What scares you? Help a filmmaker out.

[gro07]

Hi, I am an amateur filmmaker and is planning to make a full length (1,5 hours) horror movie.
It is about this girl named Alice and she is a regular student, maybe a bit too boring, and she hasnt got any friends, suddenly she meets a guy named John with charistma and a lot of friends. John invites Alice to some parties and is offered alcohol and light drugs. She also meets some strange characters with conections to John. Its all inspired of Alice in Wonderland where a girl enters a strange and new world. All the characters are supposed to resemble the characters from the book.
Its all good but suddenly she is being followed by a nameless horror with a mask that hides his face. Also she meets a mysterious girl who seems to know something about the masked man but speaks in riddles (cheesy? Yes).
After many encounters (one ending in a close to rape) she needs to face this masked foe once and for all.
The twist is that John is a schizofren and his alter ego is the masked man (but dont tell anyone).
So, Alice is being followed by this guy and now I need some horror into it.
I have thought it trough but since this is my first real project I need som professional ideas, writing a script is tough! And it drains you'r energy quickly.
So, I need idea for scenes.
The setting is a medium city, it's spring and it's vacation.
Please, any ideas for scary scenes or any ideas what so ever will be highly appreceated.
Thank You!
Gilded Hammer Productions
ps: I just wrote the short of things, there is a ton more. DS

[neverending]

What scares me is people who call themselves writers but can't spell.

[gro07]

What scares me is people who call themselves writers but can't spell.

I totaly agree, It pisses me off so much, like, there is a guy in my school who says "hey man, look at my new poem" and like it has all of these spelling errors and im like "yeah man, good work" because im such a nice guy I guess.
And if you are reffering to me, I'm swedish.

[neverending]

I totaly agree, It pisses me off so much, like, there is a guy in my school who says "hey man, look at my new poem" and like it has all of these spelling errors and im like "yeah man, good work" because im such a nice guy I guess.
And if you are reffering to me, I'm swedish.

Well, that would explain a few things. :p

[horrorchic]

To be honest, I think the story is interesting, but could easily fall apart. Also if you are writing the script in Swedish then you probably will have less issues with grammar and spelling, but if you do write in English then I recommend trying to provide it to either a fresh English student (all the rules and spelling is still fresh in their mind) or a professional writer/editor. It also maybe a good chance that you can outline it and give it to someone who can write more easily in whatever language you want.

[gro07]

To be honest, I think the story is interesting, but could easily fall apart. Also if you are writing the script in Swedish then you probably will have less issues with grammar and spelling, but if you do write in English then I recommend trying to provide it to either a fresh English student (all the rules and spelling is still fresh in their mind) or a professional writer/editor. It also maybe a good chance that you can outline it and give it to someone who can write more easily in whatever language you want.

Im actualy writing it in swedish, but thanks for the tips, what do you mean with "easily fall apart"?

[horrorchic]

Well with anything that is drug induced and is about drugs, you can over do it on the delusions, illusions, and general madness. If the audience can never tell where reality begins and the dream-state ends then they most likely will decide that the movie as a whole is a wash. But in a very off chance you could become the next David Lynch, just from Sweden instead, I say go ahead and at least write a tentative script. Point is to try to make the difference discernible.

Though I don't want to deter you from the theme you have chosen, please keep in mind that Alice in Wonderland for the next couple of years maybe over done as a theme, since Burton and now those Kondelik Brothers have developed and started filming Alice movies; I can already tell that the theme is a bit used.

[gro07]

Though I don't want to deter you from the theme you have chosen, please keep in mind that Alice in Wonderland for the next couple of years maybe over done as a theme, since Burton and now those Kondelik Brothers have developed and started filming Alice movies; I can already tell that the theme is a bit used.

You have a point. Alice in wonderand is quite used... Maybe I'll re-think the concept. Thanks a million.

[horrorchic]

Not a problem, independent film makers have to stick together. Otherwise there is no one there to help us out.

[gro07]

Darn straight. :)

[Doc Faustus]

The Alice in Wonderland/drug narrative connection is elementary and overused. Dig deeper. Also, the setup is too familiar. Also, look up Schizophrenia. What you mean is he has a multiple personality, or suffers from Dissociative Personality Disorder. With only a handful of exceptions, Schizophrenics are people with delusions that are more likely to harm themselves than anybody else. I advise you to expose yourself to good surrealism. It doesn't need excuses like Schizophrenia and drugs. Lynch never says "he was on lots of drugs" or "he was mentally ill", neither does Jodorowsky. Expand your horizons artisically and expand your limits. Take a look at the films in our top 100 lists.
And for your benefit, the last words on weirdness and perception:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/cas/english/faculty/conte/syllabi/377/Wallace_Stevens.html

[JustSarah]

The thing I would go for, is more the Clockwork Orange, Twilight zone fuck with your mind type of horror, to me they always seemed the most scary. You know, because life always has those unique twists.^^

[horrorsniped]

What scares me is people who call themselves writers but can't spell.

Wow that comment was a little hostile. You normally this blunt?

[Scarebaby]

Im actualy writing it in swedish, but thanks for the tips, what do you mean with "easily fall apart"?

Jag kan ge dig tips på svenska om du vill. :p

[aceofspades70]

I agree with Doc. Take your time and come up with something more original. Create original characters that are distinguished. Example: the guy from Slingblade that scoots the chair across the floor and talks senseless shit about a Mercury to Carl. or: the pig face guy who blast everything straight to hell with a machine gun in Waterworld.

I've always liked characters who stand out in a film. It's a good way to keep the audience's attention. Good luck.

[Maniacal]

Lettuce. Scariest thing on the planet.

[cheebacheeba]

Having a fish-hook caught in my penis.

[Angra]

Having a fish-hook caught in my penis.

Hate when that happens.

Or even worse, when the hook catches your ballsack and just rips it open..

[milktoaste]

crotch damage is such a. . . low blow.

Neverending scares me. Someone should make a movie about him walking into a room full of 18 year olds. Say something stupid, you'll start to see what I'm talking about, terrifying.

[Caenxavier]

Say something stupid, you'll start to see what I'm talking about, terrifying.

Like....

Carl Sagan is a brainless fuckwad?

[Angra]

Neverending scares me. Someone should make a movie about him walking into a room full of 18 year olds. Say something stupid, you'll start to see what I'm talking about, terrifying.


Sounds like comedy to me.