Brenda story
A lonely girl (Laurie Prange) falls in love with a slimy creature she traps in a quarry. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Margaret St. Clair Directed by: Allen Reisner. Story by: Matthew Howard.
12 total · 7 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| childhood imaginary friend | major | The slime monster may have been Brenda's imaginary friend that became real for a while. |
| childhood pranks | major | Brenda was a very naughty girl: she ruined a sand castle, taunted an innocent slime monster, then opened the door to it to provoke a confrontation between it and her parents. |
| friendship | major | Brenda was a problem child who nobody wanted to be friends with. She forced a slime creature she had trapped to be her playmate. |
| human vs. beast | major | The slime creature versus the monster child Brenda. The island inhabitants versus the slime creature. |
| monster | major | There was a slimy swamp monster. |
| teenage angst | major | Brenda had typical teenage girl problems such as dad problems and friend problems. |
| teenage crush | major | Brenda had a first crush sort of thing for the slime monster. |
| childhood as an outsider | minor | Brenda clearly didn't fit in with the other children and so turned to her own imagination. |
| coping with a problematic family member | minor | Brenda's father had trouble with his daughter. |
| father and daughter | minor | Richard Alden tried to teacher his daughter Brenda some basic social skills. |