Nice. I have an idea what I could do with this.

Thanks again, Don.

1960 should be the cut off point, imo.

None of the stuff that's from recent memory.

While it's a pretty ok challenge, I'd love some more criteria squeezed in. Like the classic horror char has to....or is stuck in...etc.

Anyway, looks like my raptor tale is back on the agenda! Lol lol

I'm in agreement with Rick on the date, if you're going to make a cut-off. 1960 seems to be a smart choice and fully encompasses what I think the intention of this OWC was meant to.

Quoted from bert Some would say Michael Myers, at 30+ years, is a "classic" movie monster.  It is not a dumb question. .

It is not, and I would have to agree that I would include Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and even your main man, The Tall Man, into the "classic movie monsters" list.

The tall man?

A contemporary myth as part of Classic Monsters?

I think not.

Quoted from Don Pia, Classic Horror Monsters.   - Don

My comment was actually made in loving memory of Movie Poet. No matter how simple Chris made the assignment, there would still be a hundred questions about what he really really meant and if this and this and this would be allowed. If he said comedy/cheese, people would demand he defined comedy since everyone's sense of humor is different and what kind of cheese did he mean?  At what stage in the cheese making process does it start to turn into cheese. Lol! I think you knew that.  

I read classic to be different to vintage

Freddy etc would be fine to me

Anyway the core issue will be the modern twist

If you click on the link in Don's original post, you'll see what monsters he had in mind.  

What's the point of the "modern twist" if the "monster" is itself modern?

Surely the modern twist strongly suggests that we are talking about the classic monsters fro the past?

Quoted from Grandma Bear If you click on the link in Don's original post, you'll see what monsters he had in mind.

Good post.

At least that's settled. I thought it was pretty obvious, myself, but these things never are!

I agree that you can argue that Michael, Freddy, Jason etc are iconic, but the 'classic monsters' are usually defined as the Universal ones that have already been called out earlier on in the post.

Lots of inspiration in the old ones anyway!

First draft complete.


Just wanted to get that in there.

Quoted from bert But what about Jason?  Zombies?  Freddy Krueger? Is Chucky a "classic"? Or (God forbid) the Leprechaun? Or maybe just clarify that "classic" is defined by each individual author -- then let folks argue about what actually qualifies once the scripts are up?

Since one of the points of the exercise is to come out of this with a viable script for production, using Krueger, Jason or Chucky, while arguably 'classic' horror monsters (perhaps 'silver' age classic), would limit the marketability of the script.

- Don

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films First draft complete. Just wanted to get that in there.