It's that time of year again – when perfectly normal people pay good money to see things they hope never happen to them.

Monsters and madmen fill movie theaters and TV screens across the country every October. Frightening films have been around almost as long as celluloid because many people love to feel scared, even if it's just for a little while.

If you're one of those people, then take a look at this quiz and see how much you know. Just remember, it's hard to recall a movie you were too scared to keep watching.

1: What scary mask did killer Jason Vorhees wear in "Friday the 13th Part II"?

A. A William Shatner mask painted white

B. A hockey mask

C. A pig's head

D. A sack with eye holes

2: Will Smith stars later this year in "I Am Legend," which is based on a story of the same name that contains science fiction and horror elements. This is the third Hollywood movie made based on the story. What were the other two, and who were the male leads?

A. "The Last Man On Earth," starring Vincent Price, and "The Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston

B. "Khartoum," starring Charlton Heston, and "I Walked with a Zombie," starring James Ellison

C. "The Whispering Shadow," starring Bela Lugosi, and "The City of the Dead," starring Christopher Lee

D. "The Seventh Victim," starring Tom Conway, and "The Body Snatcher," starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi

3: What physical trait marked the people who had some resistance against the rage virus in "28 Weeks Later" that turned people and animals into bloodthirsty zombies?

A: Red hair

B: A lack of melanin that caused pale white skin

C: Different colored eyes

D: Extra fingers and toes

4: What comic actor starred with legendary scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis in the prototype slasher film "Prom Night"?

A. Leslie Nielsen

B. Eric Idol

C. Peter Sellers

D. Steve Martin

5: Danielle Andrea Harris portrayed Jamie Lloyd, the niece of killer Michael Myers, in two Halloween movies. Harris returned to the franchise this year as a different damsel in distress in the new "Halloween" film from director Rob Zombie. Which two earlier Halloween movies did the actress appear in?

A. Halloween 3 and 4

B. Halloween 4 and 5

C. Halloween 2 and 4

D. Halloween 5 and 6

6: John Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness" focuses on a private investigator's search for horror novelist Sutter Cane, who uses the fictional town of Hobb's End in many of his works. The writer and his fictional creation resemble real-life horror novelist Stephen King and a fictional town where some of his works take place. What's the name of Stephen King's fictional town in Maine?

A. Arkham

B. Bridgeton

C. Castle Rock

D. Dunwich

7: What was the significance of the hotel room number in the movie "1408," which is based on a Stephen King short story with the same name?

A. It also happens to be the number of people who died in the hotel room

B. The numbers add up to 13

C. There are only 12 floors in the hotel

D. The room is connected to the year A.D. 1408 by magic

8: What was the name of the horror film that was featured on the third season of the TV show "Project Greenlight" and released on DVD last year?

A. "Beast"

B. "Stab"

C. "Red Means Dead"

D. "Feast"

9: Writer/director Wes Craven has been making horror movies for more than 30 years. Which one of these horror films was the first one he directed?

A. "A Nightmare on Elm Street"

B. "The Virgin Spring"

C. "The Last House on the Left"

D. "A Bay of Blood"

10: Rocker Alice Cooper often features fake blood and other props in live shows that would be right at home in a horror movie. What was the name of the 1991 horror film in which he played the abusive father of one of the most famous movie killers?

A. "Red Dragon"

B. "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare"

C. "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday"

D. "Halloween: Resurrection"

Answers:

1, D; 2, A; 3, C; 4, A; 5, B; 6, C; 7, B; 8, D; 9, C; 10, B

Score yourself:

1-3: Someone else made you read this, didn't they?

4-6: You stopped flipping channels during a couple of monster movie marathons.

7-9: The things that go bump in the night are probably friends of yours.

10: You already have your Halloween costume picked out for next year, don't you?