Literature of Horror, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi

Heathers The Toy Matilda

After watching Coraline I felt a tad bit disturbed about the other mother's true intensions. In the beginning of the film Coraline had just moved into her new home and was upset about leaving her friends behind. Similar to children who move a lot Coraline did not want to move and felt that her home town was better than the place her family moved to. On the other hand Coraline's parents showed little to no interest to her because they were always busy working. Children or teenagers can relate tp this because some parents are not home as often as they want to be due to the amount of work they have. During the film Coraline's dad gives her the task of exploring the house. In doing so she stumbles across a tiny locked door that is sealed off on the other side. Later on she goes to the door again and discovers that there's a pathway leading to a different location. The more Coraline traveled to the other side the darker things had become. Everything was slowly dying and ...

In the film American Psycho, business man Patrick Bateman spends his life trying to be the perfect person in the sense of appearance and business. He wants to be best investment banker and one up the competition  by any means. In the beginning of the film Patrick is seen with other investment bankers as they are discussing their business cards. One of his colleges presented his card stating that it was "eggshell with romanian typing". Patrick was one upped and did not like that but he kept his composure. Later on in the movie Patrick is out done again by another college, Paul Owen, who is younger and just as successful as he is. He feels inadequate due to the fact that his college sports the same hair style, clothes, and living arrangements. The thing that really pushes him over the edge was the business card. So, after a night of drinking Patrick gets Paul to go to his apartment and kills him with an axe. You can clearly see that Patrick is not an ordinary person bec...