amusedThe game:
Hollywood is a busy place, especially when it comes to producing horror movies. Can you figure out the movie from the synopses provided below by bored and underpaid copy writers who never actually saw the film?
Example: Following a chance encounter, a spoiled daughter of nobility chooses to abandon the traditions of her native land in order to pursue a relationship with a member of another ethnic group, although doing so may lead to her early demise.
Answer: The Little Mermaid.
Ready? Twenty questions, no asking -- rock yourselves hard! Answers are not screened.
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1. Condemned convicts reach a small American town, where their large appetites and inability to speak the language put them at immediate odds with the natives.
2. An industrial accident in a slowly dying mining town leads to it becoming a swiftly dying mining town, as chemicals in the water supply react oddly with imported wildlife.
3. A brilliant researcher allows alcohol and jealousy to interfere with his professional judgment, and runs human trials of his latest invention before it is quite ready, leading to dire consequences.
4. Young love takes a dire turn as a teenage outcast finds himself caught between two women that love him, one of whom also loves his best friend, and the other of whom may spell his downfall.
5. The head of security for a large medical research facility finds a bad situation made worse when a local power failure allows for a wide-scale release of accidental test subjects, and must both fight for freedom and to prevent their escape into the local metro area.
6. A Halloween prank gone wrong floods a small New England town with unwanted guests, resulting in a local boy finally finding -- and losing -- the girl of his dreams, who had left town some time previously, against her will.
7. When a local beauty chooses money over love, her husband's unexpected midlife change of life gives her an opportunity to reassess that choice, and possibly make amends with the man who truly loves her.
8. Several young men with an interest in the occult are presented with the opportunity to make observation-based judgments on the reproductive capacities of lycanthropes.
9. Unexpected consequences of a long-awaited astrological event lead to several small children being enlightened as to the true nature of Santa Claus by individuals other than their parents.
10. A botanical expedition to South America goes unfortunately awry, and several unwanted lessons regarding the size and ferocity of the local wildlife are learned.
11. Viral latency and its potential consequences for an unprepared society are explored as an individual who does not manifest symptoms of a virulent infection is brought into contact with a more susceptible population.
12. Unsafe building materials lead to an extreme fire and safety hazard.
13. The isolational properties of technology combine with the inevitable hubris of excessive early intelligence to bring about a return to a less advanced sociological model.
14. The true consequences of breaking and entering are brought to light through the interaction of alcohol, primitive audio-visual equipment, and unfortunate issues with the local flora.
15. Although they were never fully able to establish their union, two individuals connected by shared tragedy are forced to support different sides of a potentially deadly conflict, both propelled by events beyond their preference and control.
16. Introduction of a non-native species into a major metropolitan area results in extensive property damage and unexpected, unpleasant clean-up duties.
17. The negative consequences of exposure to pop music are highlighted when its true destructive potential is finally unleashed.
18. The necessity of access to clean and plentiful drinking water is brought directly to the forefront of this cautionary tale of hubris, social isolation, and class struggle.
19. Enhanced intelligence in combination with poorly-maintained and conceived locks on the pantry allow the snack bar to open early.
20. A lack of consideration for fire safety leads to an ongoing series of tragedies unforeseen by even Smokey the Bear.
BONUS: I wrote the following prompt, then wandered away to do something else, and when I came back, I couldn't remember what movie it referred to. Any guesses?
"Violence-based quarantine of a segment of the greater population leads to inevitable sociological fragmentation and uprising."
July 27 2008, 02:46:54 UTC 8 years ago
3. The Fly (agreeing with
5. The Secret of NIMH (a wild guess)
9. Bad Santa (an educated guess)
12. Carrie (okay, this is probably stretching)
14. The Blair Witch Project
18. The Wizard of Oz