Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 157 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eric

Shortly after Eric, a white man played by James Anderson, is rescued from the ocean surf, his true nature begins to reveal itself. He is contentious and sows dissension within the group. He has no use for Charles, who is black, and says he can barely stand to live in the same house with him. In the end, he stabs Charles in the back and kills him.

Answer: The Warlock's Bride

The screenplay for "The Bride and the Beast" (1958) was written by Ed Wood, based on a story by Adrian Weiss, who both produced and directed the film. The screenplay for "Bride of the Gorilla" (1951) was written by Curt Siodmak who also wrote the scripts for "The Wolf Man" (1941), "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943), "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), "Son of Dracula" (1943), "House of Frankenstein" (1945), "The Beast with Five Fingers" (1946), "The Magnetic Monster" (1953), "Riders to the Stars" (1954), "Creature with the Atom Brain" (1955), "Curucu, Beast of the Amazon" (1956), and "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" (1956). The screenplay for "Bride of the Monster" (1955) was co-written by Ed Wood Jr. (who also produced and directed), based on a 1953 script by Alex Gordon titled "The Atomic Monster." Wood renamed it "The Monster of the Marshes", but it was released as "Bride of the Monster."

There is a YA novel titled "The Warlock's Bride" (2023) by R. L. Medina; it is volume 2 in a series of four. There does not appear to be a movie named "The Warlock's Bride" that fits the brief.

Answer: A green head in a fishbowl

The "head" Martian, called "the Intelligence," is a green head encased in a clear-glass sphere. It has a tiny chest and octopian tentacles. The Intelligence never speaks but communicates entirely by mental telepathy. Sometimes its eyes indicate the direction of its commands. Sgt. Rinaldi, once he is under the control of the aliens, explains that the Intelligence is "mankind developed to its ultimate intelligence." The Intelligence is played by midget actress Luce Potter, who was one of the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939).

The sphere is carried from place to place by a pair of tall, mute, green mutants called Mutax.

Answer: Allison Hayes

Attractive Allison Hayes (1930-1977) won the Miss District of Columbia pageant and was a contestant in the 1949 Miss America Pageant, as well. She signed with Universal Pictures in 1954; her first role was in "Francis Joins the WACS" in which she was billed lower than Donald O'Connor, Chill Wills, Mamie Van Doren, Zasu Pitts, and a mule.

In addition to "The Undead," Hayes had roles in "Zombies of Mora Tau" (1957), "The Unearthly" (1957), "The Disembodied" (1957), the lead in "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" (1958), "The Hypnotic Eye" (1960), and "The Crawling Hand" (1963). On television's "General Hospital" (1963-1964) she played Priscilla Longworth, a femme fatale, opposite Dr. Steve Hardy, played by John Beradino.

In ill health from lead poisoning and leukaemia, Hayes died a week before her 47th birthday.

Answer: William J. Hole Jr.

William J. Hole Jr. (1918-1990) was an American film director of primarily B-movies. His career in films began as an extra (Bud the Messenger Boy) in Gene Autry's "Springtime in the Rockies" (1938). He returned from the Army after WWII and worked as a script supervisor. Hole directed "Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" (1959), "The Devil's Hand" (1961), and "Face of Terror" (1964). From 1971 to 1986, he directed numerous television episodes.

Answer: True

Hammer Films made "The Curse of Frankenstein" in 1957. The great box-office success of this motion picture prompted the studio to closely follow it with "The Revenge of Frankenstein" the next year. This, of course, required a workaround in that the Baron had been killed at the end of the first movie by having his head removed from the rest of his body.

Answer: She is terrified and dies of fright

Marion Wilkins has a congenital heart problem. Doctor Beecher interrupts a house call with her by saying that he does not feel well and begs off until the next day. Marion's cleaning lady calls his office to say that Marion is quite ill. He rushes to her home but when he goes into her room, she cowers in fear and promptly dies as her heart seizes in terror. Examining her to determine the cause of death, Doctor Beecher finds two small puncture wounds to her neck.

Answer: Acting

Shirley Patterson (1922-1995) was a Canadian-born actress who won the Miss California Pageant in 1940 only to be disqualified because she lied about her age. Mostly under contract to Columbia Pictures, she appeared in over forty movies, many of them westerns.

She sometimes used the stage name Shawn Smith. Patterson played the female lead in the 1943 15-chapter "Batman" theatrical serial. Other film credits include "Spook Louder" (1943), "World Without End" (1956), "The Land Unknown" (1957), and "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" (1958).

She broke her leg badly after filming "It!" and spent over a year and a half in casts, which ended her acting career.

Answer: Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth

Arch Oboler wrote, produced and directed "Five" which was a post-apocalyptic story about five American survivors of total nuclear warfare. It starred William Phipps and Susan. Charles Lampkin, a black actor, poet, composer and lecturer, played Charles in that pioneering film.

Stanley Kramer directed Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck in "On the Beach" -- a movie set in the last days of a nuclear holocaust which would shortly kill everyone on Earth. Actor Anthony Perkins had a supporting role. There is no black character in the 1951 version, but there is a black sonarman on the 2000 made-for-tv remake.

"The World, the Flesh and the Devil" is a post-apocalyptic survival film starring black actor Harry Belafonte. Ranald MacDougall directed. Other players were Inger Stevens and Mel Ferrer.

Answer: Groves himself, his housecat and housekeeper

Professor Groves experiments on his cat (Felis catus/F. domesticus) which turns his pussy into a sabre-toothed tiger (Smilodon fatalis). Doctor Ross Harkness sneaks into Professor Groves' laboratory and finds photographs of Groves' deaf-mute Celia, turning into a Neanderthal after injection. Professor Groves was disappointed by his rejection by and expulsion from the Naturalists' Club and his breakup with his fiancée Ruth Marshall. He injects himself with the serum to prove that he is right and turns into "The Neanderthal Man" as a result.