GhostLee

1. R: Name a foreign-language ghost movie.

GhostLee

Let's start with a possibly incorrect answer; at least, I'm calling it incorrect for now.

GhostLee

There were a few unique answers, and here are two of them.

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How about another pair of unique answers?

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We did get a match, though.

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Did anyone think of a Mexican ghost movie?

Crocker Jarmen

Almost had another match, as I originally had The Orphanage too, but switched last minute.

GhostLee

On we go with another pair of unqiues:

GhostLee

That leaves us with four unique answers, some of which were better than others. Like this one:

GhostLee

There was one more incorrect answer:

brainee

Yeah, for fans of international horror there are just so many things to choose from for this question (as the sheepmaster is seeing with all the uniques). Even if you just stick to Asian horror, there are countless movies that I can think of.

Just to play it safe I went super-obscure with a Nobuo Nakagawa movie I'd be surprised anyone has heard of. He's kind of the godfather of Japanese horror, with his best known movies being Ghost Story of Yotsuya, Jigoku (which got the Criterion treatment), and Snake Woman's Curse. All very worthwhile.

GhostLee

And so we come to our final two answers, one of which....well, you'll see.

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I caught Hasta el viento tiene miedo for a DVD Talk Horror Challenge a few years ago, and enjoyed it quite a bit.

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Standings after question 1:

Boba Fett -5
brainee -5
Crocker Jarmen -5
devilshalo -5
Mr. Flix -5
rbrown498 -5
sleepyhead55 -5
wishbone -5
wd40cloud 0
DaveNinja +2
mwbmis +2
Abob Teff +4
majorjoe23 +4

GhostLee

2. S: Name an actor who played Frankenstein (the man, not the monster) in a horror movie.

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And our first answer is:

brainee

So many great movies unchosen for the foreign ghost story. No Korean horror (like Tale of Two Sisters or Whispering Horror). Lots of J-Horror remaining like classics Kwaidan and Ugestsu. No Pulse or Juon.

GhostLee

How well did an iconic Dr. Frankenstein do?

brainee

This is not the game to be slamming reverse questions

Ugh, Karloff is going to be the sheep choice isn't he. Though, to be fair, he did play the doctor at least once (in addition to more famously playing the monster).

I was between Gene Wilder, Peter Cushing, and Colin Clive for this one. We'll see if I chose wisely.

GhostLee

There was an even split for the sheepiest answer.

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The two remaining answers:

Crocker Jarmen

My logic on picking Karloff was sound. I counted on there being neophyte-horror fans who wouldn't know the name of Clive or Peter, so they'd ignore the "man not monster" part and go with Karloff.

Unfortunately, there weren't enough players for that strategy to work.

GhostLee

They might not have gotten many points, but with their slam usage rbrown498 and wishbone jump to an early lead with several players close behind.

rbrown498 -9
wishbone -9
Boba Fett -8
Mr. Flix -8
brainee -7
Crocker Jarmen -7
devilshalo -7
sleepyhead55 -5
mwbmis -4
wd40cloud -2
DaveNinja -1
Abob Teff +1
majorjoe23 +1

I'll be taking a short break to recharge my laptop; back with more reveals later this morning

brainee

Glass half empty: only one match sucks

Glass half full: only one off from the sheepiest answer!

brainee

Or you could've been counting on a lot of fans of 1958's Frankenstein 1970, in which Karloff played Dr. Frankenstein!