Weekend Horror Trivia

Reader and contributor Gemma St. Clair returns this weekend with a new list of horror trivia:

1. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark: In the scene where Elvira is being burned at the stake, the flames were so hot that it melted Cassandra Peterson's black wig.

2. Apt Pupil: When Stephen King heard Bryan Singer was to direct this film, he sold the rights for only $1.

3. Bowery at Midnight: In one scene there is a poster for the movie The Corpse Vanishes, which also stars Bela Lugosi.

4. Alice, Sweet Alice: This was Brooke Shields big screen movie debut.

5. Bad Taste: This was Peter Jackson's first film. Not only did he direct, but worked on all the special effects, make-up, and built weapon replicas.

6. Nosferatu: Max Schreck does appear on screen before his character Graf Orlok is reviled to the audience. He can be seen briefly in the scene where Knock goes to see Hutter about his new assignment.

7. Trick or Treat (1987): This film was Glen Moran's first and only movie role before he became a movie producer and screenwriter. He is probably best known for his work on Final Destination and The X-Files.

8. The Abandoned: This film is based on an original script that Karim Hussain wrote in 1999 which was titled "The Bleeding Compass".

9. Scream 2: Kevin Williamson has a small cameo in this film as the TV interviewer who is questioning Cotton.

10. Cloverfield: After the credits have finished rolling. You hear a garbled radio transmission of Rob saying "Help Us". Playing the audio in reverse, reveals that he is saying "It's still alive"