Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 136 Trivia Quiz

Answer: an alien inside a human duplicant

Aliens from Andromeda land their flying saucer in the woods just outside of Norrisville, California. They are glowing, methane-breathing creatures who can see in the dark. To assume human form, a black roiling cloud surrounds a living person's body. That body is returned to the space ship where it is hung up on a rack and connected to some wires.

This allows the creation of a human-appearing faux replica which the alien can enter and occupy. The body "shell" also contains the human's memories. Aliens' human-copy bodies are intolerant to alcohol and oxygen; they have "methane reservoirs" which hold the gas they need to breathe.

These hybrid containers can communicate with each other telepathically. If the duplicant's face is lit up by lightning, it can be seen as an alien's.

Answer: I Married a Teenage Alien

"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957) starred Michael Landon who went on to become a cast member of "Bonanza" (1959-73). "Teenage Cave Man" (1958) starred Robert Vaughn who went on to become Napoleon Solo in the 1960s international hit series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964-1968). "Teenage Zombies" (1959) was written, produced, edited and directed by Jerry Warren who went on to write, produce, edit and direct a large number of other B-movie horror films.

Probably the progenitor of all the "I Married" subgenre of horror and science fiction motion pictures was the Gene Fowler Jr. film "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" (1958). It is difficult to believe that there was a network children's television programme called "Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills" but, in 1994-1995, there was. A group called Take The Kids Off Broadway released a song called "Teenage Alien Blues" in 2012. "My Girlfriend is an Alien" is a Chinese television teen-comedy series which dropped in 2019. Jane Greenhill wrote a YA novel called "I Was A Teenage ALIEN" (2021). No one appears to have made a theatrical motion picture called "I Married a Teenage Alien."

Answer: She is not.

Marilyn Blanchard, played by Marla English, is subjected to the malicious ministrations of both Gerard and Chaka, which turns her into a voodoo monster. She changes from her human form to her monster form unpredictably. On Gerard's command, she throws Chaka into the poison-gas steam-vent pit in which the natives sacrifice their victims. Returning to human form, she spots the golden idol near the edge of the pit but, when she reaches for it, she loses her balance and falls in. Ted and Susan escape.

Back at Marcel's Bar, where the story started, they tell Marcel and Yvette that both Marilyn and Rick are dead. Marcel replies, "Her friend perhaps is dead, but not Marilyn. I have a feeling that one still lives." The movie ends as Marilyn, in the form of the voodoo monster, crawls out of the pit and seizes the golden statue.

Answer: Mickey, the mentally-disabled gardener

Alex Nicol acted on Broadway and in many motion pictures. Dissatisfied with his roles, he set out to become a director. The first film he directed was "The Screaming Skull". He reasoned that he had watched enough directors exercising their craft that he could not do any worse. He cast himself as Mickey, the mentally-slow gardener who was devoted to the first Mrs. Whitlock.

Answer: gunshots

There is a giant man-eating spider kept by the Moon maidens in one part of their caves. It looks rather like it was made with black pipe cleaners and has a pair of googly eyes. Lamda warns the Earth people that they must flee as the spider is coming for them; she is herself caught and killed by the mega-arachnid. The Earthling June is sentenced to be killed by the spider but at the last moment, Gene and Lon appear, shoot the spider with their guns, and release and rescue June. The spider expels white powder from its mouth as it dies; this is not explained.

Answer: Albert Band

Actor, producer, director and screenwriter Albert Band directed "I Bury the Living". He is not credited for it but he did much of the casting, as well. Horror was not his only genre; he wrote the screenplay for John Huston's "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951). He made movies in Sweden and Italy as well as in the United States. "I Bury the Living" may have been the high point of his directorial career. His cinematic career continued in such roles as being the executive producer of Walt Disney's "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" (1992).

Answer: Roger Corman

Roger Corman was inspired to make a motion picture involving hypnotism as a means of past-life regression by the popularity of Morey Bernstein's book "The Search for Bridey Murphy" (1956). The book was adapted for a film, which was rushed into production by Paramount Pictures. Corman brought to "The Undead" the prop bats which he had used earlier in "It Conquered the World" (1956). Leading lady Pamela Duncan said the entire film was shot in six days; screenwriter Charles B. Griffith said it was completed in ten. Either way, such a short production schedule was typical of Roger Corman's movies.

Answer: acting

Jacob "Jack" Kruschen (1922-2002) was a Canadian character actor on radio, television, and in films. He broadcast for the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) during WWII. In addition to many other roles on television, he played the villain Eivol Ekdol on the "Batman" television series.

His film credits include "The War of the Worlds" (1953), "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" (1953), "The Angry Red Planet" (1959), "Satan's Cheerleaders" (1977), and "The Time Machine" (1978).

Answer: London, England

The 1860 murders committed by the Haymarket Strangler occurred in and around Haymarket Street in the St James's part of Westminster, London. It runs from Piccadilly Circus to Pall Mall. The neighbourhood is home to many live theatres and was, at an earlier time, a center for prostitution. Newgate Prison was located in London, used as a place of confinement for over 700 years, and was the site of public executions (hangings) until 1868 when the hangings were moved inside the prison. It has since been demolished.

Answer: True

Two of the Mole Men emerge from the well to see what has penetrated and disturbed their subterranean home. They are easy to see because they glow in the dark. An angry mob tries to kill them; one of the Mole Men is shot. While Superman takes the injured Mole Man to the hospital, the other Mole Man returns home to fetch a weapon.

The device he retrieves is indeed an Electrolux vacuum cleaner. The prop makers attached a part to be held against the shoulder when firing and another (a metal funnel) to the opposite end to simulate the barrel from which a destructive ray could be shot.