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1. The Sawney Beane clan was a family in Scotland during the 1400s that traveled about, capturing quite a few people and putting them through torrents of torments prior to feasting upon them. Which 1977 horror film from director Wes Craven was a more contemporary version of the Beane gang?
2. "It" revolved around seven adults who returned to their hometown. They feared an evil which preyed on small children when they were young had come back. The evil incarnate in the film was in the form of a clown. Which serial killer also took the form of a clown when entertaining hospitalized children?
3. "Psycho" was a 1960 thriller about a young man whom administrated a wayward motel, killing anyone who came between him and his cranky mother. The film and the book it's based upon were inspired by the case of Ed Gein. Who was the notorious film director who contrived this macabre classic?
4. Joe Ball was a man who managed a Texan bar with an alligator pit that acted as an entertainment attraction. Supposedly, Ball killed several women and tossed their bodies into the pit to dispose of any and all evidence. What film directed by Tobe Hooper was loosely based on the Joe Ball affair?
5. A film by Tobe Hooper was entitled "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". The original version was released in 1974. It centered around five young people who were sought after and tormented by a chainsaw-handling murderer and his kinfolk of grave-robbing cannibals. What infamous murderer was "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" based upon?
6. "Natural Born Killers" was a film released in 1994. It was about two psychotic lovers turned multiple murderers. It starred Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, and Robert Downey Jr. Who was the director of this gruesome and explicit movie?
7. Edward J. Leonski was an American serial killer who killed his victims in Australia while being stationed there as a U.S. Army private during World War II. He strangled three women in Melbourne, resulting in him being sentenced to die. Over forty years later, "Death of a Soldier" was made. It was an Australian film based upon Leonski, who was known by what alias?
8. Over the years, many of the writers and directors of Hollywood have used Ed Gein as a basis for their films. One such film released in 1974 is considered to be one of the most accurate portrayals of Gein. What was the title of this film?
9. "Rampage" was a film based upon Robert Trenton Chase, a killer with a record of psychological illness. The majority of the film revolved around the trial subsequent to the apprehension of the murderer, where the prosecutor strived to have the killer not found insane and thereby given the death penalty. Which film director engineered this 1988 thriller?
10. "Der Totmacher" was a German film about real life killer Fritz Haarmann. With the intention of discovering whether Haarmann was sane or insane, a psychology professor interrogated him throughout the movie so it could be determined whether or not he would be deemed responsible for his atrocities. What was the nickname of Fritz Haarmann?
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