Hello All. I wanted to ask a favor. I'm trying to decide what to write next. It will be a low-budget horror feature I could conceivably make myself. So, if it pleases everyone, I'm posting five loglines below to see what resonates the most out of what I think are my best ideas. Feel free to comment, on the idea or the logline itself, but what I'm really going to count is whichever logline number you respond with. The idea with the most votes is what I'm looking for. I'm collecting data from a few sources, this group is only a segment. Thanks for your participation.
1. "An ex-heroin addict falls off the wagon after moving to an abandoned building with his ex-girlfriend and her transient friends, only to see these new friends get picked off one by one by a vampire squatting on the floor above." A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night meets Trainspotting
2: "Two dysfunctional couples rent a summer house and must get over their emotional baggage with each other, or be possessed by the ghosts of the death cult that haunt the house hoping to reenact their bloody suicide pact." Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolfe meets H.P. Lovecraft
3: "A newly divorced sheriff issues a foreclosure of an abandoned house with reanimated corpses in the basement, then must protect his wife and daughter when they show up for visitation as the dead escape and threaten the outlying farmland." Fargo meets Maggie
4: A black man dies alone, cursed to rise again as a bloodthirsty wight, only to find himself incorporated into a society of wights who reveal themselves to be just as racist in death as they were in life." Get Out meets Interview with a Vampire
5: "A private detective is hired by a homeless shelter to investigate the mysterious murder of the shelter’s proprietor, then he discovers that the suspect is a witch and lynchpin to a conspiracy of magic and undead." Chinatown meets Suspiria
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How's it going, Harry Kakatsakis? #3.
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It seems like #5 would be easiest to film, budget and resources wise. Yet #3 seems easiest to film without having to wade into 'conspiracy' or 'mystery' explanation.
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I have seen this thread a few times and it hit me. Is there a character amongst all the people in these stories that you want to spend time with?
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Number #2 because it is in a main location (house), two characters, cheaper to film if you're not building interior sets (in theory).
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I like number 4 for the creativity side of things.
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Number 5 would be a great horror film because it pits a regular guy up against the supernatural.
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I like number 5 for the same reason as Herculano said.
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Craig D Griffiths, I would be happy to spend time with all of these characters. I merely want data to see which idea resonates most with others. If you have a preference, I would appreciate your input. I value your opinion.
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They are all drama in a similar setting. My feedback was based on quality. If you want to write something it will always be better than one you are less passionate about.
You give me money I can turn on passion. But when I am writing a spec. I am writing about people and things I love. I always have commerce in mind. But I know I write better when I am passionate about a story. Just saying. They are all good. Which do you think you would do a better job of creating.