Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 177 Trivia Quiz

Answer: She looks like the Princess Ananka

Kharis, the high priest of Karnak, was secretly in love with the Princess Ananka. When she died, he used the Scroll of Life in an attempt to bring her back from the dead. Caught in this blasphemy, he was sentenced to be mummified alive and cursed with eternal life in order to guard the princess' rest. In the mummy's first attempt to kill John Banning, he sees Isobel and leaves off. In the second attempt, John tells Isobel to loosen her hair and Kharis recognizes her as the reincarnation of his princess whereupon he stops choking John.

Answer: The Haunted Horror Hotel

The feature-length movies "Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)," "House on Haunted Hill" (1959), and "Terror in the Haunted House" (1958) are all actual, not-made-up, existent, and authentic motion pictures. "Beast from Haunted Cave" (1959) was produced by Gene Corman, Roger Corman's brother. "House on Haunted Hill" (1959) was both produced and directed by William Castle. "Terror in the Haunted House" (1958) was produced by William S. Edwards and directed by Harold Daniels.

There have been three feature-length motion pictures titled "The Haunted Hotel" (2002), (2021), and (2023). There have been two films about a horror hotel: "Horror Hotel: The Movie" (2016) and "Return to Horror Hotel" (2019). There does not, however, appear to be any feature-length movies called "The Haunted Horror Hotel."

Answer: Gigantic spider

Guided by the native Leta, Jungle Jim and injured pilot Ronald Coleman cross the desert which divides the dense jungle from the sacred okongo breeding grounds. A strong wind turns into a sandstorm. Out of the blinding simoom-like storm, an enormous arachnid appears and attacks Jim. After a short struggle, Jim kills the desert spider, and the group continues on their quest.

Answer: Dabbs Greer

Dabbs Greer (1917-2007) appeared in over 100 motion pictures and over 600 television episodes. Casting directors must have discerned something saintly or clerical about him. He played a preacher on "Little House on the Prairie" and a preacher on "Picket Fences." In Episode 33 of "The Dick VanDyke Show" titled "The Attempted Marriage," Chaplain Berger, played by Dabbs Greer, performs their wedding.

In Season 1, episode 1 of "The Brady Bunch," titled "The Honeymoon," Dabbs Greer plays the minister who performs Mike Brady and Carol Martin's backyard wedding. Greer had roles in "House of Wax" (1953), "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), "The Vampire" (1957), "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" (1958), "Evil Town" (1977), "Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat" (1989), and "House IV" (1992).

Answer: An alien on Earth called off the invasion

The head of law enforcement, Police Captain H.B. Collins, played by John Eldredge, whose body had been co-opted by the aliens, calls the fleet on a hand-held communications device. He reports, "Earth mission has failed. They're alerted and dangerous. Suggest continuing on to another galaxy. Total personnel lost." He is dying and knows it. He further transmits, "Destroy scout ship." The flying saucer which had landed in the woods explodes. The movie concludes with a fleet of spaceships moving away from Earth orbit.

Answer: Short story based on the author's wife's dream

John Tucker Battle's wife awakened him to recount a nightmare she had just dreamt about a Martian invasion. Her husband wrote a short story based on her dream. The producer of "Invaders From Mars," Edward L. Alperson, hired the screenwriter Richard Blake to adapt the story. Writers Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby worked on the script as well. Battle was reportedly unhappy with the results of their efforts.

Answer: They were locked in a bank's vault

Oliver P. Barnstaple was an officer of an unnamed bank. Charles was a bank teller in the same bank. On the day of the atom-bomb extinction event, they were together in the bank's vault and were accidentally locked in. When the vault door automatically opened and released them, they discovered that everyone else in the bank was dead.

Answer: Acting

American actor Robert Ayres (1914-1968) worked in film, on stage and in television. Despite being American, most of his credits were in Britain. On film, he appeared as Dr. Brian Marlowe in "Cat Girl" (1957), as Capt. Ben Richards in "First Man into Space" (1959), and as Adm. Felix Hillebrand in "Battle Beneath the Earth" (1967). He died at the young age of 53 in England.

Answer: Cairo, Egypt

Mummies, both intentionally and unintentionally created. have been found around the world. The two cultures which have generated the most cinematic mummy material are Egypt and Mexico. "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" is set in and around Cairo, Egypt.

Answer: Hungry live-alligator garbage-disposal

Under the floor of Professor Frankenstein's secret basement laboratory, he maintains a pit in which he keeps his pet alligator. He uses the reptile to consume the evidence of his nefariousness. Karlton asks Frankenstein what they will do with the useless body parts cut off of the body of the boy killed in the auto accident; Frankenstein introduces him to the chute leading from the lab to the alligator kept below. When the professor puts the monster up to killing Margaret, her remains are fed to the alligator. As the reptile finishes his repast, Frankenstein says, "Poor Margaret. You've done your work well. You've earned your reward." In an ironic twist, Bob (the monster) attacks and kills Frankenstein and feeds his body to the alligator, who is shown swallowing a white lab coat.

Producer Herman Cohen claimed that the alligator rented for the flesh-eating scenes in "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" was the same reptile who consumed the real-life victims of real-life serial killer Joe Ball (1896-1938). The press called Ball "the Alligator Man" and "the Butcher of Elmendorf." Elmendorf is a small town in Texas where Ball's brother was mayor. Joe Ball kept a pond of alligators next to his saloon and it was suspected that his victims were disposed of there.