One More Modern Monster!

A couple days ago, I was writing about possible new horrors that we could adapt from modern reality- much as so many monsters were spawned by the fear of atomic power and weapons in the 50s,or the excitement about the discovery of the mummy of King Tut in the 20s and continuing into the 30s.I’ve brainstormed one further idea-and, as they say in “Seinfeld”- “it’s GOLD, Jerry! Gold!”
Here’s the premise- we’re all bombarded by news of the various aspects of the candidates for President…and I can see this one coming…in order to create a more perfect candidate, one party (I’ll leave it up to you which one) decides to go the Doctor Frankenstein route- and build their own! They use the finest scientific minds, who first try to clone Lincoln-but find that the bullet that killed him has leached toxic metal traces into all his cells, thwarting that plan. Deciding cloning won’t be practical, they start using the parts of various recently-deceased statesmen-and settle upon using the brain of one Senator Delbert Cranston- who once claimed to have been abducted by aliens, and passed away from unknown causes- but- he was so beloved by his constituents- a brain lending his charisma would make him the perfect candidate! But-maybe that brain have been implanted with some other-worldly impulse- that- when the constructed candidate is revived by electrical forces-lies dormant as the candidate is brought before the public-and, as he gains popularity, and spends more time alive-is suddenly triggered, perhaps by the actual sound of the adoring throng- giving him a taste for- HUMAN FLESH! As a lovely young female reporter corners him for a discreet one-on-one interview- she finds his attention intriguing…until he starts looking at her as the main course!
The next day, her tape recorder, and microphone are found, with a little ketchup smeared on them…and the voters become vittles for “the Carnivorous Candidate!” After a few of these incidents, the party leaders realize what’s going on-but, before they can do anything, he’s picking them off (and picking his teeth afterwards) one-by-one! The big finale is a televised debate, where the cannibalistic candidate plans on dining on his juicy opponent…and only a campaign worker who’s figured out the whole scheme- with the aid of a hot cable cooking show hostess like Giada de Laurentis- can find a final way to suppress his appetite and –end his campaign of carnage! How? Uh…I haven’t figured that out yet. Until then- remember all these ideas for modern monsters are copyrighted by Svengoolie- I don’t want to see some direct-to-video rip-off!
Maybe I’ll have a few more ideas in the future- want to hear a few more? Let me know- svengoolie@wciu.com   #    #   #