Written for @ckhalloween’s “Creatures” prompt on Day 3. Sorry that it’s a few days late. I’ve been a bit busy. Based on some headcanons that I have for Jimmy in my Julie-verse. Jimmy is roughly ten or eleven in this.
Creature Feature
It’s Saturday night. Jimmy’s parents were going out for some dinner with clients. They won’t be home until much later. His older brothers were spending the night at friends’ houses.
Jimmy has plans, too. He was supposed to stay in bed because he was sick. But the opportunity was too great. He was dying to watch Fright Night, the show that plays old sci-fi and horror B-movies on KHJ-TV. With a little help and the promise to take over Luke’s chores for the next week, his babysitter was canceled and he would be home alone.
Tonight’s first film is Attack of the Crab Monsters.
The film is a bit boring. There are too many scenes with the scientists. “C’mon, where are the crab monsters?” It takes nearly half of the movie to see a giant crab, which was disappointing, to say the least. Apparently, Sinister Seymour agrees.
While science isn’t his best subject, he’s just having a hard time following the “science” of the film. “Radiation mutates the crabs and they absorb the minds of the people they kill? What?” The best part is near the end when the crab is seen in the light, rather than in a dark cave.
The next thing he knows, he’s waking up in his own bed. It’s a quarter past three in the morning. “Great. I’m gonna have a ‘talk’ over breakfast.” But Jimmy doesn’t feel the need to go back to sleep yet. He climbs out of bed, tiptoeing over to his desk.
Trying to be as quiet as possible, he scrambles through a drawer. He smiles when he finds what he needed. Jimmy sits down, switches on the flashlight, and sets it down. He can’t get that trash movie out of his head. He starts sketching Hoolar on the beach.
