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[Chuck58]

I'm a big horror. Horror/comedy being my flavor of choice. The nice thing about horror is that it makes for a good "break in" device. Just because you choose to start with horror doesn't necessarily mean you have to be stuck there. Peter Jackson made a big name for himself with the "Lord of The Rings Trilogy" but not many outside of horror fans know that he was responsible for writing what is still considered the gorriest horror film of all time, "Dead Alive!" If anyone's interested I highly recomend this one.

Agreed. I love to write horror, supernatural, and mix them. One of my novels is a mystery with supernatural elements. Plus, many writers, novel and screenplay, make very good livings and seldom or never stray from those fields. I envy those who can switch genre in a heartbeat and turn out good copy.

[uncle_al]

All that having been said, horror (in all its flavors) is still not my cuppa.
Science fiction, comedy, action, superheroes, musicals... not a problem.
Suspense?  Shock?  Even graphic violence (to serve the story)?  Cool.
Just don't get into them scary-type pictures.

Oh, well...

Cheers!
Al B.

[rnbrewer]

I'm a big horror. Horror/comedy being my flavor of choice. The nice thing about horror is that it makes for a good "break in" device. Just because you choose to start with horror doesn't necessarily mean you have to be stuck there. Peter Jackson made a big name for himself with the "Lord of The Rings Trilogy" but not many outside of horror fans know that he was responsible for writing what is still considered the gorriest horror film of all time, "Dead Alive!" If anyone's interested I highly recomend this one.

[Chuck58]

Well, Al, this is a tiny snippet from one of my novels. There are pages in front and the entire book behind. I'll occasionally get more graphic, but I like to think the reader has enough imagination to fill in the spaces.

It puzzled her that he had picked the exact room she was given, and she wondered again who he was.
“Have you been here before?” she asked.
He shook his head. “This is not your regular room?”
“I don’t have a regular room. How did you know?”
“I know many things, Vickie Gentry. So shall you before we are finished.”
She froze. Her hand, holding the key, stopped halfway to the lock and dropped to her side.
“Okay, pal. I don’t like this. How did you know my name?”
“It is your name, is it not?”
“Tell you what. Let me give you your money back and we’ll skip it. Okay?”
“It has to be you, Vickie Gentry.” He stared into her eyes. She found herself unable to resist. Her hand rose. The key went into the lock, the door opened, and she walked into the room.
“Turn to me,” he commanded.
She did as she was ordered. The last thing she remembered was fetid breath as his mouth went to her neck. She felt a sharp pain. Darkness followed.
He lowered her to the floor and finished what he was doing. Some time after his teeth sank into her neck, the young woman died.
The prostitute had been all he hoped for. He rose to his feet and stared down at the lifeless form. Then, he turned and walked casually from the room. He crossed the parking lot, keeping to the shadows. Inside the car, he sat for a moment and savored the event. Finally, he started the engine and drove away.

[uncle_al]

Most low to no-budget filmmakers I've met are making horror/vampire/slasher/zombie/werewolf/monster-type films (all the delineations I've put in make it clearer, I think, that the genre is wide), and most will get some viewership, with possibly DVD sales.  Mike Hartman, who wrote, produced, and directed the film I worked on, HEAVY MENTAL, is one such filmmaker.

There seems to be an unquenchable thirst {oooo, no pun intended...} for these kinds of films.  Not my cuppa, but I see the appeal...

If I tried to write one of these films, you probably could tell it would suck, since I don't have the mindset to really get into them.  But there are those who do...  John Russo, whose cinematic career extends from Night of the Living Dead (he produced it) on forward, is one who has the mind for this genre.

Cheers!
Al B.

[rnbrewer]

It doesn't seem to matter how saturated the horror market get's it's still easy to find dozens of new horror flicks on the market and only a select few will be any good. That is, however, the beauty of the horror genre; even the campiest horror flicks have an audience.

Horror is also one of the most formulaic genres in existence which makes it one of the easiest to write. I'm not exactly sure how easy it is to get a horror script sold, but like you implied, I can't imagine it's that difficult.

[ScriptNurse]

In the motion picture business, even in the worst of times there is a seemingly insatiable demand for ...

• Comedy
• Horror
• Action/Thriller

Slasher movies sell ... just ask Wes Craven.

[Chuck58]

All good points. The wife and I, for lack of anything better, were trying to watch a movie on the SciFi Channel. 'Trying' is the key word. We gave up not many minutes into it.

Anyway, the thing wouldn't even qualify as B grade Drive-In quality - if there were still Drive-ins. She suggested I ought to think about doing a horror script and submitting it to them. If they'd buy the thing we were watching, surely they'd consider mine. I'm still not sure if it was a compliment.

Well, compliment or not, it got me thinking.......

When I finally finish, Dante, why not give it a shot?

[ScriptNurse]

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