By Nerdy Trivia | January 13, 2025
In 1986, Stephen King created a shapeshifting monster that made countless readers never look at circus performers the same way again. What's the name of this infamous dancing clown in Stephen King's "IT"?
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By Nerdy Trivia | January 7, 2025
Back in the '80s Johnny Depp was just another guitarist playing LA clubs with his band The Kids. Which movie kicked off his reluctant acting career?
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By Nerdy Trivia | November 10, 2024
By 1980, America was ready for a new Boogeyman, and they found it in the tales of a therapist and his patient. What was the name of the book that launched the satanic panic?
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By Nerdy Trivia | November 4, 2024
When "Aliens" hit theaters in 1986, James Cameron took everything terrifying about the original "Alien" and multiplied it. But what was the name of the vessel taking Ripley to her next date with xenomorph destiny?
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By Nerdy Trivia | October 31, 2024
Janet Leigh's portrayal of Marion Crane in "Psycho" became an iconic moment in horror history. But which celebrated actress can claim this scream queen as her mother?
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By Nerdy Trivia | October 22, 2024
Audiences have been flocking to theatres for frights since the start of cinema. Which horror film won over audiences and industry to become the first horror film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
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By Nerdy Trivia | August 15, 2024
Discover the iconic motel from Hitchcock's 'Psycho' in our latest trivia. Test your movie knowledge and explore the impact of this classic thriller!
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By Nerdy Trivia | July 31, 2024
Explore the spine-chilling world of horror cinema, from its early roots to modern blockbusters, and test your knowledge with our hair-raising trivia question!
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By Nerdy Trivia | July 25, 2024
Note: Some links may reveal today's trivia. Feel free to click them after guessing! Long before he became the literary boogeyman keeping readers up at night, Stephen King was just a kid from Portland, Maine with an overactive imagination and a penchant for the macabre. Born in 1947, King's journey to the throne of horror began in the pages of comic books and on the screens of late-night monster movies. Little did the world know that these childhood obsessions would one day spawn a legacy
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By Nerdy Trivia | June 11, 2024
People went insane when George Lucas went back and edited the original Star Wars trilogy, re-releasing the films with the dubious distinction of being special editions. So I can only imagine what they did when Stephen King revamped one of his most popular novels. The Stand was originally released in the fall of 1978. While it was a breakout hit, King apparently realized it wasn’t up to snuff. So in 1990, he restored over 400 pages of originally cut material, moved the chapters around, and shift
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By Nerdy Trivia | April 25, 2024
Before Joel Schumacher got his hands on The Lost Boys, vampires were frankly kind of unfairly depicted as nothing more than old dudes who sleep in coffins. Released in 1987, the vampire cult classic finally showed us that bloodsuckers could be cool and sexy. Well, at least by late ‘80s standards. It was also one of the best, if not THE best, times that Corey Feldman and Corey Haim acted alongside one another. Not to put the rest of the cast down or anything, because this is one of the strongest
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By Jesse Lennox | April 22, 2024
I’ve been to some shady hotels in my time, but none that made me so fearful for my life that I wrote one of the most iconic horror novels of all time. As scary as the book is, the film is something else. Yes, I prefer Kubrick's version of The Shining over King’s, but it’s not because I hate reading. It’s partially because it’s just an expertly crafted movie that is packed with details and secrets, but also because of the crazy conspiracies surrounding it. People have stitched together some tr
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By Nerdy Trivia | October 30, 2023
Whether you're the type of person who knows all the obscure references in indie horror movies or you steel yourself for one viewing of something a little spooky once per year, we all need a scary movie in our lives from time to time. What constitutes "scary" will, of course, vary for all of us. If you're on the lower end of that spectrum and are prone to easy scares, perhaps learning a few new tidbits that you can share during the suspenseful parts will ease your pain. And if you're a horror di
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By Nerdy Trivia | October 30, 2023
In February of 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts, two young girls suddenly started exhibiting strange behavior. Two cousins, aged 9 and 11, began to scream, speak in strange tongues, throw things, and contort their bodies. Minister John Hale described the behavior as "beyond the power of epileptic fits or natural disease to effect." Soon more girls were exhibiting the same affliction, all with no apparent medical cause — and then the accusations started flying. Over the next year, one of th
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By Nerdy Trivia | October 27, 2023
You'd be hard-pressed to find a mind as warped as Wes Craven's. While it might seem almost cliché today, the writer and director's idea for a villain who can haunt and kill you inside your dreams was completely new when the original A Nightmare on Elm Street came out in 1984. A variety of influences helped Craven to create the character of Freddy Krueger, from a childhood bully to a random old man who spooked him on the street (seriously). And all the little details came together to create one
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