I feel like it's kind of a thing that writers will explain otherwise inexplicable turns of events by someone or something getting struck by lightning or electrocuted or because electromagnetic waves or whatever. It's a ridiculously uninventive narrative cop-out, but that's why it's so great.
1. Friday the 13th pt V (I think): Jason is resurrected when his corpse is struck by lightning.
2. Friday the 13th pt. VIII: Jason is resurrected when his corpse when his underwater corpse comes into contact with a severed electric cable.
3. This one terrible TV show where paranormal activity always was preceded by cheap special effect electricity currents.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Monday, 18 March 2013 00:00 (thirteen years ago)
Maximum overdrive
― mister borges (darraghmac), Monday, 18 March 2013 00:02 (thirteen years ago)
4. "What Women Want" (co. Wikipedia): ...he slips and falls into his bathtub while holding an electric hairdryer, shocking himself. The next day, Nick wakes up able to understand his maid's thoughts...
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Monday, 18 March 2013 00:02 (thirteen years ago)
Frankenstein
― Another turning point, a stork fuck in the road (ledge), Monday, 18 March 2013 00:06 (thirteen years ago)
does Shocker count?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 March 2013 00:14 (thirteen years ago)
Is the flip side of this when something supernatural happens through an electronic device and it turns out that it isn't even plugged in! I think for example the fortune telling machine in Big?
I seem to remember some electrical themes in Something Wicked This Way Comes but I can't remember exactly what.
― wk, Monday, 18 March 2013 00:30 (thirteen years ago)
Xxpost: I feel like Frankenstein is probably responsible for all of these.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Monday, 18 March 2013 00:59 (thirteen years ago)