Now, horror movies are perfect fodder for trivial pursuit, but how big of a horror geek are you? Did you see Signs this summer? Well, that high-budget blockbuster doesn't count. If you're a real geek, you've bemoaned through feardotcom and you're already getting in line for The Ring. So, sharpen your favorite knife and show us what you're made of ... or just take the quiz before they make another sequel to Scream.
Get your answers in by 5 p.m. on Tuesday. You can bring them in to the office, e-mail them to news.letter@jhu.edu or fill out the quiz online (at http://www.jhunewsletter.com).
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1. We have to get this question out of the way right off the bat, so here it goes: a gimmie to get you started. This famous horror director is an alumnus of our very own frightening school. What is his name and what was the first horror movie he directed?
2. Speaking of that director, what androgynous female got her start in Halloween? That Halloween temptress has a mother who was also a famous actress but proved she wasn't a master of escaping in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ... What was her name?
3. I've always been afraid that when I bury my pets they'll come back to life as super evil zombies and wreak havoc on my friends and myself. Subsequently, I've limited myself to goldfish and the occasional turtle. There's only one demented mind to blame for this phobia. Prolific horror author Stephen King recently announced that he was calling it quits and will not be writing any more books. Who reads books anyway? Apparently certain movie writers do. Name all of Stephen King's books that have been made into full-length features.
4. "Candyman, Candyman, Candyman..." Say this phrase five times into a mirror and a hook-welding maniac will appear and, well, you can guess the rest. What short story by Clive Barker was the original Candyman based on?
5. Anybody ever see the movie Tron? We haven't either.
6. I need a young priest and an old priest! I hope you went to see the re-release of The Exorcist a couple years back because that version you saw on TNT at 3 a.m. last night isn't going to help you now. Linda Blair reprised her role as a victim of demonic possession in a movie you may see often on Comedy Central co-starring Leslie Neilson. What was the name of this fine film?
7. We've made it this far without asking a question about Scream, so let's try to go a little bit longer. In the first sequel to Scream, what song did Jerry O'Connell bust out in the college cafeteria to try to win Sidney back?
8. Before moviegoers could have their screens filled with blood red images of death and violence, many fine films paved the way in black and white and even in the silent era. Name one. No, I'm just kidding, that's too easy. Boris Karloff was known for such famous films as Frankenstein and The Mummy (not the one with Brendan Frasier). However, his real name was not so widely known. What was Boris Karloff's birth name and what year did he portray Frankenstein's monster?
9. The scariest horror family to ever grace the big screen was definitely The Addams Family. It scared the crap out of us, especially that MC Hammer song at the end. Christina Ricci starred as a young Wednesday Addams in both Addams family movies. She also starred in a few other scary movies. One of those frightening movies was Pecker, directed by what Baltimore native?
10. The production of Red Dragon, the much-anticipated prequel to The Silence of the Lambs, came to Baltimore for a week in April to shoot a few scenes outside of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Ralph Fiennes was on hand for the filming for a scene at the "Brooklyn Museum of Art" (close enough). As we never saw Hannibal or Manhunter and since Red Dragon isn't in theaters yet, we're going to have to ask a question about the original. That classic movie however, almost turned out completely different. Instead of being award-winning, it might have ended up heartbreakingly lousy. What famous actor originally held the rights to The Silence of the Lambs and planned to direct and star in it?
11. The Simpsons has spoofed many a famous horror movie in its classic "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween specials. In fact, there have been 12 Halloween specials since The Simpsons became a regular show on FOX. In "Treehouse of Horror V," the Simpsons spoof The Shining, the classic Stephen King story of insanity and hotel maintenance. The Simpsons manage to keep Homer from going insane by reuniting him with television, but what TV show makes Homer's urge to kill rise again at the end of the story?
12. For our last question, it's time to boil it down to the most important thing about any movie: how much money it makes. Horror movies have traditionally taken a backseat to basically every other genre of movie except porn when it comes to domestic grosses, with even the most successful horror franchises like Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and Halloween not even breaking into the top 50 highest grossing movies list. One horror movie however grossed $293 million dollars in its U.S. release and reached number 14 on the all-time top grossing movie list. What was it?
Tiebreaker: Name as many villains from horror movies as you can.
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