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OneLiner — October 16, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Igor (2008), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Nope (2022).

Matinee

Evil scientists don't have assistants, they have minions.

Answer: Igor ()

John Cusack voices the title hunchback. The 2008 Exodus Film Group feature. Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, and Molly Shannon round out the voice cast. One of the first high-profile films from the short-lived studio.

Primetime

Dream skillfully.

Answer: Jacob's Ladder ()

The haunted postwar refrain. Adrian Lyne's 1990 film with Tim Robbins. Its hospital-nightmare imagery has been cited as a direct influence on the Silent Hill video-game series.

Midnight

What's a bad miracle? They got a word for that?

Answer: Nope ()

Daniel Kaluuya's OJ Haywood coining his own term. Jordan Peele's 2022 film. Shot on 65mm IMAX by Hoyte van Hoytema. Keke Palmer as sister Emerald.

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