a short (and downright stumpy) tale of terror

[sergebroom]

(The scene, an elevator inside a Los Angeles glass tower. The only passengers are a young man and a middle-aged executive type.)

"Sir?"
"Yes, young man?"
"Would you happen to be Paul Dirac, of Dirac2Video Productions?"
"I am. but I am about to go to an important meeting. If you have a movie proposal, can you do it quickly?"
"Certainly. I think that sci-fi horror has run into a rut."
"That is certainly true. Sharks. Spiders. Scarabs. Snakes. Dinosaurs. There are only so many movies that enough of the public will be interested in for me to make a profit."
"Well I have this script I'm working on that your company might be interested in, as it does projects that are both innovative and commercial."
"I'm listening."
"The script's title says it all."
"Go ahead."
"It's... Are you ready?... Voleciraptors."
"(...)"

Comments

Didn't they already do that

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

with shrews?

or instead of german shepherds in weird make-up, little tiny furry biped dino bots or CGIs?

??????

(one of my college bio professors studied voles and vole behavior-they're kind of a mainstay to plains predators.)

Re: Didn't they already do that

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Yes, there was 1959's The Killer Shrews, infamous for dressing up dogs as giant shrews. And there was Night of the Lepus and its giant fluffy white bunnies.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Voles? Why not Moles?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Moleciraptors could be the title of the sequel that the public is bound to clamor for.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I suppose so. On the other hand, the central element of *Voleciraptors* should be a game of cards.

My female friends, whose tender hearts
Have better learn'd to act their part,
Receive the news in doleful dumps : "
The dean is dead : (Pray what is trumps?)
Then, Lord have mercy on hie soul !
(Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.)
Six deans, they say, must hear the pall
(I wish I knew what king to call.)

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the poem. And if that game includes velociraptors, there'll be quite a few card sharps participating.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Card sharps or card sharks?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Card sharps. The card sharks are the subject of my next movie proposal to the SciFi Channel.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

That I can't wait to see...

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't be saying that if you actually saw a movie whose script was hatched inside my fertile mind.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't? Couldn't be as bad as Plan Nine.