TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: FUTURISTIC FILMS 
Clue: 1 of 2 races Rod Taylor meets circa 800,000 A.D. in "The Time Machine"

SOLUTION: elois

PROBLEM: Category: THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY 
Clue: After an 1835 election loss, he told Tennesseans, "You may all go to Hell & I will go to Tex."; never did like his hat

SOLUTION: crockett

PROBLEM: Category: "B"4 
Clue: A thing that ruins or spoils; perhaps it's the this "of your existence"

SOLUTION:
bane