Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 39 Trivia Quiz

Answer: a human partly changed into an alligator

Doctor Mark Sinclair, played by George MacReady, administers a serum to Paul Webster, played by Richard Crane, to save his life. An unfortunate side-effect of the serum is that Paul slowly turns into an alligator. His features are distorted and his voice has changed (until it is more crocodilian).

Answer: Night of the Zombie Women

"Night of the Blood Beast" (1958) is a Roger Corman film about an alien who inserts its embryos in an astronaut's body. "Night of the Demon" (1957) is a British film about a satanic cult. "Night of the Ghouls" (1959) is an Ed Wood picture which includes both Tor Johnson and the Amazing Criswell from prior Ed Wood films. "Night of the Zombies" (1981) was also titled "Battalion of the Living Dead" because it was a zombie horror war movie. Zombie Girl is not an individual but rather an electro-horror musical group from Canada.

There does not appear to have been any movie with the title "Night of the Zombie Women" in the 1950s.

Answer: made some intelligent, others dull

The gamma rays used by mad Doctor Bronski could make a child a genius or beastly ignorant, both of which would be servilely obedient to the state. The plan was to create an army of mutated subhumans as a workforce and a much smaller elite of obedient bright people to do the jobs requiring intelligence.

Answer: Troy Donahue

American actor Troy Donahue portrays Hank Jackson, a local dynamite expert, in "The Monolith Monsters". It is not a large part. The geologist Dave Miller plans to blow up the local dam, thereby flooding salt flats, which will create saline water which will stop the advance of the monolith monsters toward San Angelo. Hank both provides the dynamite and knows how to plant the explosive charges.

Answer: an alien in search of a human blood supply

Paul Johnson appears to be a rather humourless gentleman, dressed in a dark suit, who wears dark glasses all the time. His glasses hide his white eyes which are capable of controlling the minds of humans. He (and all of his race) suffer from a blood disease which requires regular transfusion of human blood to live.

He collects this blood by killing people and filling tubes and containers in an aluminum briefcase which he carries. Because he does not actually drink blood, he is not a vampire.

Answer: No

"Atom Man vs. Superman" was conceived as a comic book by DC Comics. It was made into a successful radio play. It was made into a successful 15-part 252-minute theatrical serial. These episodes were then edited into the movie "Atom Man vs. Superman" (1950). Chapter titles in the serial included "Superman Flies Again", "At the Mercy of Atom Man", "Atom Man's Flying Saucers" and "Superman Saves the Universe".

The radio script was reproduced in (facsimile) print by Watson-Guptill Publications in 2001.

Answer: Zahgon

Gallifrey is the original home of Doctor Who. Arrakis is a desert planet in the "Dune" series of novels by Frank Herbert. Vogsphere is a desert planet occupied by Vogons in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. The Zahgonians are the opponents of the Metalunans. Their campaign to destroy Metalunan civilisation is nearly complete in the time frame of "This Island Earth".

Answer: acting

Marshall Thompson (1925-1992) was an American actor with a long career in both television and motion pictures. He starred in the 1959 TV programme "World of Giants" (where he was only six inches tall) and the series "Daktari" (1966-1969). Among his 60-plus movie appearances were "Cult of the Cobra" (1955), "Fiend Without a Face" (1958), "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" (1958), "First Man into Space" (1959), "Flight of the Lost Balloon" (1961), and "Around the World Under the Sea" (1966).

Answer: Montreal, Quebec

In the short story on which "The Fly" was based, the setting was Paris, France. The screenplay was adapted to place the story in Francophone Montreal, Quebec. The film was released in both English and French versions.

Answer: Elaine Devry

When Blix, played by Mickey Rooney, is taken to the hospital following his exposure to radiation, he is attended by a lovely nurse, Audrey Nelson, played by Elaine Devry. Their relationship grows throughout the picture and, in the end, they marry. At the time the movie was shot, Devry was married to Mickey Rooney in fact.