Pt. 11 51-55
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| SIR JAMES BURGESS |
Who's he?: He's the head of a multi-million pound conglomerate with interests all over the world. He's quite possibly one of the richest man in Britain.
How bad is he?: The bottom line rules Sir James, there's nothing too vile for Sir James if he stands to make a fast buck out of it. For instance, he was once involved in a scheme to make some money out of the small African country of Zingara. This involved turning the entire country into one big concentration camp, but that's not even the most evil part. What's cooking my goose is the fact that he was willing and able to import Napalm with the help of the Zingaran government to quell a rebellion that had been going on for quite some time. Yes, that's right, the Zingaran government was in on it from the start and wished for Sir James to tip the scale in their favor. Oh, and he embezzled some gold currency from the Bank of England. And that's beside the fact that he caused someone's suicide and dreadfully neglects his daughter Patricia.
What happened?: The authorities were in on Sir James right from the get-go, luckily for him he had a fall guy ripe for the picking. No doubt his investments in Zingara turned up a mean profit.
Appearance: O Lucky Man (1973)
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| THE SALO CITY COUNCIL |
Who're they?: Exactly what it says on the tin. These guys rule the Salo Republic, an Italian fascist enclave in the last days of WW II. One day these guys had an excellent idea: why not kidnap several boys and girls from the village, bring them out to our remote and submit them to all sorts of physical, sexual and psychological torture. For fun.
How bad are they?: Ladies and gentlemen, let's dispense with the pleasantries, shall we? These soulless monsters deserve no less than to be put to death, as slowly and painfully as possible and then thrown down to the darkest, most fiery pits of Hell for all eternity. Problem is, they'll probably like it.
What happened?: For 120 days, young men and women were brutally tortured and then put to death like dogs, that's what.
Appearance: Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
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| BEN |
Who's he?: Belgian hoodlum and serial killer who, somehow, caught the attention of a documentary film crew (not of those again!) who decided to make a film about him.
How bad is he?: Ben has got to be seen to be believed. He kills anyone and everyone indiscriminantly, mostly he's doing it for the money, yet one has the sense that he rather likes it as well. His victims are countless and includes old women and young children. All the while, he'll wax lyrical about pigeons, recite very bad poetry and muses endlessly about one thing or another. Ben has a theory about everything from love to urbanism. He also has a tendency to behave like an asshole at the slightest of provocation. Oh yes, he also likes to vomit in restaurants as well (for shame!)
What happened?: Ben refused to take death threats from the Mafia seriously. As a results, this got his family killed, most of his friends, the film crew and himself as well. It's called Karma, Ben.
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| BARRY CONVEX |
Who's he?: A senior officer and head of special projects for Spectacular Opticals, a company who makes "cheap, inexpensive glasses for the Third World and missile guidance systems for NATO".
How bad is he?: Don't you like it when Moral Guardians like Barry here, are willing and able to commit immoral atrocities just to prove a point? Barry and his associates believe that America has to shape up or else, so they have planned to use something known as the Videodrome Signal to literally give people brain cancer while inducing powerful and soul-destructing hallucinations. Just so people will stop watching porn channels (like Civic-TV). Disproportionate retribution anyone?
What happened?: Barry has simply forgot that what has been programmed once, can be reprogrammed just as well. He made an enemy in the vengeful daughter of a former victim who promptly used Barry's own weapon against him. The results were not pretty.
Appearance: Videodrome (1982)
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| MICKEY AND MALLORY KNOX |
Who're they?: The modern Bonnie and Clyde. Newlyweds from Hell, Mickey and Mallory engaged in a brutal killing spree across the United States, always one step away from the Law and becoming media darlings in the process.
How bad are they?: Woe to you if Mickey and Mallory come a-knockin'. They will not think twice in executing everyone they come in contact with, for no good reason at all. And the public laps it all up. Everyone likes a good outlaw, and the Knoxes fit the bill perfectly. It helps that, whatever carnage they instigate, Mickey and Mallory always leave one person alive, "to tell the story". Media savvy to the very last, eh?
What happened?: Finally, Mickey and Mallory were arrested and sent to a maximum security facility. However, on the evening that Mickey was the star of a nationwide TV interview, a prison riot erupted giving the couple the perfect opportunity for a break out. And break out they did. Apparently, they retired from criminal activities to raise a family and have fallen under the radar. But you never know, you just never know...
Appearance: Natural Born Killers (1994)
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