The Den Population 4
It's back to school time, so I have a short list of some epic school based horror.
Hey Survivor,
What is going on with you in your corner or the Apocalypse? I hope everything is going well and you’re not running into any of these storms, riots, and or zombies. If you are, be safe and I hope everything gets better. I’m perfectly good, still writing shorts and crying in the shower about it but all and all I’m great. Today in The Den I have a list of school-based horror movies to get you in the mood to send your little monsters off for some higher education!
So let’s get into it!
My Boyfriend’s Back:
I do not know why or when I watched “My Boyfriend’s Back” but I loved it because I’m secretly a romcom fan. They are honestly my jam and this one has zombies in it or a zombie. I thought it was fun. So basically it’s about this dude who comes up with a plan to win over this girl he’s in love with (Missy McCloud played by Traci Lind). She works at a convenience store here and the plan was to have his best friend come in and pretend they were robbing the store.
This was before people knew about toxic traits, cause that’s some shady shit. So anyway, the friend was supposed to rob the store, and our lead (Johnny played by Andrew Lowery) was supposed to save her. Now someone comes in to rob the store and Johnny thinks it’s his friend but it’s not, and he ends up shot and dies and for no explanation whatsoever he comes back. I think the explanation is love. It’s kind of weird, but he comes back and basically, he’s alive but he needs flesh and he’s decaying. Everybody knows that he’s a zombie and he’s going back to school and you know hilarity and murders ensue, so I love that movie. It’s a lot of fun. I think it was the first movie, Matthew McConaughey, Boyfriend came out in August 1993 and he had a minor role as Movie Theater Guy #2, and then in September he had his breakout role in Dazed and Confused. There’s a little movie trivia for you.
Prom Night 2:
Everyone knows about the Prom Night because Jamie Lee Curtis is an icon! But did you know there was a Prom Night 2? “Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2” is a weird mashup of a horror movie because it technically has nothing to do with the original prom night. It was supposed to be its own movie, but they decided to piggyback off the success of Prom Night so more people would go and see it.
It’s about this would-be prom queen (Mary Lou) who is mean as all hell and she ends up dying during prom before she could be crowned queen. And like any good psychopath, Mary Lou comes back from the dead years later as this demonic ghost who wants her crown. All these kids are getting ready for prom and Mary Lou is just like nope, not today. I think it’s a great sequel even if it had nothing to do with the original. I like the original Prom Night. But, I felt like it’s just kind of like a straightforward thing. I knew who the killer was from the beginning and you do as well with Prom Night 2, but it’s just fun watching a ghost kick some teenager’s ass.
Urban Legend:
I’m a huge “Urban Legend” fan, but it’s kind of only for two reasons:
The big revelation of the killer
And the fact that Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) from Smallville is in it.
Those two things are what solidifies it as one of my favorite movies. “Urban Legends” is a unique concept. Basically, kids at a college are slowly being killed off, and the murderer is using urban legends to commit the murders. So there’s a hook man kill, a dog in the microwave, things like that. When I was growing up, I was really into this urban legends book my best friend owned, it was filled with all these urban legends and I borrowed it and I was planning on keeping it but I ended up giving it back because he’s my best friend, so yeah I love urban legends.
Teen fans of a Rock n’ Roll God go on a hunt for a lost song that even the Devil doesn’t want to be found. A woman builds a trap for a deadly serial killer with the help of a Doctor, who is skilled in the art of madness… these are just some of the tales of terror that are waiting for you deep in the blood-soaked pages of “Stitches”
Cooties:
Now, I wouldn’t want to say that this movie is perfect for a teacher because I know teachers love their kids, but if you don’t love them this movie is for you. It’s all about a zombie apocalypse that happens in an elementary school due to kids eating tainted chicken nuggets, and the teachers have to fight for their lives against the zombie kids Frodo (Elijah Wood) kills a bunch of kids and this movie is a good time. It’s fun. It’s not the best movie in the world, but I enjoyed it so yeah if you wanna see some kids or a kid zombie get slapped around by Frodo from Lord Of The Ring, cooties is your movie.
Carrie:
Can you even have a back-to-school horror list without Carrie? It is by far one of the most influential horror movies in the modern day, or maybe that’s just me talking out of my ass. I am obsessed with the story of Stephen King, wanting to scrap Carrie and his wife, pulling it out of the trash, and making him continue. If she never did that, we probably wouldn’t even have the Stephen King that we have today, and we definitely wouldn’t have Carrie.
A coming of age tale about a girl with telekinesis that might be demonic or just in her daddy’s blood. Well, Carrie gets bullied, and the bullies fucked around and found out the hard way. I love it! I give it five stars, so if you’re looking for something that has a back-to-school feel, I would watch Carrie.
But that’s all I got for you today. As always, stay safe, stay woke, and stay alive!
Until the Next Nightmare,