Two more related ones for the list: The heroes enter a small town that infected, hiding or otherwise screwed-up by something. Communication is often cut and people get "bad feelings".
Examples: 1) StarGate: SG1 when the town was infected by infant Goa'ulds. There are actually many examples of this in SG1. 2) "X-Files" (several times I believe - I remember mind control and vampires). 3) "Children of the Corn" 4) Lots of Star Trek episodes from all the series (including the pilot of Next Generation). Sub classes of this are 1) that the townsfolk want the heros to leave as soon as possible without discovering the truth or 2) that the townfolk have nefarious plans for the heroes. The related clich� is where the small, sleepy community is overrun/infected by something. Communication is nearly always cut and the story is punctuated by scenes depicting chaos in ordinary places and people showing their "true spirit" (whether it be good or bad). Examples: 1) "Tremors" 2) "Eight Legged Freaks" (and many more giant-vermin movies than I can count) 3) "Arachnophbia" 4) "The Blob" This could actually be extended to any small community facing danger from without. But you have to either see characters acting especially heroic or villainous (as in many "Star Trek" episodes), see lots of home-made defenses and or gadgets and see common locations put to interesting use (as when we see a monster destroy a 7-eleven). I think both of these are clich�s - but I also think that they're useful ones that still have some life left in them. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
