Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 194 Trivia Quiz

Answer: half man / half housefly

Allan puts both Phillipe's unconscious body and a live housefly (Musca domestica) into the matter-transporter chamber and engages the machine. When rematerialized, the resultant two creatures are a life-size Phillipe with a huge fly's head, arm, and leg, and a tiny fly with Phillipe's head, arm, and leg.

Answer: The Corpse's Redress

The feature-length movies "Revenge of the Creature" (1955), "The Revenge of Frankenstein" (1958), and "Back from the Dead" (1957) are all actual, not-made-up, existent, and authentic motion pictures. "Revenge of the Creature" was a sequel to "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954) and a prequel to "The Creature Walks Among Us" (1956). "The Revenge of Frankenstein" was Hammer Films' sequel to "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957). "Back from the Dead" was neither a sequel to anything nor a prequel to anything, which was probably all for the best. Diligent research has not revealed a 1950s feature-length science fiction movie named "The Corpse's Redress".

This may be, at least in part, because the declension of the singular possessive case of this noun is awkward as hell.

Answer: It derives food energy from human bodies.

Space aliens from another galaxy dispatch a gigantic metal robot to Earth. It is an energy accumulator which consumes the forms of energy which it encounters. A lobby card provided to theatres by the distributor 20th Century Fox shouted, "PLANET ROBBER TRAMPLES EARTH... STEALING ENERGY FOR OTHER WORLDS!" The robot is capable of mind control and uses this power to take over the mind of Dr Hubbell Eliot, the chief of LabCentral, to facilitate its pernicious plans.

The machine is all-metal, four-legged, impervious to saltwater, and able to effect self-repair if damaged.

There is a clear dome on top and two mobile antennae. It derives energy necessary to its operation by absorbing large earthly power sources -- electricity, nuclear energy, and others.

Answer: Forrest Tucker

Veteran American actor Forrest Tucker played the lead role of Gil Graham in "The Strange World of Planet X" a/k/a "Cosmic Monsters". He then played the part of the unscrupulous seller of band instruments in "The Music Man" for 2008 performances beginning in 1958.

His later role of Sgt. O'Rourke in "F Troop" demonstrated his versatility. The character Gil Graham is a Canadian scientist seconded to the physics lab of Dr. Laird in the south of England. Graham develops a romantic relationship with scientist Michele Dupont.

It is up to them to save the day. This film was one of three science-fiction movies starring Forrest Tucker in the 1950s.

Answer: Grant Williams

Jack Arnold, the director of "The Incredible Shrinking Man", wanted to cast Irish actor Dan O'Herlihy (1919-2005) to play the role of Robert "Scott" Carey. O'Herlihy turned down the part, and Grant Williams (1931-1985) was cast. Because Williams was six feet and one inch tall, he could not play the scene with the carnival worker opposite an actual midget or dwarf. Huge furniture was used to create the effect. Williams may have regretted accepting the role as he was repeatedly injured during the making of the motion picture.

He was treated for abrasions on his leg. He developed an eye condition from the light of arc lamps; production twice had to be delayed for him to be treated. His hands were blistered and scratched from climbing on props. His injuries extended shooting four days beyond schedule and cost producers around $25,000 over budget.

Answer: False

After "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), producer Robert H. Solo remade "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in 1978. Philip Kaufman directed Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy. The film was set in San Francisco. The director of the 1956 film Don Siege had a cameo as a cab driver. Kevin McCarthy reprises his role of Dr. Miles J. Bennell, running between cars shouting "They're coming! They're coming! You're all in danger!." He is promptly struck and killed by a vehicle.

Warner Brothers remade the film and released it as "Body Snatchers" (1993). Abel Ferrara directed Gabrielle Anwar and Terry Kinney in this third version, set on a military base. A fourth adaptation, titled "The Invasion", came out in 2007. David Leslie Johnson wrote a script which diverged considerably from the original. This film starred Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. A 2019 entry "Assimilate" from director John Murlowski starred Joel Courtney, Andi Matichak, Calum Worthy, Mason McNulty and Cam Gigandet. It is a loose and unofficial adaptation of Jack Finney's 1954 novel "The Body Snatchers".

Answer: the electrical transfer of life energy

Dr. Murdock led a team of medical doctors in the 18th century searching for ways to prolong life and youthful vigour. They discovered that everyone has a life force which is transferable to another. The best source of this life force is nubile young women of child-bearing age.

The woman is placed in a vat of a copper sulphate solution. An electrical headband draws off the victim's bioelectric energy which is transferred to the person being renewed. There are two problems: (1) the transfer results in the victim's death, and (2) when a recipient has been renewed once, they must forever after receive periodic energy transfers or they will petrify.

Answer: acting

Yvette Vickers (1928-2010) had a varied career, based primarily on her beauty, which ended badly. She was an actress, a TV-commercial model, a pin-up girl, and a singer. She was recognizable from her White Rain shampoo TV commercials. On film, she played a floozy, Honey Parker, in "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" (1958) and another floozy, Liz Walker, in "Attack of the Giant Leeches" (1959).

Her nude photograph adorned the centerfold in the July 1959 issue of "Playboy" magazine. Her last film was a 1991 horror film called "Evil Spirits".

She became reclusive and drank alcoholically at the end of her life. Her mummified body was found in her Westwanda Drive home in Beverly Hills. The coroner said she might have been dead as long as a year before her corpse was discovered.

Answer: Minor

Successful composers of music for horror films understand the capacity of music written in minor keys (commonly A minor, E minor, and D minor) to evoke fear, sadness, tension, unease, and suspense. Minor keys create nervousness and are unsettling. Dissonant chords violate the traditional rules of harmony, which creates a feeling of foreboding. Unexpected shifts in dynamics can startle. Atonality heightens anxiety. See generally Neil Lerner, Ed., "Music in the Horror Film: Listening to Fear" (2010) and Vincent G. Aragon, "Murder Music: Horror Film Soundtracks Throughout History" (2020).

Answer: the phosphorescence of the walls

The party is surprised to discover the equivalent of daylight in the undersea cavern where they arrive. They determine that the walls contain about sixty percent iron, which prevents their compasses from functioning, and a high percentage of phosphorus, which creates luminescence. The cave sequences were shot at Colossal Cave in Tucson, Arizona. These caves, a public tourist attraction, are lit by strings of incandescent light bulbs. Much of the lighting structure was originally emplaced by the CCC.