Alphabetical Horror Films - A Trivia Quiz

Answer: Alien

"Alien", directed by Ridley Scott, became one of the most successful horror films of the seventies, and shot star Sigourney Weaver to fame. In the movie, the Nostromo discovered a signal from a nearby planet and when one crew member investigated the area, he was attacked by a creature which leapt out of a giant egg.

After it hatched from his chest cavity, the crew had to try to capture or kill the creature in their ship before it killed them first. The movie spawned sequels (three of which starred Weaver, who reprised her role as the strong-willed Ellen Ripley), comic books, video games, and various other "Alien" items.

In 2003, the American Film Institute rated Ellen Ripley as the eighth greatest film hero.

Answer: The Amityville Horror

Told to be based on real events, the story of "The Amityville Horror" was an odd one. A family moved into their beautiful new house to experience odd phenomena. Soon, they realized that the previous owners of the house were murdered. The movie and book soon spread into a large series of both novels and films.

The remake featured some changes from the original, and was generally disliked by the author of the story, who sued the filmmakers. Both the original and the remake were generally popular in the box office.

The sequels were not.

Answer: American Psycho

Bat(e)man was actually Christian Bale, who would later become the Dark Knight in "Batman Begins". "American Psycho" was based on a novel (of the same name) written by Bret Easton Ellis and it was the story of a Wall Street man who turned out to be a serial killer. The film also starred Jared Leto and Reese Witherspoon and debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.

Answer: An American Haunting

"An American Haunting" was based on a novel called "The Bell Witch", by Brent Monahan, and although there was more than enough hype prior to the film's May release (April in the UK), it was panned by critics and ultimately had a less-than-stellar run in the box office. For the majority, the movie took place in the 1820s, and followed a family whose daughter was possessed by a spirit known as 'Kate'.

The family blamed the Bell Witch for this, though there was some suspicion as to whether or not the patriarch of the family, John Bell, was responsible.

Answer: Paris

John Landis created the original classic after making the film "Animal House" in 1978. The film followed two American students backpacking across the UK, but when they were attacked by a werewolf, one was sent to the hospital and the other was killed.
In the sequel, "An American Werewolf in Paris", a man was transformed into a werewolf after spending the night with a woman whom he had just saved from a plummet off the Eiffel Tower. The movie was released in 1997 to poor reviews.

Answer: Army of Darkness

After the events of "The Evil Dead 2", Ash was the only survivor and he had been sucked back into medieval times. English soldiers imprisoned him and took his weapons, but he managed to gain the upper hand and he was able to retrieve the Necronomicon and return to the future.
This Sam Raimi film grew a cult following after its release, despite the fact that it had a mediocre run in the box office. The "Evil Dead" gave Bruce Campbell his most popular role in the movie industry.

Answer: April Fools Day

"April Fools Day" followed teens who went to an island for spring break (coincidentally on April 1st), and although they often played pranks on each other during the film, things got really weird when they were being killed off. In the end, it was revealed that Muffy St. John actually set up the whole ordeal as a prank because she was creating a horror-themed hotel.

After the revelation, one of her friends ended up pranking her by slitting her throat. Do not attempt these pranks at home. Ironically, following this film, the lead actress, Deborah Foreman, won the 'Most Promising New Star' award.

She stopped starring in films before the nineties began.

Answer: Predators

The idea for this film initially spawned from the comic book series "Alien Vs. Predator", and because of its popularity, a sequel was greenlit shortly after its release. In the movie, a group of explorers discovered an odd, heated pyramid beneath a small fishing town in Antarctica and they decided to investigate.

They soon discovered that the place was a location where predators would become host bodies for aliens, and then survivors would hunt the resulting offspring down. Of course, the humans who arrived made their journey at the worst possible moment, and they were caught in the brawl that ensued.

Answer: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

In the first "Anaconda" film, a documentary film crew took a ride down the Amazon to film a group of natives (picking up Jon Voight in the process). Unfortunately, their driver was incapacitated, and Jon Voight forced them to help him hunt down a couple of giant, deadly snakes. In the sequel, basically the same thing happened, only instead of a documentary film crew, the group was actually from the pharmaceutical industry, searching for a rare flower (that only blooms for a few weeks) that would be described as a 'fountain of youth'.

Instead of Jon Voight, the group was forced off course and into danger by a waterfall, that ultimately destroyed their boat.

Answer: The Astronaut's Wife

"The Astronaut's Wife" followed the story of the wife of an astronaut (no, really) whose husband returned from a trip to space. When he returned, however, she realized that something odd happened to her husband during his trip, and that the child she was bearing might not be human.
The film was nominated as the best film in the Catalonian Film Festival in the same year that it was released.