Archie's weird mysteries (hang in there, I'll explain)
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:04 am
I recently found out this cartoon exists, and at least some of the episodes seem like they'd make good Ravenloft material, or draw inspiration from the same sources.
Take zombies of love: the key item is a love philtre that makes people so obsessed with someone that they stop eating and sleeping, refuse to let the object of their obsession break the spell, and will probably rise as love-obsessed zombies after death? Oh, yeah!
Or twisted youth: a radioactive mineral gets in a lake and spreads a contaminant that turns adults into teenagers ... without memories of their adulthood. The show provided an easy fix, but imagine the ruined families if there wasn't one.
Mega mall of horrors: a mall appears overnight, the stores offering exactly what people want - not unlike in Needful things. Teen customers receive free credit cards at the door. But once a card is maxed out, the teen owner is turned into a sentient but immobile mannequin until the mall's owner has reaped all the town's teens and is ready to leave - and sacrifice all his captive souls to Hell.
And the best / worst part? As soon as someone has been turned into a mannequin, everyone they knew forgets they existed...
Take zombies of love: the key item is a love philtre that makes people so obsessed with someone that they stop eating and sleeping, refuse to let the object of their obsession break the spell, and will probably rise as love-obsessed zombies after death? Oh, yeah!
Or twisted youth: a radioactive mineral gets in a lake and spreads a contaminant that turns adults into teenagers ... without memories of their adulthood. The show provided an easy fix, but imagine the ruined families if there wasn't one.
Mega mall of horrors: a mall appears overnight, the stores offering exactly what people want - not unlike in Needful things. Teen customers receive free credit cards at the door. But once a card is maxed out, the teen owner is turned into a sentient but immobile mannequin until the mall's owner has reaped all the town's teens and is ready to leave - and sacrifice all his captive souls to Hell.
And the best / worst part? As soon as someone has been turned into a mannequin, everyone they knew forgets they existed...