Which animated children’s film follows three young friends who unintentionally release a fabled monster on the Hawaiian islands?
Monster Island
Girl vs. Monster
The Legend of Hallowaiian
Aloha Scooby-Doo
The Legend of Hallowaiian
The Legend of Hallowaiian tells the story of three young children who, after discovering old Hawaiian legends, unintentionally unleash a monster on Halloween. The gigantic, pineapple-headed beast begins wrecking havoc on the Hawaiian islands, and the only way to stop it is to use the same local tales that brought it to life in the first place.
Legendary monster hunter Burt Gummer is slain by a gigantic Graboid known as “The Queen” in which of the following Tremors films?
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Tremors: Shrieker Island
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell
Tremors: Shrieker Island
Graboids are huge mutant monsters with worm-like, serpentine bodies, and while one of them was called “The Queen B****” in Tremors 5: Bloodlines, it was “The Queen” in Tremors: Shrieker Island that took Burt Gummer’s life.
Which of the following George A. Romero films, released in 1968, changed the perception of zombies in mainstream culture from mindless slaves to the flesh-eating creatures we know today?
Day of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Land of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead, directed by George A. Romero, was the first film to abandon the concept of dark magic in relation to zombies, instead portraying them as the flesh-eating creatures we see in current films and television series.
What sort of animal is the monster from the sci-fi action film The Meg, which was released on August 10, 2018?
Dinosaur
Shark
Lizard
Bear
Shark
The crew of a deep-sea submersible is abandoned at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after being attacked by a huge man-eating shark. The “Meg” is short for Megalodon, an ancient shark that is thought to be extinct.
Who is the gigantic snow monster depicted in the 2013 animated feature film Frozen, which was created by Elsa to keep Anna and Kristoff away from her ice palace?
Marshmallow
Fluffy
Snowy
Mr. White
Marshmallow
Marshmallow is the magical snow creature who chases Kristoff and Anna away from North Mountain in Disney’s Frozen. Marshmallow is considered to be violent and possessive, yet he is behaving out of love for Elsa.
We all know that Count Dracula is a centuries-old vampire, but real Dracula aficionados may also be aware that this Transylvanian is supposed to be a descendent of whom?
Hanns Mortel
Zeus
Timur
Attila the Hun
Attila the Hun
Count Dracula is thought to be a Székely descendant of Attila the Hun, however this has never been verified. This Transylvanian aristocrat is said to live in a dilapidated castle near the Borgo Pass in the Carpathian Mountains.
From the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, what is the name of the extraterrestrial monster in this photo?
Torok
Treeman
Groot
Edga
Groot
Groot is a fictional character that has appeared in several Marvel comic books and is a significant member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. This intelligent, tree-like monster came to Earth with the intention of capturing and studying people, but it ended up with a new mission.
In what year was Thriller by Michael Jackson – a phenomenon and perennial Halloween anthem first released?
1986
1990
1984
1995
1984
Thriller was inspired by Jackson’s love of movies, notably the horror genre, and was released as a single by Epic Records in the UK in 1983 and the US in 1984. The song and lyrics feature terrifying sounds like thunder, footsteps, wind, howling, and even a voiceover from horror legend Vincent Price.
A tree-like monster and a little child create an unbelievable friendship in a surreal course of events. In the 2016 film A Monster Calls, which Hollywood actor played the titular Monster?
Samuel Jackson
Liam Neeson
Silvester Stallone
Adam Sandler
Liam Neeson
The Monster, who takes the appearance of a big anthropomorphic yew tree, is played by Liam Neeson. The Monster becomes an odd buddy to little Conor, who is dealing with his mother’s illness in the film.
Only those that live in the water are more terrible than violent land animals. Which of the following science fiction movies features giant sea creatures known as “Kaiju”?
Seven Monkeys
Pacific Rim
Kaiju and the Seven Kingdoms
Monsters Inc.
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim is a 2013 sci-fi film about a futuristic battle on Earth against huge sea creatures known as “Kaiju,” who rise from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, and mankind must band together to develop the Jaegers to combat them.
What Sesame Street character memorably sung “Monster in the Mirror” after taking a close look at himself?
Big Bird
Bert
Grover
Kermit the Frog
Grover
Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles wrote “Monster in the Mirror,” which was first sung by Grover on Sesame Street. The successful jingle was given a music video in 1991, which a Los Angeles Times critic dubbed “the happiest two minutes of cinema I’ve ever seen.”
If you’re a genuine monster movie aficionado, you’re certainly familiar with the Creature from the Black Lagoon’s fish-man monster. When did this black-and-white 3D monster horror movie come out?
1954
1991
1964
1990
1954
Gill-Man, a weird prehistoric beast who lurks in the depths of the Amazonian rainforest, was first revealed to the world in Creature from the Black Lagoon. This horrific black-and-white 3D monster horror picture was released in 1954 and soon became a blockbuster.
What year was the first time the English term “zombie” first recorded?
1888
1819
1900
1999
1819
The English term “zombie,” first reported in 1819, was initially written as “zombi” in a history of Brazil by poet Robert Southey. The word’s roots are listed as West African in the Oxford English Dictionary, with ties to the Kongo terms “nzambi” and “nzumbi.”
Which of the following is NOT a historical fiction about mummies that dates from the nineteenth century?
“The Ring of Thoth” by Arthur Conan Doyle
“The Family of the Vourdalak” by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
“The Jewel of Seven Stars” by Bram Stoker
“She: A History of Adventure” by H. Rider Haggard
“The Family of the Vourdalak” by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
The Ring of Thoth by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker, and She: A History of Adventure by H. G. Wells all included mummies as they were first seen in popular culture. Haggard, Rider Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s novel The Family of the Vourdalak is based on a true vampire story.
The creatures in A Quiet Place, a 2018 horror film set in a post-apocalyptic future, seek their victims using their great sense of what?
The Future
Sight
Smell
Hearing
Hearing
The Abbott family must struggle in quiet to survive against unknown monsters who hunt by sound in A Quiet Place. With a skull composed of flaps and a big, extremely sensitive ear, the blind creatures have large, sharp claws and fangs.
“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” is a song by David Bowie, a legendary singer-songwriter. “Scary monsters, super creeps. Keep me running, running” what?
Worried
Home
Scared
Fast
Scared
This song was notable for its lead guitar work by Robert Fripp and singing by Bowie in his cockney dialect. It was released as the title track to his 1980 album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). Despite its horrific nature, the song is considered to depict a woman’s descent into madness.
What legendary film, based on Clive Barker’s 1988 novella Cabal, follows a mentally ill man named Aaron Boone and a tribe of monsters?
The Hulk
Night of the Lepus
Nightbreed
A Quiet Place
Nightbreed
Nightbreed is a 1990 horror film about Aaron Boone, a young man plagued by nightmares about monsters. Boone is slain and brought back to life by the creatures from his dreams after being duped by a corrupt therapist.
What heavy metal band sang “And so I saw it. The birth of a vampire. Fresh in his lair. Spreading the veil”?
Mercyful Fate
Cannibal Corpse
King Diamond
Dream Theatre
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate, a Danish heavy metal band, released “Return of the Vampire” on May 12, 1992. The group concentrated on the most terrifying elements of vampires, such as their hunger to hunt.
Ozzy Osbourne tells the story of a man who might be a werewolf in one of his songs. “Screams breach the silence. Waking from the dead of night, vengeance is boiling. He’s returned to murder the light,” says which song.
Under the Graveyard
Iron Man
Bark at the Moon
Mr. Crowley
Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bark at the Moon,” the first single from his 1983 album of the same name, depicts the narrative of a man or creature who returns from the dead to haunt a village. While some believe he is a werewolf, others feel it is a Jeckyl and Hyde scenario.
“Monster Mash” is arguably the most well-known Halloween song in history, but can you name the musician who wrote it?
Boris Karloff
Sheldon Cooper
Alec Baldwin
Bobby Pickett
Bobby Pickett
Bobby “Boris” Pickett, an American singer, composer, actor, and comedian, published the famous Halloween smash “Monster Mash” in 1962.
What rare breed of dragon is Toothless, first thought to be a man-eating monster by residents on the Viking island of Berk?
Dark Rage
Sun Ray
Night Fury
Targarean
Night Fury
On the island of Berk, dragons and humans are constantly at odds until Hiccup, a teenager, forms a lifelong friendship with the rarest of all dragons, a Night Fury named Toothless. He rapidly learns that the jet-black monster wasn’t monstrous at all, but rather playful and loving.
What Hollywood actor played Frankenstein’s monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, transforming the monster into a cultural icon?
Boris Karloff
John Wayne
Peter Lorre
Colin Clive
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff played the monster in the 1931 picture, while Colin Clive played Henry Frankenstein. Karloff not only cemented his place as a horror legend, but he also catapulted the monster into national recognition.
While zombies are a horrifying staple of today’s horror and fantasy films, they have a long and illustrious past. What culture’s folklore gave birth to the concept of reanimated corpses?
Haitian
Indonesian
Russian
Greek
Haitian
The word zombie comes from the Haitian Creole word “zonbi,” which was employed in classic folk stories. These “mythological undead corporeal revenants” are created by reanimating a dead body using various techniques, including voodoo.
The Monster is a 2016 horror film about a terrifying non-human entity, as the title suggests. What appears to be the savage monster’s only flaw in this film?
Cold Water
Bright Light
Loud Music
Cockroaches
Bright Light
A mother and daughter find themselves without a car on a dark road in the middle of the night in a terrifying chain of events. What’s more, the worst part? They’re up against a bizarre beast that appeared out of nowhere. They can utilize the fact that the monster is terrified by strong light to their advantage.
Frankenstein, the loving, intelligent creature we all know, is based on an 1818 book called Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus? Name the author of this Gothic tale.
Jane Austen
Mary Shelley
J.K. Rowling
George R.R. Martin
Mary Shelley
The origins of this figure are the same whether you call him Frankenstein’s monster, Frankenstein’s creature, or just Frankenstein. In her 1818 gothic book Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley, an English novelist, brought the famous monster to life.
What is the name of the miraculous change of a human into a wolf as told in traditional folklore?
Apanthropy
Lycanthropy
Wolftamorphosis
Theanthropy
Lycanthropy
Werewolves are frequently referred to as lycanthropes in folklore, a phrase that refers to persons who have the capacity to shift into wolves.
Count Dracula has become one of the most well-known monsters in history, based on the 1897 book Dracula. This Gothic horror book was written by which of the following authors?
Bram Stoker
Peter Dinklage
Edgar De Guzman
Oscar Wilde
Bram Stoker
Count Dracula is the main character of Bram Stoker’s gothic horror book Dracula, published in 1897. The 15th-century Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler is considered to have influenced some parts of this monster’s nature.
Hotel Transylvania comes to mind when you think of animated monster flicks. In the film, what is the name of Dracula’s teenage daughter?
Maria
Mena
Mavis
Maroon
Mavis
As of 2021, there are four theatrical films in the Hotel Transylvania franchise, each starring Dracula and his teenage daughter Mavis. Selena Gomez plays a teenage vampire who falls in love with a human named Jonathan.
The horrific adversary from Stephen King’s 1986 horror book It, who preys on children and frequently appears in the appearance of a clown.
Pennywise
The Clown
Larry
Bozo
Pennywise
It is a shapeshifting monster that appears every 27 years to prey on children in the little hamlet of Derry, Maine. Adults are unaware of the entity, which frequently appears in the appearance of Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
Let’s face it, there are few things scarier than a beast that hunts and kills its victims while they sleep. Identify the scary beast in this photograph.
Jason Voorhees
King Paimon
Freddy Krueger
Brundlefly
Freddy Krueger
Frederick Charles Krueger, commonly known as Freddy, is the monster in this photo. He was once a serial murderer who was resurrected as a beast that hunts and murders his victims in their dreams after dying.
Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber are two of the most popular celebrities. The pair collaborated on “Monster,” the second single from what Mendes studio album, in 2020.
Monster
Shawn Mendes
Wonder
Illuminate
Wonder
Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber’s popular song “Monster” was released as the second single from Mendes’ fourth studio album Wonder in 2020. Daniel Caesar, Mustafa the Poet, and Frank Dukes collaborated on the song alongside the two vocalists.
The Void is a Canadian horror film about a group of individuals locked in a hospital full of unspeakable horrors. Who is the daughter of Dr. Richard Powell, who has been resurrected as a malformed zombie-like monster?
Sandra
Sarah
Mary
Susan
Sarah
Dr. Richard Powell employs questionable procedures to impregnate a live woman, resulting in the zombie-like “Sarah Creature.” As a result, a horrible, sick creature with tentacles and a skullish visage emerges.
The case of the “Werewolf of Bedburg,” a German serial murderer and farmer, sparked a surge in popular interest in alleged werewolves in 1589. What was his real name?
Alexander Pushme
Peter Dinklage
Peter Stumpp
Reginald Scott
Peter Stumpp
Peter Stumpp, a German serial murderer and farmer, was accused of werewolfery, witchcraft, and cannibalism in 1589. His trial sparked widespread interest in the prosecution of such animals, and he was called the “Werewolf of Bedburg.”
The silent horror film Der Golem, based on a Jewish folk legend, was one of the first to feature a horrific monster. What was the title of this film when it was released in the United States?
The House of Wax
Creature of Consideration
The Monster of Fate
The Student of Paris
The Monster of Fate
Der Golem, also known as The Monster of Fate in the United States, is a silent horror film about an antique trader who discovers a golem in a Jewish synagogue. The dealer’s intention to resuscitate the golem as a servant is interrupted when his daughter develops a sexual relationship with the horrific monster.
Love and Monsters is an action film set in the aftermath of a horrible Monsterpocalypse. What is the name of the massive, slow-moving monster that looks like a mutant beetle?
Chumbler
Scrambler
Whacker
Rambler
Chumbler
Following the devastating Monsterpocalypse, a young man battles a slew of terrifying creatures in the cause of love! On his quest, he encounters the Chumbler, a sluggish but vicious monster that looks to be a mutant beetle of some sort.
In the 1982 Japanese-American animated film The Last Unicorn, which of the following best defines the monster?
Black Bear
Yellow Tuna
White Wolf
Red Bull
Red Bull
While The Last Unicorn contains a variety of bizarre monsters, none are more horrifying than the flaming red demon bull. This terrible beast is King Haggard’s most powerful servant, with ambitions to exterminate all unicorns on the planet.
In his song “He’s Back,” the great Alice Cooper, dubbed “The Godfather Of Shock Rock,” is referring to this terrible character. What is it?
Jason Voorhees
Michael Myers
Freddy Kreuger
Pennywise
Jason Voorhees
The theme music for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was Alice Cooper’s “He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask),” which was released as the lead single from his 1986 album Constrictor. Jason Voorhees is the famed guy behind the mask.
What serpentine water monster was said to live in the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, according to Greek and Roman mythology?
Calypso
Mephisto
Hydra
Cletus
Hydra
The Hydra, also known as the Lernaean Hydra or the Lernaean Hydra, is a snake-like water monster from Greek and Roman mythology who is thought to live in the Argolid’s Lerna Lake. This lake was formerly thought to be a passage to the underworld, but Hercules defeats the monster in the classic Hydra myth.
Based on apparent parallels between the conditions and the legends, what disorder has been connected to the origins of vampires and werewolves?
Porphyria
Bacteriuria
Epilepsy
Paralysis
Porphyria
Porphyria is a collection of liver ailments that significantly impact the neurological system and skin. It has been related to vampire and werewolf stories in the past. While this concept gained in prominence about 1985, it has now been largely debunked.
Which of the following Broadway musicals based on Disney films has the magnificent song “Monster,” written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez?
Mulan
Monsters Inc.
Tangled
Frozen
Frozen
Elsa sings the famous song “Monster” in the 2018 Broadway musical Frozen. Elsa compels Anna and Kristoff to leave her ice palace just as Hans and his soldiers surge in to capture her, and the magnificent song follows.
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