Stories by @nathanbates

The Fantastic Four

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Dead Ringers

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart.

12 Monkeys

… 5 million people will die from a deadly virus in 1997… … the survivors will abandon the surface of the planet… … once again the animals will rule the world…

Dune

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Murder Ballads

Crimes of passion.

Absolute Wonder Woman

Once upon a time there was a princess. And the princess had all the gifts any princess could hope to have. Beauty. Grace. Compassion. Kindness. Wisdom. The ability to outrun a hellhound and conjure the darkest of magicks. Things every princess needs… when she was raised in hell.

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025)

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The Fly

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

David Cronenberg’s Frankenstein (1987)

What if a Frankenstein was Cronenberg?

Spider-Man

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Network (1996)

This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (1990)

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

The Odyssey (2006)

What if it was made 20 years ago… as long as it took Odysseus to return to Ithaca.

The Tourist

Set in contemporary Manhattan, the story follows Grace Ripley, a beautiful executive who counts herself among a secret group of exiled aliens, some morphed to human form to live among us, while others remain in their original guises, waiting to die on the backward planet Earth.

The Phoenician Scheme (1975)

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

Almost Cast: Martin Scorsese

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Almost Cast: Apocalypse Now

the horror… the horror… of being almost cast…

Tootsie

Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

Thunderbolts* (2000)

What, we some kinda...