quixotic...the answers.
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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.
The Answer: Critters. The original, not any of the many, many sequels.
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.
The Answer: Eight-Legged Freaks. AKA 'one of the best giant spider movies ever made.'
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.
The Answer: The Fly (Jeff Goldblum remake). Also known as 'Jeff Goldblum gets naked hooray for life.'
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.
The Answer: Christine. I had to include at least one King flick or lose my horror girl license.
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.
The Answer: Resident Evil. Alice started as an Umbrella girl.
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.
The Answer: The Midnight Hour, which I sometimes think no one else has ever seen.
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.
The Answer: SLiTHER! Gold-diggin' is a fine tradition...
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.
The Answer: The Monster Squad. Wolfman's got nards!
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.
The Answer: Night of the Comet, a movie I love like burning.
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.
The Answer: Anaconda, although Anacondas: Search for the Blood Orchid would be equally valid.
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.
The Answer: 28 Weeks Later. All hail viral latency!
12. Unsafe building materials lead to an extreme fire and safety hazard.
The Answer: House of Wax, Elisha Cuthbert remake.
13. The isolationist properties of technology combine with the inevitable hubris of excessive early intelligence to bring about a return to a less advanced sociological model.
The Answer: The Time Machine, with Guy Pearce.
14. The true consequences of breaking and entering are brought to light through the interaction of alcohol, privative audio-visual equipment, and unfortunate issues with the local flora.
The Answer: The Evil Dead. We're all jammed in the car, and we're going really far!
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.
The Answer: Resident Evil: Apocalypse. The greatest love story ever told with rocket launchers.
16. Introduction of a non-native species into a major metropolitan area results in extensive property damage and unexpected, unpleasant clean-up duties.
The Answer: Cloverfield. I don't feel so good...
17. The negative consequences of exposure to pop music are highlighted when its true destructive potential is finally unleashed.
The Answer: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Puberty, puberty love!
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.
The Answer: Cabin Fever. Do not watch while eating soup.
19. Enhanced intelligence in combination with poorly-maintained and conceived
locks on the pantry allow the snack bar to open early.
The Answer: Deep Blue Sea. Because super-intelligent sharks are a GREAT idea.</i>
20. A lack of consideration for fire safety leads to an ongoing series of tragedies unforeseen by even Smokey the Bear.
The Answer: Nightmare on Elm Street. Mommy and Daddy burned the bogeyman alive.
And our bonus:
"Violence-based quarantine of a segment of the greater population leads to inevitable sociological fragmentation and uprising."
It was Jurassic Park! Remember the shock-caging of the velociraptors? They made those scaly bastards mad.
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