Here are some ideas I have.
1. A "super assassin" created by the U.S. secret government (Black Projects), disappears on a mission and becomes the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Much to this one. This would be a Trilogy.
2. "The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood. NOT the recent Wendigo film of 2001 (which totally sucked ass), but one which closely follows the original story:
http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a0228.pdf
3. Either of my present screenplays
4. Lastly, one I've been thinking of lately, is of a family living in a HUGE Victorian mansion. This family has lived in this house all of their lives and more or less confined themselves to the ten or twelve rooms they tend to use and the rest of the house - at least three times as many rooms, if not more - are closed up and unoccupied. None of the family members care to deal with cleaning and maintaining the other areas, so doors are kept shut, windows closed, and furniture is covered with sheets and plastic. The place they use suits them well, anything else is extra work so they let it lie. The "other" part of the house is quite creepy and the basement is deep and largely unexplored. Upon occasion the family members hear inexplicable, mysterious sounds from the "closed" and unoccupied areas of the house: muffled voices and sudden unexplained bangings and thumping. Sometimes as they pass a hallway which leads to those areas they glimpse doors closing suddenly, or a quick shape gliding across a darkened hallway to disappear into an "uninhabited" room. When they go to investigate there is nothing out of the ordinary. Things scamper to hide when they arrive unexpectedly, and they only catch the slightest impression of what they seem to be. Upon occasion they feel that, when they least expect it, someone or something creeps into their living areas, absconds with some of their belongings, spies on them in their most intimate and private moments and invades their pantry and refrigerator with impunity. Beef and other meats seem to be a favorite item for theft. They occasionally feel that they are being victimized or molested as they sleep, or when they are almost asleep, or in some sort of "altered state" which they don't understand. The most maddening aspect of all of this turns out to be that, in spite of the certainty that they feel "something" is going on, they can never catch anyone or anything in the act, nor can they prove that the invaders or squatters actually exist. Over time, they come to feel that they are either all insane, or that the beings are essentially benevolent. They condition their children to have little or no fear of the strange and mysterious areas and phenomenon. The relationship between the family and the "others" is identical to that which a host or prey population has with a predatory or parasitical species.
The key with this movie is to never show the beings who live there. Leave that to the imagination. Their is much more plot and background to the story, but this is the main thrust of the movie. Suspense and psychological horror.
Let me know what you think.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
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