Utterly Outrageous Movie Titles Quiz

Answer: Blacula

Racial equality was gaining momentum in the early 70s, and someone obviously thought that a black man should be able to play a cold-blooded, supernatural killer, just like everybody else. William Marshall played Mamuwalde, an African vampire who believed he had found his former wife, reincarnated in 1972 Los Angeles. Marshall reprised the role in a 1973 sequel, 'Scream, Blacula, Scream', where his character (who had completely disintegrated in the first movie) was fully re-integrated into society.

Answer: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

It's true, I swear. And so will you, when you see Santa "sleigh" aliens in this unforgettable turkey which still holds its own at Worst-Ever-Film festivals. The plot had something to do with Martians who decided to kidnap Santa for the benefit of their own children, but (like the movie) not everything went to plan. Often trotted out for the kiddies at Christmas, this film could actually be bad for their elf.

Answer: Sssssss

The American film, 'Sssssss', was released as Ssssnake' in the UK and elsewhere. Its story involved an otherwise sensible doctor who theorized that humans would not survive the future unless they became snakes, so he proceeded to turn a college student into a king cobra. Curiously, the doctor's name was "Stoner", a word that surely wouldn't have meant anything to the Aquarian-Age culture of 1973.

Answer: Duck, You Sucker!

Set during the Mexican Revolution, Sergio Leone's 'Duck, You Sucker' (later known as 'A Fistful of Dynamite') starred James Coburn and Rod Steiger as bandits who used explosives in their raids. The original outrageous title of this film came about through a creative translation of the movie's Italian name, 'Giu la Testa!'.

Answer: The Cars That Ate Paris

No French cities or American socialites were harmed in the making of this movie. Paris, in this case, was a fictional rural town in Australia where locals took vehicles (and lives) from anyone unlucky enough to drive by. 'The Cars That Ate Paris' wasn't the worst movie ever made, but it was a long drive from the best. Weir followed up with 'Picnic At Hanging Rock', 'Gallipoli', and others, before his career ate America.

Answer: The Fearless Vampire Killers, or, Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck

MGM wanted to heighten the farce of Polanksi's 'The Fearless Vampire Killers', so they released it with an utterly outrageous addition to the title, much to the reported displeasure of the director. The film saw Polanski play a Transylvanian doctor who had plenty at stake (ugh!) - namely, that vampires would be unleashed into the rest of the world unless he drove home his point.

Answer: Hercules Against the Moon Men

Swords and sandals met science fiction in this Italian-French production, which was infamous not just for its bizarre plot - Hercules was protecting ancient Greece from Earth-conquering aliens from the moon - but also for a sandstorm scene where nothing at all happened for over four minutes.

Answer: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

Poor Dad was already dead...had been for ages. But Mama had visited a taxidermist long ago and was subsequently taking her husband everywhere with her, including holidays in hotels. Unfortunately this film was nowhere near as good as it sounds - and it sounds awful.

Answer: Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave

Seriously! Bruce Lee had died barely three years earlier, but this movie quite literally threw a lightning bolt at his grave, whereupon he (or quite possibly an impersonator) popped out, alive and kicking. The rest of the movie, which had nothing to do with Bruce Lee, saw the main character, Wong Han, travel to America to find a lost friend and battle a series of crooks along the way.

The film's tag line was: "You can't keep a good man down!".

Answer: Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

Google it, if you don't believe me. I know I did. Unfortunately I can't discuss this movie's content because it may do harm to religious sensibilities, vampire sensibilities, lesbian sensibilities, Mexican wrestler sensibilities, or indeed any sensibilities of any sensible person anywhere. Let's just say that Jesus found a new calling in modern-day Canada and made a lot of vampires very cross.