Horror Films quiz

More questions about Horror Films

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1. 1 Easy

   Where is Danny warned never to go in Kubrick's The Shining?

   Answer: Room 237

   Why: Stephen King's book uses room 217; the Timberline Lodge, filmed as the hotel's exterior, asked Kubrick to avoid its real room 217.

2. 2 Medium

   Whose face was Michael Myers' mask in Halloween made from?

   Answer: Captain Kirk

   Why: The crew bought the Kirk mask for $1.98, then painted the face white and widened the eye holes.

3. 3 Hard

   Who is the hunchbacked assistant in the 1931 Frankenstein?

   Answer: Fritz

   Why: Universal's Ygor came later and was no hunchback: Bela Lugosi played him as a broken-necked blacksmith in 1939.

4. 4 Easy

   Which hotel does Jack Torrance look after in The Shining?

   Answer: The Overlook

   Why: Stephen King modeled the Overlook on Colorado's Stanley Hotel after spending a single night there in 1974.

5. 5 Medium

   Which future star made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street?

   Answer: Johnny Depp

   Why: Depp plays Glen Lantz, the boyfriend and next-door neighbor of the heroine, Nancy Thompson.

6. 6 Hard

   Which language was a second 1931 Dracula filmed in, on the same sets?

   Answer: Spanish

   Why: At 104 minutes, the Spanish version runs about half an hour longer than Tod Browning's English one.