Questions

1. Who was the only movie actor to play The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, the mummy and a vampire in different films?
2. What was the only film (not counting documentaries or retrospectives) to feature the talents the three horror greats Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and Vincent Price?
3. How many rooms to rent were there at the Bates Motel in “Psycho ”?
4. For what horror film was Mercedes McCambridge supposedly fed raw eggs and alcohol, then smoked cigarettes and was strapped to a chair to do a “special” voice?
5. When this horror legend passed away, chiropractor Tom Mason took over his role and a “classic” film was created. Name the actor who died and the film.
6. I have had a long and varied acting career in nearly 220 films, including many horror roles. I have played Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, Kharis the Mummy, Dr. Fu Manchu, Rasputin, Saruman and Count Dooku. I regret turning down the role of Dr. Loomis in ” Halloween .” I was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. I am also listed as the “Center of the Hollywood Universe.” Oh, and I celebrated my 86th birthday this year. Who am I?
7. A year after directing the horror classic ” Dracula ,” Tod Browning made another film that was a shock to audiences and banned for many years in the US and other countries. What is this unsettling film?
8. In the classic 1974 horror movie ” Black Christmas “, where did the killer hide for much of the time?
9. What horror movie classic had a brother taunting his sister in the beginning with the line “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!”?
10. Why does Frankenstein’s assistant Fritz steal an abnormal brain from the university?
    • There were only abnormal brains there
    • He dropped the only normal brain
    • All the normal brains were dissected
11. In ” The Mummy’s Hand ,” what happens when the doctor feeds a serum of tanna leaves to the mummified remains of Kharis?
    • Kharis meets his end at the hands of Dr. Petrie
    • Kharis uses his powers for good
    • Kharis is revived, and kills Dr. Petrie
12. Bodega Bay is the setting for which classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller?
13. Which of these monsters does NOT appear in 1945’s ” House of Dracula “?
    • (A) Dracula
    • (B) Frankenstein’s Monster
    • (C) The Wolfman
    • (D) The Mummy

Answers

1. Lon Chaney, Jr., is the only person to have played all four of the classic movie monsters: “The Wolf Man” (1941) (as Larry Talbot/Wolf Man); “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) (as The Frankenstein Monster); “The Mummy’s Tomb” (1942) (as Kharis, the mummy); and “Son of Dracula” (1943) (as Count Anthony Alucard, Dracula’s son).
2. “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein”. Bela Lugosi played Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. played the Wolf Man, and Vincent Price did the voice of the Invisible Man uncredited.
3. 12 rooms. “We have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies.”
4. The demon voice in “The Exorcist”. Director William Friedkin originally wanted Linda Blair’s voice. After 150 hours of work on sound recording in pre-production, Friedkin rejected it, and brought in McCambridge.
5. Bela Lugosiin “Plan 9 From Outer Space”. Lugosi died four days after shooting some scenes for Ed Wood. After Lugosi’s death, Wood abandoned the project and rewrote the script to accommodate all the footage shot in a cemetery and outside Tor Johnson’s house in the new production. Béla Lugosi’s part was taken over by Tom Mason, Wood’s wife’s chiropractor, who was significantly taller than Lugosi, and played the part with a cape covering his face. The movie is considered the worst of all time.
6. Christopher Lee. He has had a film released every year since 1948, except for 1995. His peak years were 1955 and 1970, with 9 films released in each of those years.
7. “Freaks” from 1932. A film about carnival life with real sideshow performers. It unnerved many, and was shelved by MGM. A man named Dwain Esper acquired the rights and exhibited the movie in sideshows. Many of the laws banning this film have never been repealed, so technically it is illegal to show it in some places.
8. In the attic of the sorority house. This movie is not as well known as “Halloween”, but was clearly an inspiration for John Carpenter. And as a really interesting tid-bit, the director of “Black Christmas” was also the director of the holiday classic “A Christmas Story”.
9. 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead”. Johnny taunts his sister Barbara with this line in the cemetery.
10. He dropped the only normal brain.
11. Kharis is revived, and kills Dr. Petrie. He proves he’s not a morning person.
12. “The Birds,” starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor and Jessica Tandy.
13. The Mummy. The original movie poster also touted a “Mad Doctor” and a “Hunchback”.