Stardust
When the dying king of Stormhold throws a ruby into the sky - stating that his successor will be the one who recovers it - the gem hits a star causing them both to fall to Earth. When Tristan sees the star
fall he vows to get it for Victoria who he intends to marry only to find that the star is in fact personified as a woman named Yvaine. Having seen the star fall, three witches search for Yvaine in order to eat her heart to recover their youth. In order to save Yvaine's life, Tristan fights the last remaining witch, Lamia and Yvaine's love for Tristan incinerates Lamia. Tristan is crowned King of Stormhold after discovering his mother is the long-lost princess of Stormhold, Una.
fall he vows to get it for Victoria who he intends to marry only to find that the star is in fact personified as a woman named Yvaine. Having seen the star fall, three witches search for Yvaine in order to eat her heart to recover their youth. In order to save Yvaine's life, Tristan fights the last remaining witch, Lamia and Yvaine's love for Tristan incinerates Lamia. Tristan is crowned King of Stormhold after discovering his mother is the long-lost princess of Stormhold, Una.
Hellboy: The Golden Army
Prince Nuada went into self-exile after his father destroyed the crown piece that controlled the Golden Army. In the present, Nuada collects the first piece of the crown from an auction in New York, killing everyone at the site by unleashing tooth fairies, and kills his father for the second piece. When his twin sister, Princess Nuala escapes with the final crown piece she hides out at the BPRD
where she meets Agents Hellboy, Liz and Abe Sapien. Nuada tracks down his sister and Nuala hides the final crown piece in one of the Abe's books before Nuada critically wounds Hellboy and kidnaps Nuala, promising her in exchange for the crown piece after realising Abe is in love with Nuala. The agents travel to Northern Ireland where the Golden Army is situated and Hellboy, having been healed by an Angel of Death, challenges Nuada for the crown as the army awakens who is forced to accept, since Hellboy's father was a Prince of Sheol, the Fallen One, a member of Hell's royal family. Nuala commits suicide to stop her brother due to their mental connection and dies in Abe's arms
where she meets Agents Hellboy, Liz and Abe Sapien. Nuada tracks down his sister and Nuala hides the final crown piece in one of the Abe's books before Nuada critically wounds Hellboy and kidnaps Nuala, promising her in exchange for the crown piece after realising Abe is in love with Nuala. The agents travel to Northern Ireland where the Golden Army is situated and Hellboy, having been healed by an Angel of Death, challenges Nuada for the crown as the army awakens who is forced to accept, since Hellboy's father was a Prince of Sheol, the Fallen One, a member of Hell's royal family. Nuala commits suicide to stop her brother due to their mental connection and dies in Abe's arms
Clary Fray witnesses the death of a man in a nightclub only to discover that no one else can see the murderer. Clary returns home and finds her mother is missing and is attacked by a demon lurking in the house before the murderer, Jace Wayland kills it, revealing that he is a Shadowhunter (half-human half-angel warriors). Learning that the men who took her mother are after the Mortal Cup, Clary meets Shadowhunter siblings Isabelle and Alec Lightwood who help her, Jace and her best friend, Simon hunt down Valentine Morgernstern, a traitor and ex-Shadowhunter. When they meet Magnus Bane in order to restore Clary's memories of the Shadowhunter world, Simon is kidnapped by vampires and the others go after him before being aided by a pack of werewolves. Jace and Clary begin a romantic relationship just before Simon confesses his love for Clary. When the New York Institute falls under attack by demons, Clary and Jace meet Valentine and fight him before he claims that they are both his children leading to Clary pushing Valentine through a portal in the library of the Institute.
The Last Witch Hunter800 years ago, Kaulder was cursed with eternal life by killing the Queen of the witches. In the present day, he prevents a teenage witch from unintentionally destroying an airplane, working as a witch
hunter for an organization called the Axe and Cross, which aims to keep the truce between humans and witches and either executes or imprisons the witches who break the law. When the priest he works with called Dolan 36 is supposedly killed, Kaulder goes to a witch bar, owned by Chloe and Miranda, to buy a memory spell to help him remember how he died and came back. Chloe eventually agrees to give the spell. During the process of reliving Kaulder's memory, the bar is attacked by Ketola, the witch that cursed 36. He later attacks Chloe at her apartment, though Kaulder saves her. After Miranda is killed by Ketola, Chloe agrees to help Kaulder get what he needs to kill him. Chloe reveals herself to be a dream-walker and frees his mind and the pair escape. They discover that though the Queen's body burned to ash, Kaulder's then Dolan decided to spare her heart in order to save Kaulder from the related pain, meaning that his immortality is tied to the Queen's heart, and if it were to die so would he therefore realising that Ketola's real plan is to revive the Queen. When the Queen escapes into the city after Kaulder kills Ketola, the members of the Witch Council, which is holding the Witches' Prison, are killed and the Queen plans to enact another plague curse using the prisoners as a magical power source. Kuala throws his sword into the Queen, burning her to ash and prepares to kill both the Queen's heart and him; but Chloe dissuades him, promising to stay by his side.
Having looked at all four films I noticed particular elements which seem to reoccur:
- awkward sibling relationships (Jace and Clary, Nuala and Nuada)
- betrayal (Valentine, Nuala/Nuada)
- kidnapping (Simon, Nuala, Yvaine, Una, Dolan 36)
These three elements I plan to be key in my short film: 'Halfbreed'
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