Halloween movie quiz

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Fun fact: Henry Selick directed it and Tim Burton produced it. Danny Elfman wrote its songs, and the film is made with stop-motion animation.

Ghostbusters

Also accepted: Ghost Busters, Ghostbusters 1984

Fun fact: Ghostbusters (1984) was directed by Ivan Reitman and was added to the US National Film Registry in 2015.

Jaws

Fun fact: Jaws came out in June 1975 and is often called the first summer blockbuster. It won three Oscars, for editing, score and sound.

Beetlejuice

Also accepted: Beetle Juice, Beetlejuice 1988

Fun fact: Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) won the Oscar for Best Makeup.

The Shining

Fun fact: Stanley Kubrick's film is based on Stephen King's novel. The Overlook Hotel's exterior was modelled on Timberline Lodge in Oregon.

Ghostbusters

Fun fact: Ghostbusters arrived in 1984, Scream in 1996, The Sixth Sense in 1999 and Get Out in 2017.

1. Frankenstein
2. Psycho
3. The Exorcist
4. Halloween

Fun fact: James Whale's Frankenstein is from 1931, Psycho from 1960, The Exorcist from 1973 and John Carpenter's Halloween from 1978.

True

Fun fact: Jaws was the highest-grossing film in history until Star Wars overtook it in 1977.

1. Beetlejuice
2. Scream
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Get Out

Fun fact: Beetlejuice is from 1988, Scream from 1996, The Sixth Sense from 1999 and Get Out from 2017.

1. Alien
2. Friday the 13th
3. Poltergeist
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street

Fun fact: Alien came out in May 1979, Friday the 13th in May 1980, Poltergeist in 1982 and A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984.

Alfred Hitchcock

Fun fact: Studio bosses expected Psycho to fail, so Hitchcock financed it himself in return for 60 percent of the profits.

John Carpenter

Fun fact: Carpenter also composed the score, recording it on a synthesiser in three days. The film was shot in about four weeks on a budget of roughly $300,000 and joined the National Film Registry in 2006.

Ridley Scott

Fun fact: The creature's look was built around H. R. Giger's artwork. Alien won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

• Frankenstein (1931) → James Whale
• The Exorcist → William Friedkin
• Get Out → Jordan Peele
• Poltergeist → Tobe Hooper

Fun fact: Many people assume Steven Spielberg directed Poltergeist. He co-wrote and produced it, but Tobe Hooper is the credited director.

Guillermo del Toro

Also accepted: del Toro, Del Toro, Guillermo

Fun fact: Del Toro's Shape of Water won Best Picture as well as Best Director at the 2018 Oscars.

Jason Voorhees

Fun fact: Jason only gets the hockey mask in Friday the 13th Part III (1982). In the 1980 original the killer is his mother.

Cruella de Vil

Fun fact: Betty Lou Gerson voiced Cruella in the 1961 film, which is based on Dodie Smith's novel.

False

Fun fact: Freddy made his debut in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), played by Robert Englund.

• Disney villains: Maleficent, Scar, Ursula
• Horror villains: Norman Bates, Michael Myers, Ghostface

Fun fact: Maleficent is from Sleeping Beauty (1959), Ursula from The Little Mermaid (1989) and Scar from The Lion King (1994).

Hannibal Lecter

Fun fact: Anthony Hopkins played Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Norman Bates came second on the same list.

Hocus Pocus

Fun fact: It underperformed at the box office in 1993, then became a Halloween favourite through annual TV showings.

Monsters, Inc.

Also accepted: Monsters Inc, Monsters Inc., Monsters, Inc, Monsters Incorporated

Fun fact: Pete Docter directed it for Pixar Animation Studios, and John Goodman voiced Sulley.

True

Fun fact: Henry Selick directed Coraline at Laika, and its stop-motion animation was photographed in 3-D.

• Wednesday Addams (1991) → Christina Ricci
• Winifred Sanderson → Bette Midler
• Sulley → John Goodman
• Coraline Jones → Dakota Fanning

Fun fact: Christina Ricci played Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its 1993 sequel.

Danny Elfman

Fun fact: Chris Sarandon spoke Jack's lines, while composer Danny Elfman sang his songs.