By Rick Garner

All right, all you Horror Heads, it’s time to test your horror movie knowledge. Check out the questions below ~ some are really easy, some are more obscure ~ but if you’re a true horror aficionado, you’ll get them all.

What child actress was originally offered the role of Regan in The Exorcist?
The late Dana Plato (Kimberley Drummond on “Diff’rent Strokes”)

What classic horror movie features a serial killer in a William Shatner mask?
Halloween (1978) ~ the FX folks later spray-painted the face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eyeholes.

In Saw II, how many needles were used in the Syringe Pit scene?
120,000.

Who was the villain in Joyride?
Rusty Nail

In Evil Dead 2, what nod was given to Wes Craven?
A glove belonging to Freddie Krueger can be seen hanging near the steps of the cellar scenes. This was a nod to Wes Craven for showing The Evil Dead on the TV screen in the original A Nightmare On Elm Street.

In Body Parts, what transplant appendage does Bill Chrushank receive?
Arm

What horror movie features a serial killer wearing a mask inspired by an Edvard Munch painting?
Scream

What town does Freddy Krueger haunt?
Springwood, Ohio

In Saw, where does the name “Stygian Street” (the location of the warehouse where the detectives track down a fire alarm) come from?
Stygian is the name of director James Wan’s first film, which also stars Saw co-writer/actor Leigh Whannell.

Also in Saw, to which film is Leigh Whannell paying tribute when his character plunges his hand down a filthy toilet?
Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting (1996)

Which horror film does Roger Ebert consider the worst film of all time?
I Spit on Your Grave

What item opens the gateway to hell in Hellraiser?
The Lament Configuration

What is the name of the virus in 28 Days Later?
Rage

In which 1990 TV series did “Mommy” and “Daddy” (Wendy Robie and Everett McGill) from People Under the Stairs play a married couple?
Twin Peaks

How did Paris Hilton die in House of Wax?
A pole through the head (on her knees…no comments, please)

How did Tara Reid meet her end in Urban Legend?
She was pushed off a balcony.

How did they create the swarm of locusts in The Exorcist II: The Heretic?
The Special FX team painted Styrofoam packing peanuts brown and then shot them out of an air blower.

Which popular SNL comedian made his movie debut in Halloween II?
Dana Carvey

Suspiria was originally envisioned as a trilogy of films called what?
The Three Mothers Trilogy

What is noteworthy about the person who played the role of Zelda in Pet Semetary?
It was a he playing a she.

What was the film Alien originally titled in script form?
Star Beast

Which horror flick features cameos by all of the following: Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street movies), Angus Scrimm (Phantasm), Tony Todd (Night of the Living Dead and the Candyman movies), Kane Hodder (various Friday the 13th movies), Reggie Bannister (Phantasm), and Ted Raimi (Darkman, Army of Darkness)?
Wishmaster

What do the movies Phantasm and Burnt Offerings have in common?
The exterior shots of the Mausoleum at Morningside Cemetery were actually of the Dunsmuir House and Gardens in Oakland CA, the same house that was featured in Burnt Offerings.