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Asuka Spells Tier List (from a floor 9 player)

Because I can't find an Asuka discord, and barely hear about people talking about the character, I'm putting myself out here to talk about his spells.

warning! long ass text ahead!!!!

S - Mana regen is by far the best spell. It gives you so much more leeway on offense and defense, and easily pays for itself. This is the main reason to go into Test Case 3 IMO. Lets you regain resources just by playing defensively without needing to commit to recovering mana. Green cubes are also fantastic in neutral, usually forcing your opponent to block or commit to something huge. Gives you a moment to breathe, and it catches people way more than I'd expect. Auto Import is also huge, the other half of exodia (the former being regen) that allows you to just go NUTS with your spells. However, it fucks with my muscle memory not needing to redraw spells, meaning I frequently cast a spell, then discard the spell I just got. Oops.

A - All of these are really close. Blue cube is just a really nice, fast projectile that establishes a threat. Accipiter metron is great both if your opponent does or does not read your spells, either threatening or surprising an overhead. The bounce is huge too, giving you plenty of time to confirm into a full combo. I don't think many other characters have fast grounded overheads into full combo. Screamer just WINS round start. There's enough in TC1 to be somewhat consistent about it, too. It's also fantastic at just catching the opponent pressing buttons, or low airdashes, not even mentioning its guard crush. Fire cubes are great, but their levelling system makes them a little bit awkward to use at times. Still, a consistent level 4 or 5 fire cubes would make S tier easy. Terra metron is actually like, way better in the air? Even though it's no longer a low, it just hits at such a weird angle and distance that nobody expects, also with a nice pop-up. Works great on the ground too, but you already have your e-sports 2D in a similar niche, though with less reward. Electric cube I find is a bit worse than the speedy blue cube, but not by much. Fantastic if you're already in a combo, but it losing to a single hit or projectile makes it slightly sad in neutral. Mana discount is store brand mana regen. Similar end result, but while Mana Regen lets you take your time, get you out of mana-less state faster, and even works while you're getting comboed, discount only does anything when you are casting spells. Nice if you've already gotten a solid footing, but sometimes doesn't help.

B - Restock is nice. It's saved my ass quite a few times when I had no meter and no spells. It's also sat on my spell bar doing nothing because I have other spells I don't need to refill (Or worse, I have like two staves I can't find a moment to discard/cast). Tardus metron is mainly an Oki tool, but a very good one. The fact that it still dies in one hit or projectile gives it limited neutral use, but it certainly does lock down an opponent. Also fun when you have a staff down. Teleport is pretty situational, and I think 4 is too many copies of it in TC3. I don't like having more than two in hand at once. It raises Arpeggio and itself both a full tier when you have both, though. Great against people who don't read your spells. Boost zap is kind of a worse screamer? I rarely see it outside of level 1. Still, a worse screamer is still pretty nice. I think it's also possible to combo from midscreen? Though going fullscreen with screamer is also perfectly fine for Asuka. Arpeggio is undoubtedly cool as FUCK. However, it's slow and expensive (24% mana! That's 3 blue cubes!) to cast. Sampler is okay. Copy of the next spell you cast. Also fucks with my muscle memory like auto import. I wish it was in the same test case as Accipiter, it would be very funny for multiple overheads in a row. Aquila kind of sucks but it's also very nice to have, if that makes sense? Your only invincible move, metered or otherwise. Very nice against people who DO read your spells, as they might opt to forgo meaties on your wakeup unless they have a safejump.

C - It's hard to be mad at chaotic option, it does have some nice ass spells, but I'd also much rather just draw those spells in the first place rather than needing to cast this to draw them though. Suck staff is the funniest one, lets you perform the most heavily scaled combos known to man. One thing I'll say about all the staves though, it's annoying to have to actually cast them. They take about as much time as an electric cube, and sometimes my hand gets clogged with them and I need to manually discard them. Fast staff gives you some nice guard crushes, makes your pressure up close very nice and very annoying from afar. Slow staff is worse than fast staff, but it makes people freeze up when they see a wall of cubes, giving you plenty of time to get your shit in order and regenerate some mana. Nice after a burst. Instant mana, I don't like very much. The mana boost is appreciated, but leaving yourself without spells sucks. 53% mana on an otherwise empty hand isn't bad though. Use it when you have 50 meter to go into full order. Random import does address my issue of being stuck with 2 staffs and a teleport in your hand, but the fact that it doesn't import on empty slots hurts it.

D - Repel staff, meh. Don't like it much. Still kind of funny though Down staff: Has that instant overhead with Jump D, but I still struggle to find much use. Up staff: boing! good against may maybe? Or anyone else who really likes jump-ins?

Alright, that's the list. Any other Asuka players, feel free to light me up.

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I would like your KakaGai 'first time' thoughts please.

Were they each other's first? Circumstances? Fallout?

Bonus points for brief thoughts on each of your major AUs? >_>

That's SO MANY AU'S

Canon

Kakashi is NOT Gai's first time, but Gai is Kakashi's. Kakashi has been a little too busy to e getting around, though he has some basic experience with Oral and handjobs with others, he has never had penetrative sex of any kind.

The circumstances are post sasuke leaving. Kakashi's struggling a lot, he's busy again and he's struggling a lot with his failure to pull Sasuke in and stop him from going after revenge. In the chaos Gai does what he does best. He sticks by Kakashi. Makes sure his friend knows he's not alone.

it happens one night when they're hanging out between missions. Gai's boasting about their great rivalry and it somehow comes to the topic of sex. Kakashi scoffs and says something along the times of' we're shinobi. we're too busy for sex life' which Gai corrects him quickly on. Gai has a sex life. He's rather active he has just never been able to pin down a certain partner. but then it hits him

Kakashi doesn't have a Sex life

Kakashi has never had sex

Gai's not sure why, but he decides it's his personal mission to fix that and Kakashi surprisingly doesn't argue. He's intrigued by this idea. The two of them decide to head back to Kakashi's apartment to try things out. see where they go.

They go...surprisingly quickly. Kakashi figures the two will jack off and be done, but he's entranced with Gai's body once it's laid out in front of him. He wants to get his hands on every inch that he can. Feel every muscle that Gai has so carefully toned.

what they both thought would be slow experimentation quickly turns into full blow, limbs tangled bedsheets on the floor sex and they love it. Gai has to guide Kakashi a bit and tell him just what to do, but well...Kakashi has always been a rather quick learner :)

The fallout? There isn't much. The two are a little awkward the next day but they get over it rather quickly and do it again within a week. and again a week later, and then slowly but surely it becomes a rhythm for them that they love. they don't even officially start dating, but they're enjoying each other's company as they always have with a little extra and they love that.

Samurai Kakashi AU

Neither of them is each other's firsts. Kakashi has had partners in the Land of Iron that didn't work out, and Gai has had partners in Konoha that didn't work out. they come together as equals ready to explore each other.

Their first time is in the land of iron, in the snow. Kakashi can't take Gai back to his house because that's past the border, but they make due. though, to be honest sex in the snow isn't all that comfortable. still, they enjoy what they can do and their first time in an actual bed together is beautiful

TMS AU

Gai is Kakashi's first but Gai has experience with others (has most definitely slept with Rin on more than one mission)

they sort of have two firsts.

Their first official time is when Kakashi is disguised as Sukea visiting Konoha and it's...awkward. Kakashi has to be careful not to have Gai take off his wig or expose him, but he's also wrapped up in Gai. enjoying every little thing they're doing, exploring Gai's body. It's beautiful and difficult and so very messy.

the second 'first' time is after the war. When Gai finally knows Kakashi is alive and can enjoy him without restraint. Where Kakashi doesn't have to keep a cover and can do as he pleases. It's hot and passionate and Gai's neighbours know exactly what he's doing because Kakashi is a screamer.

Modern AU

We're going to admit, this seems like the one time they would experiment as teenagers in high school, probably get really awkward for a while and try to return to just being friends, and then ultimately get together when they're older.

It's weird and awkward because they're weird and awkward and nothing goes right, but when they come back together years later it's a much different, more enjoyable experience for the both of them.

IWA Gai AU

They are each other's first. They're early 20's, both too busy with missions and training to try anything with anyone from their own villages, and then they find themselves in the worst situation

fighting back to back fending off other enemies.

They win of course but the adrenaline is too much for either of them and Kakashi ends up pinned up against a tree while Gai's sucking cock. The blow job is messy and far from the best, but they both have a lot of growing to do in this regard and Gai's damn smug when Kakashi's knees buckle after he cums.

The first time they properly fuck is also after a fight, except this time Kakashi has Gai pinned to the ground and decided to ride his cock. Gai never realized just how good it would feel to actually be buried balls deep inside of Kakashi, and he can't think of anywhere he would rather be.

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Hihi :] Can you do K1B0 with the Nsfw alphabet with Male reader, Of course if you are comfortable doing that :00 Have a wonderful time!

K1-B0 NSFW Alphabet

Warnings: NSFW

Mod Ibuki: Hi nonnie! I'm gonna be completely honest, I'm not really confident in my ability to write male x male NSFW yet. I'm trying to get better at it. I made it gender neutral instead, I really hope that's okay! I'm sorry!

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

You can’t tell me Kiibo isn’t extremely awkward after sex. When he calms himself down enough to the point where he doesn’t shut down, he will give you the best aftercare he can! He did research (yes research) beforehand on the do’s and don'ts of aftercare. With this knowledge, he came to the conclusion that cuddles and hydration are the best options! Kiibo isn’t very comfortable, but he’ll put on something soft so you can lay on him.

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

Kiibo really likes his hair! He thinks it’s the most human part of him, so it’s automatically his favorite. He really likes it when you run your fingers through his hair. It’s surprisingly soft.

Face! Anything about your face, Kiibo loves! He thinks you are so, SO attractive. He loves looking into your eyes, it shows undivided attention. Kiibo also likes tracing your lips! For some unknown reason, he really likes running a finger or two over your lips, trying to feel how soft they are. It’s really cute.

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

Unless Miu installed a sperm function into him, he can’t cum. He can have orgasms, though. But not release, which doesn’t affect him much since he gets to feel an orgasm anyways.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

Kiibo does a lot of research on sex. Positions, kinks, etcetera. He wants to try a lot of things. If some of those things are impossible because he’s a robot, he’ll recreate it to be robo-friendly.

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Besides Miu’s uncomfortable sexual advances, he has absolutely no experience. The only reason he has a clue what he is doing is because of his own research.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Kiibo is pretty much open to anything, but if it’s a normal day, doggy style.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

Definitely more serious. He doesn’t want to ruin the moment with a joke. The most you’ll get out of him is a “well, that was nice!” and he doesn’t even mean it as a joke. It just comes out that way.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Kiibo doesn’t have any so uh, none :)

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

He considers sex to be a very intimate experience. Expressing one's love through pleasure? Extremely intimate!

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Kiibo barely jacks off, if not then never. If he wants to feel pleasure he’ll just go to you. He doesn’t see a point in masturbation.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Although he is experimental, he is also pretty vanilla at the same time. Weird combo, but he makes it work. The only thing he’s really into is praise. He loves praising you and he also loves when you praise him. It makes him feel loved.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

Bedroom. That’s it. He won’t do it anywhere else.

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

You. Kiibo really doesn’t get aroused by anything other than you. Miu shows him a porno? Flustered, but not aroused in the slightest. You show him a revealing outfit, though? Arousal 1000.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Hurt you!!! He is terrified of hurting you, especially because he is made of metal! He will never ever lay a hand on you in a harmful manner. It just won’t happen.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Giving! Kiibo is a huge giver. He really likes that he can give you insane pleasure with just his robo-tongue. It can move as fast as he wants it to, so it makes the experience ten times more enjoyable.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

Both. Kiibo doesn’t want to rush sex at all. He wants to take his time and be in your presence for as long as possible. But he also likes the idea of making you cum hard. He’d be the gentle kind of rough, if that makes sense. But he will go fast. And he’s a robot, so you will not be able to walk. Good luck.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

He tried a quickie with you once, but he didn’t like it much. He didn’t get to do most of the things you would with full-blown sex. After that, he decided against them.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

Yep! Kiibo does not mind experimenting in the slightest. He’s a curious robot. He wants to know what works and what doesn’t. If it works, awesome! He’ll keep it in mind for the future. If not, that’s okay too! You live and you learn.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

Okay, he has unlimited stamina if he is fully charged. He will go for as long as you want him to, because trust me, he can.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

He doesn’t mind them, but he’d prefer to use his own features on you.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

The first time he teased you, he didn’t mean to. It was out of pure curiosity. But as you get more and more sexually active, he may purposely tease a bit. Not too much, though. He prefers your moans of pleasure over whines of lack of.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

LOUD! Kiibo is a screamer. Whether he be moaning or downright screaming, it’s loud and high-pitched. He really doesn’t try to muffle his moans since he knows it’s a natural reaction, so he just lets all the noises run free.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Kiibo has a vibration function on his fingers. When he’s fingering you, more often than not he uses that function. The crazy orgasm that comes after makes him flustered, and more often than not leaves you a little overstimulated.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

Okay, listen. For the sake of this, Kiibo has a dick. And he’s packing. Solid 8 with a pretty average girth.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Not very high. Unless you want to have sex, he doesn’t get aroused much.

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

Kiibo can stay up as long as you want (if he is charged). But if you fall asleep, he will too.

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Dave York - NSFW Alphabet

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A = Aftercare (What they’re like after sex) Not much is done aftercare wise with Dave. He’ll help clean you up, check that you are okay and not hurt. That’s about it. Maybe a quick kiss to show he truly does care. What are showing emotions when it comes to Dave York? Lol.

B = Body part (Their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s) Dave’s favorite body part on himself is definitely his hands. He finds them strong and skilled from usage on his job with different weapons, hacking and etc. He likes that he can take his skills of using them in different ways to tease you and make you come undone. As for you, his favorite body part is your ass. He likes to hold onto it when fucking you. As well as give it a smack or some fondling in passing. 

C = Cum (Anything to do with cum basically) He loves to see you covered in it and filled with it. He also loves to taste yours, as well as both of your mixed together. Sometimes even have you tasting the mix. 

D = Dirty Secret (Pretty self-explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs) He already has 2 kids from his ex-wife but he wouldn’t be upset if you became pregnant with his child. He’d love to see you carry his child. He already loves to see you filled with his cum so if it takes he is fine with it. 

E = Experience (How experienced are they? Do they know what they’re doing?) Dave’s very experienced. He knows exactly what he is doing. He’s got a lot of knowledge when it comes to different kinks and positions. How he got this experience, he won’t say but you can assume he didn’t get it from when he was with Carol. 

F = Favorite Position (This goes without saying.) He prefers doggy style or missionary. He likes to be in control and these positions allow him to do so/feel that way. He can control the pace and make you come undone easier this way he feels. 

G = Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc) There is no such thing as humor in the bedroom with Dave. Everything is 100% serious. Don’t you dare find anything funny or you will get a glaring look.

H = Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.) He keeps it neatly trimmed down to a short length by grooming himself weekly. It never gets out of control. 

I = Intimacy (How are they during the moment, romantic aspect…) He shows his intimacy in weird ways. He’s a rough person in the bedroom so it comes off that he isn’t being intimate but he is in his own way. Romance out right isn’t his thing. 

J = Jack Off (Masturbation head canon) If he is away on a job, or you are he’ll definitely jack off. He prefers to find relief via you though. His hands can only do so much. Sometimes he’ll even video call you while doing so if away to tease you. Or hell even do so while you are in the same room. The damned tease. 

K = Kink (One or more of their kinks) Oh boy… Kinks with Dave York. Man has a lot… Bondage, degradation, exhibition, voyeurism, knife play, gunplay, and even lowkey a breeding kink. Sometimes he whips out the praise kink too but not often. 

L = Location (Favorite places to do the do) Preferably his bed since it’s softer on his body. A close second is his office which is where you more often than not get it on. He really isn’t opposed to anywhere though. 

M = Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going) It doesn’t take much to get Dave turned on. But be careful what you are asking for. For once he’s turned on he will definitely take you. And you know how he likes it.  

N = NO (Something they wouldn’t do, turn-offs) Dave will absolutely not let anyone else have you. He refuses to share you. You are his and everyone damn will know it. He won’t do watersports or anything to do with scat either. Blood is fine though since deals with it often. As for turn offs he really doesn’t have any.

O = Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc) He is open to either. He loves to go down on you and make you come undone with just his tongue and fingers. However, he loves to watch you go down on him as well. Watching the tears stream down your cheeks, saliva stringing from you both as you gag on him.

P = Pace (Are they fast and rough? Slow and sensual? etc.) Dave is the majority of the time going for fast and rough. He’s not often a gentle person in the bedroom. At times he can be but, it is very rare. 

Q = Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.) He doesn’t mind them. More times than not a quickie is what you two have. However if given the chance he loves to have proper sex that lasts longer. He finds it more fun and enjoyable. 

R = Risk (Are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.) His job is all about risks so you would think he isn’t game for experimenting and taking risks in the bedroom but he absolutely is. He is open to trying new things all the time as long as you are. 

S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…) He can last one long round or like 2 - 3 short rounds. He may be a bit older but that isn’t stopping him from getting it on. He’s got pretty damn good stamina to keep him going. 

T = Toy (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?) Dave has quite a few toys and stuff to use in the bedroom. He has handcuffs, rope, blindfolds, vibrator and a dildo to start. If he finds something new to use he’ll probably get it too. They are never used on him. Only you. 

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease) Holy shit does this man tease so much. It is nonstop teasing with him. Always giving you teasing touches, whispering dirty things to you no matter where you are just to get you riled up. He won’t stop until you are a flustered mess and craving him. 

V = Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make) He is all grunts, groans and moans aside from his spitting words of degradation (and the rare praise at times) to you. He keeps a normal/calm noise level in the bedroom. He isn’t a screamer but you might be with him ;) 

W = Wild Card (Get a random head canon for the character of your choice) Dave comes off as a hard ass with little actual affection but he’s got a soft side to him. He just rarely shows it and prefers to show his rough side. He really does love and care for you. He’d do anything for you. You’ve seen his soft side a few times, it’s not often but when you do it melts your heart. 

X = X-Ray (Let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words) Dave’s a little above average in size. Nothing too crazy but still enough to satisfy and drive you wild. Around 7inches but pretty thick/ 

Y = Yearning (How high is their sex drive?) Dave’s sex drive is pretty damn high. He can go whenever if you are in the mood. 

Z =  ZZZ (… how quickly they fall asleep afterward) Not very quickly. Usually he’ll go back to doing some work or something else once done. Does this man even sleep? He’s always so busy doing work lol.

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Kihyun NS*W Alphabet

I would put this under the cut but I’m on mobile now so :( sorry loves

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

Loves aftercare both for him and for you. Big on getting you into a bath, making sure you’re both hydrated, and that you both get to bed and sleep well. Just likes making sure you’re both taken care of.

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He really likes his lips, like he loves kissing you, both on your lips and anywhere else he can get them. On you he loves your neck, it may seem weird but your neck and collarbones are just so pretty to him, he likes to mark them.

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

I see him as the type to wear a condom for the most part or he’ll cum in you. I don’t think he’s one for releasing on your chest or back, he just isn’t that into it. Especially cause it’s messy.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

Wants to sub sometimes but like he wants you to hard dom. Like he’s a switch!leaning dom but he really wants to try and be like your pet or something you get me?

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

I think he’s def had a few partners but he isn’t super super super good at sex. Like he still messes up and is a bit awkward but he gets through it real fast and is able to just go with the flow after a few times.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Like I said, even tho hes a switch!leaning dom he wants you to hard dom him sometimes so he loves when you’re on top. Even if he’s dom in the round.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

There are moment where you too have laughed super hard, almost so hard you had to legit stop for like 2 minutes and then finish with oral or something type hard. It was prob cause one of you made a weird noise and you both just looked at eachother and burst out laughing.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Trimmed, but not too much. Like sometimes it over grows but he tries to keep it clean.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

Every moment with kihyun in intimate. Even the goofy ones. I don’t think there would be a single moment of you not feeling the most love and all of his attention on you.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Prob does it like 2 a week? I don’t really see him doing it much more unless it’s been a super hard week or he just has it built up from the week before.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

I said this earlier, marking. Even tho he doesn’t want to get caught with marks he likes knowing there are marks showing he’s yours and you are his in places no one else could see.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

Bathtub or your bed, doesnt looove studio sex but will do it

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

Honestly anything, I don’t see him as having specific turn ons but def has specific turn offs, like sometimes you can just be doing some random domestic shit like cleaning or just drinking your drinking and sitting on the couch and he’ll be like “damn that’s my S/O” and he ready to fuck

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Nothing with blood or any other bodily fluids. Just finds it gross and nasty and messy. He’s a clean boy who doesn’t want to cause too much pain and is scared that blood means scars and pain.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Loves giving. Even tho he’s a switch!dom I see him as loving to give oral, mainly to edge you or just overstimulate. But also because sometimes he just needs the praise and to know he can pleasure you.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

Mostly at like a medium???? Like he isn’t super fast but ISNT going so slow that it would be considered like love making.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

Will do it but only occasionally like prob 1/10 of your sessions is a quickie and it’s mainly just cause one of you is running late or because it’s in the studio

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

Likes to do it in the studio for the risk of it but he doesn’t do it much because one time you were making out in there and someone walked in. Luckily it was just one of the members so no one said anything but still.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

Goes maybe one round of foreplay and one round of sex. I don’t see him as not having stamina but he def isn’t going a long time ya know? Like he’s not gonna go more than maybe 2 rounds of sex after 1 round of foreplay.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

Likes toys but prefs to not use them. Sort of just wants to know you can pleasure each other on your own. Sometimes finds it fun though so he won’t deny them.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

I think he teases a good amount. Prob as much as you tease him. He’s a “revenge” teaser in my opinion.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

Decently loud, not a screamer but he’s a moaner and whiner and def has the prettiest whimpers when he’s about to cum

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Wants to have someone watch you while you have sex, like have a member or something just sit to the side and masturbate to you both having sec (“don’t you love knowing someone else can see us? Huh? Love knowing that they want you but they can’t have what’s mine?”)

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

On the smaller side with a decent width. Around like 4.5-5in in length.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Pretty moderate sex drive. Most he would go in a week is 5 times a week and least would be like 3.

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

Usually won’t fall asleep until alllllll after care has been completed but sometimes he’ll get super super tired and pass out almost right away.

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SUMMARY Jessica (Zohra Lampert) has been released from a mental institution to the care of her husband, Duncan (Barton Heyman), who has given up his job as string bassist for the New York Philharmonic and purchased a rundown farmhouse on an island in upstate New York. When Jessica, Duncan, and their hippie friend Woody (Kevin O’Connor) arrive, they are surprised to find a mysterious drifter, Emily (Mariclare Costello), already living there. When Emily offers to move on, Jessica invites her to dine with them and stay the night.

The following day, Jessica, seeing how attracted Woody is to Emily, asks Duncan to invite her to stay indefinitely. Jessica begins hearing voices and sees a mysterious young blonde woman (Gretchen Corbett) looking at her from a distance before disappearing. Later, Jessica is grabbed by someone under the water in the cove while she is swimming. Jessica is afraid to talk about these things with Duncan or Woody, for fear that they will think she is relapsing. She also becomes aware that Duncan seems to be attracted to Emily, and that the men in the nearby town, all of whom are bandaged in some way, are hostile towards them.

Duncan and Jessica decide to sell antiques found in the house at a local shop, one of which is a silver-framed portrait of the house’s former owners, the Bishop family—father, mother, and daughter Abigail. The antique dealer, Sam Dorker (Alan Manson), tells them the story of how Abigail drowned in 1880 just before her wedding day. Legend claims that she is still alive, roving the island as a vampire. Jessica finds the story fascinating, but Duncan, afraid that hearing about such things will upset his wife, cuts Dorker short. Later, as Jessica prepares to make a headstone rubbing on Abigail Bishop’s grave, she notices the blonde woman beckoning her to follow. The woman leads Jessica to a cliff, at the bottom of which lies Dorker’s bloodied body. By the time Jessica finds Duncan, however, the body is gone. Jessica and Duncan spot the woman standing on the cliff above them, causing Duncan to give chase. When the woman is caught and questioned by the couple, she remains silent and quickly flees when Emily approaches.

That night, Duncan tells Jessica that she needs to return to New York to resume her psychiatric treatment. Jessica forces him to sleep on the couch, where he is seduced by Emily. The next day, Jessica finds the portrait of the Bishop family, which she and Duncan had sold to Dorker the previous day, back in the attic; she observes that Abigail Bishop, as seen on the photo, bears a striking resemblance to Emily. Jessica agrees to go with Emily to swim in the cove. While swimming, Emily vanishes from sight; Jessica hears Emily’s voice in her head and watches as Emily emerges from the lake in a wedding gown. Emily attempts to bite her neck, but Jessica flees, locking herself in her bedroom in the house. Hours pass and Jessica leaves to hitch a ride into town. Woody, who has been working in the orchard, returns to the house, where Emily bites his neck.

When Jessica gets into town, she sees Duncan’s car and asks about his whereabouts, but no one will speak to her; she then encounters Sam Dorker, and terrified, runs back to the house. She collapses in the orchard and later is found by Duncan, who takes her home. In their bedroom, the couple go to lie down; Jessica notices a cut on Duncan’s neck, and Emily then enters the room brandishing a knife, with the townsmen following behind her. Jessica flees the house, knocking over Duncan’s bass case, which contains the corpse of the mute woman.

Jessica runs through the orchard and comes across Woody’s corpse, his throat slashed. At daybreak, Jessica makes it to the ferry and tries to board, but the ferryman refuses to let her on. She jumps into a nearby rowboat and paddles out into the lake. When a hand reaches into the boat from the water, she stabs the person in the back several times with a pole hook. As the body floats away, she sees that it is Duncan. From the shore, Emily and the townsmen watch her.

DEVELOPMENT/PRODUCTION It all began with a father-and-son team, Charles Moss Sr. and Jr., who owned the Criterion, one of the top movie houses in New York, along with a chain of other East Coast theaters. The Mosses wanted to make their own film, and hired Lee Kalcheim to script it. Kalcheim had been writing for television since 1965, working on the likes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Paper Chase, All in the Family and M*A*S*H. The original idea was to do a send up of horror films, which was a natural for Kalcheim given his comedy background, and the fact that he was not a fan of the genre—“I find them slightly silly,” he says.

Kalcheim, who wrote the script in the Moss offices, lived in Connecticut, not far from where Jessica eventually filmed, and he incorporated many locales that were close to him, including coves in front of his home and a ferry that was within walking distance. “The ferryboat was at the end of the road that I lived on, and the orchard was right up the street,” he recalls.

Jessica would undergo plenty of changes in the transition from horror/comedy to a genuine scare film, but as Kalcheim notes, “The situations stayed—the people showing up at the house, the kind of weirdness of the place.” In his original script, a monster lived in the coves. “It was during the Vietnam War, so you had all these hippies, which is still part of the film. And I believe the monster was killed when the lead character rode a motorcycle that had an American flag with a point on the end of it, and he rammed it through the monster.”

Then director John Hancock, and a more serious approach to the material, came in. Hancock, a native of Kansas City, was discovered by William Wyler’s daughter, a development executive for the legendary producer Joseph E. Levine. She saw an Academy Award-nominated short he made in 1970 called Sticky My Fingers…Fleet My Feet and got a number of people to see it including the Mosses, who immediately considered Hancock to direct their project. “The script I was given was kind of a parody of a horror film,” Hancock confirms, “and I tried to make it a genuinely scary movie. I attempted to make it as real as possible.”

Hancock grew up on a fruit farm, which he incorporated into the film, and applied the memories and equipment to horrific ends, like a crop sprayer whose poison kills humans as well as insects. “All that personal material, it’s like a child’s ghostly visit to a farm with a sprayer that poisons you,” Hancock says. “That must have been how I felt as a kid going to my grandparents’ farm, and that made Jessica unlike other scary movies. It was a very personal picture.”

His father was a bass player, and in the film one of the characters plays a huge upright bass. Hancock’s college roommate also felt that the film’s redheaded vampire, Emily (played by Mariclaire Costello), bore some family resemblance. Recalls the director, “He said, ‘If you don’t think that redhead is your mother, you’re crazy!’ I wasn’t conscious of it, but he claimed it was!”

Hancock, who had never shot a fright flick before, worked closely with the Mosses and incorporated their suggestions while he rewrote the script. “They wanted a seance. Why? ‘Well, because people like them.’ They wanted a little girl running around in a gauzy white (shroud), “because it will be scary.’ They had big input into this film, and a very strong sense of what audiences liked. They also had a good sense of what scenes make the audiences go get candy, and I tried to avoid those!”

As Hancock wrote the script, “I learned that indeed the things that scare you in writing them will scare an audience. Locations that scare you when you’re scouting them will scare an audience. I learned to trust in that sense. When I first looked at the mansion where we shot the film, there was a hallway upstairs with a lot of doors in it, and I got kind of a chill. I thought, ‘Well, this is a scary location,’ and indeed it was. All those doors, somebody could come out of any one of them.”

In one scene, Jessica flees into the house and locks herself in her room. As she cowers in fright, papers she posted on the wall flap loudly in the wind, and her inner voices whisper through the walls. “As I was writing that, I got chills, and I was pleased that it was scary to an audience too,” Hancock says.

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Zohra Lampert, who plays Jessica, recalls meeting Hancock backstage when she was performing in Mother Courage with Anne Bancroft at Broadway’s Martin Beck Theater. He approached her about the role, “and I accepted, trusting his judgment,” she says. “I have great fondness for John Hancock, and enjoyed working with him very much.”

“I had seen Zohra in several plays and dated her briefly,” Hancock adds. “I thought she’d be good for the role and vulnerable, easily frightened. A good screamer. The ladies in these films have to be able to scream!” To prepare for the part, Lampert worked with her lifelong teacher, Mira Rostova, as did Costello; Rostova’s other students have included Alec Baldwin, Montgomery Clift and Roddy McDowall.

Practically everyone who worked on Let’s Scare Jessica to Death was a novice to the horror genre, and Hancock bought a 16mm projector and rented a number of Hitchcock films to prepare for the shoot. Jessica has often been compared to the cult chiller Carnival of Souls, which Hancock and Kalcheim both claim they haven’t seen. “I’m not even sure I’d seen Night of the Living Dead by then,” Kalcheim says, referring to another genre classic that Jessica has been compared to.

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death opens and closes with the same scene, which was filmed off a pier. Against a beautifully shot sunset, Jessica sits in a boat with her back to the camera as she slowly drifts out into a river and we hear her thoughts in voiceover: “I sit here and I can’t believe that it happened. And yet, I have to believe it. Dreams or nightmares, madness or sanity, I don’t know which is which.” Jessica has been in a mental hospital for six months, and her husband is hoping some time on a farm in upstate New York will do her some good.

“For the first time in months I’m free,” her narration tells us. “Forget the doctors. Forget that place. I’m OK now. We’ll start over.” But she starts seeing and hearing things she’s not sure are real. Voices echo in her head, asking, “Jessica, why have you come here?” But she tells herself, “Act normal,” so as not to alarm her husband.

Arriving at the farmhouse, they discover the hippie girl Emily, who was living there previously, thinking the house was abandoned-or so she says. Soon they learn the truth: Emily drowned in the cove in 1880. As the townsfolk tell the tale, her body was never recovered, and she’s now a vampire roaming the countryside.

Hancock wanted to make Let’s Scare Jessica to Death a variation on The Turn of the Screw where you’re not sure if the heroine is truly crazy or if the horror is really happening. Jessica’s husband certainly has his doubts as to whether his wife’s condition has improved, or if she’s relapsing. “Jess? I think we should go back to New York for a while.” he tells her. “You can see your doctor.” He pauses to consider what he’s saying. “If you want.” As she approached her performance, Lampert says, “I believe Jessica was more dubious about her husband’s fidelity, as well as his belief in her, than anything else.”

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death was shot in Old Saybrook and East Haddon, Connecticut. The main house where most of the central action takes place was called the Dickinson Mansion, located in the town of Essex. The first night the film company went to the house being used for exteriors, an incredible fog had rolled in which gave the area a spooky haze that was used throughout the movie. “We got lucky with that,” says Hancock. “It happened to be there when it was time to shoot.”

Primarily a stage director, Hancock was a bit uncertain once he started making his first feature. “I didn’t have any idea what I was doing!” he laughs. “I tended to work quite openly with actors in the theater. I tried to free them up, get them to be real, full and expressive, and limiting that to what a camera sees was something I found frustrating. It was a little hard to accept that indeed I did have to block them through the camera; I couldn’t just have the scene be good, then take a picture. Then I realized it wouldn’t kill off their spontaneity entirely, and accepted to some degree that you lose a little bit of that. A lot of good cameramen will free up actors from marks for that very reason.”

The director recalls that the first cinematographer on Let’s Scare Jessica to Death kept regarding him like he was incompetent. “So I fired him after the first week, and got one who didn’t look at me like that!” That cameraman was Bob Baldwin, who went on to shoot  I Drink Your Blood (1970) director David Durston, The Exterminator (1980) and The Soldier for James Glickenhaus and Frankenhooker and Basket Case 2 for Frank Henenlotter. Before Jessica, Baldwin had previously lensed a number of black-and-white stag films in 35mm. “I believe Jessica was one of the first pictures I shot that was not a nudie,” Baldwin says.

Unlike Hancock, the DP didn’t watch any horror films for inspiration before the shoot. As he recalls, they went up to Connecticut right away, and there wasn’t much time to prep. While the first cameraman on Jessica didn’t think Hancock knew what he was doing, Baldwin felt the situation was a big step up from his previous projects.

“The cameraman is really the director on those nudies, because you’re movin’ the camera and doin’ the shots, and all the director cares about is gettin’ the shot, and gettin’ out of there to return the equipment because they’ve only got it for the weekend,” Baldwin says. “Jessica was probably the first really good organization I worked with; it wasn’t like people grasping. When you start, you know when you have a director who knows what he’s doing. That to me was a revelation, I guess !”

Lampert especially enjoyed working with Baldwin, who was “very sensitive to the performer,” she says. “We understood each other and worked in tandem.” Baldwin replies, “I always sort of pride myself on that. I always had a habit of going into makeup and just sitting and schmoozing with the actors before the day started. I spent time with Zohra in the rehearsals, and I was always around. You get so you kind of hold their hand or whatever it takes for them to do their thing.

“Zohra was a good actress,” Baldwin continues. “I felt she had plenty of screen presence. She spent a lot of time developing that character. Some actors can finish a scene and then be back to their regular selves, joking around, then on take two they’re right back into the role. But she’d get into character and spend the day there.”

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death gave Baldwin the opportunity to experiment with camera tricks. One special effect he pulled off was making the ghostly apparition of Emily appear and disappear in the lake, which he accomplished with a Polaroid filter that worked like a Venetian blind. When the filter was rotated one way, you could see the actress floating underneath, but when it was turned another way, only the reflecting glare of the water was visible. “We did a lot of tricks that they do with computers today,” Baldwin notes. “Sometimes I think that the computer is what made everybody lazy. We did a hell of a job for the money we had.”

The one memory that stands out for those who worked on Let’s Scare Jessica to Death was the weather, which made it difficult to film in the lake. “I remember we shot in October, so for all those scenes in the water, they were freezin’ their asses off!” says Kalcheim. “If you look at the leaves on the trees, you’ll see it was not conducive to swimming!” Not only was the water frigid, “Our legs were being nibbled on by fish!” says Hancock.

“The water was cold, I remember that part!” adds Baldwin. “And poor Mariclaire, she had to swim in that white gown with that white makeup.”

Director John Hancock Interview

John D. Hancock

WHAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH? John Hancock: I’d made a short film on a grant from the AFI called Sticky My Fingers, Fleet My Fest that was about businessmen who play touch football in Central Park. It had received an Oscar nomination and had also been shown by CBS during half-time of their big Thanksgiving football game. That secured me a lot of attention and William Wyler’s daughter Kathy, saw it…. She then recommended me to the producers of Jessica, who were looking for a director. There was a very important chain of exhibitors known as B.S. Moss Enterprises who were run by a father-and-son team who were both named Charlie Moss.

DID YOU EVER CONSIDER RETAINING KALCHEIM ‘S TITLE: IT DRINKS HIPPIE BLOOD? John Hancock: No! Kalcheim later wrote comedies like MA’S H and specialized more in humour than horror Naturally, he delivered a script that read like a parody of a scary movie. It was a playful send-up of the horror genre and didn’t take itself seriously at all. From what I remember, it had some hippies moving out to an isolated house in the country who encounter a blood-drinking monster that lives in the water. That was the nugget of a good idea but Kalcheim ‘s whole approach to the story, the characters – and the monster – did not interest me very much beyond that. The Mosses then asked me if I wanted to do it, and I said, “Sure, but only if I can rewrite the script.” I made it eminently clear to them that did not want to do a satire of a horror picture. wanted to do a movie that was legitimately terrifying

KALCHEIM ADOPTED THE PSEUDONYM “NORMAN JONAS” AS HIS CO-WRITING CREDIT AFTER YOU REVISED HIS DRAFT, BUT WHY DID YOU INSIST ON CALLING YOURSELF “RALPH ROSE”? John Hancock: I believe Kalcheim used his fathers’ first name for his credit as I did with mine but, in retrospect, I probably made a mistake in using the pseudonym. The producers wanted certain things in the script like a séance and this mysterious girl dressed in white who appears to Jessica. These additions didn’t make much sense to me, but the Mosses felt they would be particularly enjoyable and scary. I trusted their instincts because they had a concrete experience of audiences; they knew what people liked and what they didn’t like and in that regard they certainly had an advantage over most studio executives If you are a seasoned exhibitor, you know what kinds of sequences will make audiences get up and go buy candy and what sequences will keep them glued firmly to their seats. So I inserted the things they asked for into the screenplay, thinking, “Well, they are probably smart so I do as they ask.” … I didn’t want to be deemed responsible for these things as a writer, but I was certainly willing to be held accountable for them as a director

HOW DID YOU APPROACH REWORKING THE STORY? John Hancock: My initial approach to rewriting Jessica was to introduce as much personal and autobiographical material into the film as I possibly could. So the location of the fruit farm, an apple farm, and the image of the crop sprayer spewing pesticide is very much a scene out of my own childhood, have very strong memories of my father arriving back home coated white with poison and I did a lot of spraying myself so that cozy rural milieu was incredibly familiar to me. My father also played the double bass like Jessica’s husband does in the film. That big, black, coffin-like bass case was very much a fixture of my youth. It was something that traveled back and forth with us from our house in Chicago out to our farm in Indiana because, being a musician, Dad would take his bass along so he could practice.

WHY WERE YOU COMPELLED TO INVEST THE FILM WITH SO MANY ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE? John Hancock: I probably wanted to appropriate it make it something unique to me. I do think the feeling of being alone on the farm as a child certainly filtered into both the script and the film. I don’t know to what extent I specifically set out to do that, but it did make its presence felt. Jessica is a little like a child’s view of moving out to a farm: that feeling of wonder, curiosity and fear. 1 was very fond of our farm, but the pesticides, the loneliness, the graves and the idea that a lot of other people had actually died in the house where we were living – all of those things crawled out from my conscious and subconscious mind, and informed the movie. In scouting the film, I found several spooky locations that certainly scared me-interiors as well as exteriors. … I used an upstairs hallway in the house where Jessica and her companions are staying that had so many doors there was something quite disturbing about it: the idea that someone – or something – could suddenly come lurching out of the shadows at any moment and grab you. It was very unsettling. I think a couple of the most effective scenes in Jessica are filmed in that hallway

SOME CRITICS FEEL JESSICA EXTRACTS FROM CARNIVAL OF SOULS AND NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. WERE THOSE MOVIES IN ANY WAY INFLUENTIAL FOR YOU? John Hancock: It’s true that Carnival of Souls and Night of the Living Dead sometimes get mentioned in relation to Jessica, but I had not seen either film before making my picture. As a matter of fact, when I eventually saw Night of the Living Dead a few years later, I didn’t like it at all. Frankly, I found it crude and heavy-handed and I’m still not a fan of it. I don’t wish to offend or dismay anybody by saying that I certainly appreciate the fact that a lot of people consider that picture to be important and influential; I’m merely stating it was neither of those things for me. However, one film I did very much like and I had actually seen it before making Jessica – Was The Haunting. I thought that was a stunning movie and the idea of having a neurotic female as the lead character was an incredibly useful thing. It invited all kinds of underlying tenures, subtleties and developments to our story

SUCH AS THE USE OF AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR John Hancock: Yes, and, of course, that was a literary device before it was a cinematic one. There is a recurring tradition in literature, in ghost stories and horror stories of the unreliable narrator. You don’t know if you can trust the observations and perceptions of the main protagonist and you begin to question everything you’ve come to learn about them. Is this really happening or is it all just a by-product of madness and delusion? loved The Turn of the Screw, the way that novel makes you question whether or not the supernatural events are actually occurring or if the heroine is crazy. I thought it would be interesting to have a central female character in Jessica that is recovering from the effects of a nervous breakdown. This fragile- and possibly dangerous – woman is struggling to hold it all together and her slack grip on reality is loosening further. So, there’s an apparent threat that she will relapse and be totally consumed by her illness and I thought that would be a fascinating element to play with.

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WERE YOU AMBIVALENT ABOUT THE GENRE AT THIS EARLY JUNCTURE OF YOUR CAREER? John Hancock: No, I’ve always liked horror films. But I was motivated to make Jessica the kind of horror film that I wanted to see, something that spoke to my fears. I was alarmed by the notion that you can’t defuse or defeat evil – it forever lives inside and all around us – so I worked that fear into the story. I actually scared myself one night when I was writing the script and that experience was revelatory to me. I didn’t think it would ever be possible to scare myself during the act of writing and concentrating, but it did induce the shivers in me. I was writing the script at night and, at that time, I lived on the Hudson River in an old Tory place called Sneden’s Landing That house and the surrounding neighborhood had a peculiar atmosphere and the shadows always seemed very thick and threatening. The air was almost pungent with a Revolutionary War feeling and you really found it easy to believe that ghosts were wandering around that area at night. It was perfect, as I found that unnerving atmosphere assisted in getting me into the proper frame of mind to create a horror movie.

ONE OF THE FILM’S MOST REMARKABLE MOMENTS OCCURS WHEN EMILY SINKS BENEATH THE LAKE IN A CONTEMPORARY BATHING COSTUME ONLY TO SULLENLY RE-EMERGE IN A SODDEN 19TH-CENTURY WEDDING DRESS. John Hancock: God, I don’t know where that idea came from. I do know that over the years a lot of people have told me they find that scene incredibly unsettling. That image just came to me suddenly one night as I was writing. Actually, that was the same night I told you about earlier when I got scared working on the script. It was that very sequence, and the one that directly follows it where Jessica runs inside the house, barricades herself in the bedroom and hears the voices whispering to her in the darkness…. But the sight of Emily rising out of the water as this dripping apparition in a wedding dress seemed a disturbing one to me for some reason. It’s just so unexpected and weird and potent. I immediately knew it would be very scary if I executed it right

DO YOU RECALL ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT SHOOTING THAT SEQUENCE? John Hancock: I can distinctly remember feeling glad that I was safely on the shore with the camera shooting Mariclare Costello emerging from the lake. I’d spent a lot of time filming with the actors in the cold November water and, frankly. I was thankful to be out of there!  We also had to realize this creature that Jessica sees moving below the surface – and this was before animatronics and mechanical effects were common tools. We didn’t have the time or money to do anything complex. So, the morning before we shot that stuff, Charlie Moss and I worked this thing out in the swimming pool at our motel using a dummy with cement blocks at the bottom attached to various pulleys. We used the buoyancy of the puppet, pulling it up and down, and allowed the movement of the water to emphasise the swirling motion of the hair and the dress It was strangely disturbing to behold, actually.

ONE OF THE MOST QUIETLY DEVASTATING THINGS IN THE FILM IS THE USE OF WHISPERING VOICES ON THE SOUNDTRACK. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? John Hancock: I first had the idea for the whispering voices that Jessica hears when I was writing the script, but that approach became far more elaborate during post-production. Since this brittle woman has only just been released from an asylum, I felt there was always the possibility that she might hear voices that this veiled matiness could somehow be roused by her surroundings and the people she meets. Of course, it may all be happening to Jessica for real and this evil entity is indeed out to get her. The auditory elements helped to embellish that uncertainty. So, the whisperings and mutterings on the soundtrack gradually evolved and got thicker and denser. They became this cacophony that is always questioning and disturbing and pleading with Jessica. I can remember sitting down and writing dialogue for the voices whilst we were in the editing room cutting the film. I had to figure out exactly what they were going to say, when they should speak and how they could contribute to the character and the narrative. It was important that the voices gave the ambiguous impression that this woman may be losing her sanity again.

SOME OBSERVERS HAVE COMMENTED IN RETROSPECT THAT JESSICA SERVES AS AN ELEGY FOR THE “BITTER DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE LOVE GENERATION.” IS THAT HOW YOU READ IT? John Hancock: I was a little too old to be a hippie. Well, I was a hippie in a way, I guess, but maybe I considered myself to be something of an observer rather than an active participant in the whole Love thing…. I knew a lot of hippies back then and I can remember thinking. This is all just a tad. It will eventually pass and be replaced by Cynicism, Suspicion and despair. Just you wait and see!” And that pretty much came to pass throughout the 1970s. … You could already feel that negativity brewing when we were making Jessica, that things weren’t working out the way some of us had hoped and dreamed they would. There was Vietnam, all the civil unrest, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, and the dream was over. So, was certainly aware that the ideals of the Love Generation were perishing. Maybe that was the significance of Jessica and her friends riding around in a hearse with the word “Love” painted on it. It may have symbolized that those hippie values were now dying or dead. But there was also something weirdly cosmic to me about the contrast present in that image, which spoke to the eternal mysteries of life and death.

FILMED WITHOUT A DISTRIBUTOR, JESSICA WAS THEN PICKED UP BY PARAMOUNT. John Hancock: Yeah, and Paramount demonstrated great faith in the film. They gave it a wide release – just a sensational release. That title, Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, was Paramount’s title as we originally simply called it Jessica Frank Yablans, who was running Paramount at that point, came in with his team and gave the movie a more commercial-sounding title. I think the studio was right to do that as they really knew how to sell it. They knew how to generate the right heat and it was fascinating to observe them working to create the moody ad campaign for my movie. They did a great poster for it and wanted to emphasize certain aspects more prominently. It was like, “Okay, this is a horror film, so let’s make that fact clear to the audience. Let’s not be hesitant about this. Let’s eagerly embrace it and see how they respond.”

AND HOW DID AUDIENCES RESPOND? John Hancock: When the picture was first screened at The Criterion, they used all the old kind of ballyhoo: outside the theatre they had a horse-drawn hearse and coffins, and really created this wonderful, celebratory atmosphere. That energy was then carried inside the theatre when the audience sat down to watch the movie and they really had a great time with it. Seeing the picture play as well as it did that night was terrific. It was a packed house with the most vocal crowd I’ve ever been a part of They were about 70 percent black and were constantly yelling at the screen. … It’s obvious that Jessica is a cult film as it touches the hearts and minds of a certain kind of horror movie fan, for somebody who prefers their horror films to be a little more patient and profound -horror that has some emotional resonance and psychological truth to it. But I’m always surprised and delighted by the various reactions to Jessica and the different kinds of people it seems to attract…. A screening was recently organized in Chicago and there was one guy there that actually had his teeth filed to points so that he looked like a vampire. Naturally, he just loved the movie!

LASTLY, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT RUMORS OF A REMAKE? John Hancock: I’m not surprised there was talk of a remake. Nothing surprises me in this business anymore. There are so many remakes now it shows you the dearth of good ideas in Hollywood as studios just want to plunder their own past. I’d heard – and maybe this was ten years ago – that Robert Evans was making another picture using the same title. I don’t believe he was planning on doing a faithful remake with the same story and characters, but Let’s Scare Jessica to Death is clearly a good title. It’s a cult film so I imagine the attention would be somewhat modest. But it’s such a vivid title it would probably reawaken interest in my movie. I must confess, though, was delighted when Evans project didn’t happen. I mean, Jessica has aged so beautifully I liken the film to a fine wine: it’s actually gotten better in the barrel as the years have gone by.

CONCLUSION/RELEASE/DISTRIBUTION The Let’s Scare Jessica to Death shoot ran about 24-25 days, with a budget around $1 million. Filmed without a distributor, Jessica was picked up by Paramount Pictures as the previously moribund studio was starting to come back strong with Love Story, with a subsequent string of blockbusters like The Godfather to come. Former Paramount advertising executive Charles Glenn recalls, “I remember them bringing in the picture, we saw it and I liked it a lot. I felt it was extraordinarily scary. There was something raw about it that for me added to the suspense.

Hancock was incredibly pleased that Jessica was picked up by a major, and he felt the studio did a great job promoting the film. “They did a wonderful campaign, a wonderful poster, and they had a lot of the old ballyhoo outside the theater when they screened it, with a horse-drawn hearse and coffins. Paramount picking it up and that kind of major release was more than I could have hoped for.”

The studio also coined the movie’s final title; Hancock recalls that it had just been called Jessica, while Glenn remembers that it was then called The Satanists. The director confirms that the moniker change was Paramount’s idea, “and boy, were they right.” An advertising firm that worked with Paramount sent in a list of possible titles, and Let’s Scare Jessica to Death immediately leaped out at Glenn. Paramount wanted to change the title “to something more intimate, as though we were doing it, or someone could do it or someone has done it to you,” Glenn explains. “Like when you were a kid, ‘Let’s scare Mary when she comes around the corner.’ It was absolutely more in keeping with the screenplay and the arc of the picture. The title itself helped put it into the marketplace. It made the movie appealing to exhibitors.”

Yet with Let’s Scare Jessica to Death having strayed far from its initial comedic origins, Kalcheim was not thrilled with the finished product. “Honestly, when I saw it, I wasn’t crazy about it,” he says. “I took my name off and put my father’s name [Norman Jonas] on.” If the film had remained a comedy, “I believe it would have worked well. Obviously back in 1971 I didn’t like it much, but it seems to have improved with age. I saw it recently with my kids and some of it holds up very well. John (who also took a pseudonym, Ralph Rose, for his writing credit) created a real mood. It had a very good cast. I knew Zohra Lampert from Second City, and she was a terrific actress.”

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death ultimately turned out to be a modest success for Paramount, and everyone involved was pleased with the film and the experience of making it. Hancock went on to direct the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly, which featured a breakthrough role for Robert De Niro, for Paramount, yet he says, “My father liked Jessica better!”

CAST/CREW Directed John Hancock Produced Charles B. Moss Jr. William Badalato Written John Hancock Lee Kalcheim

Starring Zohra Lampert Barton Heyman Kevin O’Connor Gretchen Corbett Mariclare Costello

Music Orville Stoeber

CREDITS/REFERENCES/SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Fangoria#241 Fangoria#334 Rue Morgue#173

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) Retrospective SUMMARY Jessica (Zohra Lampert) has been released from a mental institution to the care of her husband, Duncan (Barton Heyman), who has given up his job as string bassist for the New York Philharmonic and purchased a rundown farmhouse on an island in upstate New York.

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The Ultimate Relationship Tag

Abel && Lucille

Disagreements:

Who is more likely to raise their voice? Lucille Who threatens to leave but never actually does? Abel Who actually keeps their word and leaves? I have the feeling Lu is more consequent here. Who trashes the house? More likely? Lucille. Do either of them get physical? If they do, only to calm the other down I suppose. Or keep the other from leaving. Like grasping shoulders or wrists. How often do they argue/disagree? Too often for my taste. Who is the first to apologize? Is it weird to think that I believe Lu is more willing to reconcile with him than vice versa; simply because she doesn’t hold on to things like he does.

Sex:

Who is on top? Abel, most of the times. But I assume Lu also has her time on top. Who is on the bottom? Lucille *refers to question above* Who has the strangest desires? On Abel’s side – no. How about Lu? *shifty eyes* Any kinks? I dare to believe that Lucille’s kinkier than Abel. Everyone’s kinkier than him but together, I think they would mess around with food. Who’s dominant in bed? I think Abel. Lu seemed to give in the past times. Is head ever in the equation? Yes If so, who is better at performing it? I’d say Lu. Ever had sex in public? Those two? So far, no. Who moans the most? Lucille Who leaves the most marks? Lucille Who screams the loudest? I’m not sure if any of them is a screamer. Correct me if I’m wrong. Who is the more experienced of the two? Now, that’s a question. Abel didn’t sleep around like Lu did but he’s still experienced and also older… you know what, next question. Do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’? Something in between seems about right. Rough or soft? Again, something in between. How long do they usually last? They always make sure both are content. Is protection used? I think I remember that she was taking the pill? Does it ever get boring? No, just complicated. Where is the strangest place they’d have sex? During a meeting in a room next door. I can’t really think of strange places.

Family:

Do your muses plan on having children/or have children? Right now, no. If so, how many children do your muses want/have? Who is the favorite parent? It depends on what it’s about. Who is the authoritative parent? Lucille Who is more likely to allow the children to have a day off school? Abel Who lets the children indulge in sweets and junk food when the other isn’t around? Lucille Who turns up to extra curricular activities to support their children? Both would Who goes to parent teacher interviews? Also, both Who changes the diapers? Abel Who gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby? Both Who spends the most time with the children? Tough question. THE NANNY. Who packs their lunch boxes? Abel Who gives their children ‘the talk’? Lucille Who cleans up after the kids? Abel Who worries the most? Lucille Who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from? Lucille

Affection:

Who likes to cuddle? Both. Without a doubt. Who is the little spoon? Lucille Who gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places? Lucille xD Who struggles to keep their hands to themself? Abel – he’d always try to touch her somehow.   How long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable? Once the other falls asleep and snores in their ear or starts to suffocate them with love… Who gives the most kisses? Abel What is their favourite non-sexual activity? Heading out for breakfast / lunch / dinner Where is their favourite place to cuddle? At home on the couch. Most comfy. Who is more likely to playfully grope the other? Let’s be honest – Lucille. How often do they get time to themselves? Every now and then. Now that both are in active leading positions in different mobs they have to take care about a lot of stuff.

Sleeping:

Who snores? I like to think that Abel does but Lucille purrs! If both do, who snores the loudest? Abel Do they share a bed or sleep separately? When they’re at the same place they share. If they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart? Ah nah, they cozy up. Tightly. Who talks in their sleep? Lucille What do they wear to bed? I can imagine that Lu wears negligees. Abel wears boxers and a band shirt. Are either of your muses insomniacs? Not in the usual meaning. I can imagine that there’s stuff keeping them awake but rather work-related. Can sleeping pills be found by the bedside? I suppose. Do they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side? Their wrapping themselves around each other. Who wakes up with bed hair? Abel Who wakes up first? That depends on the day. Who prepares breakfast in bed for the other? Abel What is their favourite sleeping position? Something like this? Who hogs the sheets? Lucille Do they set an alarm each night? No. Sometimes. Can a television be found in their bedroom? Not in Abels. I dunno about Lucille’s new place. Who has nightmares? Both Who has ridiculous dreams? Lucille – and I feel she’d gush about it at breakfast. Who sprawls out and takes up most of the bed? Lucille Who makes the bed? Both What time is bed time? There’s no such thing. You take care of stuff until it’s done, then you rest. Any routines/rituals before bed? I feel like dessert, tea or coffee would be their thing. Who’s the grumpiest when they wake up? Lucille.

Work:

Who is the busiest? I think Lu is because she’s just getting off to a flying start. Who rakes in the highest income? They’re both well off. Though I think the Vernerseen’s income is slightly bigger. Are any of your muses unemployed? Ha, certainly not. Who takes the most sick days? I don’t think they’d allow themselves such a break. It’s a fulltime thing, especially until Lucille’s mob is thriving. Who is more likely to turn up late to work? Abel Who sucks up to their boss? None of them. They’re their own boss. What are their jobs? They’re… business people. Doing more or less legal business. But still business! Who stresses the most? Lucille Do your muses enjoy or despise their careers/occupations? In general, Abel does – especially now that he’s off the O’Donoghue’s hook. I think Lu is a little overwhelmed and anxious. Are your muses financially stable? Oh yes.

Home:

Who does the washing? Lucille Who takes out the trash? Abel Who does the ironing? Abel Who does the cooking? Abel Who is more likely to burn the house down just trying? Lucille :P Who is messier? Abel Who leaves the toilet roll empty? Lucille Who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor? Abel Who forgets to flush the toilet? None of them would. Who is the prankster around the house? Lucille Who loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere? Lucille Who mows the lawn? What lawn… Who answers the telephone? Both Who does the vacuuming? Lucille Who does the groceries? Both. Lucille needs to decide what to eat for the week. Who takes the longest to shower? Lucille – or both together… Who spends the most time in the bathroom? Lucille

Miscellaneous:

Is money a problem? Not really at the moment. How many cars do they own? I dunno about Lucille but Abel owns 4 private cars and uses cars as a cover for his gunrunning. Do they own their home or do they rent? Again, I don’t know if Lu rents or owns but Abel does the latter. Do they live near the coast or deep in the countryside? Near the coastside would be nice. Do they live in the city or in the country? City Do they enjoy their surroundings? Yes, it never gets boring What’s their song? I’ll just go with ‘Lean on’ because that song named their ship. What do they do when they’re away from each other? Working. Trying to sort their messes. Where did they first meet? At a bar for criminals only. How did they first meet? She was hitting on him and threatening his genitals… (he won’t forget that) Who spends the most money when out shopping? Lucille Who’s more likely to flash their assets? Both I guess. Who finds it amusing when the other trips over? Abel Any mental issues? Lucille has Daddy-Issues. Since he started working for the O’Donoghues, Abel has a problem with violence and gets triggered in certain situations. Who’s terrified of bugs? I have the feeling both aren’t particularly fond of them. Who kills the spiders around the house? Abel’s non-killing-policy also applies to spider. He’d just catch them and put them outside. Their favourite place? I have the feeling that they would have a good time at a fair. Being anonymous, lots of food and fun things to do. Who pays the bills? Both do. Do they have any fears for their future? Of course. The mob business is always a delicate thing. If the authorities don’t find anything on you, maybe a rival with shoot you the next day. You never know. Who’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner? Lucille because I like to think that she’d want to try and learn to cook, then showing off to Abel. Who uses up all of the hot water? Lucille Who’s the tallest? Abel Who’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other? Lucille – but I’m convinced Abel could be doing it, too. Who wanders around in their underwear? Both Who sings the loudest when singing along to the radio? Abel What do they tease each other about? Abel teases her for being a food-lover and she would tease him about his oh-so adult attitude. Who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times? Lucille Do they have mutual friends? I think that could be the case. On accident. Who crushed first? Abel Any alcohol or substance related problems? Nope, I don’t think so. Who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am? Right now? Abel. At an earlier point of their story I would’ve said Lucille but she seems to focus a lot on the mob affairs. Who swears the most? I’d say Lucille.