Playing the Victim Trivia Quiz

Answer: Janet Leigh

Marion Crane was a woman having an affair, who stole money from her employer so she could run away with her boyfriend. She met one the most famous ends in movie history. Janet Leigh is mother to another famous screen queen - Jamie Lee Curtis. Jamie Lee came to prominence in such horror films as "Halloween", "The Fog", "Terror Train" and "Prom Night".

Answer: Drew Barrymore

Casey Becker was a teen home alone in a remote area who received some horrifying phone calls... and more. Craven would not let Drew Barrymore meet the actor who voiced the killer on the phone until after their scenes were shot, to up the tension. They actually had the actor speaking to her on the other end to make it seem real to her.

The police came to the set once as they thought it might be real.

Answer: John Hurt

Kane was one of the crew aboard the spaceship that ran into a not so friendly visitor. It is rumored that the chest-bursting was a surprise to the rest of the cast to get genuine reactions.

Answer: Robert Shaw

Quint was the veteran sailor who brought some realism to the situation as opposed to the scientific logic of Richard Dreyfuss' character. The animatronic shark, Bruce, often malfunctioned, so that Speilberg had to show it less than he intended, which ended up scaring audiences even more.

Answer: Jason Miller

Father Karras headed the investigation to determine whether Regan was possessed. He struggled with his doubts until the very end. Miller went on to have a supporting role in the William Peter Blatty film, "The Ninth Configuration", which was a philosophical sequel to "The Exorcist".

Answer: Danny Pintauro

Tad was a young boy trapped in a car with his mother over several sweltering summer days. Cujo, the rabid dog, was lying in wait outside the car. In the book by Stephen King, Tad Trenton died of dehydration. The director felt that audiences couldn't handle it, so the boy just barely survived in the film version.

Answer: Jennifer Jason Leigh

Nash was the only friendly face the main character met along the way. She paid a high price. Leigh went from victim to psycho a few years later in "Single White Female".

Answer: Richard Farnsworth

Buster was one in a long line of seemingly naive and simple, but actually smart and clever, small town sheriffs whom you have seen in many a film. Richard Farnsworth was a long time stunt man and occasional actor who would later be nominated for an Oscar for David Lynch's "The Straight Story".

Answer: John Travolta

Billy was a thug who got pulled into doing the prom prank by his malicious girlfriend, Chris. The "jump scare" ending of Carrie's first coming out of the grave has been often copied but never quite duplicated.

Answer: Johnny Depp

Glen was one of a group of teens stalked by Freddy Krueger in their dreams. He met a horrid fate when he was sucked into his bed. A geyser of blood erupted from the bed in one of the more memorable scenes from the film. Depp has done several other horror films including "From Hell" and "Sweeney Todd".