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CindyLKeller
Posted: April 18th, 2011, 9:15am Report to Moderator
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I have a short script here titled, "The Eye".

It's a B type movie, real cheezy, but it's fun, and it's only 17 pages.

It's about a killer eyeball that grows everytime it gets wet and kills people by bouncing on them and stabbing them with its spikey like eyelashes.

Here is the link: http://www.simplyscripts.com/scripts/THEEYE.pdf

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dogglebe
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One week, 30 pgs? Raw? You don't say...


Raw?  More like frozen...


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George Willson
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Hi Ron,

I think our moderator George Willson wrote a creature feature for a producer some time ago. I think it's still available.  


Yeah, the Creature Feature along with that very title is still out there and available. It was written for a low budget environment, so it has basically one location and six characters. You can see the current draft here.

I wouldn't say the genre is out of fashion in so much as people tend to find their niche and stick to it. I'm sure there are quite a few of the creature scripts on here, but perhaps the writers aren't regulars, and so they don't really promote them. Most people only read scripts for the people they know.


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It's up to you, but what I actually suggested was 1 week 30 pages, something like that. The scripts would be fairly raw but still give you an idea of the story and what the writer could do.


Definitely would need to be longer than that to make it worthwhile. Anyone can bash out 30 pages of crap in a week. Give people two weeks, three weeks, a month, and they've got time to consider, pace themselves and rewrite - and that's what'd separate the wheat from the chaff.

I agree with Ron - there should be more monster movies! Vampires and zombies are so tired now. I'm looking forward to Super 8, which promises to be more in this vein...


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dogglebe
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Quoted from JonnyBoy
Anyone can bash out 30 pages of crap in a week.


A lot of them have!  Oh snap!



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Vampires and zombies are so tired now.


If people were to think outside the box, they can do some good things with these genre/sub-genres.  Unfortunately, too many people think Romero is the bar for zombies and Twilight is the bar for vampires.  And they are not!  They are, in fact, the downfalls for the genres.

On a recent trip to Barnes & Noble, I found a new section of books:  Supernatural Romance--

--can you taste the bile--?

--if this trend keeps up, vampires will no longer be monsters but creatures to be pitied.


Phil

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leitskev
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All the great monsters were pitied eventually: Godzilla, King Kong, Frankenstein. Maybe pity is the mark of greatness.
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George Willson
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Or a matter of running out of new ideas for them. There are only so many ways to kill them, and after awhile, what else can they do? Godzilla destroyed Tokyo so many times, the recent tsunami didn't even bother with it. King Kong fell from the Empire State Building twice, and they made Frankenstein fall in and out of love. And to top it all off, now our vampires are completely invincible to humans, and they (shudder) sparkle. These are dark times.


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leitskev
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Simply time for a new monster. When it achieves pity status, it will be time for another!
It's inevitable there's a level of sympathy for things we get very familiar with. King Kong had it right from the outset. Frankenstein and Dracula were almost built for it too. Godzilla? His evolution to a "good" monster illustrates they all get there eventually.

I haven't seen the more recent Alien and Predator movies. Did it happen with them? I guess the alien was a little sympathetic in Aliens when they emphasized her mother aspect. Man, those guys are not very lovable either!
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The monsters have evolved in the human kind.  When H-wood makes monsters, they're in the form of Hannibal Lechter and Michael Myers.  It's great when they're believable, but when they become superhuman, they're not so believable.


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leitskev
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How about the Green Monster Phil? That scares ya!
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Huge monsters like King kong and Gozilla are going to be disappear from the face of the earth ( Holywood). All the fuss about them was the huge city destruction they made and the special effects. Now a tsunami and a meteor is a more .... valid option if you want destruction. The monsters are becoming more and more sexier. Thats the new wave. You want monsters? Choose Megan Fox ( Jennifers Body). Best sexy monster ever: Bateman: American Psycho..... And im a guy!
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dogglebe
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How about the Green Monster Phil? That scares ya!


The green monster disappears in October... often earlier.


Phil

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Quoted from dogglebe


A lot of them have!  Oh snap!




If people were to think outside the box, they can do some good things with these genre/sub-genres.  Unfortunately, too many people think Romero is the bar for zombies and Twilight is the bar for vampires.  And they are not!  They are, in fact, the downfalls for the genres.

On a recent trip to Barnes & Noble, I found a new section of books:  Supernatural Romance--

--can you taste the bile--?

--if this trend keeps up, vampires will no longer be monsters but creatures to be pitied.


Phil


Phil


My wife reads these books Phil, and another genre called erotic horror! I looked through one and it was pretty full on stuff!
One had these 2 werewolves fighting while a female vampire watched. they changed into guys, got the horn and started shagging each other and then the chick joined in!

I only had a brief look you understand - maybe 20 pages or so...

A long way from Lon Chaney howling at the moon or Christopher Lee's blazing red eyes!




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Quoted from George Willson


Yeah, the Creature Feature along with that very title is still out there and available. It was written for a low budget environment, so it has basically one location and six characters. You can see the current draft here.

I wouldn't say the genre is out of fashion in so much as people tend to find their niche and stick to it. I'm sure there are quite a few of the creature scripts on here, but perhaps the writers aren't regulars, and so they don't really promote them. Most people only read scripts for the people they know.

That vanilla style is basically how I've always promoted the spec style around here. Glad it made the read easy. I was just going for a skeleton of a story that a crew could use to make a movie. It allows for a lot of freedom.


I remember reading that script, one I read not too long after joining.
That script was ripe with juicy opportunities, a fine skeleton to put flesh on!
So much play there for family drama and sexual overtones.
As an ex-vet tech and canine behaviorist, I really should write something like that.
It's weird how we forget to drawn on our job histories for writing.
So what's up with *cough* Animal Control *cough* I mean creature feature?

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dogglebe
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My wife reads these books Phil, and another genre called erotic horror! I looked through one and it was pretty full on stuff!


The ones I've seen were teen romance.  One time, in B&N, I saw a book entitled All I Want For Christmas Is A Vampire.

I nearly shit myself, I was that mad.


Phil

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