Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Witches in Horror?
6 questions to test your knowledge of witches in horror stories
From the Wicked Witch of the West to the magical witches of today’s horror stories, Halloween is the perfect time of year to think about witches.
Although Halloween witches seem to always have black pointy hats and cats and broomsticks, most of the ones in horror stories don’t look any different to normal people.
The big difference between witches and boring mortals like you and me is that witches can tap into power that the rest of us just dream about.
Test your knowledge of witches in horror stories with this short quiz.
Contents
1. Book: The Lighthouse Witches (2021)
Whose Grimoire does Sapphire find?
Patrick Roberts
Yes. Sapphire finds the Grimoire of Patrick Roberts on the bookshelf in the living room.
Robert Patrick
Nope. Try again.
Sean Fitzpatrick
Nope. Try again.
What this book’s about
See: 11 Witch-Filled Horror Novels: The Lighthouse Witches (2021)
2. TV: The Originals (2013)
In Season 1, Episode 16 'Farewell to Storyville', where does Celeste’s spell trap Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah?
In their house
Nope. Try again.
In the cemetery
Yes. Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah are trapped in the Cemetery by Celeste’s spell.
In the coffee shop
Nope. Try again.
What this TV show’s about
See: 8 Horror TV Shows Filled with Witches: The Originals (2013 – 2018)
3. Movie: Blair Witch (2016)
How does Lane say the Blair Witch originally died?
She was burned at the stake
Nope. Try again.
She was hung in a tree
Yes. Lane says the Blair Witch was hung high up in the tree with weights on her arms and legs to act as a makeshift torture rack.
She was drowned
Nope. Try again.
What this movie’s about
Blair Witch (2016) is the third movie in the Blair Witch franchise but is a direct sequel to the first 1999 movie, The Blair Witch Project.
Twenty years after his sister, Heather, disappeared while investigating the Blair Witch legend, James finds a video on YouTube that he believes has his sister on it. He goes to the woods with three others to find out the truth of what happened to her. One of his companions is a film student who wants to film the search as a documentary.
They find the two locals who found and uploaded Heather’s video, who agree to show them where they found it as long as they can accompany them on the search.
4. Short story: The Dreams in the Witch House (1933)
How does Gilman kill the witch?
He burns her
Nope. Try again.
He melts her
Nope. Try again. That was the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
He strangles her
Yes. He uses the chain of his crucifix to strangle her while she’s strangling him.
What this short story’s about
Walter Gilman rents an attic in a house known as the Witch House. The house had belonged Keziah Mason, an accused witch who disappeared from a Salem jail two hundred years ago. Many of the people who’ve lived in the attic have died and the dimensions of the room seem off to Gilman.
He starts having bizarre dreams and experiences involving the witch and her rat-bodied familiar.
5. TV: Salem (2014)
What’s the name of the object that starts the plague?
The Malum
Yes. The Malum is an apple-shaped box that, when opened, starts the bewitched plague.
The Maleficarum
Nope. Try again.
The Maleficent
Nope. Try again.
What this TV show’s about
See: 8 Horror TV Shows Filled with Witches: Salem (2014 – 2017)
6. Movie: Warlock (1989)
What does the Warlock use as a compass to find the first piece of The Grand Grimoire?
A ring dangled over a map
Nope. Try again.
A compass
Nope. Try again.
The psychic’s eyes
Yes. The Warlock tricks the fake psychic into being possessed by Satan and Satan tells him to find the three pieces of The Grand Grimoire. The Warlock rips out the psychic’s eyes and uses them as a compass.
What this movie’s about
See: 11 Horror Movies About Witches and Witchcraft: Warlock (1989)
Published: 22 October 2022
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