Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 29 Trivia Quiz

Answer: All of these are among the effects.

At first, Blix's irradiation causes serious medical problems which require extended hospitalization. As he recovers, he discovers that the exposure has left him with various curious powers: glowing in the dark, making slot machines pay off, and causing fireplaces and electrical lights to flicker.

Answer: A Stranger Watches

"The Strange Door" is a 1951 American horror film with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff. "The Strange World of Planet X" (1958) was released in the United States as "Cosmic Monsters." In it, cosmic radiation turns insects and spiders into gigantic hungry monsters.

The British film "Stranger From Venus" (1954) had two other titles in the US: "Immediate Disaster" and "The Venusian." "A Stranger Watches" is a suspense novel written in 2020 by Kathi Oram Peterson. It does not appear that there is a 1950s motion picture by this name.

Answer: Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor adopts the persona of Atom Man to further his evil scheme to blackmail the city of Metropolis. He develops a ray which breaks people up into their constituent atoms and reassembles them in another place. Superman sees through Luthor's plot and foils it in the end.

Answer: the second Darrin Stephens on "Bewitched"

Dick Sargent (1930-1994) had an early-career role in "Beast With a Million Eyes" but he is much better known for replacing Dick York as Darrin Stephens on "Bewitched" (1969-1972). York seriously injured his back and was forced to step down. Sargent also appeared in other horror and science fiction motion pictures: "Operation Petticoat" (1959); "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" (1966); and "Parts: The Clonus Horror" (1979).

Answer: No

The alien's race has been afflicted by a blood disease which is the result of atomic wars on the planet Davana. As a result, his blood and the blood of all of his people "evaporates" in the sense of dwindling into nonexistence. On Earth, he must transfuse human blood to live.

He is on a mission to determine if human blood can be sent to Davana to sustain the population, using his transporter device.

Answer: The Attack of the Fly (1986)

"The Fly" was released in CinemaScope with colour by Deluxe. The two follow-ups -- "Return of the Fly" in 1959 and "Curse of the Fly" in 1965 -- were shot and released in black-and-white. The original story was remade in 1986 and titled "The Fly". There was a sequel to the remake titled "The Fly II" in 1989 on which the New York Times commented on its "slime-ridden, glop-oozing special effects." There was no film in the franchise titled "The Attack of the Fly".

Answer: The UN and the Aliens agree to share Earth.

The Alien told the five recipients of the capsules that they had the capacity to kill off large parts of the world's population. Machinations followed. In the end, it turns out that the Alien's "gift" was actually a test to measure the character of humanity. Led by the United Nations, the Earth offers the Alien's population a place on Earth and peaceful coexistence. The Alien accepts.

Answer: directing

William Lee Wilder (1904-1982), the brother of motion picture director Billy Wilder, was a film producer and director in his own right. He founded his own movie production company, Planet Filmplays, where he directed horror and science fiction movies written by his son Myles Wilder.

His films included "Phantom from Space" (1953), "Killers from Space" (1954), "The Snow Creature" (1954), "Fright" (1956), "The Man Without a Body" (1957) and "The Omegans" (1968).

Answer: Japan

There is a valley, "unexplored and secluded," in Japan where a monster has lived in a remote lake for millions of years. The area is called "the Tibet of Japan" because of its isolation. The creature becomes upset, leaves the lake and heads for Tokyo with ill intent.

Answer: He is shot and killed.

Charlie Cannon, the monster, is enraged at Kathy because of her abuse of his mother. He drags her up a mountain and hurls her off a cliff (to her death). This is witnessed by Ruth, his mother, and Sheriff Bob, who shoots and kills him.