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     John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.70 |
Prior to my planned Ramsey Campbell Xmas quiz, which I'll do if this works, here is a bit of light relief I've knocked up in a spare few moments this afternoon. All you have to do is identify the 1960/1970 British horror classic the lines (possibly slightly misquoted or altered not to give to much away) come from. And if no-one wants to have a go I don't mind as it's been fun discovering the top 15 quotes that spring to my mind anyway 1 That was done with a bicycle chain? 2 Are you telling me that an ape that lived two million years ago broke out of that crate, killed the baggage man and put him in there, then locked everything up neat and tidy, and got away? 3 Wash yourself, or someone will do it for you. 4 Course, there’s lots of things a blind man CAN do 5 --and I hope you enjoy snuffing it. 6 I have created four messengers of death, four horsemen of my created apocalypse, four carriers of the plague who will infect their miserable brethren. You, ------, are now one of the four. 7 To his glorious majesty King James III - May God bless him and keep him in exile. 8 There have been seventeen cases so far – bodies found with every drop of blood drained out of them. 9 Lacked originality? My Julius Caesar – cut down by a drunken mob in an abandoned warehouse? My Titus Andronicus – ‘This is Your Dish Merridith Merridew? My Othello? One of the greatest performances in the history of the theatre! 10 He takes the form of a cat. But he’s not a cat - he’s inside me. He’s inside my head! 11 They have destroyed my servant. They will be destroyed. 12 That’s right – go. Run away and hide from the truth like that idiot downstairs. But it won’t do any good you know you can tell Rutherford for me. Tell him the truth will find him out. Tell him! 13 And the sky father shall weep. Weep! That means rain, Waterlow 14 That he’s dead is of no importance. Best thing that could have happened to him. He was of no use to us or to himself. Now we shall need new material, naturally. Herr Abner in 106 perhaps. No? Oh well, we’ve plenty of time to decide that. Plenty of time. 15 Richard? I don’t know anyone called Richard. My name is Dominik. If anyone at all shows interest I'll post the answers after a suitable time period has elapsed. And of course anyone who knows my predilection for movies should be able to guess most of them anyway. JLP | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.225.222.198 |
Well, I won't embarrass others with my knowledge of such things, so I'll sit it out. (Uh, is number 5 CARRY ON SCREAMING? -- because if not, then I know nowt.) | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.70 |
Sorry Mark - it's not | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
1) Dunno. 2) That Poe film - the one with the ape? 3) Dunno. 4) Dunno. 5) Dunno. 6) Masque of the Red Death? 7) Dunno. 8) Dunno. 9) Theatre of Blood? 10) Dunno. 11) Dunno. 12) Dunno. 13) Dunno. 14) Dunno. 15) Dunno. If there's a film called 'Dunno', I might get more than a dunce's cap. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.70 |
GF is leading with 1 / 15 | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Yeah, but unlike all the others, I didn't cheat by typing the lines into Google. Can I have my prize now? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
I actually recognise all of these, but because of rubbish recall (probably due to years of drinking) I can only take a stab at the following: 2-Horror Express 5-Aargh! I should know this one! 6- Dracula AD 1972? 9-Theatre of Blood 15-Either Tales that Witness Madness or Asylum | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.22.227 |
6 - The Satanic Rites of Dracula | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
Is 11 the new version of Brideshead Revisited? I'm getting desperate now . . . | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.176.213 |
#5 is From Beyond the Grave. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
>>>15 Richard? I don’t know anyone called Richard. My name is Dominik. Is this from the Judy Finnegan show, circa 2032? She's managed to retain her marbles, but can't bring herself to dump her senile hubbie who just babbles on. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Ah, hold on a minute: number 15 - is it a Robert Bloch story? I think it's Asylum. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Number 4 isn't that entry From Beyond The Grave starring Donald Pleasance, is it? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Is number 7 The Witchfinder General? I've seen more films than I thought. Probably all wrong, tho. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Surely one of them is The Wicker Man...? | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.184.194 |
Like Zed, I feel I know most of these, but the titles elude me. For now, I'm fairly confident of the following: 2 - Horror Express 4 - Tales From the Crypt (not too sure about this one) 5 - From Beyond the grave (spoken by Peter Cushing) 9 - Theatre of Blood 13 - The Creeping Flesh 15 - The House That Dripped Blood | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.184.194 |
This is fun! | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.157.114.136 |
You know most of these are so hard he may as well have made them up. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 67.116.103.241 |
I know the easy one, THEATRE OF BLOOD. I think that #7 is WITCHFINDER GENERAL?... Gosh, this is hard. I should know all these, I know I've seen them all... but I just can't remember....  | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Hey, Tony, don't be such a party pooper. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.22.227 |
13 - The Creeping Flesh, most definitely. 3 - Could be The Wicker Man. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.22.227 |
14 - Sounds like one of the Hammer Frankensteins | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.208.214.26 |
Hey - thanks to so many for joining in! Huw has the highest score so far with six correct answers (number 4 is wrong, Huw, but it IS an Amicus movie) Hubert's spot on with number 6 and 14 is indeed a Hammer Frankenstein. "John Elder" always felt it was a very poignant line in view of where it occurs in the series. Zed will need to see me in Detention later. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
Ha. I'm in the remedial set . . . again. I'm bunking off. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.176.57 |
Lord P, I think #1 has just come to me - is it Frightmare? I only saw it a couple of weeks ago, so don't know why I didn't get it sooner... | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.167.124.223 |
Number 5 is Watership Down... | ||
| Niki Flynn (Niki) Username: Niki Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 98.196.201.240 |
I have to hang my head in shame as I see just how much I've neglected my British horror film education. I'm trying to improve, though. I think the best I can offer is the certainty that none of the quotes are from "Wicker Man". And if I'm wrong there, well... | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.220.3 |
Death Line has GOT to be on there somewhere... | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
No Wicker Man, no Death Line, no Watership Down - sorry Karim. Huw - at last! FRIGHTMARE it is! | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
Oh and Niki, I very much suspect you've seen number three | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.157.114.136 |
Frightmare is the bike chain one. I remember. 2 is Murder on the Orient Express. 10 is said by Nick Berry in Heartbeat. Um, is 14 from Scream, Scream again? | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
is bambi in there somewhere? | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
I rather think #3 is by David McGillivray? | ||
| Niki Flynn (Niki) Username: Niki Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 98.196.201.240 |
Ahhhh.... I've got it now. Can I come to detention too? | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
Indeed it is Ramsey. Or possibly Alfred Shaughnessy as it has never been made clear how much of the original shooting script made it into the final draft. Glad to see someone paying attention to my less than subtle clue. OK so the answers are: 1 FRIGHTMARE 2 HORROR EXPRESS 3 HOUSE OF WHIPCORD 4 DR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS 5 FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE 6 SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA 7 BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW 8 VAULT OF HORROR. 9 THEATRE OF BLOOD 10 TORTURE GARDEN 11 TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA 12 ASYLUM 13 THE CREEPING FLESH 14 FRANKENSTEIN & THE MONSTER FROM HELL 15 HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD Hope it provided a moment's amusement. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
Oh and Niki - you're in detention anyway young lady for professing not to know any of them. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Fantastic! I came last! Then again, I always do. Ask any of the old ladies in Whitby. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 204.104.55.243 |
Actually I came last with my bunny entry. I think the Campbell Xmas quiz sounds cool. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.184.172 |
Aargh, I nearly said Torture Garden for number 10, but I wasn't certain, and didn't get around to rewatching the DVD in time! This was fun, John - I look forward to more of your quizzes. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.220.3 |
Nice one, John. Just perusing the list makes me salivate uncontrollably. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.209.204.106 |
You are a man with taste, Mr Bacon! Thanks to all who chipped in - I'm working on an RC one for Xmas proper | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.209.204.106 |
Oh, and the 'special' prize goes to Dr Fry for his multiple and enthusiastic, if entirely wrong, postings | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Oh, you're just trying not to make the thick kid feel excluded. It's too late. I'm already halfway towards becoming a serial killer. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.199.248 |
Someone call DI Harris, quick! | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
I've left a quote from Blake and a chicken egg (99p per dozen in Somerfield) in the mouth of my latest victim. The Blake quote is: "At least we didn't get beat." [Robbie Blake, Burnley FC.] Let's see if he can figure that engima out. |