Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 124 Trivia Quiz

Answer: unknown

Is this missile manned or unmanned? Controlled from a great distance or self directing? Where did it come from? What is its purpose/mission? Did it intend to orbit the Earth or did the Soviet hunter-killer missile blast "bump" it into low Earth orbit? Are the horrendous consequences of its transit accidental or the product of design? None of these questions are answered in "The Lost Missile".

Answer: Killed But Not Dead

In "The Killer Shrews" (1959), the unusually large shrews are alive but the people on which they gnaw are (ultimately) dead. In "Killers from Space" (1954), Dr. Douglas Martin, played by Peter Graves, is killed in his jet's crash but is alive due to the intervening surgery of the aliens from the planet Astron Delta.

In order to stay alive beyond a hundred years of age, Dr. Georges Bonnet, "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" (1959), kills his Professor Ludwig Weiss. In 2005, the Austrian heavy-metal band Astaroth released an album called "Organic Perpetual Hatework" on which a track titled "Accursed" includes the lyric "Killed but not dead." In 2018, the band Starscape Crusade released an album called "The Game" on which the second track is titled "Killed But Not Dead." No one appears to have released a feature-length motion picture in the 1950s called "Killed But Not Dead."

Answer: blown up with fire bombs

At one point, when the beast attacks the place where the scientists are staying, they note that it is unafraid of bullets but runs from fire. They plan to destroy the beast with Molotov cocktails set off by a Very flare gun. In the final confrontation, at the beast's cave, they hurl their gasoline bombs at the creature. From the flames consuming it, the monster shouts that many more of his kind will follow him and will conquer humanity eventually.

Answer: Peter Graves

Peter Graves (1926-2010) played many roles in motion pictures and on television. His longest running role was as the leader of the Mission Impossible Force (1966-1973, 1988-1990). He played Captain Clarence Oveur in "Airplane!" (1980) and in "Airplane II: The Sequel" (1982).

In "Killers from Space," he played Dr. Douglas Martin, a scientist studying the radioactive effects of atmospheric atomic bomb detonations. He is captured by aliens, hypnotized, and used to promote their plan to conquer the Earth.

The aliens removed his memory of contact with them but, under a truth serum, he tells the whole story to officials who do not believe him.

Answer: they met them all

The footage of prehistoric monsters (including both dinosaurs and gigantic armadillos) was borrowed from the motion picture "One Million B.C." (1940). Those special effects were done by Roy Seawright (photography) and Frank Young (miniatures). At one point in the film, Ed (the radio operator) wanders apart from the rest of the group. A man-sized split-leaf philodendron wraps its leafy arms around him and, but for his companions answering his cry for help, would have consumed him like pork rolled up in lu'au leaves.

Answer: a novel by Mary Shelley

"The Curse of Frankenstein" was certainly not a faithful filming of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus". It is fairer to say that it was based loosely upon her novel. The reference to Prometheus in the book's title is to the Titan Prometheus in Greek mythology. He is best known as the god who gave fire to humans. A less-well-known story is that he created humans by molding them out of clay.

Answer: He is locked in a casket by undead men.

Doctor Acula, who was actually a con-man named Karl, did not think that he had any occult necromantic powers. As a fake psychic, he pretended to have such powers to bilk victims of their money. As the police arrive, Karl and his accomplice Sheila attempt to flee through the mortuary room.

A group of undead men are there, including Criswell, who explains that Karl has actually raised them from the dead and they intend to return to the grave, taking him with them. The undead men kill Karl, place him in a coffin and carry him away to be buried.

The police find Karl dead in the coffin, surrounded by bleached-white human skeletons.

Answer: acting

Kenneth Tobey (1917-2002) was a very active actor in motion pictures and on television. He starred in television's "The Whirlybirds" (1957-1960). Howard Hawks gave him the lead in "The Thing from Another Word" (1951) which led to other roles in horror and science fiction films: "The Flying Missile" (1950), "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953), "It Came from Beneath the Sea" (1955), "The Vampire" (1957), "The Howling" (1981), "Strange Invaders" (1983), "Gremlins" (1984), "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" (1990), "Hellraiser: Bloodline" (1996), and "The Naked Monster" (2005).

Answer: Los Angeles, California

Dr. Gilbert McKenna is a scientist at an atomic research centre in Los Angeles. The road next to the beach in the romantic scene is the Pacific Coast Highway. The house representing Dr. McKenna's home is/was located on Lafayette Boulevard in Los Angeles. Exteriors were shot in the Glendale Hills in Los Angeles County.

The climactic chase sequence at the conclusion of the movie takes place among rusting oil derricks, which abounded in Los Angeles until banned by the city council in 2022.

Answer: Revenge of the Creature (1955)

In "Donovan's Brain," Dr. Patrick Cory keeps a man's brain alive, which brain exerts telepathic control over the doctor. In "The Son of Dr. Jekyll," Edward Jekyll, the son of Dr. Henry Jekyll and a medical student at the Royal Academy of Sciences, continues his father's dangerous experiments.

In "Voodoo Woman," Dr. Roland Gerard uses voodoo and biochemistry to produce the perfect human. There is neither a crazy doctor nor some other mad scientist in "Revenge of the Creature."