Decoys story
Decoys is a 2004 science fiction horror film directed by Matthew Hastings, and written by Tom Berry and Hastings. The cast included Kim Poirier and Nicole Eggert. Synopsis: Grotesque aliens disguised as beautiful college girls go around seducing unsuspecting college guys in a murderous quest to reproduce their kind.
17 total · 9 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| extraterrestrial being | major | The story concerns grotesque aliens disguising themselves as beautiful college girls for the purpose of obtaining the male DNA they required to save their race. |
| femme fatale | major | The beautiful premed students Lilly and Constance, who were actually grotesque aliens under the skin, were going around seducing unusupecting men and then inadvertently killing them during coitus - all in a desperate effort to reproduce their kind. |
| friendship | major | central to the story was the bond of friendship between Luke and his college dorm mate, Roger. |
| romantic courtship | major | The beautiful premed students Lilly and Constance were going around campus seducing college guys - not that they had any trouble finding suitors. |
| romantic love | major | Roger and Constance fell head over heels for each other. Luke and Alex professed their love for one another in the end. |
| roommate and roommate | major | The hero of the story Luke occupied a college dorm room together with his best friend Roger. Various aspects of their cohabitation were touched on. For example, Luke was disgusted to wake up to what he falsely presumed was Roger vigorously masturbating. |
| secret crush | major | The story led up to Luke realizing that his friend Alex had all along been sending him signals of her romantic interest. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | major | Nobody would believe Luke when he insisted that Lilly and Constance were really betentacled, murderous alien monsters. |
| what it is like in university | major | The story depicts college students doing such cliched college student things as attending a wild keg party, having a racy dorm talent show, etc. |
| coping with being tortured | minor | Constance was tied up with duct tape and threatened with a gas torch. |