Brainscan story
A young horror film enthusiast gets more than he bargains for when he tries out a mysterious video game that purports to let its players experience what it is like to murder someone in a highly realistic fashion.
13 total · 8 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | major | Michael and Kyle were high school best buddies. |
| human vs. self | major | In a surprise twist, it turned out that the Trickster was none other than the evil part of Michael. So it was the case that Michael had been battling his evil side all along. |
| law enforcement | major | Detective Hayden was investigating two grisly murders. |
| murder | major | The Trickster duped Michael into committing a sadistic murder and then pressured Michael to kill the two witnesses - one of which, who was in fact his best friend Kyle, he did. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | Michael had a big crush on the typical girl-next-door type Kimberly. |
| romantic love | major | Michael and Kimberly were two teenagers in love. |
| speculative virtual reality | major | In the end it turned out that Michael's strange experience of having committed two grisly murders had merely transpired inside of a highly realistic virtual reality game. The titular game was described as the ultimate experience in interactive terror. |
| teen romance | major | Michael and Kimberly were two teenagers in love. |
| classic films | minor | Michael and his friend Kyle were a big fans classic horror films, and were members of their school's Horror Club. |
| father and son | minor | One gathers that the 16-year-old Michael had a strained relationship with his father, who had left Michael to live at home in an otherwise empty mansion while he was away on business. |