In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
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In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
Originally Posted by William Castle
WARNING! The following Sheep game contains scenes of intense horror and graphic violence. Those of you with weak hearts, delicate constitutions, or are just overall wusses should proceed with great caution. In the event that the game proves too intense for you and you die of fright, the Sheepmaster will pay out a $100,000 insurance policy to your next of kin*. Proceed … if you dare!
Welcome to Horror Movie Sheep!
Intro for first time players
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General Rules
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Game-Specific Rules
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Note: All "movie" answers have to be theatrically released feature-length films, not straight-to-DVD releases, TV films, promotional films, TV episodes, etc. If more than one movie has a particular title, please specify which one you mean (by year, stars, director ... anything that makes it clear). I’ve intentionally limited the number of reverse questions in this game to avoid the problem of differing interpretations of what a horror movie is (which is all too apparent if you ever follow the Halloween Challenge lists). Here is a good definition from Wikipedia:
Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.
Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.
Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.
And another reminder: Please send in your answers to me via PM. Place only one answer per line, without numbers or the question itself. Add {sd} to the end of the answer, not the beginning. Those who do not do this will be penalized 20 points right off the bat.
I will also correct mistakes you may have made when originally sending me your answers at a cost of 10 points.
Read the game-specific rules. I slightly changed how you can use Slam Dunks from what you may be used to.
I don’t plan on taking more than 30 players, so once we get close to filling I’ll close things off (with special passes available to former Sheepmasters). At that point, give me a couple of days for scoring and organization of answers and hopefully we can get this going early next week.
The Questions
- R: The Oscars were earlier in the week, and once again no horror movie took home a trophy Name a horror movie that won an Academy Award.
- S: Name a movie vampire besides Dracula. [If you just name a movie without giving a name to the vampire, do not expect to match anyone]
- S: Besides the “Alien” series, which movie best combines horror with science fiction?
- S: Horror has had its ups and downs over the history of cinema. What was the best decade for horror movies? [2000’s to the present will count as a single decade]
- R: Name a silent horror movie.
- S: Which monster/killer do you think has the biggest (on-screen) body count?
- S: Horror movies are known for memorable and shocking death scenes. What was the best one? [Don’t just name the movie but be specific about what death scene you’re talking about.]
- S: You hear a major studio has started development on your favorite horror book/comic/game. What director would make you most excited to be attached to the project?
- R: Name a monster whose name appears in the title of a Godzilla movie.
- S: Great music can play a huge role in the effectiveness of a horror movie. What is a horror movie with a great musical score?
- S: What is the best ghost movie?
- S: Ed Wood’s “Plan 9 from Outer Space” is often (unfairly, IMO) credited as being the worst horror movie of all time. Not counting that movie, what is the worst horror movie of all-time?
- R: Name a movie directed by John Carpenter.
- S: Sadly, the days of movie stars known primarily for horror seem to be largely a thing of the past. Name a horror movie star.
- S: Most horror movie sequels suck. Name one that doesn’t.
- R: Name an actor that has played Frankenstein’s monster in a theatrical film.
- S: What is the best foreign-language (non-English) horror movie?
- S: Even though they seem to be completely opposite genres, horror and comedy are often mixed to great success. What’s the best horror-comedy?
- S:“Zombies, man. They creep me out.” What is your favorite zombie movie?
- S: What was Vincent Price’s best movie?
- R: Name a movie adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft.
- S: What is the scariest movie of all time?
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Last edited by brainee; 03-03-13 at 12:46 PM.
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
I'll be sending soon.
Also, finally that sci-fi/horror film class I took in College will finally come in handy.
Also, finally that sci-fi/horror film class I took in College will finally come in handy.
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
If a movie has a remake with the same name, how will the matching work in a Sheep question?
For example, how would these three answers be matched up:
Sabrina
Sabrina (1954)
Sabrina (1995)
For example, how would these three answers be matched up:
Sabrina
Sabrina (1954)
Sabrina (1995)
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
If I ran the game, I would pm whoever said Sabrina and ask them to clarify. If they didn't respond, it goes with whichever one has the least number of matches (in sheep).
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
Good call on the {sd} change by the way, basically these games have come down to stacking all your slam dunks on one question.
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Answers Sent. I hope most of you are about the same age as me when it comes to sheep questions.
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
This seems to be filling up fast, so I submitted my answer. For one of these, I had to go with a second choice because I couldn't remember the title of a movie. I can remember the director, the stars, the plot, etc -- but not the title!
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
EDIT: Amended the instructions ... like everyone reads through them all
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
It was that movie with that guy ... where they do that thing ... yeah, I hate when that happens
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
Good point ... which I thought about but forgot to include in my instructions Yeah, I'd like people to specify which movie if more than one has the same name. Hopefully that won't be too much of a pain in the buns.
EDIT: Amended the instructions ... like everyone reads through them all
EDIT: Amended the instructions ... like everyone reads through them all
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Re: In space no one can hear you baaa: Horror Movie Sheep
And if anyone is worried ... there's no penalty for sending me a second pm to clarify this (there's only a penalty for any changes to an original submission).
I tried to make these questions broad enough so that all generations of horror movie fans could compete. At first, I was thinking of questions like "Name a Mario Bava movie". But then envisioned getting most answers like "Mario who?" or "Super Mario Brothers".
While I'm not playing myself, I'm really curious what the answers will be. Even if I was playing I'm not sure I'd do really well. Like orangecrush said ... the sheep answers may be massively dependent on your age (or the age of horror movies you like the most).
I tried to make these questions broad enough so that all generations of horror movie fans could compete. At first, I was thinking of questions like "Name a Mario Bava movie". But then envisioned getting most answers like "Mario who?" or "Super Mario Brothers".
While I'm not playing myself, I'm really curious what the answers will be. Even if I was playing I'm not sure I'd do really well. Like orangecrush said ... the sheep answers may be massively dependent on your age (or the age of horror movies you like the most).
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answers sent...
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Sent answers. This is my first time participating in Sheep. mostly because the rules always looked too long to read. Turned out to be not as complicated as I thought (I hope)
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Curious, who is the director/star? And don't say John Carpenter/Jamie Lee Curtis or Joe Dante/Dick Miller.