My guts have shit for brains.

Okay so I'm watching High Fidelity on Comedy Central instead of studying my kanji or reading or doing anything productive ... wtf. the satelite just crapped out. Wtf was that. By the way I must highly discourage you from watching this movie on comedy central. It's okay for me cause I've seen it before but jesus they cut so much out...it's sad... Oh there it goes, back. Okay so I'm watching this, and there's this scene where the girl in the movie's dad dies. And the guy, John Cusack, walks out into the rain, doesn't want to be found or anything, but she drives along and finds him. Then makes him get in the car and so on. She then drives to the place she used to go with her dad and asks him TO HAVE SEX WITH HER! WTF? She then takes her panties off and rides the bastard...

Fuckin' Cusack

Of course he does it...but I was thinking about it and this brings me to my point. If I were in that situation...Let's go through the motions eh?

She says what she says--I stare at her. Okay this is kinda like what's in the movie.
She explains why--I stare at her and think to myself "that's really a turn off."
She then takes off her panties or whatever they are and as she does this a look of...I dunno, disgust? Dusgust comes on my face. Woah that didn't sound right. Long story short, this situation would prevent me from even thinking about getting an erection. even her bare...Stuff...riding on me would not be able to get me interested. She tries to kiss me I would avoid it.

Where am I going with this? I dunno. This is probably more personal than most of you would want me to be. I dunno what I'm trying to say. Just haven't made a blog post in a while. Tell you what, I'm just trying to win best actor on the soul train awards.

Okay the movie's over and they went straight to infomercials! Oh shit! It's David Oreck!!! I could use an air purifier.

Also, uh, the other day something got me interested in Indiana Jones. I followed the wiki trail to a place that told you where you could get the indy jacket and whip and fedorah and everything...Even the gloves he wore...

"The gloves were supposedly borrowed from a grip on set, and the two contracts with Paramount were with Midwest and Wells Lamont. No one actually KNOWS where the gloves came from, but apparently someone came across a message stating that a bunch were ordered by Paramount in the early 80's, and it has been assumed that the Midwest glove was the one and only glove. The myth has grown to today's forum's and webpages. I remember when the original posting came up. There is nothing I know of the absolutely states where or what the actual gloves are. Only the story of the borrowed gloves by Ford." Michaelson

One thing that interested me was on that same page they told you where you could get Indiana Jones' BOIC Spectacles. I WANT THEM! I don't want the jacket, or the whip or the fedorah...okay that's not true, the hat kicks ass...But I want some damn glasses.

I do kinda need some glasses...I think pretty soon I'm going to go in to the Cal Berkeley optometry clinic, the place I've been getting my eyes tested for as long as I can remember.

And where was I? I'm totally lost. Tomorow I plan on going to Connie's (nightfeathers) dorm room to watch Indiana Jones! Whoo! Which one? I don't know, we'll figure it out. Aren't you envious? Of course you are, all none of you, whores.

Anyway, I think I'm done. I've resorted to watching Dennis Miller...His last god damned standup special...He stopped being genuinely funny when they took away the tears for fears song from his show. DENNIS, YOU NEED SOME MORE 70S AND 80S ROCK! It will make you funny again. What happened to you man? You used to be beautiful.

words on my kanji midterm

	kana	kanji	meaning
1	こくぜい	国税	national tax
2	ちょうさ	調査	investigation; examination; inquiry; survey
3	こくみん	国民	national; people; citizen
4	じょうたい	状態	condition; situation; circumstances; state
5	しらべる	調べる	to investigate; to check up
6	せいじ	政治	politics; government
7	しりょう	資料	materials; data
8	にんげん	人間	human being; man; person
9	せいべつ	性別	distinction by sex; sex; gender
10	せたい	世帯	household
11	すうとう	数等	by far
12	きほんてき	基本的	fundamental; standard; basic
13	あやまり	誤り	error
14	かかりいん	係員	official (e.g. customs); clerk in charge
15	こべつ	戸別	each house
16	ほうもん	訪問	call; visit
17	ようし	用紙	blank form
18	くばる	配る	to distribute; to deliver
19	そうむちょう	総務庁	General Affairs Agency
20	とうけい	統計	statistics
21	きょく	局	channel (i.e. TV or radio); department; affair; situation
22	はっぴょう	発表	announcement; publication
23	もとい	基	basis
24	しゅっさん	出産	(child)birth; delivery; production (of goods)
25	しぼう	死亡	death; mortality
26	かげん	加減	addition and subtraction; allowance for; degree; extent; measure; condition; seasoning; flavor; moderation; adjustment; influence (of the weather); state of health; chance
27	すいけい	推計	estimate; estimation
28	ぎゃくさん	逆算	count; calculate back
29	ぞうか	増加	increase; addition
30	いご	以後	after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter
31	げんしょう	減少	decrease; reduction; decline
32	れっとう	列島	chain of islands
33	じょうくう	上空	sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
34	ていきあつ	低気圧	low (atmospheric) pressure; cyclone; bad temper; tense situation
35	こうきあつ	高気圧	high atmospheric pressure
36	かんとう	関東	Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo)
37	ちほう	地方	area; locality; district; region; the coast
38	きあつ	気圧	atmospheric pressure
39	たに	谷	valley
40	くもり	曇り	cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow
41	かいせい	快晴	good weather
42	ながつづき	長続き	long-lasting
43	あさ	朝	morning
44	ごじつ	後日	in the future; another day; later
45	くだり	下り	down-train (going away from Tokyo)
46	さか	坂	slope; hill
47	ふくざつ	複雑	complexity; complication
48	てんきず	天気図	weather map
49	とうぶん	当分	for the present
50	にっぽんほうそうきょうかい	日本放送協会	NHK; Japan national broadcasting company
51	りゃくしょう	略称	abbreviation
52	あさひ	朝日	morning sun
53	タ...	他	other; another; the
54	ほうそう	放送	broadcast; broadcasting
55	こうきょう	公共	public; community; public service; society; communal
56	ほうりつ	法律	law
57	きせい	規制	regulation
58	しちょうしゃ	視聴者	viewer; (television) audience
59	じゅしん	受信	reception (e.g. radio)
60	りょう	料	material; charge; rate; fee
61	きょか	許可	permission; approval
62	いがい	以外	with the exception of; excepting
63	しょうぎょう	商業	commerce; trade; business
64	しょうひん	商品	commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
65	こうこく	広告	advertisement
66	せんでん	宣伝	propaganda; publicity
67	きんし	禁止	prohibition; ban
68	こんなん	困難	difficulty; distress
69	しま	島	island
70	せつび	設備	equipment; device; facilities; installation
71	ぎむ	義務	duty; obligation; responsibility
72	ほうどう	報道	information; report
73	ごがく	語学	language study
74	こうざ	講座	lectureship; chair; course
75	ようじ	幼児	infant; baby; child
76	ばんぐみ	番組	program (e.g. TV)
77	せいさく	製作	manufacture; production
78	きゅうしゅう	九州	southern-most of four main islands of Japan
79	なんぽう	南方	south; southern; southward
80	ようじょう	洋上	on the sea or ocean
81	たいふう	台風	typhoon
82	はったつ	発達	development; growth
83	ほくじょう	北上	going north
84	かいいき	海域	area of ocean
85	ぎょせん	漁船	fishing boat
86	げんじゅう	厳重	strict; rigour; severe; firm; strong; secure
87	ちゅうい	注意	caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice
88	ひつよう	必要	necessary; essential; indispensable
89	うりょう	雨量	rainfall
90	さんかんぶ	山間部	mountainous region
91	ジョ...	除	exclude; division (x; 3); remove; abolish; cancel; except
92	ていど	程度	degree; amount; grade; standard; on the order of (following a number)
93	せっきん	接近	getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
94	まんちょう	満潮	high tide; high water; full tide
95	かさなる	重なる	to be piled up; lie on top of one another; overlap each other
96	えんがん	沿岸	coast; shore
97	ちょうい	潮位	tide level
98	きしょうちょう	気象庁	Meteorological Agency
99	けいほう	警報	alarm; warning
100	とおい	遠い	far; distant
101	むかし	昔	olden days; former
102	せいき	世紀	century; era
103	れきし	歴史	history
104	りょうど	領土	dominion; territory; possession
105	しゅうきょう	宗教	religion
106	じんしゅ	人種	race (of people)
107	よういん	要因	primary factor; main cause
108	あらそい	争い	dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry; contest
109	おこす	起こす	to raise; to cause; to wake someone
110	みかた	味方	friend; ally; supporter
111	わかれる	分かれる	to branch off; to diverge from; to fork; to split; to dispense; to scatter; to divide into
112	せんそう	戦争	war
113	かくめい	革命	revolution
114	こくおう	国王	king
115	ころす	殺す	to kill
116	ヘイ...	兵	soldier; private; troops; army; warfare; strategy; tactics
117	しぬ	死ぬ	to die
118	ち	血	blood; consanguinity
119	めつぼう	滅亡	downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
120	きょういく	教育	training; education
121	せい	制	system; organization; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
122	しょうがっこう	小学校	primary school; elementary school
123	こうとうがっこう	高等学校	senior high school
124	ぎむきょういく	義務教育	compulsory education
125	ぜんいん	全員	all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew
126	しんがくりつ	進学率	university attendance rate
127	にゅうがくしけん	入学試験	entrance examination
128	こくりつ	国立	national
129	こうりつ	公立	public (institution)
130	きぼう	希望	hope; wish; aspiration
131	もの	者	person
132	きょうつう	共通	commonness; community
133	こべつ	個別	particular case
134	うける	受ける	to undertake; to accept; to take (lesson, test, damage); to undergo; to experience; to catch (e.g. a ball); to become popular
135	じゅけん	受験	taking an examination
136	きょうそう	競争	competition; contest
137	かつ	勝つ	to win
138	ごうかく	合格	success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
139	よびこう	予備校	prep school (ronin year)
140	よくねん	翌年	following year
141	じゅんび	準備	preparation; arrangements; provision; reserve
142	ろうにん	浪人	ronin; lordless samurai; out of work; waiting for another chance to enter a university
143	いがくぶ	医学部	medical faculty
144	きびしい	厳しい	severe; strict; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold)
145	にゅうがく	入学	entry to school or university; matriculation
146	ゴ...	後	behind; back; later
147	こうがく	高額	large sum (money)
148	のうにゅう	納入	payment; supply
149	ふせい	不正	injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality
150	ほうほう	方法	method; manner; way; means; technique
151	うらぐち	裏口	backdoor; rear entrance
152	しゅくじつ	祝日	national holiday
153	がんじつ	元日	New Year's Day
154	いわう	祝う	to congratulate; to celebrate
155	じんじゃ	神社	Shinto shrine
156	さんぱい	参拝	worship
157	ねんがじょう	年賀状	New Year's card
158	はいたつ	配達	delivery; distribution
159	やくしょ	役所	government office; public office
160	ねんまつ	年末	end of year
161	ねんし	年始	New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings
162	きゅうぎょう	休業	closed (e.g. store); business suspended; shutdown; holiday
163	しょうばい	商売	trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
164	せいじん	成人	adult
165	かくし	各市	every city
166	ちょうそん	町村	towns and villages
167	まねく	招く	to invite
168	せいじんしき	成人式	coming-of-age celebration
169	けんぽうきねんび	憲法記念日	Constitution Memorial Day Holiday (May 3)
170	しんわ	神話	myth; legend
171	でんせつ	伝説	tradition; legend; folklore
172	さいしょ	最初	beginning; outset; first; onset
173	てんのう	天皇	Emperor of Japan
174	リツ...	立	stand
175	しゅんぶん	春分	vernal equinox
176	しゅうぶん	秋分	autumn equinox
177	ちゅうや	昼夜	day and night
178	いぜん	以前	ago; since; before; previous
179	ひがん	彼岸	equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held)
180	ちゅうにち	中日	China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
181	そせん	祖先	ancestor
182	はか	墓	grave; tomb
183	まいる	参る	to go; to come; to call; to visit; to visit a shrine; to be defeated; to be nonplussed; to be madly in love; to die
184	しょうわ	昭和	Japanese emperor (1926-1989)
185	へいせい	平成	Heisei (reign of Emperor)
186	てんのうたんじょうび	天皇誕生日	Emperor's Birthday Holiday (Dec 23) (Emperor Shouwa's was April 29)
187	こうきょ	皇居	Imperial Palace
188	さんが	参賀	congratulatory palace visit
189	けんこくきねんび	建国記念日	National Foundation Day
190	ジョウ...	条	article; clause; item; stripe; streak
191	えいきゅう	永久	eternity; perpetuity; immortality
192	ぶじ	無事	safety; peace; quietness
193	せいちょう	成長	growth; grow to adulthood
194	けいろう	敬老	respect for the aged
195	うやまい	敬い	reverence; respect; honor; veneration; esteem
196	たいせつ	大切	important
197	たいいく	体育	physical education; gymnastics; athletics
198	けんこう	健康	health; sound; wholesome
199	うんどうかい	運動会	athletic meet
200	ぶんか	文化	culture; civilization
201	てんらんかい	展覧会	exhibition
202	かくしょ	各所	each place; various places
203	きんろうかんしゃのひ	勤労感謝の日	Thanksgiving Day; November 23
204	かみ	神	god
205	でんとうてき	伝統的	traditional; conventional
206	つくる	作る	to make; to create; to manufacture; to draw up; to write; to compose; to build; to coin; to cultivate; to organize; to establish; to make up (a face); to trim (a tree); to fabricate; to prepare (food); to commit (sin); to construct
207	ちきゅう	地球	the earth
208	そとがわ	外側	exterior; outside; extraneous
209	すうまい	数枚	several sheets (flat objects)
210	かたい	固い	stubborn; firm (not viscous or easily moved); certain; solemn
211	いた	板	board; plank
212	いどう	移動	removal; migration; movement
213	たいへいよう	太平洋	Pacific Ocean
214	ちゅうおう	中央	centre; central; center; middle
215	さいきん	最近	latest; most recent; nowadays
216	でんぱぼうえんきょう	電波望遠鏡	radio telescope
217	そくてい	測定	measurement
218	けっか	結果	result; consequence
219	たね	種	seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; cause; source; trick; secret; inside story
220	てきち	敵地	enemy territory; hostile place
221	ほへい	歩兵	infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
222	ほろびる	滅びる	to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
223	ひきいる	率いる	to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
224	かわぎし	川岸	river bank
225	ぼせき	墓石	tombstone
226	たいがん	対岸	opposite shore
227	よかん	予感	presentiment; premonition
228	ろうどうしゃ	労働者	labourer; worker; workman
229	かがみ	鏡	mirror
230	だいとうりょう	大統領	president; chief executive
231	はんが	版画	art print
232	はかる	測る	to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
233	あきなう	商う	to sell; to handle; to trade in
234	げんかん	厳寒	intense cold
235	かわ	革	leather
236	しゅっけつ	出血	bleeding; haemorrhage
237	のぞむ	望む	to desire; to wish for; to see; to command (a view of)
238	いる	居る	to be (animate); to be; to exist
239	えいえん	永遠	eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
240	すこやか	健やか	vigorous; healthy; sound
241	こてい	固定	fixation
242	おんぱ	音波	sound wave
243	けいば	競馬	horse racing
244	たがく	多額	large amount of money
245	たんめい	短命	short life
246	りゅうこう	流行	fashionable; fad; in vogue; prevailing
247	いのち	命	(mortal) life
248	がんぼう	願望	desire; wish; aspiration
249	そふ	祖父	grandfather
250	けいご	警護	bodyguard; escort
251	すべる	統べる	to control; to supervise
252	ぼさん	墓参	visit to a grave
253	つぐ	接ぐ	to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (trees)
254	むごん	無言	silence
255	いみん	移民	emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
256	うつる	移る	to move (house); to be infected; to be contagious; to transfer (department)
257	なる	成る	to become
258	あらそう	争う	to dispute; to argue; to be at variance; to compete
259	さつじん	殺人	murder
260	ぼうふ	亡父	my deceased father; my late father
261	つとめる	務める	to serve; to fill a post; to serve under; to exert oneself; to endeavor; to be diligent; to play (the part of); to work (for)
262	きんむ	勤務	service; duty; work
263	えいせいちゅうりつ	永世中立	permanent neutrality
264	こてん	個展	personal exhibition
265	いちらんひょう	一覧表	list; table; schedule; catalogue
266	がんせき	岩石	rock
267	きょうだい	鏡台	dresser
268	きょしつ	居室	living room
269	あやまる	謝る	to apologize
270	せつぞくし	接続詞	conjunction
271	びひん	備品	fixtures; furnishings; equipment
272	なや	納屋	shed; barn; outhouse
273	きん	金	(1) gold; (2) gold general (shogi)
274	こうたいし	皇太子	crown prince
275	しょうたい	招待	invitation
276	せる	競る	to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
277	おさめる	納める	to obtain; to reap; to pay; to supply; to accept
278	どうよう	同様	identical; equal to; same (kind); like
279	ふなたび	船旅	trip by boat
280	せんきゃく	先客	the preceding visitor
281	ゆるす	許す	to permit; to allow; to approve; to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to confide in; to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to release; to let off
282	おさない	幼い	very young; childish
283	せいりゃくけっこん	政略結婚	political marriage of convenience
284	とどうふけん	都道府県	administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures
285	うらもん	裏門	back gate
286	せつめい	説明	explanation; exposition
287	さいまつ	歳末	year end
288	しえき	使役	employing; using; setting to work; enslavement
289	そなえる	備える	to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install; to have ready; to prepare for; to possess; to have; to be endowed with; to be armed with
290	こてい	湖底	bottom of a lake
291	とうじつ	当日	appointed day; very day
292	しんや	深夜	late at night
293	むずかしい	難しい	difficult
294	もうける	設ける	to create; to establish
295	たどう	他動	transitive verb
296	チョウ...	調	tune; tone; meter; key (music); writing; prepare; exorcise; investigate
297	けいしょう	敬称	title of honour
298	かいかい	開会	opening of a meeting
299	くらい	位	grade; rank; court order; dignity; nobility; situation; throne; crown; occupying a position; about; almost; as; rather; at least; enough to
300	ねんがん	念願	one's heart's desire; earnest petition
301	かくしゅ	各種	every kind; all sorts
302	しゅくさいじつ	祝祭日	national holiday
303	きそう	競う	to emulate; to compete with
304	しんかい	深海	deep-sea
305	ばんのう	万能	all-purpose; almighty; omnipotent
306	そこ	底	bottom; sole
307	つげる	告げる	to inform
308	かたい	難い	difficult; hard
309	しせい	市政	municipal government
310	きりつ	規律	order; rules; law
311	はつばいきんし	発売禁止	prohibition of sale
312	おうじ	皇子	imperial prince
313	けいしき	形式	form; formality; format; math expression
314	せいりつ	成立	coming into existence; arrangements; establishment; completion
315	しんぷ	神父	Catholic priest; abbe
316	せいし	製紙	paper making or manufacturing
317	こうじょう	工場	factory; plant; mill; workshop
318	しょうに	小児	young child; infant
319	いくじ	育児	childcare; nursing; upbringing
320	ようちゅう	幼虫	larva; chrysalis
321	ちょうこうせい	聴講生	auditor; auditing student
322	でんぽう	電報	telegram
323	なんもん	難問	perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

Look at that shitty report! I'm never going to graduate...

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VINCENT,EDWARD THOMAS
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first draft

Edward Vincent

Movies are wonderful things; they can transport everyone almost equally to the same place. Many movies are created with similar themes and devices, falling into genres. Movies are not the only things that can fall into these genres, often the medium is less important than the content. Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where are you going, where have you been?" is a genre piece as well, and contains all of the elements of a typical horror/thriller/slasher movie. Its similarity to many different genre films solidifies its place in the slasher movie repertoire. (oh my gosh I spelt that correct)

Conventionally, the slasher movie will begin with an optimistic view on the world. The higher off you begin the farther you can fall by the end. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho starts off with two lovers wanting to get away, Sam Rami’s Evil Dead II starts with a man and his girlfriend going to a house in the woods looking for peace and quiet. In “Where are you going, where have you been?” Connie, the main character, is young and wants to get away, she is looking forward to the future. When she is away from her house she is a completely different and more up beat person, “her mouth, which was pale and smirking most of the time, but bright and pink on these evenings out (p. 744).” These moments of joy for Connie provide the reader with a high point. We are shown how happy Connie can be, the story peaks early and it’s all down hill from there.

Another staple of the horror genre is the bad guy, a person often introduced early in the story and revealed to be evil towards the end. The perfect example of this is any episode of Scooby Doo—old man winters, the owner of the old abandoned amusement park, is the man in the pirate ghost costume that has been terrorizing the area for the majority of the episode. When they are first introduced you aren’t supposed to know they are evil, but once you figure it out it’s clear they’ve been evil from the beginning. Arnold friend, the antagonist in “Where are you going…,” is first seen at the drive-in. Connie is walking along with her boyfriend for the night and glances at “a boy with shaggy black hair, in a convertible jalopy painted gold…He wagged a finger and laughed and said, ‘Gonna get you, baby (p. 744).’” The introduction to Arnold Friend is fairly subtle and is probably forgotten fairly quickly by Connie, but the attention paid to him and his behavior suggests that his role is more important, more sinister. And this time there are no pesky kids to stop him from getting away with it.

The antagonist or antagonists in most slasher/horror movies are presented differently from other characters, and they are usually unsettling for the main character and the audience. Norman Bates speaks nervously and his hobby is taxidermy and we later find out he has preserved his dead mother’s body and has conversations with it. Jason, Michael Myers, and the killer in Scream all wear masks. Arnold Friend acts strangely, his body language suggesting how phony he is, “the way he straightened and recovered from his fit of laughing showed that it had all been fake (p.748).” His entire appearance is a visual lie, “the way he was dressed, which was the way all of them dressed (p. 747)…[on his car] was an expression…kids had used the year before but didn’t use before.” His voice was different, “the voice of a man on the radio (p. 750).” More and more, Arnold Friend is revealed to be fraudulent, his motives less than honest, unsettling both Connie and the reader.

Statistically, the audience for thrillers and horror/slasher movies are younger white men. Psychologically it is more difficult for a man to comfortably watch a woman asserting themselves on screen, similarly it is hard for a white person to comfortably watch a non-white person asserting themselves on screen. This is in general the cause of the stereotype that the black guy dies first, and the reason why the girls who are more promiscuous are the ones who are always found by the killer. If “Where are you going…” were to feature both Connie and her sister, her sister would most certainly be the one to survive. Connie is self conscious about her appearance, thinks less of others, spends time with boys while outright lying to her mother and expresses interest in Arnold Friend before she realizes his evil intentions. Connie’s sister is plain and has her mother’s approval and does nothing to make the male audience members uncomfortable with her, and is probably the reason why she is spared from Arnold Friend.

Short of excluding women from the stories all together, the way horror/slasher movies (and many other genres as well) handle the existence of women is to fetishize or punish them. In a film called Peeping Tom a serial murderer films his victims before he murders them, both fetishizing and then punishing the female form. Similarly, Connie is both fetishized and punished in this story, first by her mother and then by Arnold Friend. Her mother punishes more than fetishizes, always complaining about Connie’s appearance and comparing her to her boring sister. Friend begins to fetishize Connie from the moment he first sees her. When he sees her he says “quote here” and repeatedly talks about “quote here” when he sees her the second time. He then begins to punish her when she doesn’t do what he wants by threatening her family and psychologically violating her, and then the implied physical violation.

“Where are you going…” has many things in common with films of the various contemporary horror genres. The story has structure, themes and characters to your every day fright fest.