Amityville 3-D? 3-D, demons, talk to me people! Let’s go!
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) In the movie the kids play with a Ouija Board they find in the attic of the spooooky house. Where does the name Ouija come from?
2) Tony Roberts is the main character in the film. His last film role was as the character Max Kellerman, the operator of an upscale Catskills resort, in a television remake of a famous film. What film?
3) Siskel and Ebert covered Amityville 3-D in an episode also covering a boxing film starring Dennis Quaid. C’mon, Dennis Quaid. Boxing film. 1983. What is it?
4) A very young Meg Ryan is in the film. Afterwards she would spend several years on As the World Turns, but then would break out in what 1986 action packed film?
5) Part of the film was filmed in Mexico City (interiors mostly). Mexico City is the 5th largest metropolitan area in the world, behind Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, and what South American city?
Bonus NYTimes Listing Question: Oh what a twist, look at this guy:
That is Amityville 3-D, but it has a different subtitle. What subtitle did it gain for a Halloween, 1992, showing on channel 55 in NYC?
Answers
1) It comes from the board itself. There is a popular misconception that it is the word for yes in French and German smushed together. But the reality is apparently the creator used the board to name itself … which probably means that it is just the two yes words smushed together and he’s a liar.
2) We talking Catskills? That must be Dirty Dancing (2017). Abigail Breslin plays the Jennifer Grey character, but then the Swayze character is played by *checks notes* Colt Prattes who has made a decent career of doing television movies and bit parts on shows.
3) Y’all don’t know Tough Enough? About an aspiring country singer who, to earn some money, enters a Tough Man competition. Sounds ridiculous. I can’t wait to watch it.
4) C’mon, you know she is in Top Gun. And it is an abomination that she wasn’t asked to reprise her role in Maverick, but I guess they just don’t love audience callbacks.
5) This surprised me, it is São Paulo, Brazil. Cairo is the other city with over 20 million people. But yeah, Rio de Janeiro would have been my thought, but that is 20th. The first American city is New York City, which is 11th.
Bonus NYTimes Listing Answer: It was also release in the UK with the subtitle “The Demon”.
I guess that is what it says on the tin, but the film is way way funnier as 3-D without any obvious 3-D effects.
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