Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 46 Trivia Quiz

Answer: mockery and derision

Dr. Penner's story about the alien's warning message is ignored by the federal government. Penner is variously described as a crank, a mental case, and a doddering old fool by the press. One newspaper front page, under a banner headline claiming it has the first photograph of an invisible alien, runs it over a blank white box.

The government refuses to act and the aliens begin to make real their threats by using the reanimated bodies of human dead to sabotage bridges, dams, buildings and the like, with fire and explosions.

Answer: The Green Man of Devon

"The Atomic Man" (1955) was known as "Timeslip" in Great Britain. It involves a physicist who glows in the dark. In "The Cosmic Man" (1959), John Carradine stars as a humanoid from outer space who is translucent. The "Curse of the Faceless Man" (1958) concerns a gladiator from Pompeii with a calcified body.

The Green Man is a figure in British folklore, deriving from tree-worship and fertility rites in its pre-Christian history. Sculpts of the Green Man can often be seen on the outside of religious buildings.

There was no horror or science fiction film called "The Green Man of Devon".

Answer: a man who could walk through walls

Dr. Scott Nelson steals the work of his brother, Dr. Tony Nelson, and becomes able to pass through any object. He has been working on a super-dense material called Cargonite which is impenetrable. Unfortunately, every time Scott uses the power, he ages rapidly and can recover his youth only by draining the life force from another human being (which kills them).

Answer: Vincent Price

Vincent Price plays pathologist Dr. Warren Chapin who discovers the existence of the tingler -- a parasite which attaches itself to the human spine and thrives on fear. Co-star Darryl Hickman was 5'10" when "The Tingler" was filmed. In the scenes where he appeared with 6'4" Vincent Price, he had to wear lifts so as not to look dwarvish.

Answer: four/two

Gerald Mohr played Colonel Thomas O'Bannion, the pilot and commander of the mission. Naura Hayden played Dr. Iris "Irish" Ryan, science officer and O'Bannion's love interest. Les Tremayne played Professor Theodore Gettell, the designer of the rocket ship. Jack Kruschen played Chief Warrant Officer Sam Jacobs, the majordomo, engineer, armourer and dogsbody of the mission. O'Bannion and Ryan return alive. Gettell dies of a heart attack during take-off for the return. Kruschen is absorbed by the melted-gummy-bear-ameboid monster.

Answer: three

The making of werewolf movies lapsed into a torpor after a decade of classics: "Werewolf of London" (1935), "The Wolf Man" (1941), "The Mad Monster" (1942), "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943), "Cry of the Werewolf" (1944), and "She-Wolf of London" (1946).

There were only three werewolf movies made in the 1950s: "The Werewolf" (1956), "Daughter of Dr. Jekyll" (1957) and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957).

Answer: the murder of his crew

The only survivor of Earth's first mission to Mars, Challenge 141, is Colonel Ed Carruthers, played by Marshall Thompson. He is accused of the murder of the other nine members of his crew. The motive is thought to be the theft of the crew's food, water and oxygen until a rescue ship could arrive.

The colonel claims that a hostile Martian creature picked off his shipmates leaving him alone on the planet. At first, no one believes him.

Answer: directing and screenwriting

John Gilling (1912-1984) was born in London, England, where he wrote and/or directed numerous horror films. Some of his best-known films were made for Hammer Films which specialized in horror. He both wrote and directed "The Gamma People" (1956), "The Flesh and the Fiends" (1960), "The Mummy's Shroud" (1967) and "La cruz del diablo" (1975) (made in Spain).

He directed "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire" (1952), "The Shadow of the Cat" (1961), "The Night Caller" (1965), "The Plague of the Zombies" (1966), and "The Reptile" (1966).

He wrote "House of Darkness" (1948), "The Gorgon" (1964), and "Trog" (1970).

Answer: Canada

Although shot in the UK, "Fiend Without a Face" is set entirely in Canada. U.S. Air Force Interceptor Command Experimental Station No. 6 is located in rural Winthrop, Manitoba, Canada. Winthrop is a fictional location. The base is a long-range radar installation from which to keep an eye on the Soviet Union's air activity.

Other than the air base and a nearby village, the area is a wilderness. The producers said they chose the location because they thought it would be easy for both American and British Commonwealth viewers to relate to it.

Answer: radioactive rainwater

While no one could say for sure what would make two pterosaurs grow to such immense size, Professor Kashiwagi offers an opinion in the film. He says that it was because of the atomic tests conducted by other nations. These created radioactive rainfall which seeped into the underground caverns where such creatures existed. This then caused their mutation and abnormal growth.