Welcome back to the play-along game at Daily Grindhouse, where we invite you to identify 10 films, based on 10 screenshots.
WEEK ONE: VANITY PLATES
WEEK TWO: PUNKS!
WEEK THREE: SPACESHIPS!
WEEK FOUR: MOVIE WITHIN A MOVIE!
WEEK FIVE: WRESTLERS & WRESTLING FANS!
WEEK SIX: KAIJU CAMEOS!
WEEK SEVEN: GET THE PAPERS, GET THE PAPERS!
WEEK EIGHT: WATCHIN’ TEEVEE!
WEEK NINE: SHOOTING THE AUDIENCE!
WEEK TEN: FRANKENSTEIN!
WEEK ELEVEN: IT’S A WRAP!
WEEK TWELVE: DREAM SEQUENCES!
This week’s quiz is curated by John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg, creators of the film website The Pink Smoke.
The theme is Weird Things in Jars — including, but not limited to, disconnected body parts preserved in formaldehyde.
If you can I.D. some of the shots, list them in the comments section. We’ll post the answers in 24 hours.
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Okay, remember: you’ve got 24 hours. Get going!
[For bonus points: Name the headline image and the two bookending GIFs!]
Kevin Maher is an Emmy-nominated comedy writer and an award-winning filmmaker. He hosted AMC’s THE SCI-FI DEPT and currently hosts the live video-variety show KEVIN GEEKS OUT in Brooklyn. www.KevinGeeksOut.com
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ANSWERS:
HEADER – THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
TOP GIF – THEY SAVED HITLER’S BRAIN (1968)
1. THE FUNHOUSE (1981)
2. THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE (2001)
3. FAUST (1994)
4. THE BLOB (1988)
5. BETTER OFF DEAD (1985)
6. BLOOD DINER (1987)
7. POSSESSED BY THE NIGHT (1994)
8. SURVIVING THE GAME (1994)
9. A SCANNER DARKLY (2006)
10. NIGHTWATCH (1997)
BOTTOM GIF – EL ESPECTRO ROJO/THE RED SPECTRE (1907)