Stories by @bathannates

Mother Mary

this is your burial

JUSTICE: PHASE 1 - DISPARATE CREATURES

In this retelling of the formation of the Justice League, classic heroes meet at low points in their lives. Superman discovers his status as the last Kryptonian while battling a brutish bounty hunter (a herald of a more dangerous foe to come), Dick Grayson must step into the spotlight as the new Batman after Bruce Wayne is left incapacitated, Wonder Woman makes a dangerous pact with a band of immortals in order to return home to Themiscyra after the island is taken over by a vengeful witch, John Stewart struggles to survive when his first mission as a Green Lantern goes horribly wrong, Wally West must run the gauntlet in the sudden absence of his mentor Barry Allen, and Arthur Curry, a jovial swashbuckling king, faces off against enemies from within his own throne room.

Almost Cast: Brokeback Mountain

happy valentine’s day

The Bride!

they did the mash

Christopher Nolan’s Batman

lol

Miller’s Crossing

ethics

BEOWULF

I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!

The Conquest of Paradise

In the beginning, the Amazon were sculpted from clay by five Olympian patrons. Their purpose was to return the merits of virtue, love and equality to man’s world. The first generation, led by Queen Ostrera, trained as diplomats and warriors. Among them were Ostrera’s own daughters: the hotheaded Hippolyta, and the stoic Antiope. Once they reached the outside world, the small band of Amazons were drawn into all sorts of petty conflicts between mortals and demigods. Hippolyta fell in with Heracles and his band of marauding warriors. Heracles convinced her that if the Amazon allowed his men to join them, their mission could be completed. Antiope, on the other hand, instantly disliked the son of Zeus, and believed the Amazon’s mission to be a lost cause. Hippolyta eventually agreed to bring Heracles and his men to Paradise Island for a rendezvous, but only after a heated argument with Antiope. When they arrived, Heracles and his men laid siege to the island, catching the still small-in-numbers Amazon by surprise. Hippolyta attempted to reason with Heracles but became his hostage instead. Antiope sought the aid of the Amazon’s patron gods but they only agreed to help on the condition that she would not retaliate against their aggressors. The Amazon were meant to be ambassadors of peace, after all. In secret, Antiope also commuted with Ares, god of war, who also agree to aid her under certain conditions. The patron goddesses cleared the way for Antiope to rescue her sister, while sending Heracles’ men back to their ships as a tempest surrounded the island of Themyscira. But Antiope did not stop. She carved her way from ship to ship until she found Hippolyta. Before she could slay the treacherous demigod, Hippolyta stopped her, holding on to the promise of the Amazon. Decimated, the Amazon began to rebuild, shifting their culture towards warfare and defense. The tempest that pushed their invaders away would now shield them from the rest of the world. A disillusioned Hippolyta, now queen of the Amazon, vowed never to let such a treason occur again. The isolationist doctrine was established. Antiope had broken a promise to her patron goddesses. As punishment, she was exiled from Themyscira, but with her followed a small band of devoted Amazon. They sought to establish their own nation elsewhere, Bana-Mighdall. The price of Antiope’s secret pact with Ares also came to light: she would bear him a child, a daughter who would one day serve her father in a coup against the olympians. Fearful for her daughter’s future, Antiope arranged for the child to be returned to Themyscira after she’d given birth. Hippolyta promised to raise the baby as her own, and to teach her to embody and uphold the original purpose of the Amazon.

Christopher Nolan’s BOOGIE NIGHTS

I don't want to win an Oscar and I don't want to re-invent the wheel. I like simple pleasures, like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE WIZARD OF OZ

You like green girls?

PSYCHO II

After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him.

Desolation Row

they’re selling postcards of the hanging…

WAYNE / FALCONE

Thomas Wayne and Carmine Falcone face off in the days leading up to Wayne’s’ murder.

The Monster Squad

2020’s California. An ordinary town is besieged by strange occurrences during a week leading up to a full moon. A young man undergoes a terrifying transformation, a sanitation workers makes a chilling discovery, an elderly couple befriend an unusual stranger, a woman’s life spirals out of control, and museum workers come into contact with an accent presence. All these stories converge at an abandoned manor on the outskirts of the town where these ordinary folk will have to band together to fight the dark once more.

The Black Cat

1949, Austria. A string of coincidences and freak accidents lead to a honeymooning couple to follow along on an eccentric doctor’s search in the countryside for an old acquaintance from before the war - the greatest “architect” of his generation. What ensues is a tragic, absurd and revealing tale about the depths of human depravity and how we cope with our own complicity in atrocity.

A Daughter of the House of Frankenstein

1950’s England. A badly mutilated woman awakens in a morgue. She proceeds to reassemble herself, recounting her journey from life, death, rebirth, and death after death. A tumultuous love story lasting over a century told through song. Meanwhile, a lovestruck doctor in mourning makes a deal with the devil, when an eccentric physician proposes a way to reignite his true love. A woman engineered to be man’s perfect mate coming to terms with her past and potential future.

Fiery the Angel Rose

Year? unknown. Place? Hell? A creature is pulled from the dark by an unnatural force. It is greeted into this world by howling and roars from above while flashes of light straining its new set of eyes. There is another thing in the room with him. A monsters that struggles with the creature. He screams at it. He pushes it away. He beats it. For the next few weeks, the creature is chained to a wall in a dark room, only a small window high above from which he witnesses… horrors. Other monsters, equally grotesque and dangerous. One is different, however. The monster’s bride. She is gentle. The creature learns about kindness. But the monster pulls her away and resumes its cruelty. The creature forces its way out, into the world beyond where he chased by the horde. He runs as fast as his new legs will take him. Far from their shouts, their pitchforks and torches. Into the trees. There, the creature will learn to survive. Become his own master. A God, in a world of monsters.

The Mummy’s Curse

1200’s BC, Egypt. An enslaved boy rises to the position of high priest in Thebes, taking on the name Imhotep. Despite his best efforts, he cannot save his family, nor help his people. His only comfort was the love of Anck-su-namun, the Pharaoh’s mistress. When the affair is discovered, Anck-su-namun claims Inhotep forced himself on her. Enraged, Imhotep kills her and then tries to kill the Pharaoh but fails. For this, Imhotep is buried alive, and to remind him of his place, he is cursed to obey the commands of anyone holding the golden book of Amun-Ra, the book of the dead. An eternal slave, even after death. 1930’s, Cairo. Ardath Bey, a disgraced historian, is forced to work for foreign archeologists and grave robbers, pillaging once-sacred sites. On one such expedition, Bey discovers the book of the dead, which is used to reanimate Imhotep before it is carelessly destroyed. The cursed man now roams free, but immortal. Desiring nothing more than death, Imhotep rampages through his unfamiliar settings, agonizing and seeking a way to break the Pharaoh’s curse once and for all.

The Wrath of the Black Lagoon

1500’s South America. Conquistadors, under leadership of Carlos Antonio Maia, make their way through the Amazon forest in search of “La Laguna Negra”, the black lagoon said to hold miraculous healing properties which could save the life of the deathly ill princess Julieta de Lorenzo. Maia himself becomes obsessed with the mystical pool, believing it will grant him immortality and riches, and will stop at nothing to reach the fabled destination. As the ill-equipped party enter uncharted territories, they become aware that they are being stalked by strange presence. A frightening creature from native folklore said to guard the entrance to the Black Lagoon…

Van Helsing KILLS The Universal Monsters!

1890’s Amsterdam. Having just vanquished the nocturnal demon known as Dracula, Abraham Van Helsing returns home to his wife and son, hoping to relieve himself of waking nightmares and enjoy the autumn season. But one night, deafening screams rouse him from his sleep. His wife’s lifeless body lies drained of its blood, and his son has been disappeared into a black abyss. Van Helsing’s eternal foe is not gone, merely weakened, and is now more vengeful than ever. The time has come to finish this struggle once and for all. This time, Van Helsing isn’t just going to drive a stake through the Devil’s heart. No, this time Van Helsing is going to cleanse the world of monsters.