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A Familiar Complication

You know the face. You remember the scene. Now find where every movie fits.

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Hard · 6 movies · 6 parts · 3 checks

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  • Eraserhead
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four
  • Underwater
  • Willow
  • Scream 2
  • Friday the 13th Part 2

The six parts

  • Directed by Wes Craven
  • Released in the 1970s
  • Rewriting history under Big Brother
  • With Kristen Stewart
  • Released in the 1980s
  • Horror

Inside this movie puzzle

Play A Familiar Complication: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.

Part of Surely You Know This One, a 15-puzzle pack. Hard is an estimated difficulty, based on this lineup and its clues. Every movie must fit a different category; one tempting match can leave another film without a place.

This cast includes Eraserhead, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Underwater, Willow, Scream 2, Friday the 13th Part 2. Its movie data spans Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller. Read all six clues before committing to the first match. You can move movies and undo placements without spending a check.

Hard · Estimated difficulty. Six movies. Six categories. Use every movie once.

  • Eraserhead
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four
  • Underwater
  • Willow
  • Scream 2
  • Friday the 13th Part 2

The categories

  • Directed by Wes Craven
  • Released in the 1970s
  • Rewriting history under Big Brother
  • With Kristen Stewart
  • Released in the 1980s
  • Horror

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How the cast came together

Spoilers: the full lineup. Open after you play.

This library puzzle has an optional answer discussion. 2 of the six categories fit more than one film. The lineup below is the only way to give all six movies a part. Facts come from the puzzle’s verified movie data.

  1. Directed by Wes Craven — Scream 2 (1997) was directed by Wes Craven. Source
  2. Released in the 1970s — Eraserhead was released in 1977, in the 1970s. Source
  3. Rewriting history under Big Brother — A government employee rewrites history in a totalitarian society that watches its citizens through Big Brother. Source
  4. With Kristen Stewart — Kristen Stewart is in the cast of Underwater (2020). Source
  5. Released in the 1980s — Willow was released in 1988, in the 1980s. Also fits: Nineteen Eighty-Four and Friday the 13th Part 2. Source
  6. Horror — Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) is listed under Horror. Also fits: Eraserhead, Underwater and Scream 2. Source

How to play.

Step 1 of 4

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Click or tap Toy Story, then Animated. You can also choose the category first.

Animated

Try it: choose Toy Story or Animated first.

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A Familiar Complication

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Play A Familiar Complication: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.

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