Modern Horror Film (University of Montana) - Quiz Answers

Finish this quote from the text: "The last man on Earth sat reading in his library. Something..."

"...knocked at the door."

Finish this sentence: A real serial killer once observed of Hannibal Lecter: "Anyone as charismatic as Lecter," he pointed out...

"...would not need to commit murder."

What words are written over and over again in the novel being drafted?

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

Who is the first to die in the film?

"Grandpa," the dog

What button does Dana press that releases the monsters stored at the Facility?

"System Purge"

Hutchings describes Dracula as a monster appropriated by the people, and suggests "...that any interpretation of Dracula that views him independently of the history of his various manifestations in culture...fails to engage with the creative energies that have helped keep Dracula alive over the decades." We can use the Dracula scene from the previous question to help illustrate this. How has cinema attempted to visualize this scene through the ages? Match each production of Dracula with the evolved version of this scene. 1) In this version, a woman finally gets to drink Dracula's blood. The Count still claims he will "master this woman," however the feasting proceeds with a different tone from Stoker's original violent act to an ambiguously consensual one. 2) Here, the assertiveness of Mina is taken even further... After opening his chest, the Count decides it best that Mina does not drink of him, but Mina pushes him down and partakes solely of her own free will. 3) This film was horror cinema's first (very tentative) attempt at a 'drinking blood' scene; although the film cuts the moment Dracula slices his chest open. 4) Released on Valentine's Day as a love story, this film featured the slogan "the story of the strangest passion the world has ever known."

1) "Dracula" (1979) 2) "Bram Stroker's Dracula" (1992) 3) "Dracula - Prince of Darkness" (1965) 4) "Dracula" (1931)

Match the following movies to the year they were released. 1) The Golem 2) Beginning of the End 3) The Mommy 4) Cat People

1) 1915 2) 1957 3) 1932 4) 1942

Robert Baird defines three conditions necessary for a "startle" to occur. What are they? Please select the three correct responsesfrom the five options below.

1) A character presence. 2) An implied off-screen threat. 3) A disturbing intrusion into the character's immediate space.

Compare Norman Bates with Ed Gein. How were they different? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Bates and Gein had hobbies in 'preservation' - Bates in taxidermy, and Gein in tanning. 2) Bates and Gein were suspected of killing a close family member - Bates with his mother's death, and Gein with his brother's. 3) Bates and Gein treated bodies differently - Bates disposed of them quickly, while Gein carefully collected various human body parts from his victims.

Compare Norman Bates with Ed Gein. How were they similar? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Both Bates and Gein were brought up to believe that all women were immoral and promiscuous. 2) Both Bates and Gein attempted to become their mothers, by wearing their clothes or a "woman suit" made from human skin, respectively. 3) Both Bates and Gein had overbearing mothers who attempted to isolate them from the rest of the world.

Throughout this chapter Hutchings gives several examples of characters 'dealing with differences' in their films. Correctly match the film with the social issues or hurdles present in their respective stories. 1) Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs) 2) Daniel Robitaille/Candyman (Candyman) 3) The Frankenstiens (Bride of Frankenstein) 4) Deacon Frost (Blade) 5) Kong (King Kong)

1) Class, Gender 2) Class, Gender, Race 3) Gender, Race, Sexuality 4) Class, Race 5) Class, Nationality, Race

What is "abjection" in relation to monsters? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Cronenberg's The Fly is a excellent film example of abjection, where the mutating scientist must vomit digestive fluid over his food before eating it - a process required of fly species, but not humans. 2) The human corpse is the ultimate abjected object: identity itself has been expelled, and we are faced with our own biological processes. What separates the self from the world around it is destroyed, and identity is lost. 3) The concept of Abjection requires three components: The self, the exclusion of the "disgusting" elements that threaten the formation of the self's identity, and the identity thereby created by forming these distinctions. This process creates borders and rules, which are disturbed when faced with "the abject," where the self is forced to face the elements which undermine him- or herself as a distinct entity.

Correctly identify each sound as either diegetic or non-diegetic (also known as extra-diegetic). 1) The husband states it was "the most hideous, blood-chilling scream I have ever heard in my life." 2) A brass 'stinger' accompanies the sudden appearance of a monster - and the audience jumps! 3) The last man on Earth is startled by a knock on his library door. 4) A Gregorian chant plays over the arrival of a child, giving the viewer a hint to his Satanic origin. 5) Two students hear mysterious spooky sounds coming from a supposedly haunted building on campus 6) A woman hears an apparent animal snarl, but it could be the sound made by the breaks of a bus.

1) Diegetic 2) Non-Diegetic 3) Diegetic 4) Non-Diegetic 5) Diegetic 6) Diegetic

Hutchings spends some time discussing the pros and cons 'class difference' plays when analyzing Horror films. What does he note particularly about the conflict between the proletariat and the upper classes portrayed in this genre? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Films like The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre invite their audiences to identify and empathize with the poor, 'monstrous family,' while simultaneously inviting the audience to enjoy the same family's trauma and violation. 2) We are encouraged at times to sympathize with Horror monsters like Frankenstein's creation and Kong - characters who are defined by their strength yet lack verbal articulacy - as metaphors of the working-class, although this is only one way of viewing them. 3) Throughout the years, filmmakers have viewed the proletariat with ambivalence, sometimes seeing the working class as a source of humanity, sometimes as a source of danger and violence, and sometimes both.

Giallo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒallo], plural gialli) is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language, however, it is used in a broader meaning that is closer to the French fantastique genre, including elements of horror fiction and eroticism. The word giallo is Italian for "yellow", and stems from the origin of the genre as a series of cheap paperback novels with trademark yellow covers. What are some of the characteristics of giallo films that are of particular note when discussing the serial killer? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Giallo killings are presented as aesthetically pleasing spectacles, with carefully orchestrated uses of color, lighting, camera, and editing. 2) A serial killer in a giallo film tends to be masked and/or constantly lurking in darkness, there as a principle of threat or violence rather than an individual character. 3) The killers in giallo films are not presented as 'ill' but instead just criminals.

Freud describes unheimlich, or "the uncanny," as a sensation or feeling that relates to repressed beliefs and experiences which linger and are strange yet familiar. Which examples does Hutchings list in this section to illustrate "the uncanny?" Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Halloween (1978 - ), where the infamous Myers house is boarded up and derelict yet still a part of the town, and Michael's return to Haddonfield is really the return of events repressed by the community. 2) The Haunting (1963), where the main character Eleanor has never been to Hill House before, yet feels a familiarity with it; in a weird way, it's her home. 3) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 - ), where the rooms of the ghoulish Freddy begin to show up attached to the houses of the terrorized teenagers, bringing the threat not only close to home but within it.

What behaviors does Ager list as examples to support his theory? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) In the extended version of the film, Regan fights off the doctors attempting to examine her, as if expecting them to molest her. 2) Regan displays behavior much like sexually abused children - she becomes overly-sexualized, violent, a liar, and possibly a bed-wetter. 3) Regan shows signs of being alone in Dennings presence, like using similar foul language and even mimicking his voice.

When Noel Carroll uses the example of Jaws to discuss Horror Monsters, what does he illustrate? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Much like the serial killers of Horror Cinema, the shark in Jaws was indestructible and survived multiple attempts to kill it. 2) The shark in Jaws behaved in a manner unlike actual sharks, demonstrating superior intelligence unknown or unobserved in the history of the species. 3) Horror Monsters can exist in reality - like the shark species in Jaws - but "their presentation in the fictions they inhabit turn them effectively into fantastical beings."

What are some of the sensations Noel Carrol lists which help create fearful responses? Please select the three correct responsesfrom the five options below.

1) Nausea 2) Shuddering 3) Chilling Paralysis

Think of Hutchings' descriptions of what a Horror Monster is in relation Norman Bates. How does Norman fit into Hutchings' discussion of the "monster" or "serial killer?" Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Norman's mental trauma relates to his murder of his mother, and he continues to kill in an attempt to deny that she is dead. 2) Norman helps represent the serial killer as a "psychological case study," where the obsessive actions of the killer are seen to derive from some trauma in the killer's past and/or from an underlying mental condition. 3) Norman can be considered to cross categories such as living/dead and man/woman, as he is both the surviving son andhis dead mother.

How does one portray "being scary?" Correctly match the tool actors use to "portray the monstrous," be it stillness and energy, pathos, or transformation. 1) Unable to control his murderous 'alter ego,' the actor wallows in self-pity and self-hatred, clearly remorseful for the actions of his Other Self. 2) The actor is a small man, physically weak, but he speaks calmly, intelligently; he clearly commands the situation, not his nervous victim. 3) With a character who is mutilated, mute, and unable to communicate, the actress attempts to express her desire for human companionship but is ignored, and becomes enraged from her frustration. 4) There is only so much one can take; the actor's form slowly hunches with every verbal attack from the bullies, until he resembles the mutant creature he will eventually enact revenge as. 5) Giggling, the actress positions the bodies of her victims as if they were dolls, and begins to 'play house' with their corpses, reminding us of her childhood psychosis. 6) The actor's face is currently blank and he doesn't move, but his tense muscles remind us he could strike violently at any moment.

1) Pathos 2) Stillness and Energy 3) Pathos 4) Transformation 5) Stillness and Energy 6) Stillness and Energy

What does Zeitgeist have to do with the films of the 1940's and 1950's? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Roughly translated, Zeitgeist means "the spirit of the time," and is the reflection of what's going on in the society where and when the piece is made. 2) The atomic bomb was the cataclysmic event which changed the Zeitgeist; the bomb and radiation were largely misunderstood by the general populous, and led to a lot of fear of their unknown effects. 3) This was the time when "Creature Features" really took off. Films like Them!, The Deadly Mantis, and Thing From Another World where all reactions to the Zeitgeist.

Why could it be argued that the "serial killer" is not a proper horror monster? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Serial killers exist in real life as well as fiction. 2) The reality of a real serial killer is sad, dreary, and empty. In contrast, the serial killers in films often lead cultured and sophisticated lives. 3) Real serial killers are dysfunctional individuals who murder in an attempt to find significance in their meaningless lives, whereas the serial killers in films are depicted as charming, powerful, and are virtually indestructible.

What is a "contradiction" in relation to monsters? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) Some examples of monsters crossing categories are the human/animal (the werewolf) and the living/dead (the zombie). 2) Monsters are physically and cognitively threatening, and can be seen as challenges to a culture's way of thinking. 3) The Horror Monster is a type of "pollutant" that crosses borders. That is, it is a dangerous and impure being that disrupts order and "simply should not be."

What are some important moments of "screen terror" used to track changes in the performance of abject terror from the early days of horror to the neo-slashers of the 1990's? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) The 'final girl,' and the relationship between fear and violence; from the late 1970's upwards, the arrival of the 'final girl' allows for an aggressive, physical performance from the actress. A cornered Laurie grabs a clothes hanger in a moment of helpless fear, but then weaponizes it and fights back, making the hanger a makeshift stabbing implement in Halloween. 2) The problem of the scream; It gradually becomes obvious that 'the scream' is ill-equipped for demonstrating fear in an energetic manner. We go from the dubbed screams of early Horror victims to the breathless whimpers of those in Scream, demonstrating that screaming is rare in characters who have a strong imperative to fight their attackers. 3) Claustrophobia and self-defense versus helpless panic; Where the killer attacks a trapped girl with a sharp object, like the axe-wielding fathers Broken Blossoms and The Shining. Bursting through a closet and bathroom door respectively, their victims have little time to do more than 'defensive' and 'excessive non-defensive' actions.

Hutchings states that "the most visible sign of horror cinema's awareness of psychological matters is the presence within numerous horror films of psychoanalysts, psychiatrists and other mental health specialists." Correctly match each film's 'specialist' with the role they play as Horror's version of a mental health expert. 1) Although most explanations by mental health experts in Horror films are actually quite sound, the audience is conditioned to disbelieve them due to the fact that they are, in fact, in a Horror film. For example, while we consult these professionals in real life, they are represented as humiliated narrow-minded fools who cannot believe in the obvious supernatural problem of their film. 2) Rare, the 'compromised mental health expert' has good intentions to start, but their professional authority becomes undermined by personal problems or feelings for their patient, as with this character who falls in love with his murderous female patient, and is subsequently killed by her. 3) Horror's most famous representation of the 'murderous metal health expert,' this character is a psychotic psychiatrist and the villain of their story, not the hero. 4) There to be proved wrong, the 'ineffectual mental health expert' is just that - they exist to have their (often scientific) beliefs about human nature undermined or disproved by the narratives in which they appear. For example, this character smugly disbelieves in supernatural beings until he is eventually gutted by one in his respective film. 5) Reality's worst psychiatrist is actually Horror's most ideal; this character is a doctor, but does not subscribe to any psychological explanation for his film's killer, rather insisting said killer is simply "pure evil."

1) The Doctors ("The Exorcist") 2) Dr. Judd ("Cat People") 3) Dr. Hannibal Lector ("The Silence of the Lambs") 4) The Psychiatrist ("Candy Man") 5) Dr. Sam Loomis ("Halloween")

What does Hutchings mean when he writes, "...Otherness relates, both in psychological and social terms, to notions of repression and projection," and cites Robin Wood's thoughts? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below

1) The Other is not just something external, but also what is repressed and projected outward in order to be hated. 2) Otherness is the product of a repressed society, one in which the 'superior' groups are seen as 'normal' while subordinate groups are 'inferior' and 'menacing.' 3) In this regard, the Otherness of other people can be characterized by power, dominance, possessiveness, and manipulation

What does Hutchings say is important about the musical score in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) The discordant sounds hovered disconcertingly between music and sound effect. 2) As an example, the filmmakers struck a pitchfork than ran it along a table edge. 3) The filmmakers took everyday sounds and distorted them electronically.

According to Freud and Hutchings, what is the "primal scene" and what does it have to do with the analysis in the book of the film Profondo Rosso ("Deep Red")? Please select the three correct responses from the five options below.

1) The scene impacts the child in the film's sexual development; as he grows up to be gay, Profondo Rosso is stating that the child identified more with his powerful mother than the dead father. 2) The film's use of the 'primal scene' offers a distinctly Freudian view of sexual tensions within a family unit, tensions that can both facilitate and sometimes block a journey towards heterosexual maturity. 3) It's the moment when the child witnesses (or fantasizes about witnessing) its parents having sex, which the child perceives as a violent, potentially murderous act.

Correctly match Profondo Rosso's characters with the concept Hutchings believes the filmmaker may have been trying to symbolize, and which we can decode through psychoanalysis. 1) Seen as a corpse in the hidden room, the body of __________ symbolizes the destruction of patriarchal authority. 2) In studying these killings, __________ is also reflecting on himself and his own sexual insecurities, as illustrated by the final scene of the film where he contemplates his own reflection in a pool of blood. 3) Coming from a dysfunctional and broken family with a weak male parent, _________ is seen as a 'feminised' adult who was unable to heterosexually mature. 4) Seen as 'rebellious and powerful' and associated with 'phallic' objects such as knives, ___________ is seen as representing the dangerous feminist ideas of the period. 5) The hidden areas of __________ function as an expression of something that has been repressed psychologically by the characters.

1) the Father 2) "the Investigator," Marc 3) previously "the Child," Carlo 4) the Mother 5) the House

How many kids are there in the van to start the movie?

5

What weapon does Mia use to send the Abomination back to hell?

A Chainsaw

Who tells Regan's Mother to inquire about exorcism?

A Doctor

What image serves as the logo for Elite Hunting?

A Dog

Who is Black Phillip?

A Goat

What kind of animal do the boys learn about in History Class?

A Mammoth

What does Marion buy on her way to California?

A car

What sits in the middle of the orphanage's playground?

A unexploded bomb.

Please select the example of how monsters can exist in films as "metaphors."

All of the above are examples of the Monster as "metaphor."

What does Claudia Gorbman identify as the key functions of film music?

All of the above.

What is Regan's Mother's occupation?

An Actress

What falls from Caleb's mouth before he dies?

An Apple

What do Svetlana and Natalya describe the factory as?

An art exhibit.

Which one of the following is not an example of the "Other?"

Attitude

Why did the Elm Street parents burn Freddy?

Because he murdered children.

Why is there no one in the hotel?

Because it's winter.

Father Karras was once a...

Boxer

Hutchings uses scenes from which two early films to illustrate performance in the Horror film?

Broken Blossoms (1919) and King Kong (1933)

The section on "sexual difference" in the Horror film primarily states that the difference between men and women can be attributed to the overbearing male fear of what what procedure?

Castration

What did director Alfred Hitchcock state that his 1963 film The Birds was an attack upon?

Complacency

What does psychoanalytical writing about cinema concern itself with in relation to its films?

Discovering meanings that are not immediately apparent (or hidden from view) to the casual observer

Of the choices below, which is not a way to cleanse an infected soul of the demon?

Drowning

How is Glen killed?

Eviscerated in his own bed.

How is Franklin handicapped?

He is paralyzed.

What does Norman Bates do for a living?

He runs the Bates Motel.

How did Dick Hallorann die in the film?

He was killed with an axe.

Why is Carlos in the orphanage?

He was left there by a comrade of his father.

Who is Father Karras taking care of?

His Mother

What does Asami cut off of Aoyama?

His foot.

What is interesting about the figure in Mary Brown's story?

It was very hairy

What are the names of the family members in The Shining?

Jack, Wendy, and Danny

At the beginning of the film, we learn that there are only two countries with Facilities still operational for the annual Ritual; America and __________.

Japan

Who is the first of the group to disappear?

Josh

Of the characters we'll be looking at in this course, who else is based off Ed Gein?

Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

What is the last thing Thomasin does at the end of the film?

Levitate

Which of the following best describes the "contradiction" of these monsters: Dracula, The Mummy, and Frankenstein's Monster.

Living/Dead

From the following list, select which of the following is not one of the Universal Horror icons from the 1930's and 1940's?

Michael Myers

Who threw the map away?

Mike

What is the last image Heather sees?

Mike in the corner.

Sometimes omission can be a hint as to what a film is trying to say. In other words, it's important what isn't said. What does Ager believe it is important to note that parents, priests, doctors, and psychiatrists fail to mention in the film?

No one suggests sexual abuse as the cause of Regan's affliction.

The Exorcist begins in...

Northern Iraq

Where does Mia bite Natalie, thereby infecting her?

On the hand.

Who survives the factory?

Paxton and Kana

The scene from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula involving the Count cutting his chest and forcing Mina to drink his blood probably wasn't included in the first few decades of Dracula movies because it too closely resembled...

Rape

Who is the only remaining vacationer at the end of the film?

Sally

Who is the first to be taken in to the Woods?

Sam

Why can Marion and Sam not get married?

Sam hasn't enough money.

How did Norman Bates hide the body?

Sank her body in the swamp.

What does Ager believe to be the hidden cause behind Regan's affliction?

Sexual Abuse

How does Asami die?

She falls down the stairs.

Where is Aoyama's wife?

She is dead.

Why is Marion on the run?

She stole money from her boss.

Why does Asami no longer dance?

She was injured

What country does the film primarily take place in?

Slovakia

What do the boys make to help them fight Jacinto?

Spears

When does this film take place?

Summer

What is the "Shining?"

Telepathy

What decade was the term "serial killer" coined?

The 1970's

Which one of these films is from the "silent era" of Horror?

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary

A preoccupation with what "as a source of meaning" has often lead to actors being seen simply as elements of the horror film.

The Film Director

What creatures are summoned to kill the group?

The Redneck Torture Family

Of the five archetypal Sacrifices, whose death was optional, as long as it would've been the last (and they suffered)?

The Virgin

What is Cat People's arguably most famous contribution to Horror Cinema?

The idea that the 'scare' can be psychological within the audience; believing is seeing.

Why don't William and his family live on the plantation?

They were banished.

How does Aoyama decide to find a new wife?

Through a phoney audition.

How did the Facility poison Jules in preparation for her role as a Sacrifice?

Through her hair dye.

Who is Freddy's first victim in the film?

Tina

Why is Paxton forced to speak before his torture beings?

To determine his nationality.

Why does the group (David, Eric, Olivia, Natalie, and "Grandpa") take Mia to the cabin?

To detox from her drug habit.

Why are the three filmmakers going into the woods?

To shoot a film about the local town legend.

What was Nancy's final solution to defeat Freddy?

To turn her back on him, ignoring him and taking back his energy.

What is Carlos forced to get in the kitchen in the middle of the night?

Water

What unanswered question does Rob Ager ponder that sets him off on his analysis of The Exorcist?

What was Burke Dennings doing alone in Regan's room?

When do the kids first begin to suspect that something supernatural is going on?

When they notice they are all having a similar nightmare.

How does Leatherface kill Kirk (the first victim)?

With a hammer.