Crack the Genre Code

What this quiz asks

• Which lighting style defines classic film noir?
• The nickname 'spaghetti western' refers to westerns made by Italian filmmakers.
• What is a 'MacGuffin' in a film plot?
• In horror, does the 'final girl' describe the last woman left alive to confront the killer?
• In what year did French critic Nino Frank first apply the term 'film noir' to Hollywood crime films?
• Select ALL of these films that are screwball comedies.
• Which 1954 Japanese film launched the kaiju genre of giant monster movies?
• Order these film movements by when they began, earliest first.
• What does the French term 'mise-en-scène' literally mean?
• The 'Wilhelm scream' sound effect is named after the sound engineer who recorded it.
• Is 'giallo' the name of an Italian genre of stylish thriller-horror films?
• In what year was George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead released?
• Which technique usually delivers a jump scare in horror?
• Select ALL of these that are hallmarks of German Expressionist cinema.
• Which 1922 German film was an unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula?
• Order these Universal monster films by release year, earliest first.
• What mainly sets neo-noir apart from classic film noir?
• In romantic comedies, a 'meet-cute' is the charming or funny first encounter of the future couple.
• Is the 'Lewton bus', a scare that turns out to be harmless, named after a film producer?
• In what year was Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, which launched the spaghetti western boom, released?