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OneLiner — October 6, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring The Addams Family (1991), Rope (1948), Friday the 13th (1980).

Matinee

We gladly feast on those who would subdue us.

Answer: The Addams Family ()

The Addams family motto, as etched on their crest. Barry Sonnenfeld's 1991 adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons. Raúl Juliá and Anjelica Huston as Gomez and Morticia. Christina Ricci's breakout as Wednesday.

Primetime

I always thought a good murder story should start with a scream.

Answer: Rope ()

John Dall's Brandon in Hitchcock's 1948 experiment. Shot in long ten-minute takes stitched to look continuous — the single-take film sixty years before Birdman. Loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb case.

Midnight

Ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma.

Answer: Friday the 13th ()

The whispered Harry Manfredini sound-cue for Mrs. Voorhees — not Jason, in the original. Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 film launched one of horror's longest franchises. Kevin Bacon's early breakthrough.

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