Tales From the Loop

Thursday, April 30th, 1986 : The adults are acting very strange around town. All of a sudden, dad doesn’t approve of the weekly D&D game. Mom says you can’t rent ‘Day of the Dead’ even though she promised to get it for you last week. The principal at school has banned all rock music. Suddenly, the movie theater is not offering to screen ‘Aliens’ anymore. What gives??? Will the kids be able to watch Day of the Dead? Will their D&D club get shut down? The terror begins. 14yo Jimmy Bunyard/Hick-Tinkerer  (Bill): Helping his mother finalize her crafts for the coming ‘Cultural Festival’. She suggests a break, “How about a movie night. Here’s some money to go pick out a VCR rental; your choice.” Ellen Wood at the video store helps find “Day of the Dead”. Adult wacko, Ms Janet Thompson, condemns the evil messages in the movie. She also disapproves of Ellen running D&D games at the community center. 13yo Alvin Yi/Com...