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Okay so this list is largely memory based but I would hate to disappoint so I'll see what I can remember

1. The entire friday the 13th franchise

I have a lot of love for these movies actually but they simply aren't good. I genuinely believe I could make it into a compelling franchise about loss and inevitability using the fact that it's a dozen or so connected movies to it's advantage rather than just being money grabs every single time

2. April Fools Day (1986)

I won't get into too much detail because the twist genuinely makes this movie but I desperately want to see it through a contemporary lense with some tweaks in character writing and patching of plot holes

3. Final Destination

It's a fun movie but I think I could turn it into a real heartbreaker while keeping the majority of the plot itself intact

4. Hell House LLC

Maybe controversial to call it bad but I don't care this movie sucks so hard it's such a nothingburger of a movie it pisses me off. I think with major reworking especially of the ending it could be made into an actual horrifying and tragic story

5. My Bloody Valentine (1981)

This one is hard even for me to put on this list because it's an actual favourite of mine but it's got many huge unignorable flaws. Don't get me started on the 2009 remake with Jensen Ackles. I would want to keep a lot of the original tone of young adults working and living in a small mining town in Maritime Canada but it desperately needs more foreshadowing and depth to the tragedy that sets up the whole premise of the movie.

okay PERSONALLY. i would most likely have sex with connor just cause of my inclinations towards that desperately earnest and sad, old horse that needs to be put down sort of thing he's got going on, but looking at the question through any sort of objective lens it is always shiv. i mean come on siobhan

this took forever bc i was going thru my music library double checking if various metal songs i know are bangers technically "count" as power metal or contain insane guitar solos. here's some stuff that nevertheless fits the brief IE it's big cheesy and has some fun shredding in it:

Visigoth- Warrior Queen (actual self-proclaimed contemporary power metal, i like their stuff in general but this one's my favorite)

Blind Guardian- Valhalla (maybe the most well-known power metal act i can think of so this one might not even be anything new, this song is just great bc it deadass has a lyric that's like "I'M THE WIZARD")

Manila Road- Necropolis (this band is heavy metal but they have a fantasy theme and also i just fucking love this song, sue me)

Eternal Champion- Ravening Iron (also heavy metal but contains the lyric "Thousands of swords, no one can take them from me")

Heavenly- The Prince of the World (progressive metal but it has that weird MIDI harpsichord in it which is what makes a song power metal to me)

Rhapsody- Triumph for My Magic Steel (another well known power metal act as far as i can tell although they're much more symphonic metal sound wise)

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