Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 108 Trivia Quiz

Answer: none

(This paragraph contains a SPOILER; stop reading if you wish to avoid it.) The source of the terror in "I Bury the Living" arose from the story itself (something like in many Hitchcock films, in this sense) rather than from some creepy crawly beastie that did terrible things to people. Robert Kraft, well played by Richard Boone, could not decide whether he had the power of life or death over other people or he was going out of his mind.

He was drawn to believe that a map of the cemetery plots and the pins stuck in them had the power to kill and to revive the dead... neither of which turned out to be true.

Answer: The Ghoul's Daughter

Gloria Talbott, John Agar, and Arthur Shields starred in "Daughter of Dr. Jekyll" (1957). Arthur Lucan and Bela Lugosi starred in "My Son, the Vampire" (1952). Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance, and Alexander Knox starred in "The Son of Dr. Jekyll" (1951). Beginning in 2012, "Janet Decay" and "Grimm Gori" co-hosted a late-night horror-movie show called "The Daughter of the Ghoul Show" on Cleveland television.

There is a Sudanese folk tale called "The Ghoul's Daughter". There is a 2020 Russian rock song called "Ghoul's Daughter" by Korol i Shut.

But there doesn't seem to be a 1950s motion picture called "The Ghoul's Daughter".

Answer: a six-foot tall man with a monster face

The humanoid creature in the black zippered bodysuit kills people. His face is a sort of Hallowe'en mask which combines reptilian skin with human features marred by acne scars. Prasus, the father figure of the Atlanteans, calls the monster "the man with the head of a beast" and wants the astronauts to kill it. The monster is kept out of New Atlantis by a stone wall which is electrified at the top. Its hands and feet are black and its face resembles actor Rondo Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly. The creature is played by Richard Walter.

Answer: Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing played Baron Victor Frankenstein in "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957). He reprised that role by playing the pseudonymous Doctor Victor Stein in "The Revenge of Frankenstein". Cushing played the doctor in six of the seven Frankenstein movies made by Hammer Films including "The Evil of Frankenstein" (1964), "Frankenstein Created Woman" (1967), "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" (1969), and "Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell" (1974). About the chimpanzee in "The Revenge of Frankenstein", Cushing wrote that it took such a liking to him that it kissed him every morning when he came to work on the set.

Answer: He is killed by lava in his laboratory.

All of the power necessary to run the underground Nazi facility on the island comes from an invention of Colonel Osler. They tap the lava and convert its thermal energy into electricity. He had been working on this technology at the end of WWII.

The US Navy has announced that it will use the "uninhabited" island for bombing practice. The Navy aircraft begin their runs and one bomb causes the roof of the laboratory to cave in, trapping Osler under a steam pipe. The bombing triggers a volcanic eruption which fills the laboratory with lava, killing the Nazi colonel.

Answer: Corman did all of these things.

"Monster from The Ocean Floor" was the first motion picture produced by Roger Corman. He hired Wyott Ordung to direct because Ordung agreed to halve his salary for the experience. In order to cut costs, Corman pushed the camera (a union violation) and drove the equipment truck (another union violation).

He also played the small part of Tommy, the guy on the scientists' boat who helps with things.

Answer: from Trudy's friend Suzie Lawler

Suzie and Trudy have an argument and, to get back at her friend, Suzie flirts with Oliver and gets him to ask her out on a date. Oliver attempts to force himself on Suzie who objects, slaps his face, and gets out of his car. Oliver says to himself, "I need a brain. I need a brain," and runs over her with the car.

He takes her to his lab where his assistant Elsu helps him bring the body inside. Oliver tells Elsu, who asks why he wants a woman's brain, "Now we're aware the female mind is conditioned to a man's world.

It therefore takes orders, where the other ones didn't." And Elsu exclaims, "Frankenstein's daughter!"

Answer: acting

Peggie Castle (1927-1973) was "discovered" by Universal-International Pictures in 1947 and signed to a seven-year contract. Her movie exposure earned her the title of "Miss Cheesecake" awarded by the Southern California Restaurant Association in 1949.

Her only horror science fiction film was "Beginning of the End" (1957). She settled into a television role as saloon owner Lily Merrill on 105 episodes of "The Lawman" (1959-1962). She and her co-star from "Lawman" Peter Brown then began to travel as a team and perform song-and-dance routines at rodeos and state fairs.

Answer: Salton Sea, California

The Salton Sea was created in 1905-1907 by flooding of the Colorado River. With the building of Hoover Dam in 1931, flooding was controlled and a stable "sea" was created. What was an empty desert became the largest lake in California. There were two military installations there: Salton Sea Test Base which the AEC closed in 1961, and Naval Auxiliary Air Station Salton Sea which the Navy closed in 1979.

Answer: His rejuvenation expires; he burns to death.

Dr. Georges Bonnet is offering eternal life to the lovely Janine Dubois, played by Hazel Court, when his rejuvenation runs out and he begins to age rapidly. He realizes that Dr. Pierre Gerrard, played by Christopher Lee, went through the motions of the gland transplant surgery but did not actually install the new parathyroid in him.

As he decomposes, a mad woman who he had imprisoned throws an oil lamp at him and he is burnt to death in the resulting flames.