Sports titles easily transform into horror flicks
by Nick Nance, Managing Editor

    After careful examination, I have made a startling discovery: movie titles about sports are not too far away from titles for horror movies.
    A few of my possible all-time favorite scary movies include the following.
    Field of Screams, starring Kevin Costner, is about a family attacked by ghosts who force the family to build them a place to play. A baseball field is chosen, and the family then fights these ghosts to ensure the safety of the town, their family and the world.
     If you don't build it, they will come after you.
     I also believe a small change in one of the funniest golfing movies ever would create another intense who-done-it thriller.
     Caddystabber with Bill Murray follows an angry course caretaker who takes his anger about torn-up greens out on unsuspecting players. A crucial scene follows Murray as he attempts to rid the golfing world of those who cannot play.
     Nascar racing brings us a gory tale of success, failure and murder. Days of Murder stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in a violent depiction of what happens when a racecar driver gets jealous of his former girlfriend and sets out to vindicate their relationship.
     Any Given Sunday Massacre is an in-depth story about a mob boss' daughter who takes over the family business. When she finds out a rival business had something to do with her father's death, the next actions rival the body count of Terminator.
     During draft season, nothing would be more surreal and off the wall than the edge-of-your-seat murder mystery Jerry Mcguire.
     Another movie with Cruise portrays him as the Sherlock Holmes of the sports world.
     He left the police field for the highly profitable and fast paced world of being a player agent. He is then part of a cat-and-mouse game of who assaulted, raped and then murdered one of his tennis star clients.
     Obviously, a minor adjustment in ideas and movie plot can turn a movie about sports into a thrilling mystery with a bit more appeal than typical guy flicks.
     A great sports movie that needs no adjusting is the in-your-face Happy Gilmore starring Adam Sandler.