thing
C) A Christmas Carol
D) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
  • 42. Christmas horror is often interpreted as a modern reinvention of what?
A) The monster movie
B) The Christmas ghost story
C) The body horror narrative
D) The scientific thriller
  • 43. Which film is categorized as having an ambiguous ending?
A) The Thing
B) Halloween
C) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
D) Shivers
  • 44. What is the primary purpose of blending sexual imagery with horrific themes in erotic horror?
A) Historical documentation
B) Sexual arousal
C) Artistic satire
D) Social commentary
  • 45. Which filmmaker is noted for works like Le Viol du Vampire and Fascination?
A) Wes Craven
B) H. R. Giger
C) Jean Rollin
D) Clive Barker
  • 46. Which American horror film franchise is mentioned as an example of erotic horror?
A) I Spit on Your Grave
B) Hostel
C) Candyman
D) Saw
  • 47. Which country is the British erotic horror series Hellraiser associated with?
A) United States
B) Britain
C) Germany
D) France
  • 48. Whose designs for the Xenomorph in Alien featured phallic and vaginal imagery?
A) Jean Rollin
B) Clive Barker
C) H. R. Giger
D) Wes Craven
  • 49. The roots of extreme horror can be traced back to which theater?
A) The Paris Opera House
B) Théâtre du Grand-Guignol
C) Broadway Theater
D) The Globe Theatre
  • 50. In which city was the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol located?
A) London
B) Paris
C) New York
D) Rome
  • 51. Which film released in 1972 is cited as an example of extreme horror?
A) Last House on the Left
B) Fascination
C) Le Viol du Vampire
D) Alien
  • 52. Which 1978 film is categorized as extreme horror in the text?
A) Hellraiser
B) Fascination
C) I Spit on Your Grave
D) Alien
  • 53. Which band is mentioned as having lyrics based on extreme horror films?
A) Ice Nine Kills
B) Slipknot
C) Slayer
D) Metallica
  • 54. Which of these is a setting frequently featured in folk horror films?
A) Futuristic space stations
B) Cyberpunk digital landscapes
C) Rural settings
D) Dense urban metropolises
  • 55. Which film is cited as an example of folk horror?
A) Scream
B) The Wicker Man
C) Halloween
D) The Shining
  • 56. In which regions are local folklore and beliefs prevalent in horror films?
A) Southeast Asia
B) South America
C) Northern Europe
D) North America
  • 57. What perspective does the found footage technique provide to the audience?
A) First person view
B) Animated perspective
C) The perspective of a silent narrator
D) Third person omniscient view
  • 58. What site's popularity in 2006 sparked a taste for amateur media?
A) Vimeo
B) Facebook
C) MySpace
D) YouTube
  • 59. Which film is mentioned as a financially successful found footage film from 2007?
A) Paranormal Activity
B) The Blair Witch Project
C) Rec
D) Cloverfield
  • 60. Which film is considered an early example of the Gothic genre?
A) The Exorcist
B) Jaws
C) The Haunted Castle
D) Psycho
  • 61. Which director is associated with the Gothic film Stoker (2013)?
A) Stanley Kubrick
B) John Carpenter
C) Park Chan-wook
D) Alfred Hitchcock
  • 62. Which Jordan Peele film is mentioned in the context of the Gothic genre?
A) Candyman
B) Get Out
C) Nope
D) Us
  • 63. Which studio was known for its Gothic horror revival in the 1950s and 1960s?
A) Pixar
B) DreamWorks
C) Hammer
D) Disney
  • 64. What is another common name for the natural horror film subgenre?
A) Slasher horror
B) Cosmic horror
C) Gothic horror
D) Eco-horror
  • 65. Who defined the nature-revenge genre in 1963?
A) James Marriott
B) Stanley Kubrick
C) John Carpenter
D) Alfred Hitchcock
  • 66. What kind of animals are featured in the film Willard?
A) Sharks
B) Rats
C) Frogs
D) Birds
  • 67. Which film is described as the 'turning point' in the natural horror genre?
A) The Birds
B) Jaws
C) Willard
D) Bug
  • 68. In what year was the film Jaws released?
A) 1981
B) 1975
C) 1963
D) 1972
  • 69. What movement is the natural horror genre linked with?
A) Urban expansion
B) Environmental movements
C) Technological advancement
D) Industrialization movements
  • 70. According to the text, which animal became the most popular in the genre following Jaws?
A) Grizzlies
B) Frogs
C) Rats
D) Sharks
  • 71. Who found that the natural horror genre had 'lost momentum' since the 1970s?
A) Stanley
B) James Marriott
C) John Muir
D) Alfred Hitchcock
  • 72. Which of these is a film listed as a post-Jaws film featuring real-life creatures?
A) Willard
B) Ben
C) The Birds
D) Grizzly
  • 73. What describes the shift in the genre after the success of Jaws?
A) An increase in giant monster tropes
B) A move towards space horror
C) A focus on mutated beasts
D) A less-fantastic route
  • 74. Which of these is mentioned as an official sequel to Willard?
A) Frogs
B) Stanley
C) Ben
D) Bug
  • 75. Which organization is mentioned as being linked to the themes of natural horror films?
A) Greenpeace
B) The World Wildlife Fund
C) The Audubon Society
D) The Red Cross
  • 76. What is the primary characteristic of the creatures in natural horror films?
A) Demonic possession
B) Alien invaders
C) Nature running amok
D) Supernatural ghosts
  • 77. According to the text, what is a common antagonist in religious horror?
A) Zombies
B) Demons
C) Aliens
D) Serial killers
  • 78. Which of these is mentioned as a religious symbol used to defeat evil?
A) A machete
B) A flickering light
C) A bladed tool
D) The rosary
  • 79. What primary tool is often used by killers in slasher films?
A) Poison
B) Psychological manipulation
C) Supernatural curses
D) Bladed tools
  • 80. Which film's success triggered a surge of at least 20 slasher films in 1980?
A) Scream
B) Friday the 13th
C) Paranormal Activity
D) The Conjuring
  • 81. What is a common property found in slasher films?
A) The use of holy water
B) Psychological disquiet
C) A crime from the past
D) A focus on heaven and hell
  • 82. Which film led to a brief revival of the slasher genre in the 1990s?
A) Bloody Beach
B) The Record
C) Nightmare
D) Scream
  • 83. What type of setting is typically found in slasher films?
A) The afterlife
B) Cinematic dark rides
C) Churches
D) Campgrounds
  • 84. Which critic derided the slasher film genre during its era?
A) Adam Rockoff
B) PopMatters
C) Ebert
D) Bill Gibron
  • 85. What element of supernatural horror involves viewers feeling a chill in the air?
A) Religious rituals
B) Non-physical beings
C) Splatter gore
D) Bladed tools
  • 86. Who produced 'I Was a Teenage Werewolf' and 'I Was a Teenage Frankenstein'?
A) John Kenneth Muir
B) Herman Cohen
C) Andy Richards
D) Alexandra West
  • 87. How did John Kenneth Muir describe the teen horror cycle of the 1980s?
A) Low-budget comedies
B) Innovative artistic masterpieces
C) Historical documentaries
D) Cautionary conservative tales
  • 88. According to the text, what consequence did 1980s teen horror films suggest for engaging in vices like sex or drugs?
A) Financial ruin
B) Loss of status
C) Social ostracization
D) Death
  • 89. Which film is mentioned as a non-slasher teen horror film from the late 1990s?
A) Frankenstein's Daughter
B) The Stepford Wives
C) Crazy/Beautiful
D) The Faculty
  • 90. Which company produced several teen horror films in the 1950s?
A) American International Pictures
B) Paramount Pictures
C) Universal Studios
D) Hammer Film Productions
  • 91. Which film was released in 1958?
A) Frankenstein's Daughter
B) A Nightmare on Elm Street
C) Halloween
D) The Stepford Wives
Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.