Fantastic Feud

Every year, during the Fantastic Fest horror/action/weird film festival, they play a game of Family Feud, but with more horrific questions. They poll the internets in advance to get the survey answers, and these are the questions this year. In the spirit of those film quizzes I love answering, here are my responses. Note that because of the feud context, I’m going for more obvious answers here, even if I sometimes note something more obscure.

1. Worst John Carpenter Movie

Ghosts of Mars, with strong competition from Vampires and maybe even Memoirs of an Invisible Man.

2. Best Sequel Subtitle

That would almost certainly be Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. I’m also partial to House II: The Second Story, but that’s almost certainly too obscure (even for the FF crowd). I like Die Hard 2: Die Harder (in a so bad it’s good kinda way) but I’m not sure how official that is (it’s not listed as such on IMDB, but it’s almost always referred to that way).

3. Favorite Lethal Lady of Film

That would be Ripley from Alien/Aliens, but I’m guessing you’ll also see The Bride from the Kill Bill movies and Furiosa from Fury Road.

4. Most Successful Alien Invasion

Invasion of the Body Snatchers comes to mind for me, but someone mentioned The Thing, which is an interesting spin on this one

5. Cult Film Unworthy of Its Reputation

For me, it’s Starship Troopers. Lots of leeway here, but some other good answers would be The Boondock Saints and Donnie Darko. You could argue The Big Lebowski, but you’d be wrong (er, maybe).

6. Stupidest Artificial Intelligence

Almost certainly C-3PO from the Star Wars movies. Skynet, especially in the sequels, would also be a good choice.

7. Worst Horror Movie To Watch on a First Date

My first thought goes to Martyrs, but this being Fantastic Fest, A Serbian Film will certainly place in the survey…

8. Most Lovable Monster

Gizmo from Gremlins works well here. I want to say Aylmer from Brain Damage, but he’s not really “lovable” so much as I like his cheerful villainy.

9. Remake That’s Better Than The Original

It’s boring saying The Thing and The Fly for these questions, but here we are. More unconventional picks: Ocean’s Eleven, Ben-Hur (1959), and The Departed.

10. Deadliest Assassin/Mercenary/Hit-person

Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men will place highly here. The Killer and Leon: The Professional will get some love here too.

11. Sequel That *Almost* Killed The Franchise

Batman & Robin seems appropriate here, as it put the franchise on hold for almost a decade…

12. Scariest Plant(s)

The tree from The Evil Dead works here, though I guess you have to also mention The Little Shop of Horrors

13. Most Rousing Revenge Flick

I’ll go Oldboy, but there are probably a dozen other good answers. They’re mostly Korean, as they apparently love them some vengeance.

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