Scary Lit
Horror Movies
C.C.P.
(“Help! I need somebody’s help.”)
Infamous Crimes
Scary Songs
100

Known as the King of Horror Literature with such books as Pet Semstart and the Shining.

Who is Stephen King?

100

Per Rotten Tomatoes, these two movies directed by Jordon Peele are ranked in the top 5 horror movies by audience score.

What is Us and Get Out?

100

In a motion for relief under Section 473, it is not required to do this under the mandatory relief portion, as opposed it being required under the discretionary relief portion.

What is to exercise “diligence” in filing the motion?  
[Also, would accept filing a proposed response, if applicable]

100

The Tate/LaBianca Murders in 1969 were performed by this cult following of Charlie Manson.  

Who are The Family?

100

Clocking in at 12 minutes, this song by the Doors was featured in Apocalypse Now.

What is The End?

200

A band of English schoolmates are abandoned on a remote tropical island.

What is Lord of the Flies?

200

This Hitchcock classic was filmed in Bodega Bay, CA.

What is The Birds?

200

If mandatory relief is granted under section 473 (b), the Court MUST order this without any exceptions whatsoever.

What is an award of “reasonable costs and expenses” to the opposing party as a result of the attorney’s excusable neglect, mistake, etc?

200

He assassinated MLK in Memphis TN in 1968.

Who is James Earl Ray?

200

This group‘s psychedelic song in 1969, “Careful with that Axe, Eugene,” was not performed on the other side of the moon.

Who is Pink Floyd?

300

This novel by Ira Levin was made into a horror movie in the late 1960s, staring Mia Farrow.

What is Rosemary’s Baby?

300

This recent Swedish film is based upon a cult which lives in a remote rural area, and involves human sacrifice, as opposed to a Shakespearean comedy. 

What is Midsommer?

300

This is the subsection of CCP 473 under which a party may seek relief from a clerical error, as opposed to a mistake by a party or its attorney.

What is Subsection (d)?

300

This former Attorney General was convicted of being part of the cover up in Watergate.

Who is John Mitchel?

300

This shock rocker performed “I love the Dead” in 1973, presumably during summer vacation from school....

Who is Alice Cooper?

400

He wrote the first Dracula novel in 1897

Who is Bram Stoker?

400

Critically acclaimed as the “scariest movie of all time,” this 1968 classic was filmed entirely in a farm outside Pittsburg, PA.

What is Night of the Living Dead?

400

This is the time limit in which one must file a motion for relief due to extrinsic fraud.

What is there is NO time limit?

400

This was the stage name of John Simon Ritchie’s who killed his girlfriend in NYC’s Chelsea Hotel.

Who is Sid Vicious?

400

This Bruce Springsteen song from 1982 is based upon real-life spree killer, Charlie Starkweather.

What is Nebraska?

500

“The 120 Days of Sodom“ was written by this nobleman in 1785, but wasn’t published until 1905.

Who is the Marquis de Sade?

500

The first Dracula movie filmed in 1922 (“Nosferatu”) was directed by this famous German silent film director.

Who is F.W. Murnau?

500

When the court grants Mandatory relief under Section 473 (b), it has the discretion to also award a fine or penalty against the offending lawyer up to this maximum amount of money.

What is $1,500?

500

He was found guilty and subsequently executed for kidnapping the Lindbergh baby in the mid 1930s, despite his continued pleas of innocence.

Who is Richard Hauptmann?

500

Randy’s favorite haunting song “Shallow than Halo” was performed by this eclectic group (not associated with a famous oceanographer.)

Who are the Cocteau Twins?

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