Author: Charlene Clark
Each clue represents a specific movie (note that column 1's films are alphabetically ordered by title).
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Conspiracy
theorist broadcasts his own (predicted) demise 2012 |
(5/?) |
Lonely waitress destined for motherhood The Terminator |
(?/8) |
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Documentary film
crew taken hostage on the Amazon Anaconda |
(3/?) |
Alzheimer's cure research investor Deep Blue Sea |
(?/10) |
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Billionaire
suspects model wife's affair The Edge |
(3/?) |
Interplanetary mobile infantry Starship Troopers |
(?/18) |
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The lover of an
executed serial killer looking to continue his work The Frighteners |
(2/?) |
Overcrowded summer holiday beaches Jaws |
(?/9) |
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Corrupt mining
town with a secret High Plains Drifter |
(8/?) |
Scientist relying on meditation for
self-preservation The Incredible Hulk |
(?/13) |
|
A
catastrophically dangerous acorn is coveted Ice Age |
(7/?) |
Mining town with a poisoned reservoir Eight Legged Freaks |
(?/10) |
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British family
travels to far east for Christmas holiday The Impossible |
(4/?) |
Scheming security chief outsources his gold-mining
needs Battlefield Earth |
(?/15) |
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Bloodthirsty
Jewish assassin squad Inglourious Basterds |
(5/?) |
Space mission manned by civilians Armageddon |
(?/11) |
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Local fish and
game authorities squabble with scientists Lake Placid |
(6/?) |
Power outage at theme park Jurassic Park |
(?/21) |
|
Librarian leads
expedition to find a golden book The Mummy |
(8/?) |
Overly ambitious family-gathering host Christmas Vacation |
(?/22) |
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Demon avenging
desecrated dead My Name is Bruce |
(4/?) |
Convict with specially altered night vision Pitch Black |
(?/12) |
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Post-apocalyptic
community survives within a stone castle Reign of Fire |
(10/?) |
Ship crew makes a critical counting error Open Water |
(?/17) |
|
Land developer
trying to sabotage current occupants' safety inspection Ski Patrol |
(2/?) |
Two families feud for control of a town A Fistful of Dollars |
(?/10) |
|
Foul-mouthed FBI
agent Snakes on a Plane |
(4/?) |
Modern descendent of Christ Dogma |
(?/13) |
|
TV weatherman
seeking divorce Twister |
(6/?) |
Single mother sheriff in a lakeside town Piranha/Piranha 3D |
(?/12) |
Each movie features a key element/plot point unmentioned in the clue. When those elements are paired (one from column 1, another from column 2), they form the basic plot idea of a SyFy original movie. The number codes after each clue combine to give you the length of the SyFy title and the letter to extract.
| Lake Placid → crocodiles | Terminator → robots | Robocroc (6/8) | R |
| The Frighteners → ghosts | Deep Blue Sea → sharks | Ghost Shark (2/10) | H |
| High Plains Drifter → wild west (or really the title & whole movie itself) | Starship Troopers → alien bugs | High Plains Invaders (8/18) | I |
| Twister → tornadoes | Jaws → sharks | Sharknado (6/9) | N |
| Inglourious Basterds → Nazis | The Incredible Hulk → mutant | S.S. Doomtrooper (5/13) | O |
| Ski Patrol → skiing/ski resort | Eight Legged Freaks → spiders | Ice Spiders (2/10) | C |
| My Name is Bruce → Bruce Campbell | Battlefield Earth → aliens/alien domination on Earth | Alien Apocalypse (4/15) | E |
| Reign of Fire → dragons | Armageddon → meteors | Dragon Storm (10/11) | R |
| Ice Age → sabretooth tigers | Jurassic Park → exotic theme park (or really the whole movie itself) | Attack of the Sabretooth (7/21) | O |
| 2012 → 2012 apocalypse | Christmas Vacation → Christmas | 12 Disasters of Christmas (5/22) | S |
| The Edge → bears | Pitch Black → hostile alien planet | Savage Planet (3/12) | V |
| The Impossible → tsunami | Open Water → sharks | Malibu Shark Attack (4/17) | I |
| Snakes on a Plane → snakes | A Fistful of Dollars → wild west/wandering western gunman | Copperhead (4/10) | P |
| The Mummy → mummies | Dogma → angels | The Fallen Ones (8/13) | E |
| Anaconda → anacondas | Piranha/Piranha 3D → piranhas | Piranhaconda (3/12) | R |
Final answer: RHINOCEROS VIPER