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Pale Yellow
Posted: January 22nd, 2015, 5:52pm Report to Moderator
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Opinions....do you guys think that there is more room for vampire scripts/stories? Marketable? Love opinions on this as I have an idea.
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Darker vamp stories? Yes.

The rep of vampires was badly damaged by the Twilight fluff.

Actually had an idea for a dark vamp script recently. Sadly, never made it to paper. Maybe in the future.


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Just write it. Life is a cycle. If it's not popular now, it'll be in a couple of years.


Just Murdered by Sean Elwood (Zombie Sean) and Gabriel Moronta (Mr. Ripley) - (Dark Comedy, Horror) All is fair in love and war. A hopeless romantic gay man resorts to bloodshed to win the coveted position of Bridesmaid. 99 pages.
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Vampires, zombies? No no no, please no.

BUT -- if you have an idea, write it. The idea supercedes anything anyone might say.

AND -- If I had a vampire idea ( please, God, no), I'd have to write it.

Henry



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Yes, Dena! I was just told this evening by "my people" to rewrite Arterial Motives into a regular film instead of ff. Vampires done right are still hot.  


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Everyone likes to be scared (in some way). So, there is always room for a straightforward vampire script. However, I would suggest not tweaking the formula too much. People say to, but if you do something like that with vampires, I think it'll go wrong more so than another script would.


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I vaguely remember Romero's "Martin".  That kinda differed from the Gothic horror settings that vamp films were previously set in. Not sure how the film stands up, not seen it in years... but it made an impression on me.

Nowadays, every vampire movie seems set in modern times, or with a brand new set of rules, or whatever. Pretty much like zombies, these old classic monsters have to evolve in order to keep up with the times.  Understandable.

I've never been a great fan of zombies or vampires... I love the old Hammer films, but they don't exactly scare me, they never have, even as a little kid.

I love Romero's zombie trilogy, Night is still quite effective, Dawn scared the bejesus outta me, and Day was so mean-spirited, I couldn�t help but love it. Especially back in the days of low-quality VHS rental tapes. The wear and tear of the tape made most rentals oddly atmospheric, making some doom and gloom films strangely even more attractive.
I prefer the formats we have now, by far, atleast I can see what�s going on now, but back in the day, the element of horror was kinda risen by a bad quality tape. Most felt homemade, like a snuff film. In that sense, you kinda felt like you were watching something that had happened, haha.

I remember re-watching Dawn Of The Dead, and I still like the film, and great to see it as intended, but the version that spooked me out was probably a european edit. It had a different soundtrack, much more creepier in my opinion, but quite a few cuts. The shopping mall massacre was cut considerably, if I remember rightly.

Sorry for wandering.

I think there's something intriguing and interesting about the characters involved in the chaos that mean more than the monsters. I think the movies of today kinda concentrate too much on the monster, or humanize them too much, and it gets a little tedious. There�s always a reason, always a motive. That�s fine. But maybe too much emphasis is placed on the Monster�s reasons.

Not sure how I would approach a vamp movie, but it would probably start with making them a brutal bloodsucking bastard. Sympathy for the monster is fine, but it's been a bit overplayed lately IMO.

Regards to marketing value... Vampires are always hot, as are most classic monsters. I was offered the chance to "re-work" someones vamp script a month or two ago, but had to turn it down.

You could always keep the core values of the vampire, just place them in a different situation. Vampire in a secluded place, on a plane. A train. A bus. Doesn't always need to be in a massive mansion in the middle of nowhere, haha.
*Except Space. Dracula 3000 already went there, and you don't want revisit that! You might for a chuckle.

Anyways, good luck!




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Do it for sure! In the last year or so, Only Lovers Left Alive, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and Byzantium were great flicks; Chimères was bizarrely entertaining; Vampire Academy wasn't terrible; Dracula Untold was.

Not a well that's gonna dry up anytime soon.
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Thanks!!! You guys are an inspiration to me!!
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