In the fall of 2015, on the streets of New York, a new kind of protest began to emerge.
It was a wake-up call, a rallying cry, a voice for those with long been voiceless.
Once isolated, persecuted, maligned, they finally came together, found their power, and changed
the protest landscape forever.
They were Occupy Elm Street.
Who were those who so brazenly occupied Elm Street?
Who appeared seemingly from out of nowhere to unite and challenge an undeniably vital
and profitable upgrade to the silver screen?
What were their demands?
What do they hope to gain?
And why do they smell like an open race?
For some, staying silent was no longer an option.
It's gone too far, you know.
This year, I saw a toddler dressed up like me.
I saw a pug dressed as Michael Myers.
You know, don't tell him because he's got a lot of stuff to deal with.
We're here representing victims in horror films.
You know, we have rights.
Occupy Elm Street!
Occupy Elm Street!
Occupy Elm Street!
Occupy Elm Street!
Somebody has got to do something, and I guess it's us.
Take back the right!
Take back the right!
Take back the right!
You're bound!
Chucky, what brings you out to Occupy Elm Street today?
These new Chucky movies suck.
The horror movies now everybody is slaughtered.
There's not even such a thing as a final girl sometimes.
It's like what even is the point of staying a virgin anymore?
If you're all going to get killed, you're not a virgin.
Okay, but stuff doesn't count.
So what's your message?
It's all about the knife, you know?
Really, if you're going to make a horror movie nowadays,
your knife game has got to be tight.
I like to grab somebody and then pull them into the knife.
Oh yeah, yeah.
I'm more of a slash in the back, and then when they turn around,
slash in the face.
As a final girl, what does Occupy Elm Street mean to the both of you?
Well, it used to be like really straightforward.
I'm blonde, I take my shirt off, I get murdered horribly.
And I mean, it's like a strong, classic gesture.
Do you have anything to say about how the horror genre is being diluted
or the goals of Occupy Elm Street?
Well yeah, we're the 99% of horror villains, okay?
And it's important that people start getting back to classic horror movie
fundamentals and values.
We have many goals, but our essential message, the genre is ours.
We are the people of horror.
Take back the fright!
Take back the fright!
Take back the fright!
Take back the fright!
All this CGI and like found footage, it's just, yeah, it's just like,
it's lazy, you know?
If you have a good butcher knife or a bed that can swallow Johnny Depp,
why do you need a computerized monster face with fangs and a weird distended jaw?
Well, ladies...
Masks are scary, they're terrifying, it's like...
AAAAAHHHH!!!
Little darling, I don't remember the words together.
I'm not from here.
Doo-doo, here comes the sun!
Mother always raised me to be a good boy.
Occupy Elm Street. Occupy Elm Street.
These people have spent a lot of time working on the art of murder
of murder and the art of mayhem and chaos and creating fear.
Keep your laws off my killing spree.
It's like what Gramsci said about hegemony.
It.
Ah!
Suffering.
The sweet, sweet suffering.
You know, I don't see any female killers here today.
They're all men.
Do you have anything to respond to that?
First off, how dare you assume my gender?
Pick a card, you know?
I'm going to pick any card here.
And while you guys are memorizing that, I stab you.
Here you had it from the kid's mouth.
Who are you calling the kid?
However diverse the views of these protesters,
it's clear it represents something new in the horror
community, a rallying point for the disenfranchisement
of all villains.
I really feel like it's a matter of getting it.
Boom!
Save me.
God!
Oh!
A zombie, really?
Yeah, they're everywhere these days.
What are you going to do?
Just cut the camera.
Take back the fright!
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One ticket.
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