Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Hotel Horror in TV Shows?
6 quiz questions to test your knowledge of hotel episodes of horror TV shows
Characters in horror TV shows travel a lot.
Like most of us, horror show characters need temporary accommodation, especially in road-trip horror shows like Supernatural.
What most of these shows tell us, though, is that even the swankiest-looking hotel can be dangerous. As the saying goes: you can’t judge a book by its cover.
Test your knowledge of hotel episodes of horror TV shows with these six quiz questions.
How many of these do you remember?
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1. Bates Motel (2013)
In Season 1, Episode 1, ‘First You Dream, Then You Die’, in which room does Norman find the sketchbook?
Room 2
Nope. Try again.
Room 4
Yes. Norman finds a sketchbook full of disturbing drawings in Room 4 of the motel.
Room 6
Nope. Try again.
What this TV show’s about
Bates Motel is a prequel to the 1960 movie Psycho. There are five seasons which ran from 2013 to 2017.
The show starts with teenage Norman and his mother moving to Oregon and buying a rundown motel after the death of Norman’s father. The series provides backstory and shows how Norman’s relationship with his mother developed and how he became such a dark and twisted individual.
2. American Horror Story: Hotel (2015)
In Episode 1, ‘Checking In’, which room does Detective Lowe move into?
Room 44
Nope. Try again.
Room 54
Nope. Try again.
Room 64
Yes. Detective Lowe moves into Room 64 at the Cortez Hotel in an attempt to keep his family safe.
What this TV show’s about
American Horror Story: Hotel is the fifth season of the American Horror Story series. Hotel had 12 episodes and ran from late 2015 into early 2016.
The story is set in the Hotel Cortez in Los Angeles, which is loosely based on the real Cecil Hotel, home to various tragedies over the years.
A homicide detective investigates the murder of a couple and sees a vision of his missing son at the hotel.
The hotel is overseen by a vampiric fashionista, a number of disturbing and paranormal events occur, and a parade of characters includes serial killers and the ghost of the man responsible for the hotel’s construction.
3. Supernatural (2010)
In Season 5, Episode 19 ‘Hammer of the Gods’, what is the name of the hotel that the Winchesters stay in?
The Sun Down Motel
Nope. Try again. The Sun Down Motel is a novel by Simone St. James.
The Elysian Fields
Yes. The Elysian Fields is run by pagan gods who want to use the Winchesters as bargaining chips to stop the apocalypse.
The Muncie
Nope. Try again. The hotel was in Muncie, Indiana, but that’s not the name of the hotel.
What this TV show’s about
Supernatural is a dark fantasy road trip monster-hunter horror series that ran from 2005 to 2020.
Sam and Dean Winchester follow their father’s footsteps and travel America hunting supernatural beings. They deal with a plethora of monsters, including ghosts, demons, angels, gods, vampires, werewolves, and just about every other mythical creature you can name.
4. Two Sentence Horror Stories (2022)
In Season 4*, Episode 7 ‘Patel Motel Cartel’, which room key does Krish give JD?
Room 237
Yes. Interestingly, Room 237 is a significant room in Stephen King’s The Shining.
Room 238
Nope. Try again.
Room 239
Nope. Try again.
What this TV show’s about
Two Sentence Horror Stories is a horror anthology series that began in 2017 as a series of five films and was then acquired by The CW for three more seasons.
Each episode is a standalone story focusing on universal primal fears filtered through the anxieties of the most connected and racially diverse generation.
*IMDB puts this as season 4 but other sources say it’s season 3 because the series started as a series of five short films before The CW acquired it.
5. The Hunger (1997)
In Season 1, Episode 6 'Room 17', what is the name of the porn star on the TV who talks to the salesman?
Candy
Nope. Try again.
Carlotta
Nope. Try again.
Carla
Yes. Carla gives Bart, the loser salesman, a tip about another motel guest and Bart becomes obsessed with her.
What this TV show’s about
The Hunger is a horror anthology series that ran for two seasons from 1997 to 2000.
Each episode is a standalone story introduced by the host – Terence Stamp in season1 and David Bowie in season 2.
Stories mainly focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession.
6. From Dusk Till Dawn (2014)
In Season 1, Episode 3 ‘Mistress’, what’s the name of the motel the Gecko brothers stop at?
Hotel 666
Nope. Try again.
Aztec Motel
Nope. Try again.
Dew Drop Inn
Yes. Richie, Seth, and the bank teller hostage stop at the Dew Drop Inn. Seth goes for food and Richie kills the bank teller in the motel room.
What this TV show’s about
From Dusk Till Dawn is a surreal supernatural horror series of three seasons that ran from 2014 to 2016.
Seth Gecko and his violent, unpredictable brother, Richie, are pursued by Texas Ranger Freddie Gonzalez after a bank robbery that ended with several deaths.
The brothers head for the US-Mexico border and take the Fuller family hostage when they take control of the Fullers’ RV.
A drug lord sends them to a strip club populated by snakelike people that have to fight for food to survive until dawn.
Published: 9 December 2022
