The Baby Boomer Horror and SciFi Movie Trivia Book
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One Thousand questions on your favorite genre movies from the days of silent movies to 1979. Mummies, mad scientists, flying saucers, and dinosaurs are just a few of the chapters. The answers are provided at the end of each chapter so you can check your memory and knowledge. Hours of fun at parties
John Catapano
John Catapano saw his first horror movie double feature at age three and was instantly hooked. He spent many hours at the local theater over the years seeing thousands of movies especially genre films. As a young man he built all the Aurora Monster model kits and read Famous Monsters of Filmland every month. He majored in Mass Communications in college and learned about the history and production of film. His adult life to date consisted of working in the entertainment industry and teaching and lecturing at many colleges and universities. The Baby Boomer Horror and SciFi Movie Trivia Book was a labor of love and a tribute to to men who taught him the most about the genre.
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The Baby Boomer Horror and SciFi Movie Trivia Book - John Catapano
The Baby Boomer
Horror and Sci-Fi
Movie Trivia Book
John Catapano
The Baby Boomer Horror and Sci-Fi Movie Trivia Book
Copyright © 2009 by John Catapano
Special thanks to my editor and partner Lorraine Wilson
Cover art by Richard C. Livingston, Ravenwood Entertainment, LLC
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the author.
ISBN (978-0-692-00538-5)
Published by John Catapano at Smashwords 2011
This book is dedicated to the two men who taught me the most about Horror and Sci-Fi Movies.
Forrest J. Ackerman. The man who coined the term Sci-Fi and whose Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine was the primary source of information about this film genre from the late fifties through the next twenty plus years.
Dr. Umberto Bonsignori PhD. My Film History and production professor introduced me to the classic early genre films and their creators. He taught me to appreciate the nuances of light and shadow that make the difference between a good film and a great one.
Both passed from this mortal coil on December 4, 2008. Rest in Peace.
Chapter 1 I Don’t Drink. . Wine
Chapter 2 It’s Alive
Chapter 3 The Moon is Full and Bright
Chapter 4 Shadows and Light
Chapter 5 Rockets to the Stars
Chapter 6 Japanese Imports
Chapter 7 Things that Go Bump
Chapter 8 Mad Scientists
Chapter 9 Where’s My Mummy?
Chapter 10 Flying Saucers and Little Green Men
Chapter 11 Milk and Serials
Chapter 12 Giants in Our Midst
Chapter 13 Let Go of Me You Big Ape!
Chapter 14 Dinosaurs and Giant Lizards
Chapter 15 Zombies of the Caribbean
Chapter 16 Flights of Fantasy
If you were born between January 1946 and December 1964, you are part of the Baby Boom Generation. I’m a mid- Boomer, born near the end of 1954. This book doesn’t cover movies made later than 1979; by that time the youngest of us were teens and probably more interested in High School sports, cars, and the opposite sex. The oldest of us were working on careers and families.
I saw my first genre movie when I talked my Mother into taking me to see a Saturday matinee double feature. The Deadly Mantis and The Mole People were playing at the Rivoli Theater in Rutherford, New Jersey. I can still see the huge crystal chandelier, the red velour flip down seats, (no cup holders), and dark wood balconies. The smell of popcorn topped with real butter permeated the lobby.
Eventually Saturday matinees at the Rivoli were replaced by Saturday morning in front of the TV. The studios found a new outlet for their older pictures and the young medium needed programming to fill their broadcast schedules. Serials, westerns, war, and monster
movies were the weekend fare.
Soon after these movies began running on TV, local channels found local Horror hosts to make the movies a little less scary for us kids. In NY, John Zacherley, in full zombie makeup and costume, was our favorite. With skull props, dry ice fog, an unseen wife in a laundry basket, and some bad jokes; he entertained us between the scenes of the weekly scary movie.
About the same time; I became aware of Forrest J Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. Published from the late fifties through the seventies, the magazines with their black and white stills of classic horror movies were coveted by every kid in school. These magazines gave us stills of classic films we hadn’t seen yet and previews of features that would be coming to the Rivoli in the near future.
By the mid-Sixties cartoons had taken over Saturday mornings so our favorite horror and sci-fi films moved to Saturday night. Chiller Theater featured a six- fingered, Claymation hand rising from a fetid swamp always accompanied by spooky music and sound effects. We knew the next two hours would be filled with scary thrills.
When I took film history in college, I finally got to see the classic silent films of the twenties. The Phantom, the Hunchback, The Golem, and The Old Dark House, once only black and white stills in Famous Monsters of Filmland jumped to life and were revered as celluloid treasures.
At the end of my college days, Star Wars ignited a new interest in Sci-Fi movies that continues to wax and wane every few years right up to the present. Horrors films, (a bit gorier than my favorites), are some of the biggest money makers in Hollywood today and spawn countless sequels.
With today’s digital technology the classic Horror and Sci-Fi movies are available any time we want to watch them. I hope this book brings back memories of movies you loved when you were younger. If it sends you out to the video store or the internet in search of an old favorite you’ve got to see again; even better.
One thousand questions; the answers are in the back of each chapter. Have fun!!
Chapter 1 I Don’t Drink . . . Wine
Bela Lugosi wasn’t the first actor to portray a vampire in a movie. For that matter he wasn’t the first actor to play Dracula, but, his expressive eyes and body language mastered for the European stage made him the iconic vampire. Many other actors have played Bram Stoker’s most famous character through the years, but, Bela Lugosi is Dracula. This category covers all the blood suckers seen on the silver screen. Got those wooden stakes handy?
1. Dracula’s daughter met a western icon in a 1960’s movie. Who was the titled character?
2. Why didn’t the crucifix save the peasant girl from the vampire in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)?
3. What actor played Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)?
4. The first Blacksploitation horror movie was distributed in 1972. What was its title?
5. Ingrid Pitt played Countess Dracula. What real Countess was this character based on?
6. Why was Vincent Price, The Last Man on Earth (1964)?
7. While Tod Browning shot Dracula during the day, George Melford shot the Spanish language version on the same sets at night. Who played Dracula in this version?
8. What was the title of the movie in which Bela Lugosi wore the Dracula
tux and cape, but, was not a vampire?
9. What was the name of the ship that brought Dracula to England?
10. What director starred with his soon to be wife in 1967’s The Fearless Vampire Killers?
11. How many wives did Bela Lugosi’s Dracula have in his Transylvania castle?
12. What was Blackula before he was turned into a vampire?
13. Why did Jonathan Harker travel to Dracula’s castle?
14. Who is Dracula’s first victim in England?
15. Who played Dr. Van Helsing in the 1931 Dracula?
16. Who portrayed Dracula in Hammer’s Taste the Blood of Dracula