Poltergeist (2015) Quiz

Oh man, turns out I have some spooky ghosts in my house … again. I feel like I remember this happening before. Huh … this seems really familiar. Do you remember what happened in Poltergeist (2015)?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) Can you call that product placement? Well, regardless where did Sam Rockwell work prior to getting laid off which resulted in a very awkward exchange with their realtor?

2) What is Sam Rockwell trying to buy when all of his credit cards are declined?

3) While away at a dinner party the house be all haunted. What happens to each of the three kids?

4) So what’s the plan then. How are they going to get Maddie back?

5) So … why is the house haunted?

Bonus Question: My house has been pretty spooky recently so I haven’t slept in twenty six nights. I’m a tad bit howyousay … insane? I startle when my home phone rings. Who is it?

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Madame Web Quiz

Oh man, so get this. I’m Mister Web, Madame Web’s long lost brother. But also get this, instead of giving me like future predicting powers instead the spider bite just made me super sick and gave me amnesia. Now I can’t remember a thing. Do you remember what happened in Madame Web?

1) A bit of set up here. Madame Web falls into a river and reawakens her nascent spider powers. What was she doing when she fell into the river?

2) Meanwhile, the eeeeeeeevil Ezekial Sims is just using spider powers for evil, nbd. But he has an issue, and that issue is a super scary dream. What happens in this dream?

3) In order to address this dream Ezekial decides he basically needs like … that computer system Morgan Freeman builds for Batman in The Dark Knight. How does Ezekial get that sweet computer system?

4) Oooooo, actual trivia. What song do the girls dance to in the diner?

5) In the finale at the fireworks factory in Queens Madame Web uses her uh … like teleportation powers or some shit to save the girls. What super secret power do they use (that Madame Web taught them) to save her life in turn?

Bonus Question: Right after getting out of my fifth showing of Madame Web, puzzled as always (I need to see it a sixth time I guess) I get a call from my agent Harold. What does he want?

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Halloween Kills Quiz

Oh, man so get this! I killed this guy (long story), but then he didn’t die, he instead totally survived the fire I set in my house. Lame. Well, he was peeved and later came and bopped me on the head. Now I don’t remember a thing. Do you remember what happened in Halloween Kills?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) The movie opens with an alternative version of the Halloween ending, picking up where the first movie left off. How was Michael caught shortly after the initial murders in this version?

2) We are soon introduced to the Haddonfield Survivors Club. How many members are they and how do they know Michael from the first film?

3) Who lives in the old Myers house now?

4) Throughout the film they keep on mistaking someone else for Michael. Who?

5) Well, what a twist! He isn’t after Laurie at all. He just wants to go home (awwwww). All those years ago, what was he looking out of his sister’s bedroom window?

Bonus Question: I just finished up a draft of my Hellraiser reboot, Hellraiser Kills, when my new agent Greg calls me. What does he want?

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Argylle Quiz

Oh man, so get this. I actually do have amnesia! I actually don’t remember a thing about this movie! I wonder … am I a super spy? I don’t know, but do you remember what happened in Argylle?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) At the beginning of the film we see the original ending to the newest book in the Argylle series. What happens (much to Elly’s mother’s chagrin)?

2) Why does Sam Rockwell originally claim that the super secret spy agency wants Elly?

3) Eventually, in London, Elly escapes and meets up with her parents, played by Katherine O’Hara and Bryan Cranston. But they aren’t her parents, are they? Who are they really?

4) Alright, then where do they ultimately find the MacGuffin?

5) I’ve been calling it the MacGuffin the whole time, but what is it actually?

Bonus Question: Right out of the theater my new agent Fred calls me. He needs to talk to me stat. What does he want to talk about?

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The Dark Tower Quiz

Oh man, so get this. I have a beautiful mind. You knew that. But did you know my beautiful mind could destroy the universe! Welp, that’s why the baddies captured me, and bopped me on the head. Now I can’t remember a thing (my mind is not quite as beautiful!). Do you remember what happened in The Dark Tower?

1) The Dark Tower can be taken down by the mind of a child. The attempt to destroy the tower is causing issues in the real world as well. What?

2) Jake keeps seeing the numbers 19-19 in his dreams. What does it refer to?

3) What, in reality, makes Jake so special? Hint: It forges a connection with other works of Stephen King.

4) And what a twist! What are the guns that the last Gunslinger uses forged from?

5) How does Roland ultimately kill the Man in Black?

Bonus Question: Oh, shoot. It’s my new agent Edgar. I should probably take this. What does he want?

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Fist Fight Quiz

Oh man, so get this. I just got in a huge fight, seemingly for no reason because the reason kept on changing? Regardless I got my face smashed and now I can’t remember a thing. Do you remember what happened in Fist Fight?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) Wait … is this a holiday film. What “holiday” is occurring in the beginning of the film which has the teachers a tad bit on edge?

2) Well yeah, they are teachers. What two subjects do the two fighters in the film teach?

3) What instigates the titular fight?

4) In a last ditch plan to avoid the the fight, how does Charlie Day attempt to dispatch Ice Cube?

5) So … who wins the fight? Also, more importantly, who wins the talent contest?

Bonus Question: I’m putting my finishing touches on the Collateral Beauty sequel when my new agent David calls up. He sounds distraught. What does he want?

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Collateral Beauty Quiz

Oh boy, so get this. I’m a big ol’ saddo daddo and I just can’t get my shit together to help my friends out. I’m so sad in fact, that it is almost like I have brain damage … I can’t remember a thing about what it is to love. Do you remember what happened in Collateral Beauty?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) Will Smith is the man, man. His career and family are the best … but whoops, his daughter gets sick and now he’s a saddo daddo. What does he do in the office all day?

2) Why do Will Smith’s friends need to collect dirt on him to prove he is so saddo daddo that he is actually not responsible enough to deal with the company anymore?

3) The crux of the film surrounds three letters and three corresponding actors meant to play the recipients of those letters. Who are these three “people”?

4) The three friends (coincidentally? Hardly) are also at a crossroads in their lives which correspond to these three “people” as well. What are the three issues they are going through?

5) In what is surely a financial crime the friends succeed. While signing the necessary paperwork Will Smith also signs another piece of paper. What did that piece of paper concern?

Bonus Question: Just as I’m finishing up Collateral Beauty the phone rings. Ah it is my agent Charlie, and he doesn’t sound clinically insane at all. What does he want?

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The New Mutants Quiz

Oh man so get this. I was just minding my own business in a totally normal summer snowy tornado, when I was attacked by a demon bear! Now I can’t remember a thing and am in a weird hospital for mutants. Do you remember what happened in The New Mutants?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) In the opening of the film a young girl witnesses her town destroyed under mysterious circumstances and ends up in a strange hospital. Why is she purportedly in the hospital?

2) There are five patients at the hospital. What can they all do?

3) How are the patients kept at the hospital?

4) So what’s the deal with the bear necklace?

5) In the end who actually ran the facility and what was to be Danielle’s fate if not for her magical imaginary bear?

Bonus Question: Just as I finish my seventh rewatch of The New Mutants (I feel like there are some subtleties I’m still not getting!) my agent calls me up, furious. What does he want?

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Black Adam Quiz

Oh man, get this. I was an ancient hero, but I’ve been asleep / dead / imprisoned for like 5000 years. Now I can’t remember a thing (and what are these magic phone devices!). Do you remember what happened in Black Adam?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) What mineral does the eeeeevil kind need to create the Crown of MacGuffin … I mean Crown of Sabbac?

2) Obviously Black Adam makes a very good first impression … he killed like one hundred people. Sure they are bad people but still. At the end though he is injured. That isn’t supposed to happen, how does it happen?

3) Oh shit we got a team? Name the four “good guys” who are sent to take on Black Adam.

4) After a bunch of CGI nonsense the kid gets captured. How do they find him again?

5) Oh man, what a twist!! Who is Black Adam really? Who was the real champion of Kahndaq?

Bonus Question: Now that the DCEU is done, my agent is trying to get me to pitch my new comic book mega series to them. What did I decide to make it about?

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The Happytime Murders Quiz

Oh man, so get this. I’m a puppet. And I live in a world of puppets. But I just had a run in with some vicious (-ly cute) Boston Terriers and now I’m all torn to shreds and can’t remember a thing. Do you remember what happened in The Happytime Murders?

Pop Quiz Hot Shot!

1) Let’s just nip this one in the bud right off the bat: why is Phil Phillips no longer on the force?

2) And why is Detective Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy) addicted to sugar now?

3) So obviously the film is about some titular Happytime Murders, but what is the original reason Sandra White hires Phil?

4) In the end the entire cast of The Happytime Gang are murdered except for one. How are all of them murdered?

5) What is all this about? Why are people getting murdered (by Sandra BTW if that wasn’t obvious)?

Bonus Question: My agent just got a call asking me to write the next big adult puppet film. What am I going to write it about?

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