Horror Movies and Filmmaking

Question 1

Why is the Psycho shower scene the most iconic scene in horror movie history?

Accepted Answer

It changed all of the rules by shocking the audience

Question 2

What is the most common filming technique used in horror films?

Accepted Answer

Extreme Close Up Shots, Zoom

Question 3

Which famous horror movie director stated "real horror lies in the sound, not the image"?

Accepted Answer

James Wan

Question 4

What filmmaking choice separated "Cloverfield" from other horror films?

Accepted Answer

Actors weren't allowed to read the script til they signed on

Question 5

The Shining became iconic for altering and utilizing what filmmaking tool?

Accepted Answer

A Steadicam held as close to the ground as possible

Question 6

Who is universally regarded as the most influential horror movie director of all time?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Hitchcock, George Romero, Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter

Question 7

What is considered the eeriest piece of horror movie trivia?

Accepted Answer

Real human skeletons are often used because they are cheap

Question 8

What is regarded by Horror Movie buffs as the first slasher film ever made?

Accepted Answer

Black Christmas (1974)

Question 9

Horror films are notorious for what main three elements?

Accepted Answer

Eerie opening scene, a sense of danger, dark, creepy sound

Question 10

The locusts shown swarming in The Exorcist II: The Heretic were actually...

Accepted Answer

That movie was terrible, Peanuts painted brown

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