Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 12 Trivia Quiz

Answer: black unitards, beehive hairdos, lots of make-up

The cat women are all dressed alike in black unitards. Despite being part of a 200,000 year old civilisation, their hair styles (a beehive) are the same as those popular on Earth. They wear excessive and elaborate cosmetics. All of them appear to be accomplished in "modern dance" which they perform ensemble. They also have the power to disappear and reappear elsewhere.

Answer: Invasion of the Atomic Werewolves

The "Invaders from Mars" (1953) is the motion picture where the leader of the Martians is a green humanoid head inside a clear glass globe carried around by mute mutants. The "Invasion of the Animal People" (1959) is the movie where the aliens bring with them a very tall, very hairy, very homicidal biped who likes girls.

The "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) is the film in which alien seed pods copy and replace humans in their sleep. There was a rock band named Atomic Werewolf founded in the US in 2015.

There does not appear to have been a motion picture named "Invasion of the Atomic Werewolves" in the 1950s.

Answer: It could see through the eyes of many other creatures.

The beast in this motion picture didn't have a physical form but instead occupied the bodies of other creatures. It also had the capacity both to control other animals (including humans) and to "see" whatever was being seen by their eyes.

Answer: Steve McQueen

Steve Andrews is a high-school student, romantically involved with Jane Martin and a lover of hot-rod automobiles. He is played by Steve McQueen (1930-1980) in "The Blob". McQueen's other major movie roles include "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "The Great Escape" (1963), "Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963), "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), "Bullitt" (1968), "Le Mans" (1971), and "Papillon" (1973).

The actor was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma.

He developed metastasized cancer and died in a hospital in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, of a heart attack at age 50.

Answer: The inventor is run over by a car.

The inventor of the serum, Dr. Eric Zinthrop, who is the only one who knows the formula and can produce the drug, is hit by a car. He suffers brain damage in the accident. Janice has him moved into a room prepared for him in her building, attended by a private nurse. He remains, however, unable to produce more of the serum.

Answer: a sequel

In "The Amazing Colossal Man" (1957), Lt. Col. Glenn Manning was exposed to radiation from an atomic bomb blast. This caused him to grow until he became 60-70 feet tall. He was apparently killed at the end of that film, having been shot and falling off Hoover Dam into the waters of the Colorado River below.

In "War of the Colossal Beast", he appears in Mexico. The sequel is about his capture, return to Los Angeles, and ultimate death.

Answer: His arm was amputated and a transplant failed.

Kurt, played by Anthony La Penna but appearing in the credits as Leslie Daniel, is a surgeon. He lost his arm in a laboratory accident. Bill Cortner promised to restore it but the earlier anti-rejection formula he used was defective and left Kurt with a withered, deformed hand covered in dark, leathery skin. Bill's promise to try again with a new transplanted limb using his new formula keeps Kurt at work, despite Kurt's objections to Bill's experiments.

Answer: directing

Terence Fisher (1904-1980) earned a considerable reputation as a film editor before he turned to directing. As a director, he was best known for his work for Hammer Films. His first major gothic horror motion picture was "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957) followed promptly by "Dracula" (1958), "The Mummy" (1959) and "Curse of the Werewolf" (1961).

His films united Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as a brace of actors. Other films for which Fisher is recognized include "Four Sided Triangle: (1953), "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" (1959), "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" (1960), "The Gorgon" (1964), "The Earth Dies Screaming" (1964), "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" (1966), "Frankenstein Created Woman" (1967), "The Devil Rides Out" (1968), and "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" (1969).

Answer: Asia

An article in the October 1954 issue of "The Hollywood Reporter" says that the setting of "Cult of the Cobra" is Burma (the present-day Myanmar), but this is not confirmed by the film itself. The movie begins with a written forward which says, in part, "Truth is in the mind and the mind of man varies with time and place.

The time is 1945. The place is Asia." The film was shot entirely in Burbank and on the Universal lot. The movie "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (1955) was being shot on an adjacent sound stage so the films used the same sets, props and even extras to save money.

The latter part of the film is set in New York City.

Answer: Frankie, Walter Paisley's landlady's cat

Walter Paisley, the busboy at the Yellow Door café, is insufficiently skilled to sculpt a bust of Carla, the hostess at the coffee shop. While trying, he hears Frankie, the landlady's cat, apparently trapped inside a wall. Walter tries to rescue Frankie, using a large knife to cut the plasterboard, but stabs the cat, instead. Walter covers the cat with clay (leaving the knife in place) and calls his "sculpture" "Dead Cat".