Thread: You be the Director...

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If y'all got to direct a new horror movie, what key elements would you want included to make sure it really kicked some $@%......

How would you set the scene? Camping or hiking in the woods, car breaking down on a deserted roadway, maybe getting caught in a haunted house, mansion, or hotel? Would you have the victims caving, or would they be on the ocean? Would it take place in the city? Island? Foreign land?

Would your killer be the obvious madman type, the seemingly normal, looks can be deceiving type, or the vampire, voodoo priest type? Would there be one killer or several?

Would your movie be a psychological thriller? Paranormal thriller? Slasher flick? How 'bout would it have more plot twists than you can count, or would it be pretty straight forward? High or low body count? Would there be many unsuspecting, witless victims or a few smart ones, giving the killer(s) a run for his money? Or would it be her money?

Anyways.....just wondering what elements y'all think would create the best new entertaining film.........

Let's see:

Definitely a psychological thriller, with plenty of plot twists, and a female villain (I really think that us girls get way too little airtime as the baddie). We can be just as evil as anybody else, right ladies?

The setting? A huge old haunted house/estate on the coast of England (think "The Uninvited") Complete with weird old servants (think "Rebecca") but will they be evil or good??

Not opposed to gore, but much prefer the suggestion of it, that is often more scary than witnessing everything on the screen. Maybe some children in jeopardy, that always makes my blood run cold.

And the victims should always be smart, that makes everything much more fun!!!

I want to see more ghost forums with haunted homes.

I just wish there was no "warning" music whenever something is about to happen. Just make the killer bust thru the window/door with absolutely no warning and make me scream!!!!!!!

It's all about atmosphere, my dear. The time of year and time of day are very important. Fall or winter, and dusk or night. Use of the naturally occurring phenomena that gives the human psyche a chill. The whistling of a cold wind, the rustling of leaves, the light fading into darkness, the quiet and loneliness of the night. A lightning storm with heavy rain. The hoot of an owl or the screech of a crow. The setting of a hollow or deep woods, a place where man loses all the feelings of empowerment that comes from having tamed the world. The fear of the unknown. That's what really turns me on, not guts and gore. Just think about John Carpenter's original Halloween, virtually no gore and blood, but all priceless atmosphere that was scary as hell. Gotta love it!!!

Originally Posted by Haunted Horseman

It's all about atmosphere, my dear. The time of year and time of day are very important. Fall or winter, and dusk or night. Use of the naturally occurring phenomena that gives the human psyche a chill. The whistling of a cold wind, the rustling of leaves, the light fading into darkness, the quiet and loneliness of the night. A lightning storm with heavy rain. The hoot of an owl or the screech of a crow. The setting of a hollow or deep woods, a place where man loses all the feelings of empowerment that comes from having tamed the world. The fear of the unknown. That's what really turns me on, not guts and gore. Just think about John Carpenter's original Halloween, virtually no gore and blood, but all priceless atmosphere that was scary as hell. Gotta love it!!!

I DO love it! I'm already pulled in, keep going, keep going!

Oooh, you guys are GOOD!

The weird old servants will be evil, of course, Hooch....

I agree, Deadna, we viewers get waaay too much warning music!

I have total faith that this group could put together some great new horror movies...we are the most qualified critics of the films already out there, after all...

Remember SUSPICION??
Hitchcock flick where the lady who is married to Cary Grant thinks he is trying to kill her.
At the end of the movie, Cary Grant decides to go to jail...
but the book was different...at first, I remembered it as HER getting HIM in her gun sights and saying;"Lover, you are good and you've done a lot for me, buuuut you just can't go on.." and squeezed the trigger.
Wrong wrong wrong.
In the book she drinks that glass of milk that he comes up stairs with..the glass that glowed in the dark.
Now that just torqued me off...and I would re do it...
My idea is that they hunt one another...the guy who needs her dead to pay off his debts.
She, who has awakened to her true potential as a woman and lover and decision maker...
Think Mr. and Mrs. Smith but for real and not for laughs.
It's done on the east coast. Fall. The tourists are gone and there might be a looney gramma hanging around...his...to add a joker to the deck...and she is pushing his buttons and getting him hot and bothered and keeping him crazy...
Or him, cooking up something for supper and looks over the wok he is cooking over and says:"
pork chow mein??"
Not as crazy as the guy in the J Lo movie who was all comic book villan to begin with...he still has a logical reason for everything that is happening and you are not sure if he is the real thing or just a schlump who might die because he is in the wrong place at the wrong time...
And the last night happens on Halloween...costumes...black female vampire dress..and a
.38 in the dark..and it lines up in four minutes that he is a total anti social personality disorder (you know it as a sociopath) and has his arms around her and she is ready to jump in the sack with him and forgive him and give him a night of love that will close down the honkey tonks when she figures him out and they start that last dance of death...
PRC never had it so good...

Are you entering Dare To Direct contest? That's really sweet it you are! If I had the time I'd make my own little horror flick. Anyways there's this really cool contest brought to you by Chillertv.com Check it out, you could probably subbmit your film and have a **** at winning some money.

Dare 2 Direct

Personally, I would love to see another really good "Killer Kid" flick. The end of Pet Cemetery freaked me out pretty bad. Watching cute little Gage Creed slowly stalking his own parents with a scalpel gave me the heebie jeebies.

So, given the choice, I would do a "killer kid" movie. Maybe a child around 4 years old, barely knowing how to speak, is overtaken by some unseen force. He/she starts to speak, walk, and think like a full grown psychopath. The parents have to figure out a way to rid their child of this entity without killing that lovable child that they know is inside this demon somewhere. This proves to be a real task because , on the outside, the child doesn't look all Chucky-ish, but perfectly normal with wispy blonde hair and fat rosy cheeks.My setting would be sort of "Little House On The Prairie-ish". Mid summer, surrounded by miles and miles of plains and farmland. Nowhere to run.

The only person in the village who may have been of some use, the Pastor, has been disemboweled and burt to a crisp inside of his own chapel............well, I won't give away the rest. Mainly because I haven't thought of it yet. But you get the main theme..

Originally Posted by RookieSpooker

The only person in the village who may have been of some use, the Pastor, has been disemboweled and burt to a crisp inside of his own chapel............well, I won't give away the rest. Mainly because I haven't thought of it yet. But you get the main theme..

What does it say about me that I am sitting here laughing my $** off at that?? I'm sorry Mr. Pastor, that's so wrong. But that's a mighty good start, Rookie, the whole idea would be REALLY creepy indeed....Gage has always given me the shivers too...ACK, and that part where he cuts 'ole Fred G.'s ankles from under the bed, LORD.....'I wanna play with youuuuuuuuuuuu!'

I like your idea, uncletor!

Nope, halloweenrocks, not entering that contest...I have to sleep sometime, got too much goin' on as it is.