# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 171
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3403 "2020-01-28T14:56:13Z")
Giant creature movies 1. Pacific Rim 2. Trollhunter 3. The Deadly Mantis 4. Godzilla: King Of The Monsters 5. Tarantula! 6. Ghostbusters 7. Mighty Joe Young 8. Them 9. King Kong ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3404 "2020-01-28T15:01:17Z")
Giant creature movies 1. Pacific Rim 2. Trollhunter 3. The Deadly Mantis 4. Godzilla: King Of The Monsters 5. Tarantula! 6. Ghostbusters 7. Mighty Joe Young 8. Them 9. King Kong 10. Gamera, the Giant Monster Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional)) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3405 "2020-01-28T15:09:38Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional)) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Maine [fictional]) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3406 "2020-01-28T15:09:54Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3407 "2020-01-28T15:15:51Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) 4. Footloose (Bomont, Utah) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3408 "2020-01-28T15:17:17Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) 4. Footloose (Bomont, Utah) 5. Stepford Wives (Stepford, Conn [f]) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3409 "2020-01-28T15:34:58Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) 4. Footloose (Bomont, Utah) 5. Stepford Wives (Stepford, Conn [f]) 6. The Last Picture Show (Anarene, TX, actual name of ghost town but fictional town for film) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3410 "2020-01-28T15:42:10Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) 4. Footloose (Bomont, Utah) 5. Stepford Wives (Stepford, Conn [f]) 6. The Last Picture Show (Anarene, TX, actual name of ghost town but fictional town for film) 7. 30 Days of night (Barrow, Alaska) Used to be Barrow, now is Utqiagvik. For the life of me, I could neither spell nor pronounce it. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3411 "2020-01-28T16:09:09Z")
Giant creature movies 1. Pacific Rim 2. Trollhunter 3. The Deadly Mantis 4. Godzilla: King Of The Monsters 5. Tarantula! 6. Ghostbusters 7. Mighty Joe Young 8. War of the Gargantuas ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3412 "2020-01-28T16:16:04Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) 4. Footloose (Bomont, Utah) 5. Stepford Wives (Stepford, Conn [f]) 6. The Last Picture Show (Anarene, TX, actual name of ghost town but fictional town for film) 7. 30 Days of Night (Barrow, Alaska) 8. Heathers (Sherwood, Ohio) There are actually two Sherwood, Ohios, but neither is the one in the film (which is a joke reference to Sherwood Anderson, who wrote _Winesburg, Ohio_ - there’s a real Winesburg, Ohio, too, but _it’s_ not the town depicted in the novel, either). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3413 "2020-01-28T16:23:57Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) 4. Footloose (Bomont, Utah) 5. Stepford Wives (Stepford, Conn [f]) 6. The Last Picture Show (Anarene, TX, actual name of ghost town but fictional town for film) 7. 30 Days of Night (Barrow, Alaska) 8. Heathers (Sherwood, Ohio) 9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (fictional) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3414 "2020-01-28T17:07:45Z")
Small towns 1. Tremors (Perfection, NV (fictional) 2. 'salem’s Lot (Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine [fictional]) 3. Blair Witch Project (Burkittsville, MD, for real) 4. Footloose (Bomont, Utah) 5. Stepford Wives (Stepford, Conn [f]) 6. The Last Picture Show (Anarene, TX, actual name of ghost town but fictional town for film) 7. 30 Days of Night (Barrow, Alaska) 8. Heathers (Sherwood, Ohio) 9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (fictional) 10. Doc Hollywood (Grady, South Carolina - fictional) I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3415 "2020-01-28T17:10:15Z")
Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3416 "2020-01-28T17:12:22Z")
Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me 2. Dolores Claiborne Ha! Some of you might remember that was my former username. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3417 "2020-01-28T17:39:15Z")
Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me 2. Dolores Claiborne 3. Apt Pupil ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3418 "2020-01-28T17:42:57Z")
Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me 2. Dolores Claiborne 3. Apt Pupil 4. Misery ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3419 "2020-01-28T17:43:16Z")
Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me 2. Dolores Claiborne 3. Apt Pupil 4. Misery 5. The Shawshank Redemption Easily the best adaption of a King work ever. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3420 "2020-01-28T17:43:39Z")
Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me 2. Dolores Claiborne 3. Apt Pupil 4. Misery 5. The Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3421 "2020-01-28T17:46:26Z")
Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me 2. Dolores Claiborne 3. Apt Pupil 4. Misery 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. The Mist ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3422 "2020-01-28T17:57:39Z")
The Mist is plausible? I don’t think so. Movies based on a plausible work by Stephen King 1. Stand By Me 2. Dolores Claiborne 3. Apt Pupil 4. Misery 5. The Shawshank Redemption 6. Cujo [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=172)