Wolves of the Calla Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Wolf Man

1941's "The Wolf Man" is set in Wales, where a legendary creature is said to roam. Larry Talbot, played by Lon Chaney, Jr., has returned to his ancestral home there and, amid a growing attraction to a shopkeeper's daughter, played by Evelyn Ankers, the danger to Talbot is growing apace.
Lon Chaney, Jr. played the same character in an additional four movies, including 1943's "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man", 1944's "House of Frankenstein", 1945's "House of Dracula" and 1948's "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein".
Released in December of 1941, "The Wolf Man" was one of Universal's most profitable movies in 1942. The film had a significant impact on future werewolf movies, creating several new myths about the creatures, including that they could only be killed by silver bullets.

Answer: Wolfen

In New York City, a business tycoon, his wife and bodyguard are murdered, and the pressure to solve those murders is intense. NYPD Captain Dewey Wilson is assigned to the case, and partnered with Rebecca Neff, a criminal psychologist. With the investigation underway, more deaths occur, and evidence for some sort of animal attacks mounts. But not any normal type of animal, it seems, is responsible.
Directed by Michael Wadleigh and produced by Rupert Hitzig, the film also starred Edward James Olmos, Tom Noonan and Dick O'Neill.
According to the director, police were stationed around the movie set, with orders to shoot to kill any of the wolves escaping from the enclosed area.
Tom Waits, who played small roles in several films during the '80s, played a drunken bar owner/piano player in the film, and his song "Jitterbug Boy" was on the film's soundtrack.
Whitley Strieber's novel, titled "The Wolfen" was published in 1978. Among Strieber's other works are "The Hunger" published in 1981, and "Communion", which was published in 1987. And, with Art Bell, he co-wrote 1999's "The Coming Global Superstorm", which sparked the creation of the 2004 film "The Day After Tomorrow".

Answer: Dee Wallace

Born in 1948, and a graduate of the University of Kansas, Dee Wallace has had well over 100 television and movie appearances. Following her debut on television in 1974 on "Lucas Tanner", she guest-starred on "Police Woman", "The Twilight Zone", "Nash Bridges" and many others. Following her first movie appearance, on 1975's "The Stepford Wives", she went on to appear in a number of movies, including 1986's "Critters", 1996's "The Frighteners" and 2007's "Halloween".
Besides being an actress, she is also an author, motivational speaker, radio host, and runs an acting school.
Based on a novel by Gary Brandner, "The Howling" centers around a newswoman traumatized by a serial killer. As part of her treatment, she and her husband are sent to 'The Colony', where the other residents may be more dangerous, and other-worldly, than the serial killer.
"The Howling" also starred Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, and Dee Wallace's then-husband, Christopher Stone. Stone also appeared with Wallace in few other movies, including 1983's "Cujo".

Answer: The Company of Wolves

In "The Company of Wolves", Rosaleen is dreaming. Her dream is rich in characters, a fairy tale of parents, villagers, wolves who turn human when killed, and a superstitious grandmother who tells disturbing and intriguing tales. But, just how much of her dream is real, and how real may her dream become? "The Company of Wolves" resists an easy classification.

It is more than a horror film, and more than just a reworking of a classic fairy tale, with fantasy, dark thrills and folklore all adding elements of complexity to the basic werewolf film. With stories held within the frame of a larger story, themes of sexual awakening, betrayal, loss and need are woven throughout the multiple tales.

The film was based on a story written by Angela Carter, and the screenplay was written by Carter and director Neil Jordan.

Answer: Stephen King

In 1985's "Silver Bullet", a young paraplegic, Marty Coslaw, lives in Tarker's Mills, Maine, a town where a number of murders have roused the citizens into taking vigilante action. Their search for the killer results in several of their own deaths, but not that of the killer. When Marty's Uncle Red arrives, and builds him a motorized wheelchair, Marty is free to roam further afield, perhaps far enough to put him in the path of the killer. A killer Marty believes is not a man, but a werewolf.
Stephen King, who has also published under the name Richard Bachman, has had quite a few of his novels and short stories adapted for the big screen. Just a few include 1980's "The Shining", 1994's "The Shawshank Redemption" and 1999's "The Green Mile." "Silver Bullet" was based on the novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" which was published in 1983.
A large majority of King's works are set in Maine - his home state. He has won dozens of awards, including World Fantasy Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, Horror Guild Awards and British Fantasy Society Awards.

Answer: Wolf

In "Wolf", Will Randall is a publishing executive with few prospects, an unfaithful wife, and a life in upheaval. He's been bitten by a wolf, and he is changing, his senses sharpening, his appetites and ambition growing. But so, perhaps, is his savagery, and his taste for vengeance.
Directed by Mike Nichols, "Wolf" also starred Kate Nelligan, Om Puri, David Hyde Pierce and Richard Jenkins. While the movie earned generally poor reviews, it was a box office success. The film was nominated for one Grammy Award and six Saturn Awards - and won a Saturn Award for Best Writing.

Answer: The Day After Tomorrow

In 2004's "The Day After Tomorrow", a paleoclimatologist named Jack Hall has discovered something worrying - ice at the polar cap is melting, playing havoc with ocean currents and temperatures. His predictions are dire, but his warnings about rapid and violent shifts in weather patterns are dismissed as impossible, implausible and farfetched. But, as tornadoes strike California, and superstorms wreak havoc across the globe, Jack's warnings begin to ring true. Now, with Jack's son on a school trip in New York City, and the flooded city in the path of one of those superstorms, Jack sets out to battle the elements in the hope of saving his son.
The film, which also starred Dennis Quaid, Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward and Ian Holm, came under heavy criticism from the scientific community. And, NASA declined to grant the request for a consultation before the filming began, on the grounds that the movie's premise was too far-fetched to be be remotely plausible.
The film had the tagline of "Whoever said "Tomorrow is another day"... didn't check the weather." And while the film did not reach number one, it was hugely successful at the box office.

Answer: Benecio del Toro

Benecio del Toro's acting career began on television, with small parts during the 1980s, including an appearance on "Miami Vice" and "Private Eye", both in 1987. His movie debut came about the next year in "Big Top Pee-wee", and he has appeared in more than 30 films. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 2000's "Traffic", and was nominated for another for 2003's "21 Grams". He has also won a number of other awards, including a Bafta and an Independent Spirit Award. Besides starring in "The Wolfman", he was also a producer
"The Wolfman" is set in Blackmoor, England, in 1891, where Lawrence Talbot has returned following his brother's death. His brother was mauled to death, and the nearby villagers blame a dancing bear belonging to a group of Gypsies camped nearby. But when Talbot visits the camp, and the villagers attempt to capture the bear, a creature attacks, killing several and biting Talbot during the savagery. Now Talbot's destiny is uncertain, with a curse that has its price in blood, and a darkness brightened only by the full moon.
Directed by Joe Johnston, the film also starred Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving and Art Malik. And, Geraldine Chaplin, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, played Maleva, the leader of the Gypsy band.

Answer: Frozen

2010's "Frozen" takes place at a ski resort in New England, at the end of the weekend. When three friends are stranded on a chairlift 50 feet above ground, with a storm setting in and the resort closed until the following weekend, the three are faced with a choice - wait in the relative safety of the chairlift, and probably freeze to death, or jump to the ground below, and risk being injured by the fall, and torn to shreds by the waiting wolves.
Written and directed by Adam Green, the psychological thriller was filmed in Utah, without any CGI (computer-generated imagery) effects.

Answer: Red Riding Hood

In the medieval village of Daggerhorn, Valerie has been promised to Henry, the son of a wealthy villager, but her heart belongs to a woodcutter named Peter. As the young lovers plot their escape, the werewolf who has beset the village for years, attacks again, killing Valerie's sister, Lucie. With the villagers' anger, outrage and fear stoked to courageous heights, they decide to brave the wolf in his lair. But, breaking such a curse is never easy, and there are more deaths to come. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, with a script written by David Leslie Johnson, the 2011 film earned mostly negative reviews from the critics, and was considered a box office flop.