Quiet and Light Through Dark of Night Quiz

Answer: Poltergeist

"Poltergeist" starred Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, and Heather O'Rourke as Carol Anne Freeling. The film taught us youngsters many things for its time.
1) The more seconds between a lightning strike and its thunder, the further away from your location the storm was going to be.
2) Never buy a home built on an old cemetery.
3) Last, but not definitely not least...evil trees will eat you!

Answer: Jason

In the original film from 1980, it was Jason's mother who killed the folks visiting Camp Crystal Lake. Her son had been teased and tormented and supposedly drowned in the lake. In subsequent films, though probably not every sequel, Jason was the avenging killer. What did we learn from these little treats kiddies?
1) Bullied children can go on to seek several lifetimes worth of revenge...even on non-guilty parties.
2) Never walk alone in the woods at night.
3) If you hear a creepy mantra of "kill kill kill", run away, and not toward the sound!

Pete, Steve and Artie are characters from the series "Warehouse 13".

Answer: Leatherface

Leatherface (birth name Jed Sawyer) was portrayed as a mentally challenged, albeit giant, man who followed the orders of his family. They'd pluck off stranded tourists and hitchhikers and eat them. In the first film, we met Leatherface, wearer of human skin, when he killed Kirk. Trust me, even at eleven years old I knew not to wander into run-down homes off the highway without an invitation. And like all emotionally tortured children who watch horror films, I learned the following:
1) Never travel a long lonely highway without extra gas while also picking up an odd hitchhiker.
2) Never trust a man wearing human skin over his own face.
3) If you are going to enter a dilapidated home far off the main road, do not be the first one of your group to go inside!

The film was rumored to be a true story, and maybe even had credits claiming it as such (I'm unsure about that), but it was a total work of fiction. Leatherface was loosely based on the serial killer Ed Gein, who also wore a mask of human flesh. Pyramid Head was featured in the video game "Silent Hill".

Answer: The Exorcist

With an actress for a mother and an absentee father, who could blame sweet young Regan for turning to an "imaginary" pal like Captain Howdy? Not long after a possible invocation via the use of the "Ouija" board, Captain Howdy began to make itself known. Mercedes McCambridge provided the voice of the demon entity, whose real name was Pazuzu. In the few scenes I witnessed as a younger child, I came to appreciate the possibilities of a flickering light bulb or a telephone with no one on the end when answered. What did I learn after watching it in full at age eighteen?
1) If you hear mysterious noises in your attic.. move out. Especially if you have no attic (a bit of sarcasm on my part).
2) Never trust a person who learns to speak Latin overnight.
3) Do not entrust a skeptical priest to perform your child's exorcism. In the end, though, he believed.

Answer: No

For some reason I really enjoyed this movie and the possibility that it was a true story about the Lutz family and their brief stay at 112 Ocean Avenue. Maybe it was the crush I developed on a young James Brolin. Maybe it was the fact that he went back for Harry, the family dog. Or maybe it was just the idea that anything that wild could actually happen to a family. Roger and Carolyn Perron's "true" story occurred in 1971 and, like the Lutz's situation, was investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren. I have long since come to believe that something did happen to the Lutz family, but it was nothing along the lines of an actual haunting by a demonic spirit. And, even though I thoroughly enjoyed the film, which scared the sense out of me, I did learn some rules here as well.
1) Always be wary of imaginary pals named Jody.
2) If you find a "red room to hell" in your basement, it's best to put the house back on the market immediately.
3) If you're willing to move into a home where an entire family was tragically murdered, you could scam the public out of millions with your own "haunting". But, please don't.

Answer: Damien

Harvey Spencer Stephens played young Damien Thorn in the first film. In the movie, we found out that it's a hard responsibility indeed raising Satan's son. Generally, your child won't be responsible for your untimely demise. But, young Damien, sporting the tell-tale 666 birthmark, did cause the death of his parents, Robert and Katherine. His evil nanny killed Katherine to serve her master, and the police killed Robert before he could sacrifice Damien on an altar. Even now, when someone irritates me, I wish that creepy Damien music would just start playing out of thin air to make my point for me. The rules of raising a demon child are as outlined below.
1) Never take your Satanic offspring to a zoo, because the animals will all freak out.
2) Be wary of punishments if you find out all records of the child's birth have been conveniently destroyed in say a fire, or a flood, or .. the apocalypse (joke).
3) Vet all possible nannies through the proper agencies, just so you do not accidentally hire one of Satan's minions.

Answer: The realm of the Cenobites

Once inside the realm of the Cenobites, you were treated (and I use that term ever so loosely) to sickening sadomasochism. The leader of these "explorers" was Pinhead (actor Doug Bradley), who explained that they'd come to the point where there was no differentiating between pleasure and pain. Honestly, no movie has ever sickened me more, and I never watched any sequel. I don't plan to watch the remake being written by original author Clive Barker. But, I am sure you're wondering what lessons were learned here, right?
1) There truly are things you can never UNsee.
2) I'd hate to ever have to look into the mind of Clive Barker.
3) When given the choice between "Hellraiser" and "Dirty Dancing", I absolutely made the wrong choice!

Midian was the cemetery home of the Nightbreed in the 1990 movie of the same name starring Craig Sheffer. This was another Clive Barker original.

Answer: Carrie

Though in some ways "Gigli" was almost as terrifying as "Carrie", at least the main character couldn't move stuff with the power of her mind. I am pretty sure I did not see this movie until I was about sixteen, even though I was three when it was released. I can admit that I had the creeps the moment Sissy Spacek hit the screen. She played the part of shy, uninformed, and abused Carrie White expertly. Based on King's first published novel, "Carrie" was well received by fans and critics. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, which has been unusual for horror films. "The Exorcist" was the first horror film to be nominated. This was another horror movie I truly enjoyed, though seeing the 1970s on screen always creeps me out in some way or another. As always, though, lessons were well received during this viewing as well.
1) Always be on the lookout for a "too good to be true" date to a formal dance.
2) Never execute a mentally ill zealot parent if you too can be buried in the ensuing debris.
3) Always bring an umbrella if you may be crowned queen of the dance.

Answer: Colin Farrell

I've always found it hard to root against the vampires in movies. I find their strength attractive, though the murdering of humans, not as much. Chris Sarandon played Jerry in the 1985 film, and while attractive in some ways, I'd not consider him one of the hotties of our time. Colin Farrell hasn't always been my cup of tea, so to speak, but I enjoyed his portrayal of the evil Jerry in 2011. Though I must admit, I was still on the side of the humans and enjoyed Jerry's destruction at the end. Of all my listed choices, only Colin was born Irish. These two films instilled in me the following knowledge:
1) Trust the geek to save the day.
2) Vampires do not need an invitation to blow up your home.
3) The first rule of Fight Club is.. oh wait, wrong movie.

Answer: All of the Colonial Marines were killed on screen

Ripley had been asleep in stasis for 57 years when she was found by a space salvage crew. In the director's cut, we found out that her daughter had lived and died a whole life while Ellen laid sleeping in space. We also found out that the colony on LV-426 was called Hadley's Hope, and all communication had been lost after company man Burke sent them out looking for the alien spacecraft. Ripley, Burke and the Colonial Marines traveled there in hopes of saving the colonists, but they were too late. Rebecca Jordan (Newt to friends and family) was the sole colonist to survive. And, by the end of the film, only Ripley, Newt, the android Bishop and Marine Corporal Hicks were left alive. The rules for surviving against the "perfect organism" are listed below.
1) The easiest way to survive is not to return there in the first place. Ripley tried to listen to her gut.
2) It's the future, you're telling me they couldn't have sent in a remote controlled bot with a camera first, before rolling into a nest of giant indestructible insects?
3) Never, ever, trust a "suit" that says "you have my word". R.I.P. Carter Burke.