genre basket case 3: the progeny
A ___MASK7___ writer , screenwriter for short , scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting , writing screenplays on which ___MASK65___ media such as films , television programs , comics or video games are based . Blu - ray or Blu - ray Disc ( BD ) is a digital optical disc data storage format . It was designed to supersede the DVD format , in that it is capable of storing high - definition ( 720p and 1080p ) and ultra high - definition ___MASK15___ resolution ( 2160p ). The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1 . 2 mm thick , the same size as DVDs and CDs . Conventional ( pre - BD - XL ) Blu - ray Disc discs contain 25 GB per layer , with dual layer discs ( 50 GB ) being the industry standard for feature - length ___MASK15___ discs . Triple - layer discs ( 100 GB ) and quadruple layers ( 128 GB ) are available for " BD - XL " re - writer drives . The name " Blu - ray " refers to the blue laser ( specifically , a violet laser ) used to read the disc , which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer - wavelength red laser used for DVDs . The main application of Blu - ray is as a medium for ___MASK15___ material such as feature films and physical distribution of ___MASK15___ games for the PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , and Xbox One . Besides the hardware specifications , Blu - ray is associated with a set of multimedia formats . In a modern sense , ___MASK72___ ( from the , " kmidía ") refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter , especially in theatre , ___MASK82___ , film , and stand - up ___MASK72___ . The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece . In the Athenian ___MASK93___ , the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the ___MASK53___ poets at the theaters . The theatrical genre of Greek ___MASK72___ can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict . Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a " ___MASK48___ of Youth " and a " ___MASK48___ of the Old ". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of ___MASK72___ as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes . In this struggle , the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority , and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous ___MASK78___ agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , ___MASK41___ , media , art , ___MASK81___ , research , ___MASK61___ , ___MASK88___ , and ___MASK9___ , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . Frank Henenlotter ( born August 29 , 1950 in New York City ), is an American screenwriter , film director and film historian . He is known primarily for his ___MASK4___ comedies , though he would prefer to be classified as an " exploitation " filmmaker ( rather than ___MASK4___ ). " I never felt that I made  ___MASK4___ films , he has said . " I always felt that I made exploitation films . Exploitation films have an attitude more than anything  an attitude that you don  t find with mainstream Hollywood productions . They  re a little ruder , a little raunchier , they deal with material people don  t usually touch on , whether it  s sex or drugs or rock and roll ." Basket Case 3 : The Progeny is a 1991 American ___MASK72___ ___MASK4___ film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter . It is the third installment of the Basket Case series , which was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 2004 . Synapse Films released a new DVD on October 9 , 2012 . Twentieth Century Fox Home ___MASK9___ LLC ( formerly Twentieth Century Fox Home ___MASK9___ , Inc ., doing business as 20th Century Fox Home ___MASK9___ ) is the home video distribution arm of the 20th Century Fox film studio . It was established in 1977 as Magnetic Video and was later known as 20th Century Fox Video , CBS / Fox Video and FoxVideo , Inc . The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 American ___MASK74___ film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut , produced by Joss Whedon , and written by Whedon and Goddard . The film stars Kristen Connolly , Chris Hemsworth , Anna Hutchison , Fran Kranz , Jesse Williams , Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford . The plot follows a group of college students who retreat to a remote forest cabin where they fall victim to backwoods zombies and the two technicians who manipulate the ongoing events from an underground facility . Magnetic ___MASK15___ Corporation is a defunct home ___MASK15___ / home audio duplication service , that operated between 1968 - 1982 . DVD ( an abbreviation of " digital versatile disc " or " digital ___MASK15___ disc ") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips , Sony , Toshiba , and Panasonic in 1995 . The medium can store any kind of digital data and is widely used for software and other computer files as well as ___MASK15___ programs watched using DVD players . DVDs offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions . Synapse Films is an American DVD and Blu - ray label , founded in 1997 and specializing in ___MASK18___ ___MASK4___ , science fiction and exploitation films . It was owned and operated by Don May , Jr . and his business partners Jerry Chandler and Charles Fiedler ; the catalyst being May ' s longstanding interest in and passion for TV and cinema . He is quoted as explaining :  I caught the laserdisc bug while working at a local laserdisc store while I was in college . I was selling laserdisc players and buying product and I pretty much spent every extra dollar I had on laserdiscs . I loved movies and the disc format and knew this was a business I wanted to be in . May became a part owner of Elite Entertainment after leaving his aforementioned job in laserdisc retail . Home ___MASK15___ is pre - recorded media that is either sold , rented or streamed for home ___MASK9___ . The term originates from the VHS / Betamax era , when the predominant medium was videotape , but has carried over into current optical disc formats like DVD and Blu - ray Disc and , to a lesser extent , into methods of digital distribution such as Netflix , Hulu , and Amazon Video . Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ( known as Twentieth Century - Fox with hyphen from 1935 until 1985 , professionally as 20th Century Fox , Twentieth Century Fox or simply known as Fox ) is an American film studio and film distributor currently owned by 21st Century Fox . It is one of the " Big Six " major American film studios and is located in the Century City area of Los Angeles , just west of Beverly Hills . The studio was formerly owned by ___MASK36___ Corporation . A film ___MASK96___ ( or ) is a motion picture category based on similarities in either the ___MASK38___ elements or the emotional response to the film ( namely , serious , comic , etc .). Most theories of film ___MASK96___ are borrowed from literary ___MASK96___ ___MASK89___ . The basic genres include fiction and documentary , from which subgenres have emerged , such as docufiction and docudrama . Other subgenres include the courtroom and trial - focused drama known as the legal drama . Types of fiction which may seem unrelated can also be combined to form hybrid subgenres , such as the melding of ___MASK4___ and comedy in the " Evil Dead " films . Other popular combinations are the romantic comedy and the action comedy film . ___MASK72___ ___MASK4___ is a literary and film genre that combines elements of ___MASK72___ and ___MASK4___ fiction . ___MASK72___ ___MASK4___ has been described as able to be categorized under three types : " black ___MASK72___ , parody and spoof ." The genre almost inevitably crosses over with the black ___MASK72___ genre . ___MASK72___ ___MASK4___ will often use satire on ___MASK4___ cliches as its main source of humour or take a story in a different perspective , such as " The Cabin in the Woods " and " Tucker & Dale vs . Evil ". A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film ' s artistic and ___MASK46___ aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union ___MASK99___ , the director is viewed as the author of the film . The CBS / Fox Company , or CBS / Fox ___MASK15___ was a home ___MASK15___ company formed and established in 1982 , as a merger between 20th Century - Fox ___MASK15___ , formerly Magnetic ___MASK15___ Corporation , and CBS ___MASK15___ Enterprises which sold film libraries from major American film studios and was the American licensee of BBC ___MASK15___ releases . These products were released in the VHS , Laserdisc , and Betamax home ___MASK15___ formats . ___MASK4___ is a genre of fiction which is intended to , or has the capacity to frighten , scare , disgust , or startle their readers or viewers by inducing feelings of ___MASK4___ and terror . Literary historian J . A . Cuddon has defined the ___MASK4___ story as " a piece of fiction in prose of variable length ... which shocks or even frightens the reader , or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing ". It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere . ___MASK4___ is frequently supernatural , though it can be non - supernatural . Often the central menace of a work of ___MASK4___ fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society . Black ___MASK72___ or dark ___MASK72___ is a ___MASK53___ style that makes light of subjects that are generally considered serious or taboo . Literary critics have associated black ___MASK72___ and black humor with authors as early as the ancient Greeks with Aristophanes . Black ___MASK72___ corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor .