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OneLiner — October 5, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Hotel Transylvania (2012), North by Northwest (1959), Poltergeist (1982).

Matinee

Blah blah blah.

Answer: Hotel Transylvania ()

Adam Sandler voices Dracula, correcting the vampire stereotype. Sony Pictures Animation's 2012 film. Genndy Tartakovsky directed, in his feature debut after a career in TV animation.

Primetime

I'd like to kill the man who invented crop-dusting.

Answer: North by Northwest ()

Cary Grant's Roger Thornhill after the famous Indiana field attack. Hitchcock's 1959 film. Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay. The Mount Rushmore climax was constructed on a soundstage after the Park Service objected.

Midnight

They're here.

Answer: Poltergeist ()

Heather O'Rourke's Carol Anne at the staticky television. Tobe Hooper directed the 1982 film; Spielberg produced and co-wrote. Three Oscar nominations for its effects. The 'curse' lore around the sequels is horror-fan folklore unto itself.

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