The A-R of Movie Deaths

Can you help me finish this thing please and move on with my life?

Go easy on me, ok? This is 12 or 13 years in the making.

And it’s still not finished.

I’m not proud of that, but I’m trying to do something about it. And I need your help.

The more I look at it, the more I want to rip it up and start all over again. It’s so old now. I don’t need to inspect it too closely to see everything I’d do differently if I started again.

But I didn’t have the stomach to finish it first time round. I couldn’t face going back to the beginning. But I need to finish it. And I’m happy to do tweaks.

I think the best approach here is to show you everything. Then in return, it would be great if you can give me some honest feedback. Tell me what you like, what you hate, what you feel utterly indifferent about. Deal?

Deal.

I know you’re going to feel a bit short-changed cos it’s not the whole thing, but I value your opinion and I’d love to hear what you think should stay the same, what needs to change etc. and for that, you get the sense of satisfaction of contributing to this neat little project.

Ok, here we go.

A’s for Apollo, who wouldn’t retire

B’s for Big Daddy, burned in a fire

C is for Cady, cuffed, singing and sinking

D is for Drexl, Clarence shot without thinking

E is for Elle, Bea plucked out her eye

F is for Fireball, blown to the sky

G is for Gollum, all boiled up in lava

H is for Hans, dying hard on the Plaza

I is for Imhotep,

J is for Jack,

K is for Kevin, tied to a tree

L is for Louise, finally free

M is for Medusa, who lost her head. Oh!

N is for Noah, who watched a video

O is for Otto, who sank without trace

P is for Pennywise, with acid on his face

Q is for Quint, he was eaten by Jaws

R is for Rell, squashed by stone doors

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And there you have it, that’s where the A-Z of Movie Deaths is up to right now.

I have some questions for you that you can answer in the comments and I’ll probably start a chat about this soon too.

• I can’t remember the rhyme for I and J. Help me out will ya?

• What are the good illustrations? What are the bad ones? Which need work? Which would you scrap altogether?

• Do you have any better ideas from other films?

• What movie deaths can I use to finish it?

• What would elevate this into something worth paying for?

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