Killers by Another Name Trivia Quiz

Answer: Buffalo Bill

Jame Gumb was the main protagonist in the film "The Silence of the Lambs". He would abduct heavy set women, starve them for three days before killing and then skinning his victims in order to make a "woman suit". The name Buffalo Bill was given to him due to his method of killing. i.e. - skinning.

Answer: Candyman

"Candyman" is a movie in which a slave was murdered after having an illegal love affair with a white plantation owner's daughter. The townspeople hunted him down, mutilated him, and covered him with honey while chanting "Candyman" as live bees attacked. Robitaille saw his reflection in a mirror as he lay dying and repeated the name "Candyman" before finally dying of his injuries.

His soul was then captured in the mirror and thus the legend of "Candyman" was born.

Answer: The Lakeshore Strangler

Charles Lee Ray AKA Chucky, was a serial killer who, after being fatally shot while running from police, used a voodoo spell to transfer his soul into the body of a toy doll. His human persona was dubbed The Lakeshore Strangler due to the method used in killing his victims.

Answer: The Springwood Slasher

Fred Krueger was a child killer who murdered children in the fictional town of Springwood Ohio. He was dubbed The Springwood Slasher because he would dispatch his victim with a bladed, leather, glove that he made himself. He was caught and arrested but released on a "technicality" when the search warrant was apparently not signed in the right place. enraged, the parents of his victims chased him down to an old boiler room where they locked him in, and then set the entire building on fire. Krueger died in the fire but his spirit lived on, continuing to murder the Elm Street children in their sleep.

He is first seen in Wes Craven's file, "A Nightmare on Elm Street".

Answer: Jigsaw

Jigsw, from the movie "Saw" is a terminal cancer patient known for inventing elaborate traps in which he forces victims to harm themselves or others in order to escape. He sees this as his way of testing people whom he has found some moral flaw with. The point of each of these "tests" is to help the victim to appreciate the life they have.

He was nicknamed "Jigsaw" because of the way he would cut a puzzle like shape out of the flesh of those who failed his test.

Answer: The Shape

In the Original "Halloween" credits, Myers was referred to simply as 'The Shape.' Even though he was referred to by name many times throughout the film, the credits list the adult version of the character as 'The Shape' because it was written that way in the original script. John Carpenter felt that it spoke to the mystery surrounding Myers as he often appears in shadows or standing just off screen.

Answer: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd, is the main antagonist from the movie "Sweeney Todd". Originally known as Benjamin Barker, he was a barber in Victorian England who, through the cruelty of a lustful judge, was accused of a crime he did not commit and banished from London.

The Judge's motivation was due to his desire to have Barker's wife. Years later Barker returns on a boat to London where he then calls himself "Sweeney Todd". He resumes work as a barber but, feeling mankind is wicked and beyond saving, begins murdering his clients by slicing their throats with his razors.

He eventually gets revenge on the corrupt Judge when he too finds himself in Todd's chair.

Answer: IT

From the 2017 version of Stephen King's "IT" we meet Pennywise the dancing clown. Appearing as whatever his victims fear the most, this entity takes on many forms though his best known form is of a clown meant to amuse and entertain children as a way to lure them in before revealing his true nature and killing them.

He is revealed in the end to be a giant spider but that may well be just another form it uses to frightened children. No one is really sure what "It" actually is though the creature himself describes himself as eternal, and the eater of worlds. What is known is that "IT" is an ancient evil that reemerges every 27 years to feed on children.

Answer: LeatherFace

Hewitt is a cannibal as well as a mentally disturbed man from the film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" who, along with his family, kidnap, cook, and eat unsuspecting victims. He is known as Leatherface due to the mask of human skin that he wears throughout the film. The character of Leatherface was reportedly loosely based off of real life serial killer Ed Gein.

Answer: Pinhead

Spencer was a British Army Captain in World War 1. Upon opening the Lament Configuration, the puzzle box in the "Hellraiser" franchise, he was tortured and later changed into the cenobite known as "Pinhead". His origins however, were not discovered until "Hellraiser 2: Hellbound", when the main protagonist, Kirsty, shows him a picture of his human self which then restores his memories and humanity.