Happy Howl-O-Ween! Trivia Quiz

Answer: An American Werewolf in London

This film, written and directed by John Landis, won an Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup, and a Saturn Award for Best Horror Film. It is about two American college students who both get attacked by a large wild animal as they are backpacking across the Yorkshire moors. One dies, while the other survives, and is taken to a London hospital.

He wakes up three days later with no memory of what happened to him. Then of course, when the full moon rises, things take a turn for the worse! David Naughton plays the role of David Kessler, who survives the attack to become 'An American Werewolf in London'.

Answer: Lon Chaney Jr.

This is a role that Lon Chaney Jr. is very famous for playing. This movie is about a man named Larry Talbot, who returns home in Llanwelly, Wales, to reconcile with his father (played by Claude Rains). While there, he meets a local girl who runs an antique shop.

He buys a silver-headed walking stick decorated with a wolf. The shop owner, Gwen, tells him that it represents a werewolf, which she says is a man who becomes a wolf at certain times of the year. Later that night, he gets bitten by a wolf while trying to save a friend of Gwen's from being attacked.

He kills it with his walking stick. He then goes to a gypsy fortuneteller, who reveals that it was her son (played by Bela Lugosi) who actually bit him while in the form of a wolf. Now the curse of lycanthropy has been passed to Larry, who soon begins spouting hair and fangs when the full moon hits. Lon Chaney Jr. has a filmography a mile long, including movies like 'Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman' (1943), 'Spider Baby' (1964), 'Dracula vs. Frankenstein' (1971), as well as many others.

His father is Lon Chaney Sr., a famous silent film actor. Chaney Jr., whose real given birth name is Creighton Tull Chaney, was born Feb 10, 1906 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He died July 12, 1973 at the age of 67.

Answer: False

Karen and her husband are sent to a secluded countryside resort called 'The Colony' after Karen is rescued by the police from a murderous stalker named Eddie Quist. While there, they come to realize that everyone in this colony are shapeshifting werewolves. We later discover that Karen was bitten by her husband Bill.

While reporting the news on national television, she warns the world of the existence of werewolves, and to prove it, starts transforming into one in front of the whole world watching.

She is then shot and killed on live TV, leaving viewers to wonder if it was real, or just very good special effects.

Answer: Teen Wolf

Michael J. Fox plays the role of Scott Howard, who is tired of being an average teenager. His life starts to change one day after he realizes he's a werewolf, and his father explains that it actually runs in the family. Instead of this being a curse, it actually helps him become the star basketball player for the school team, and also helps him attract the girl of his dreams.

Answer: Wolf

This film also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Christopher Plummer, and David Hyde Pierce. Jack Nicholson plays the role of Will Randall, who gets demoted from his job as managing editor of a publishing house. While on his way home, he gets bitten by a wolf. Soon he begins to realize that after being bitten, his senses become stronger, and he becomes more aggressive.

This results in him fighting to get his job back, but of course, there's still the hard fact that he has the urge to hunt and kill.

Answer: Ginger Snaps

These two sisters, who are obsessed with death, are the outcasts at their high school. When they are out one night, Ginger gets attacked and bitten by a huge wild beast. This results in her need for flesh and blood, her aggressive behavior, and the fact that she's sprouting a tail.

Her sister Brigitte helps her to deal with these issues, so with the help of a friend, they try to give Ginger the antidote before it's too late. Things don't go according to plan, to say the least!

Answer: Silver Bullet

This film is based on Stephen King's novella 'Cycle Of the Werewolf'. In the film, a werewolf is attacking and killing the townspeople of Tarker's Mills, Maine. When Marty is out on the small bridge shooting off fireworks, he has a confrontation with the town werewolf.

He launches a fire rocket in the beast's left eye, and manages to escape on his new motorcyle/wheelchair that his Uncle Red built for him. He explains to his sister and Uncle about the werewolf, much to Uncle Red's disbelief. They hatch a plan for the sister to check all the townspeople while collecting cans for the food drive, to see who is missing a left eye.

Although I don't want to give too much away about this film for anyone who hasn't seen it, they do find out who the werewolf is.

But unfortunately for them, he knows they're on to him, and tries to kill them. The title 'Silver Bullet' is also the name given to Marty's motorcycle/wheelchair.

Answer: Thor

This movie is based on the novel, 'Thor', written by Wayne Smith. Ted (played by Michael Pare), is a photo journalist on an expedition in Nepal with his girlfriend. When a wild beast attacks them both, resulting in the death of his girlfriend, he goes back home to the Pacific Northwest.

As the curse of being bitten becomes stronger for him, he decides that calling his sister and asking to stay with her might be just what he needs to cure him. His sister (played by Mariel Hemingway), has no idea he was bitten, and is more than happy to have him. Of course, the family dog, Thor, who is the strong protector of the family, senses the wolf in Ted, and does not like him around. Ted becomes more aggressive over time, and wants Thor out of the way.

The two end up fighting for dominance. Anyone who has seen this movie knows that Thor is a real cutie!

Answer: I Was A Teenage Werewolf

Michael Landon plays the role of high school teen, Tony Rivers. He is a very angry and disturbed young man, so he decides to seek hypnotherapy by a practitioner, who also turns out to be a mad scientist. The doctor regresses him into a werewolf, giving the movie the title, 'I Was A Teenage Werewolf'.

Answer: Big Bad Wolf

This film opens with two men hunting in the jungle, when they hear on their radio that someone from another group got attacked by a wild animal. Many years later, a college student, named Derek Cowley, goes up to his stepfather's cabin to party with his classmates.

As it turns out, this is not a good idea because there is a werewolf in the area. Richard Tyson plays the role of the werewolf.