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Horror Media and Literature

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Horror Media and Literature Questions

Multiple choice

which mob does NOT burn in sunlight?

  1. spider

  2. skeleton

  3. zombie
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Spiders are considered arthropods and do not burn in sunlight, whereas zombies and skeletons are undead and will catch fire.

Multiple choice

What's the body count in the film "Halloween"?

  1. 1

  2. 5 people and a dog

  3. 8

  4. 3 children and a cat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the original 1978 film 'Halloween', Michael Myers kills five people (Judith Myers, Annie Brackett, Lynda Van Der Klok, Bob Simms, and a mechanic) and the family dog.

Multiple choice

It's alive! It's alive!

  1. Lake Placid

  2. Frankenstein

  3. Dracula

  4. Return of the Living Dead
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. Frankenstein shouts this in the 1931 film Frankenstein upon successfully bringing his creation to life.

Multiple choice

I see dead people.

  1. Night of the Living Dead

  2. Deadpool

  3. Sixth Sense

  4. Casper
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This iconic line is spoken by Cole Sear in the 1999 supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense. The other films listed do not feature this specific dialogue.

Multiple choice

A boy's best friend is his mother. 1960

  1. A Nightmare on Elm Street

  2. Psycho

  3. Halloween

  4. Friday the 13th
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Norman Bates says this line in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho. It reveals the dark nature of his relationship with his mother.

Multiple choice

They're here! 1982

  1. Poltergeist

  2. Alien

  3. E.T.

  4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Carol Anne Freeling says this line while touching the television screen in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist.

Multiple choice

It's alive! It's alive! 1931

  1. Dracula

  2. The Mummy

  3. Frankenstein

  4. The Bride of Frankenstein
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Colin Clive, playing Dr. Henry Frankenstein, shouts this line in the 1931 horror classic Frankenstein. It marks the moment his creation first shows signs of life.

Multiple choice

I see dead people. 1999

  1. The Night of the Living Dead

  2. The Sixth Sense

  3. Psycho

  4. A Nightmare on Elm Street
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Haley Joel Osment, playing Cole Sear, says this to his psychologist in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense. It is the defining line of the supernatural thriller.

Multiple choice

"They're here!"

  1. Pulp Fiction

  2. Poltergeist

  3. Monsters Inc

  4. The Shining
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This line is spoken by Carol Anne Freeling in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist as she communicates with spirits through the television.

Multiple choice

"It's alive! It's alive!"

  1. Frankenstein

  2. Prometheus

  3. Dracula
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The exclamation 'It's alive! It's alive!' is famously spoken by Dr. Henry Frankenstein in the 1931 horror film Frankenstein as he witnesses his creation come to life. The other options are horror-related but do not contain this specific line.