What is Dead Man’s Party?
- This song and video featured a chilling spoken-word sequence by horror icon Vincent Price.
What is Thriller?
- Michael Jackson provided backing vocals for this song by the son of Motown founder Berry Gordy
What is Somebody’s Watching Me?
- After Stephen King handed him a copy of one of his novels, an inspired Dee Dee Ramone wrote the lyrics to this song in one hour in King’s basement.
What is Pet Sematary?
- Tracy Morgan and Donald Glover recorded a full version of this “spooky, scary” song after introducing it as a joke in an episode of 30 Rock
What is Pet Sematary?
- This vocalist of The Stooges sang the title track to Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare.
Who is Iggy Pop?
Still in play;
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“What is “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”?”
New category: Horror movies
- James Brolin stars in this 1979 film ostensibly based on the true story of the Lutz family
What is The Amityville Horror?
- In this film series, little girls playing with their jump rope warn the heroes, “One, two, Freddy’s coming for you.”
What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
- This German Expressionist classic was infamously filmed without the rights holder’s permission.
What is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari?
- This main antagonist of the Friday the 13th series was not even a central character in the first film, and was not originally intended to be the bad guy of the franchise.
Who is Jason Voorhees?
(And I think that the answer to question 3 was Nosferatu?)
- Leatherface, the primary character of this horror film series, was based on real-life serial killer Ed Gein.
Yes, it was Nosferatu. I skimmed the Caligari Wikipedia article to see if it could also apply to that film. I don’t think so.
What is Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
New category: Based On A Not-So-True Story
- Frank Dux’s farfetched tales of secret martial arts tournaments were recounted in this Jean Claude Van Damme film
What is Bloodsport?
- This film committed borderline character assassination against antagonist boxer Max Baer by insinuating that he was unrepentant for killing an opponent in a ring.
What is Cinderella Man?
- The author of this 1976 folk ballad adjusted the lyrics as sung in concert after later research proved some of his descriptions of the event it describes to be inaccurate
What is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
- Real historical figures are central to this 2009 World War II epic, but no, Hitler was not actually gunned down in a burning movie theater.
What is Inglorious Basterds?
- This game show host claimed to have lived a secret double life as an assassin in an autobiography that was adapted into a 2002 film starring Sam Rockwell
Who is Chuck Barris?
New Topic:
Game Shows Then and Now
- Dick Clark hosted this game show where a celebrity and a contestant would take turns trying to describe, and guess, a word.
What is The $100,000 Pyramid?
- The acid-tongued host of this British game show crossed the pond to host its American adaptation in 2000
What is The Weakest Link?
- Ryan Seacrest will be the new host for Season 42 of this show, which calls itself “America’s Game Show”.