Sometimes, Man Is The Monster Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jason Voorhees

Jason might be the face of horror in film as we know it, even if he didn't really come into his own until "Part 3" - did you know he didn't have the hockey mask before then? He first appeared as a child near the end of the first film, played by Ari Lehman, but the best known actor behind the mask might be Kane Hodder, who portrayed him in four different films.

Answer: André Delambre

André is an inventor who creates a machine that can instantaneously transport material from one place to another... unfortunately, he doesn't quite work out all the kinks before testing it on himself. The story and 1958 movie follow his brother, François (played by Vincent Price), as he tries to unravel the mystery. The film received two sequels on the further teleporter-and-fly-themed troubles of the Delambre family. The 1986 remake was directed by David Cronenberg, who you can expect to see again in this quiz, and also received its own sequel starring Eric Stoltz.

Torben Meyer appeared uncredited in the 1958 film, Seymour Krelborn is the protagonist in "Little Shop of Horrors", and Eugene Fitzherbert is Flynn Ryder's real name in Disney's "Tangled".

Answer: Weyland-Yutani

Carter Burke is played by Paul Reiser, better known these days as the star of "Mad About You" or as Miles Teller's dad in "Whiplash". The Weyland-Yutani Corp. is frequently at odds with Ripley throughout the franchise in their pursuit of alien life - especially Xenomorphs - for biological weapons research. Burke's betrayal involves ordering colonists to investigate a Xenonorph nest, knowing that they will be killed, in the hopes of retrieving live specimens.

Voight-Kampff is the name of the test used to identify replicants in "Blade Runner", and Cyberdyne Systems and Blue Sun are fictional corporations from "The Terminator" and "Firefly", respectively.

Answer: Lead Cenobite

The name Pinhead didn't come from any of the films, nor did it originate with "The Hellbound Heart" (the novella from which the film was adapted) - it was the cast and crew of "Hellraiser" that started referring to the character that way, and it stuck to the point that it became official in later sequels. Clive Barker, who wrote "The Hellbound Heart" and directed "Hellraiser", has expressed a strong dislike for the nickname.

"Hell Priest" is Pinhead's official title among the Cenobites according to Barker, and 'Skinless Frank' refers to Frank Cotton as he appears in "Hellraiser" before he's fully reformed. The healthier Frank was played by Sean Chapman; 'Skinless' Frank was played by Oliver Smith and dubbed over by Chapman.

Answer: False

Not only is Imhotep not the Scoprion King's name (that's the titular Mummy), but the Scorpion King isn't in that movie - he appeared for the first time in 2001's "The Mummy Returns". It is true that this was Johnson's first acting role separate from his work as a wrestler (which, if you were to ask me, I'd say is also acting, but beside the point).

Karl Freund's "The Mummy" was released in 1932. Boris Karloff, having recently made a name for himself as Frankenstein's monster, starred as Imhotep in the original film - the role went to Arnold Vosloo in the remake. Imhotep, in keeping with this quiz's theme, was a human in the late 1200s BCE, and whether he died and was resurrected or was buried horribly and supernaturally alive depends on which film is in question.

2001's "The Mummy Returns" led to a spinoff Scorpion King film in 2002. There was another ill-fated "The Mummy" reboot in 2017, which was meant to kick off a Universal Monsters cinematic universe, but... to put it mildly, that didn't materialize.

Answer: She asexually produces mutant children.

"The Brood" starred Art Hindle as Frank, Samantha Eggar as Nola, and Oliver Reed as Nola's highly experimental psychologist (psychoplasmicist?) Dr. Hal Raglan. Cronenberg was and is known for his science fiction work, especially as it pertains to body horror; practically half of his directorial filmography fits into the subgenre.

Eggar was drawn to the role for its emotional depth, with most of her scenes consisting of intense play-argument with Dr. Raglan, who would stand in as people from throughout her life. The result of the psychoplasmic approach, as the film calls it, is, without exception, grotesque physical change, with one former patient developing an aggressive and extremely visible cancer. For Nola, the result is a brood (get it?) of killer babies; while she's sequestered in therapy, they escape into the world and kill the people she's angry with.

One more thing - "The Brood" contains the first original film score by Howard Shore, who later won Academy Awards for his work on the "Lord of the Rings" films. Before any of that, he was the alto saxophonist for the rock band Lighthouse.

Answer: Silver belly button piercing

The way "Ginger Snaps" handles its werewolves differs from most stories on the subject - while your average Wolf Man only has to worry about finding the right collar size once a month, Ginger (that's her name - get it?) faces a permanent transformation starting on Halloween. She's initially willing to search for a cure, but as the night approaches, she becomes more monstrous both physically and behaviorally.

"Ginger Snaps" saw a limited theatrical release, owing to its low budget and controversial themes; several production companies and distributors turned it down over its language and graphic violence, especially since it explored its mature themes through teenage characters.

Answer: Paul Williams

Williams became the president of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 2009 - he's written hits for the likes of The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, and the Muppets and appeared in films including (but not limited to) "Smokey and the Bandit", "The Watermelon Man", and "Baby Driver", along with lending his voice to "Batman: The Animated Series", "The Tick", and a musical episode of "Dexter's Laboratory". Almost none of this success was thanks to the Phantom - it bombed everywhere but Winnipeg when it hit theaters, achieving cult status decades after its release.

In "Phantom of the Paradise" Swan was a star who, at the height of his success, was prepared to die to maintain his image until a sinister figure made him a better offer. He remains youthful and immortal so long as he records himself constantly and reviews the footage daily, with the image aging in his place like Dorian Gray. The arrangement also gives him the authority to put others under supernatural contract, which he does with Winslow. It's complicated, but I promise it makes sense.

Answer: Return of the Living Dead

"Return of the Living Dead", a technically official sequel to George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead", was written and directed by Dan O'Bannon, who also wrote the screenplay for "Alien". While in prior movies, zombies tended to generally crave flesh, "Return of the Living Dead" had them call specifically for brains - a captured zombie explains laconically that being undead is painful, and eating brains eases the pain. ("Warm Bodies" is another much cuter zombie movie that approaches this concept in an interesting way: eating brains allows zombies to view the person's memories, thereby giving the undead a moment to again experience their own humanity.)

While George Romero had already made a sequel to "Night of the Living Dead" (1978's "Dawn of the Dead"), the rights to the "Living Dead" moniker belonged to John Russo, who had co-written the original film. Russo published "Return of the Living Dead" as a novel which served as the basis for O'Bannon's film.

Answer: Akira

"Akira" isn't traditionally considered a horror film, but it scared me enough that I feel perfectly comfortable including it here. It was directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, who also wrote the manga from which it was adapted (and from which it significantly departs). Tetsuo's fleshy, blobby transformation in the end is probably the second most famous part of the movie behind only the "bike slide", a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot that's been imitated in everything from the Pokemon cartoon to Jordan Peele's "Nope".

The transformation itself has also been visually referred to in - among other things - "South Park" and "Homestar Runner".