Go to the Head of the Class story
High school student Peter Brand, utterly obsessed with his sexy classmate Cynthia Simpson, helps his crush cast a spell on their sadistic and tyrannical English teacher B.O. Beanes, but black magic only seems to make Beanes more powerful. Directed by: Robert Zemeckis. Story by: Mick Garris, Mick Garris & Tom McLoughlin and Bob Gale.
12 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| teenage crush | choice | High school student Peter was besotted with Cynthia. Prof. Beanes spelled out one of the themes of the story: that young men are prone to do foolish things for the prospect of sex. |
| black magic | major | The story concerns a couple of high school students trying out black magic on their tyrannical English teacher. |
| hexes and curses | major | The story concerns a couple of high school students trying out black magic on their tyrannical English teacher. They used the Curse of Delcite to give him hiccups but ended up killing him. |
| resurrection of the dead | major | Peter and Cynthia used black magic to bring back the teacher they had accidentally slain using a hiccuping spell. |
| undead being | major | Peter and Cynthia used black magic to bring back the teacher they had accidentally slain using a hiccuping spell. Unfortunately, he came back as something not quite human. |
| what it is like in high school | major | The story concerns a couple of high school students trying out black magic on their tyrannical English teacher. |
| capital punishment | minor | Peter worried they might get the electric chair for having killed a teacher. Cynthia reassured him that was impossible for in their state they used the gas chamber. |
| death incarnate | minor | The opening scene showcased a TV and the ending of a black and white horror film in which a young murderess was hounded to her death by a floating skeleton. As a voice could be heard saying "come with me" it's possible the skeleton was meant to be a manifestation of the Grim Reaper, or henchman thereof. |
| literature appreciation | minor | Professor Beanes shared with the class his theories regarding the role of sex and murder in Shakespeare's work. |
| plagiarism | minor | Peter fessed up to copying Cynthia's essay and turning it in to Professor Beanes as his own work. |