BODY POLITIC COROLLARY

Named for the Clive Barker story where the hands revolt from the body... Any body part removed from the body will turn evil.

Examples

Ash's hand from Evil Dead II Every brain removed from the head will inevitably become evil

CONFUSION THEORY

Never give character a name for the better part of an hour. Don't explain important plot points. Basically, imagine the illogical things in a movie that make it hard to follow. Note, this doesn't apply to scripts that gloss over details, etc...

DOUBLE CROSS THEOREM

Never mind how deadly a gunfighter, assassin, kung fu master, etc... is. If they refuse to do your bidding, kill them. Never let them leave on good terms.

NASTY DEATH LAW

Bad guy must not die easily. Falls off a skyscraper, crushed by car compactor. Decapitation. Emasculated by a goat. You should get the point...

RAMBO III proviso

Guys going into religious orders to forget their violent pasts will make use of their violent skills to rescue someone, etc...

REED RICHARDS RULE OF SCIENCE

If I am an expert in one field of science, I must be an expert in all fields of science.

Notes

RETROGRESSIVE NAMIFICATION

Using a character's name who isn't name until farther in the movie before the name is revealed

RETROVAMP

To alter continuity from what is currently to what it was before. Example, Batman movies, where the previous one was light and the next is darker but is changed again to be ligheter

SONNY CHIBA RULE OF THUMB

If Sonny Chiba is the star in the movie, a thumb will be removed. Actually odds dramatically rise that a body part must be will be removed from the body. Arm, Eye. etc...We don't know if the body part will live long enough to turn evil. see Body Politic Corollary