Only The Bravest Souls Can Tell The Horror Movie From A Single Scene
- by Lacey Womack
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Is there anything better than having a horror movie marathon? Seriously, it's always so much fun to curl up on the couch with a big bowl of popcorn and a scary movie on Netflix. Whether you're with friends or by yourself in a dark room, it's a lot of fun to get scared by these movies! It's almost worth how terrifying it is later when you hear a little sound and think you're going to be murdered by a loose serial killer or the monster in the movie you saw earlier. Oops!
The horror genre has been around for a long time in all kings of forms, dating all the way back to books like Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and up to the present with adaptations of all the terrifying books Stephen King has written. Luckily, if you're not into reading the material for your nightmares, there's always new horror movies coming out. Are you the type of person to go see all of them? Do you always know what the big twist at the end is going to be before everyone watching it with you even has a guess?
If you think you're the biggest horror movie fan, take this quiz to test your knowledge!
What movie is this from?
This horror movie maybe a remake of a miniseries from the 90s that was based on a classic horror novel, but it made people terrified of clowns all over again like it was an original. This film is set in a small town in Maine that finds itself terrorized by a monster every few decades. When it wakes up, it feeds off children living in the area and then goes back into hibernation. Do you know the name of this creepy clown film?
Which classic remake is this?
This movie is a remake of another classic horror movie that was based on a terrifying novel by Stephen King. The novel sparked one film, a made-for-TV-movie, a Broadway musical, and countless other pop culture references. It follows the life of a high school outcast who is mocked relentlessly at school before she finds out that she possesses special powers that allow her to control things simply with her mind. When the popular kids at school pull a prank on her at prom, she uses her powers to exact revenge.
What movie is this?
This horror movie, which served as the directorial debut for Jordan Peele, was released in 2017 and was named one of the best movies of the year after receiving several awards. The movie follows a photographer named Chris Washington who travels to meet his girlfriend's family and learns about a terrifying family secret while he's there. While at their house, they make several uncomfortably racist comments and Chris notices that the people who work for her family are acting quite bizarrely.
Which movie is this from?
This movie is based loosely on the story of a doll that famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren had. The movie is set in 1967 after a doctor named John gives his pregnant wife the gift of a rare porcelain doll to celebrate the child they're expecting together. That night, their neighbor's daughter and her boyfriend attack their neighbors, killing one of them while the other meets a terrible fate while holding the doll. Following the attack, strange paranormal occurrences start to happen to the couple.
What classic found footage film is this?
This movie is set in 1994 when three film students named Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to travel into the woods to make a documentary about an urban legend that they had heard about. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland where they talk to several residents and hear stories about the woods being haunted and stories about several different supposed culprits including a hermit who murdered children in the 80s, a woman whose "feet never touched the ground," and a supposed ritualistic murder that happened in the woods.
What movie is this?
Found footage horror movies have been around for years. With movies like The Blair Witch Project and the Paranormal Activity franchise, we're pretty sure they won't be going anywhere any time soon. And for good reason! Horror fans love them. This found footage film takes place entirely on a computer screen as a malicious ghost takes over Skype accounts and email accounts in order to terrorize a group of teenage friends. Which technologically advanced horror movie is this scene from?
Which slasher flick is this?
This violent slasher flick originally premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness program but was released in theaters two years later in 2013. The movie follows as a family is attacked during their anniversary vacation celebration by a group of people wearing masks who come to their house to attack them. Yikes! This is not the kind of vacation that any of us want to have but it made for a pretty good, scary movie! What one was it?
Do you know the name of this zombie movie?
This zombie movie was released in 2002 and follows the breakdown of society after the accidental release of a contagious and deadly virus by animal rights activists who break into a laboratory and release a chimp that had been infected with the virus. The movie stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, and Brendan Gleeson as survivors in the post-apocalyptic world as they struggle to survive and carry on in their lives after society as they knew it fell apart in the wake of the virus.
What movie is this?
This movie is a remake of a Japanese horror film and surrounds an urban legend about a video tape that supposedly kills everyone who watches it exactly one week after they see it. After Katie and several of her friends watch the movie and are all found dead a week later, Katie's journalist aunt decides to investigate the mysterious tape and find out exactly what happened to her niece. Unfortunately, there are consequences. What movie is this creepy tape from?
What remake of a Japanese horror film is this?
This 2004 horror film is a remake of a Japanese horror film. The movie describes a curse that is born when people die while experiencing an extreme emotion like rage, fear, or sorrow. Upon their death, the curse becomes a supernatural entity that kills anyone who encounters it. In this movie, Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Karen Davis, an exchange student in Japan who becomes a caretaker for an elderly woman whose house seems to be in the grips of a terrifying paranormal entity.
Which movie is this?
In this movie, a young woman named Greta relocates from Montana to the United Kingdom for a job she was recently hired to do. Upon arriving to their home, she's shown the small porcelain doll that Greta is to be caring for and the owners of the doll explain how to care for him. Creepily enough, Greta finds out that they treat him like a living person and act like he's their son! Things only get weirder from there. What movie is this?
Which surreal horror movie is this?
This 2014 horror film is not for the claustrophobic people out there. It follows as a young alchemy scholar who is on the search for the philosopher's stone, a legendary substance that, according to myths, can turn any metal into pure gold and grants a person immortality and eternal life. Her hunt leads her to Paris where she finds out that the stone is allegedly hundreds of feet under the streets of Paris in the catacombs. What movie is this?
Which horror-comedy hybrid is this?
Can you imagine what it would be like to live the same day over and over? This horror movie follows the life of a college student who was murdered on her birthday. Yikes! To make matters worse, she suddenly finds herself waking up and reliving the same day over and over. Because of this, she sets out to find out who murdered her so she can stop it from happening and stop reliving the day each time she wakes up. What movie is this?
Which movie is this creepy grandma from?
The grandmother in this scene may look sweet and harmless, but considering the fact that this movie was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, we all know that can't be true. After not speaking to her parents for fifteen years, a divorced mother needs to send her two teenage children to stay with their grandparents while she goes away on a trip for five days. Unfortunately for the children, their grandparents' behavior is strange and they decide to try to get to the bottom of it.
What horror movie is this?
This horror movie stars Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, and Alexander DiPersia and was based on a terrifying short film from 2013 that went viral around the Internet shortly after its release. In the movie, a woman working at a textile factory notices the silhouette of a figure walking through the factory in the dark but realizes that when she turns the lights back on, the figure disappears. This movie gave us all a whole new reason to be afraid of the dark!
What movie is this?
For many people, losing baby teeth and being paid a visit by the tooth fairy was a fun, exciting event. But, in the small town this movie is based in, the tooth fairy is not someone you should be excited to have visit. After a woman was wrongly burned alive after being accused of murdering two children, she swore that her spirit would live on and seek revenge. Now, when a child loses their last baby tooth, legend says that she comes to visit them and kills them if they see her.
What horror movie is this?
There are a ton of urban legends surrounding mirrors and we have to say, they can be pretty terrifying! This movie takes place in the present as well as through flashbacks to a time 11 years in the past and both timelines are terrifying. When a man brings home an antique mirror to decorate his office with, his family's life is changed in horrifyingly strange ways. The family learns that the mirror is possessed by a supernatural presence that takes control over their lives.
Which supernatural horror movie is this?
This movie stars Shelley Hennig, Olivia Cooke, and Douglas Smith as a group of teenage friends who make a huge mistake by playing with a Ouija board. We would totally never want to mess around with a Ouija board, but seeing the way that the characters in this movie messed around with one and unleashed such a terrifying spirit made us really against EVER touching one! Do you know which supernatural horror movie this scene of Shelley Hennig's character holding the board is from?
What movie is this?
Getting gifts is cool, right? Well... Not always. There are some gifts that are better left unopened. When Jamie and Lisa receive an anonymous gift, they open it to find a ventriloquist doll named Billy inside. That's a pretty weird gift, but the two of them don't think too much of it. Lisa plays with the doll for some time before a figure appears that makes her scream and then, Jamie finds her with her tongue cut out. As Jamie learns, the doll belonged to a famous ventriloquist and now, it's haunted.
What movie is this from?
This movie is a remake of a Japanese horror film of the same name and unlike other J-Horror remakes that were released through the 2000s like The Grudge and The Ring, this movie didn't exactly get the best reviews despite its box office earnings. After a girl named Shelley dies, her friends attend her funeral. There, one of them gets a phone call and sees on her phone that it's from Shelley's number. When she answers, she hears herself screaming and they learn that the call was a premonition of how she would die.
What movie is this from?
After a date gone wrong, a girl starts being stalked by a mysterious entity that no one else can see. The entity can take the shape of any person and follows her relentlessly without giving up its chase, but no one else has any idea that it's there. This movie was highly praised by critics and got great reviews with many people calling it one of the best horror movies to come out in recent years. Do you know its name?
Which movie from the Scream franchise is this?
Although the Scream franchise was only originally intended to be a trilogy, one more movie in the series was released and it was even adapted into a TV show. The series mainly follows Sidney Prescott as well as other inhabitants of the fictional town of Woodsboro, California. In each of the movies in the series, a different person takes on the identity of Ghostface, a mysterious killer living in Woodsboro and the movies follow as the characters try to find out who it is.
What sci-fi horror movie is this?
This creepy movie is a remake of a 1973 film by the same name. The movie is set in the small fictional town of Ogden Marsh, Pierce County, Iowa after their water supply was tainted by an infectious virus called "the Trixie virus." After being infected with the virus by drinking the water, the people of this small town are transformed from friendly neighbors to cold, calculating murderers who are ready to turn on and kill anyone they can. What movie is this?
What movie is this?
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a woman named Michelle drives away from her home in New Orleans. On the radio, she hears reports of blackouts in several cities around the country and is in a car crash that knocks her unconscious. When she wakes up, she's locked in an underground bunker and is told by the bunker's owner, Howard, that he put her there for her safety because the air outside has been poisoned and is no longer safe to be in.
Which found footage film is this?
Meeting up with someone you met on Craigslist isn't always dangerous or a terrible idea, but it is definitely always a good idea to try to be safe and take some precautions. In this found footage horror film, a videographer named Aaron answers a Craigslist ad placed by someone who claims to be dying and wants to leave behind a video diary for his unborn child. Things take a weird twist pretty quickly and this movie gets downright horrifying. What movie is it?
Which horror movie is this?
This Spanish-language horror film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2007. Despite being in Spanish, this movie received praise from many English-speaking critics and became an incredibly popular international horror film. The movie follows a woman named Laura who returns to the orphanage she spent her childhood in with her husband and their young son. Together, they plan to reopen it as a facility for children with disabilities. Upon arriving back, their son starts to claim to have an imaginary friend who becomes way too real.
Which terrifyingly hilarious movie is this from?
This movie was written, directed, and produced by Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard who had previously worked together on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The two of them wrote the movie in an incredibly short period of time as a parody of slasher and torture films. In a high-tech facility located somewhere underground, a group of people discuss a mysterious experiment they're monitoring. Meanwhile, a group of college students go on a weekend trip to a cabin in the middle of nowhere and things get weird.
What comedic supernatural horror movie is this?
This supernatural film combines horror with unapologetic black comedy elements and stars Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried as high school best friends. Megan Fox's character, Jennifer, is the most popular girl in school while Amanda Seyfried's character, Needy, is her "plain Jane" best friend. One night, the two of them go to a bar to watch a local band performing when the band takes Jennifer back to their van with the plans of doing a ritualistic sacrifice. When it goes wrong, Jennifer's life changes.
Which creepy movie is this from?
This movie was released in 2015 and follows a Puritan family living in 1630s New England on a farm that begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences. The family gives birth to their fifth son, Samuel, after moving to their farm and one day, when one of their older children is playing peekaboo with Samuel, he disappears. It is revealed that Samuel had been kidnapped by a witch who continues to torment the family. What terrifying and historical movie is this?
What horror movie is this from?
After the accidental death of their infant daughter, Dana and David decide to move with their son Lucas to a new place to get a fresh start and try to move on with their life in a place that isn't so tainted by grief and loss. Once they get to their new home, Dana begins having terrifying nightmares about a large dog, her son being injured, and other super unsettling images. Outside of the house, she finds what appears to be a grave and learns there's more to their house than meets the eye.
Which Insidious film is this?
The Insidious franchise currently has four movies in it and, following the success of the latest release, the studio has announced that a fifth movie in the series will be in the works soon. The series has been terrifying viewers since the first movie and it's obvious that it isn't going to stop any time soon. This movie in the series follows as Dr. Elise Rainier, one of the main characters in the series, goes back to her childhood home to confront a haunting she dealt with growing up.
Which Paranormal Activity movie is this?
This movie in the Paranormal Activity series made us all just a little bit creeped out by our game consoles. The movie follows the same basic plot as the others with a family whose house is being tormented by an evil spirit due to an ancient curse placed on the members of the family. In this movie, a new neighbor befriends the youngest child of this family and they see how the Kinect on their gaming console can reveal where a ghost is standing.
Which post-apocalyptic horror film is this?
In this post-apocalyptic movie, a highly contagious virus has taken over the world and ravaged the people of Earth. A couple, Paul and Sarah, have barricaded themselves in their home with their teenage son, Travis, in the middle of the woods in their home in order to stay safe. Shortly after the outbreak, a stranger tries to break into the house and they find out that it's another survivor with a family seeking shelter. What movie is this scene from?
Which horror movie is this?
This movie was directed by John Krasinski who stars in it with his real life wife, Emily Blunt. The movie is set in 2020 after creatures known as "Death Angels" which are known for the fact that they can't see but have incredibly sensitive hearing have wiped out almost all of the population of Earth. The creatures attack anything that makes noise which means that the family of survivors this movie follows must use sign language to communicate silently as they try to survive.
Which movie is this?
Jennifer Lawrence may be mostly known for her roles as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games or Mystique in X-Men: First Class, but she was also pretty great in this 2012 horror movie. The movie is about a girl named Elissa, played by Jennifer Lawrence, who moves with her newly divorced mother into a new home, only to find out that just down the street, a double murder had occurred and the murderer was never found. When Elissa starts a relationship with the inhabitant of that house, things take a terrifying turn.