Horror 101: Deadly Deserts...& Cold Creepers! Quiz

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1. In this 1982 horror flick, a young boy named Billy, his mother and her boyfriend try to escape a brutal killer while on a road trip through a desert. What is the name of this forgotten gem?

Answer: Death Valley

This film stars Peter Billingsley, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie and Edward Herrmann. Billingsley plays the role of Billy, who is traveling with his mother and her boyfriend through the Arizona desert. While passing through Death Valley, they come across a serial killer who begins stalking them on their trip. Peter Billingsley is best known for his iconic role as Ralphie Parker in the 1983 classic 'A Christmas Story'.

2. A young woman is followed through a Nevada desert by a zombie in this 2016 horror film. What is this film's title?

Answer: It Stains the Sands Red

Brittany Allen stars as Molly. She and her boyfriend Nick are on their way to meet up with some of their friends and leave the country together by plane during a zombie apocalypse. Unfortunately, Nick gets killed by a zombie that is walking along all alone on the road when their car gets stuck in the sand.

After Molly realizes she has no choice but to escape on foot, the zombie continues to slowly follow her through the hot desert!

3. This 1977 classic that is set in the desert spawned a sequel and a 2006 remake. It is about a family that are terrorized by mountain inbreds while on a vacation road trip. What is the name of this film?

Answer: The Hills Have Eyes

Dee Wallace and Michael Berryman star in this horror favorite that is written, directed and edited by Wes Craven. The film takes place in a California desert. The Carter family are stranded after their RV breaks down. A deformed family of cannibals stalk and murder them one by one.

4. This 1954 film is about giant ants that are discovered in a desert in New Mexico and become a huge threat due to the queen ants making more nests elsewhere. James Arness, Edmund Gwenn, James Whitmore and Joan Weldon star in this classic creature feature! Name the film.

Answer: Them!

This black-and-white horror/sci-fi classic was originally supposed to be released in 3D, but due to the 3D cameras malfunctioning, the idea was scrapped. 'Them!' is the inspiration for several things, including the name of musician Van Morrison's band, and a video game titled 'It Came from the Desert', which in turn is the inspiration for a 2017 movie of the same name.

5. This 1990 creature feature is about snake-like monsters with tentacled tongues that live under the sand in the Nevada desert and come up to feed when disturbed. Name this film that stars Kevin Bacon and Michael Gross, Fred Ward and Reba McEntire.

Answer: Tremors

This film spawned four sequels, one prequel and a television series. Michael Gross, who plays the role of Burt Gummer, stars in all the films from the franchise as well as the 2003 TV series.

6. A classic fan favorite, this horror/sci-fi film from 1982 is about a killer organism that is highly contagious and infects a crew of American research scientists working at a base camp in Antarctica. Which film is this?

Answer: The Thing

Kurt Russell stars in this action-packed horror gem directed by John Carpenter. It is an adaption of the 1951 film 'The Thing from Another World' starring James Arness. A 2011 prequel also titled 'The Thing' stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

7. This 2015 film is about a scientific experiment gone wrong in the Alaskan wilderness. The locals have a major threat on their hands when huge mutant polar bears are on the loose and tearing their victims apart! What is the name of this film?

Answer: Unnatural

James Remar, Sherilyn Fenn and Ray Wise star in this cold creature feature. Alaskan researchers discover a secret the government is hiding about doing genetic experiments on polar bears. Of course...these types of things always end up going south in horror films! This movie is part of the 2015 After Dark Horrorfest.

8. Val Kilmer stars as a research scientist in this 2009 film about a group of students who, one by one, become infected by parasitic bugs while on a research team in the Canadian Arctic. What is the name of this cold creeper?

Answer: The Thaw

The parasites are released after the group discovers a woolly mammoth that is thawed after being frozen in solid ice for many years. The parasitic bugs are found infested in the mammoth's brain, and as each of the researchers get bit one by one, they become infected with a deadly virus!

9. A couple and their best friend go snowboarding and wind up experiencing pure terror in this 2010 horror thriller directed by Adam Green. They get stranded on a chairlift with no help in sight while hungry wolves wait right below them! What is the name of this suspense-filled flick?

Answer: Frozen

Dan, Parker (Dan's girlfriend) and Joe bribe a guy named Jason who works the chairlift with a hundred dollars so he will let them go up one last time before the ski resort closes down for the night. When Jason gets distracted with a problem, he informs another worker about them being the last group.

The co-worker sees 3 different people making their way down the mountain who he thinks are the ones Jason was referring to and shuts everything down for the night, not realizing they are still up in the chairlift.

The resort will be closed for a week, so our main characters have to figure out a way down from the lift or freeze to death! Oh...and let's not forget the pack of hungry wolves that are planning on making them their next meal!

10. The Overlook Hotel, creepy twins, and a huge winding hedge maze are all major factors in this creepy film from the year 1980. It is about a family that spend time in a haunted hotel during the winter season. While there, strange things occur. A young boy has the ability to see visions of dead people, while his father goes completely mad! Name this film.

Answer: The Shining

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd star in this creepy film adaption of the 1977 novel by Stephen King. The Torrance family stay at the Overlook Hotel after Jack (played by Nicholson) accepts the job of winter caretaker during the off-season. Things go bad when Jack starts to slowly descend into madness, and his son Danny sees many creepy images due to a powerful gift he has that is called "the shining". One of many famous scenes in the film is when Jack chases his son Danny through the hedge maze in the snow with an axe! Stanley Kubrick is the director, producer and co-writer of this classic creeper!

Source: Author scarygirl11

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There are many settings in horror movies. While haunted houses and wooded areas are some of the most common, there are also many that take place in the hot blazing desert or during the long cold winter! Here are a few of those films.

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