Neowolf

Oh. My bad, man.

Ben, my man.

I can't believe we're doing this.

It's just-- I feel like such a slut.

I'm counting on it.

Ooh. Let's go.

Here we are.Yes! Right.

You sure about this?

Yeah.

What is that?

Um, a 3.0?

What is that?

State police are trying to determine the cause of death...

of 20-year-old Timothy Burton and 22-year-old Sandra Connors, both of San Bernardino.

Their mutilated bodies were found in the early morning hours...

in a parking lot of a local nightclub where they attended...

an open-mike audition for a west coast band--

Message 257.

Attention Rosemary Johnson, A.K.A., the love of my life.

Well, I guess you got my whole trip just about on video now.

God, I just can't stop thinking about you.

God, baby, I don't know how else to tell you I love you,

except, uh--

No chance of cooling off today,

so stay inside and stay cool to stay alive.

Vince, please. Give us another chance, man.

Where do you want us to go?

Go home.

Paula, speak for us.

Help us.

Go home.

Now.

You okay, baby?

We'll find another.

We always do.

Suck-ass, euro-trash bastard.

He thinks he knows it all.

I can play better than any of those deadweights.

Thinks he's got all the power. Screw him and his power.

We could start our own band.

Our own pack.

Yeah. Our own pack.

- -

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,

Frankenstein, The Invisible Man,

Dracula--

a style of literature known as the gothic novel.

- What about The Mummy Returns? -

Kevin, if you'd read more instead of watching movies, your grades might get better.

These books represent themes of the duality of man,

the struggle within him between good and evil.

The stories are metaphors...

for the light and dark side of human nature.

Love and selflessness versus avarice...

and self-gratification.

The stories also have common symbology.

The use of icons, mostly religious, such as the crucifix,

holy water, and this is wolfsbane.

It has long been associated with the werewolf myths...

of central Europe.

But why this product of nature? Let me read a poem.

Thomas Hood, 1820.

"Wolfsbane should I dread;

"Nor will I dreary rosemary, that always mourns the dead.

"Yet, shall I woo the dainty rose...

with her cheeks of tender red."

For your midterm assignment, I want a 1,000-word essay,

referencing one or more of these gothic novels,

and its use of myth and symbology...

to express man's inner struggle between good and evil.

And please don't run to the video store...

to rent the movie version of these stories.

Thank you.

Rosemary, I did not mean to embarrass you.

Professor Sebastian, can I ask you a question?

- Of course. - Is it possible for myths to be based off real things?

I mean, such as flowers and plants.

They have more real properties than just being pretty or symbols.

Why don't you save that reasoning for your science class?

This is literature, where it is only the myth that matters.

He's kind of cute, all right?

Kevin, he's too old for you. He's gotta be, I don't know, 30-something?

And besides, affairs with teachers tend to end up on the evening news.

Oh.

"...my eyes fell upon my hand.

"Now the hand of Henry Jekyll, as you often remarked,

"was professional in shape and size.

"It was large, firm, white and comely." Comely?

It means elegant, attractive.

"Oh, my sweet Rose I woo,

"but the hand which I now saw clearly enough in the yellow light of the mid-London morning,

it was the hand of the mysterious Edward Hyde."

Grr!

Oh, my God, how many of these books do we really need to read?

Gosh.

What?

- Tony's clips again? - Five times today.

- What's he say? - I don't know. I just erase them.

Why don't you just talk to him?

What is there to talk about? He's off to Rock Star America.

You know he has it in him to be an amazing songwriter. Soulful, you know?

But all he cares about is fame and fortune...

and being surrounded by groupies.

I don't know. I mean--

Actually, you know, I have to go to wrestling practice, so I'll catch you later.

Okay. Just abandon me.

Rosemary.

Kevin, did you put him up to this?

Just give me a few minutes, will you?

I crossed the continent to see you. Talk to me.

I have nothing to say to you.

And what about my messages?I erase them.

You were on your way to rock and roll fame and fortune, right?

Following your dream.

What happened? They kick you off and I'm your second choice?

No, I made it there. They selected me.

But you never answered my calls.

What was I supposed to do?

Rosemary.

I came back for you.

I've changed, I promise.

Have you, really?

That's what I thought.

Rosemary, wait.

Hey, what's up, Tone?

What are you doing here?

Just come to check out the band.

Maybe get an autograph from that lead, Vince.

- And what, go home and jack off? - Yeah, sure.

Uh, you know you coulda helped me back there.

I didn't want her to think I was taking sides.

So you don't make the cut, you expect to come back with open arms?

I made the cut.

I blew 'em away in the third round.

I couldn't stop thinking about her. I had to come back.

You've got to help me and do me a favor.

- No. - I really think he's learned something.

I don't know if I can trust him.

You're the one who's always talking about symbols,

and the healing power of plants.

If you splice a cutting onto a new stem, it grows back, right?

Sometimes, even better than before.

Kevin, that is the most screwed-up analogy I've ever heard.

Come on, you know what I mean.

Kevin, I'm trying to document my work here,

and I cannot concentrate with you talking,

so perhaps you'd like to take care of your own.

What do you mean? It's fine.

Oh, hey, there's something special going on at the club tonight.

This hot rock band came in from Europe, and I really want to get tickets...

for tomorrow night's concert.

You want to go with?No, I have to study.

Come on, please. I don't want to go by myself.

I really need to go with a girl. Just for an hour.

We'll go down, we'll check out the tickets, maybe get an autograph, and then we're out.

And what am I, your bodyguard?

Yeah, sure, if you want to look at it like that.

Please, we just need to get in. We just want to get their autograph.

It would mean a lot to us.

It's so easy.Yes!

I can't believe you dragged me here.

For what? To look at those creeps?

Get the fuck off the stage.Get off the stage, man. You officially suck.

What are you talking about? These guys are all the rage.

You've got to find somebody else to hang out with,

because this is not cool.

Uh, who's our next victim?

Yeah, what's your name?Hi, Tony.

Tony. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Tony and his guitar.

Hi, everyone. This is a song I wrote for my girl.

Whoo! Nice.