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Posted: October 13th, 2009, 7:57pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from alffy
Right, cheers Blakkwolfe.  I have no idea what one of those festivals is mind so I guess I'll do my best and if it doesn't meet the genre I'll just sulk in the corner.


The Fall Festival in our town has people dress up in costumes, where they have hay rides on wagons, maybe bobbing for apples, fall/halloween crafts for the kids to do.  Maybe they have a local band play.  Not fancy but a reason for folks to get together.  We still have trick or treat night on another day, but kids seem to like the Fall Festival thing.


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Question: Can it be a comedy as well as horror?


Life is both comedy and horror; so I think that happens by default.  

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The last question just had me wondering, "Did I write comedy in my submission?" "Did I submit?" Well that all depends on what that means within context.  

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What submission, Sandra?  Are you already done with your OWC?  You've already submitted it?

NO COMEDY!!!

HORROR!!!

Head chomping, limb separating horror only!
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What submission, Sandra?  Are you already done with your OWC?  You've already submitted it?

NO COMEDY!!!

HORROR!!!

Head chomping, limb separating horror only!


But what if you find Head chomping, and limb separating funny?



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What submission, Sandra?  Are you already done with your OWC?  You've already submitted it?

NO COMEDY!!!

HORROR!!!

Head chomping, limb separating horror only!


Horror only, huh? But someone said it could be read by kids. So, head chomping, limb separating, etc??
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Shit. It has to be set at a Halloween Festival? I've just written a script which takes place in a basement.


In my mind, the basement is a perfect place for a Halloween Festival!!!! Who ever told you it has to be someplace else???  

I'm looking forward to reading your script.

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I'm kidding.  I wish I wasn't kidding, but I am.  You can write whatever you want to in whatever way you want to.
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Horror only, huh? But someone said it could be read by kids. So, head chomping, limb separating, etc??


Mr. Dreamscale is being tongue in cheek, here.  he is a horror purist, so to speak, but yes, this OWC theme is family horror, meaning yes, the whole family should be able to watch it comfortably.



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My Festival is taking place in a dungeon, below a basement.  It will be very funny!
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What submission, Sandra?  Are you already done with your OWC?  You've already submitted it?

NO COMEDY!!!

HORROR!!!

Head chomping, limb separating horror only!


My "another" sweetheart, Jeff. Yes, I'm done. I need to pack to leave for Buffalo tomorrow and I can tell you that this has been a record set for myself in terms of research and writing that occurred over the span of 3 dedicated days.

I love 3 so I guess that's a good thing. It's been a great challenge and I'm thankful to have been able to participate.

Regarding "What is horror?" I wouldn't think of breaking rules when sending to a READER, but in my mind, I believe horror is purely subjective!!!! ...

For instance: Someone who's terrified of who-knows-what. Maybe, maybe their terrified of open spaces. I think they call that agoraphobia. For an individual suffering from this, they would experience horrific sensations!!!! That qualifies as horror to me.

Although we all tend to equate horror with blood and gore: horror=bloody gore, we think. It's only a broad and weak basis from which to base any story.

That's why so many people often think they can write something really mind shattering and capture the audience's attention. Personally, I am so immune because my mind can envision some extreme negatives and when I do, it's not purposeless. Thus:

If the writer writes extreme negatives without purpose, then it results in an empty worthless dog of a script that stands on a rickety foundation.

Jeff, there's nothing wrong with you desiring to write "head chomping" horror. You only need to give a purpose to it.

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Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films effectively center on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality.

Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that simultaneously attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. The fantasy and supernatural film genres are not synonymous with the horror genre, although thriller films may have some relation when they focus on the revolting and horrible acts of the killer/madman. Horror films are also known as chillers, scary movies, spookfests, and the macabre.
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Quote from Michael:

"Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films effectively center on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality.

Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that simultaneously attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. The fantasy and supernatural film genres are not synonymous with the horror genre, although thriller films may have some relation when they focus on the revolting and horrible acts of the killer/madman. Horror films are also known as chillers, scary movies, spookfests, and the macabre."

You know what I'm always asking? Who says so? Who wrote that? Wikipedia? A group of analysts who decided that "Yes, this is so."

My challenge is always to accept what's written and also to add to it. That's what writers do. With regard to that:

If someone FREAKS!!!! Because sitting on a toilet because they think a snake is going to crawl somewhere unimagined, then, that, to me qualifies as horror.

That snake is capable of doing all the damage. The cutting, the gouging... and every much so as the swift slice of a machete. Indeed, the snake might EXTEND the pain to a degree where the machete seems, by comparison, sweet.

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Fear of the snake crawling up the toilet is drama.  The snake actually crawling up that toilet is when the horror begins.
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Quoted from mcornetto
Fear of the snake crawling up the toilet is drama.  The snake actually crawling up that toilet is when the horror begins.


LOL!!! You are so sweet!!! I send you a big HEART!!! I will kill any snake that tries to hurt you!!!!  

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