Quotes
Who said "Mother! Oh God, mother! The blood!"
Norman Bates in 'Psycho'
By 1973 in America, the divorce rate was approaching ___%
50%
When was the 'golden age' of slashers?
1978-1984
Which character died first in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'?
Tina
Which film was the first one to show a toilet flushing?
'Psycho'
Who said "There are certain RULES that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie"
Randy in 'Scream'
What year did Ronald Reagan become US president?
1981
'The Spiral Staircase' (1946)
Which character was the final girl in 'Psycho'?
Lila Crane
Name the four stages of Focillon's Schema for the lifespan of cultural forms
Experimental, classic, refinement and baroque.
Who said "It's the boogyman!"
Tommy Doyle in 'Halloween'
Name one issue that women were fighting for or against during the second-wave feminist movement
Either:
- patriarchal, male-dominated, institutions, and cultural practices throughout society
- domestic violence and marital rape
- reproductive rights
- the right to work instead of being expected to 'stay at home'
- the right to easy access to birth control
What is Jamie Lee Curtis' nickname, due to appearing in so many horror films?
Scream Queen
Which 'Halloween' character was strangled to death with a telephone cord?
Lynda
Who defined slashers as the following: “The killer is the product of a sick family, but still recognisably human; the victim is a beautiful, sexually active woman; the location is not-home, at a Terrible Place; the weapon is something other than a gun; the attack is registered from the victim`s point of view and comes with shocking suddenness.”
Carol J. Clover
Who said "You're doomed if you stay here. This place is cursed."
By what year were more than half of American mothers in the workforce?
1976
What was the name of the film reviewer who gave away the ending of 'Friday the 13th' because he hated it so much?
Gene Siskel
What is the first and last name of the character that Sidney originally helped to convict for the death of her mother?
Cotton Weary
What was the name of the US Chief Censor who Alfred Hitchcock took out and got drunk so he could get him to agree to showing things in 'Psycho' that broke Hays Code rules?
Geoffrey Sherlock
Who said "Morality sucks"?
Glen on 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'
What year did Barry Loukaitis open fire on his school algebra class in Moses Lake, Washington, killing his teacher and two other students?
1996
Who was the writer for both 'Scream' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
Kevin Williamson
Name all 7 main teenage characters in 'Friday the 13th'
Alice, Annie, Brenda, Marcie, Ned, Jack and Bill.
Out of the slasher films we've watched, which two had the same runtime of 1 hr, 51 mins?
'Scream' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'