Need help with my new no-budget gore flick!

[Fulci_Fan]

Hello folks,

It's Fulci-Fan again and this time I need some help. Me and my film crew love making no-budget movies. But we are at a bind here because we want to make a "Zombie Parody" movie and we have a list of Zombie Movie Cliche's but just are kind of stuck on the story. Here it is thus far.

Our movie is going to be entitles something really obscure like "Bloody Zombies of DOOOOOOM!!!" or something to that nature and the humour is going to be extremly random (Think Family Guy) and extremely Gory, but to the point to where it's just down right hilarious.

Well the story is about a group of people,

CLICHE CHARACTERS!!!

One Military a**hole who gets bite by a zombie but claims he is fine.

One Strong Independent Female, who can dish some sheeat out

One Punk Rocker, a ode to ROTLD

A average Joe who seems to know how to make bombs and shoot a AK-47.

A Dumb blonde bombshell who's only real reason is to get naked at vicarious parts of the film... Just because.

And a dumbass redneck

So the story is going to be something rediculous where the zombies have come back to life from something really lame, (Don't quite know what from yet) and these people are stuck in a house fending off hordes of the undead. We want to have all sorts of in-jokes about zombie movies that only fans would get and we want to pay homage to all sorts of old zombie movies, The Romero Trilogy, Fulci, any Italian horror... But I can't really think of a cliche' from the Italian horror.... Please fellow Schmoes help me out!!!

[Requiem-for-a-Dream]

Well, first the people who turn into zombies could get infected by cheese that has had some chemical spray on it (for whatever reason). That's a very typical cliche of the Italian zombie film, chemical spray that has a horrible side effect.

There's always a stupid kid that annoys the shit out of the audience.

It takes everyone forever to figure out that you have to shoot the damn things in the head, even though it's pretty much common knowledge.

Everyone argues over the dumbest things.

At least one character goes nuts because one of his friends gets eaten (normally military) and goes out to start shooting the zombies and ends up getting bitten himself.

The dialogue never makes sense and tends to be hilarious.

Matt

[TATU]

I've been chewed out about this before by someone else in a different thread, and don't be mad at me for saying this, I'm no mod. and have no power, but shouldn't this be in the Filmaking/Screenwriting forum??

[Requiem-for-a-Dream]

Yes but until this post is moved there, I will respond here, I won't let Fulci_Fan down. He needs some help so I say lets help.

Matt

[Septicfish]

Originally posted by Requiem-for-a-Dream
Well, first the people who turn into zombies could get infected by cheese that has had some chemical spray on it (for whatever reason). That's a very typical cliche of the Italian zombie film, chemical spray that has a horrible side effect.

There's always a stupid kid that annoys the shit out of the audience.

It takes everyone forever to figure out that you have to shoot the damn things in the head, even though it's pretty much common knowledge.

Everyone argues over the dumbest things.

At least one character goes nuts because one of his friends gets eaten (normally military) and goes out to start shooting the zombies and ends up getting bitten himself.

The dialogue never makes sense and tends to be hilarious.

Matt

Sounds pretty cool.... I definately agree with the annoying kid, the dialogue that doesn't make sense, the... second thoughts, let's just say I agree with Requiem For A Dream.... :D

-ED-

[Shatter]

Originally posted by Fulci_Fan

So the story is going to be something rediculous where the zombies have come back to life from something really lame, (Don't quite know what from yet)

Ooh ooh, I know, someone finds an old can of Spam in the attic from like 19-whatever, and eats it on a dare. Afterwards, he'll do ANYTHING to get the taste out of his mouth, including biting his friend, and unwittingly spread the "infection" to him.

[Fulci_Fan]

Thank you all alot, this is going to be "good times" I can't wait to start making it... Along with all of those cliche's I am also going to add a scene where the blood is sooo outragious it'll almost give Dead Alive a run for it's money..... I said almost.

And don't worry about the dialogue making no sence. Our movies never usually have scripts, they are done alot like the Christopher Guest movies are made.. We write a story, certain things characters NEED to mention certain plot twist and acts and then from there we just improv, and usually hilarity insues.

[deadeye]

I don't know if these films are italian--I'm too lazy to get up and check the back of one of my dvds--but check out the Ossario films that feature the Blind Dead. Those are some awsome zombies, complete with zombie horses. There are four or five films in the series, and they started getting parodyish of themselves by the end. Creepy but campish. Zombie fans might get a kick out of recognizing this stuff because I've never seen reference to them in other movies that borrow off the old ideas. Good luck. Peace...

[Johnny582]

i know, you gota like add 2 funny black guys in your movie like the wayans brothers that are the comic reflie and they smoke with the zombies or something,
but at the end they survivours come out and there so wasted the us army resuse team think there zombies and they kill them, and then the dude from iron maiden ed hunt comes out and kills the army and then you close it off with "2 minunes to midnight"
i meen thats homage to the max

[Jack_Cheze]

I say people catch Zombiism from a toilet seat in a really dirty gas station bathroom by a nuclear plant or oil refinery

[Requiem-for-a-Dream]

Originally posted by Septicfish
Sounds pretty cool.... I definately agree with the annoying kid, the dialogue that doesn't make sense, the... second thoughts, let's just say I agree with Requiem For A Dream.... :D

-ED-

Thanks bud

Matt

[Septicfish]

Originally posted by Requiem-for-a-Dream
Thanks bud

Matt

Don't mention it mate.

BTW, nice avatar... :D

[Requiem-for-a-Dream]

Originally posted by Septicfish
Don't mention it mate.

BTW, nice avatar... :D

Glad you like it. After Scarlet Diva, I had to get an Asia avatar.

Matt

[Septicfish]

I think the film should feature some pets that turn zombified, but coz' they're so lame, they act as a comedic element rather than anything else e.g. a gerbil or a goldfish... that could be swimming around the top of the fishbowl upside down...:D

okay, maybe not... :D

[crotalus]

I like the spam idea-or maybe they eat some old cheerios because they reeeeeeaaaaalllllllllly want to lower their cholesterol.

[sherimoon]

The disease spreads in the first place when a person is buried alive. They die underground but an old relic where the body was buried brings them back to life, only they are undead. They spring from their grave and go on a-bitin and they spread this evil curse given to the person buried alive by the old relic. The only way to stop the zombies is to destroy the relic but noone knows how it all started. I dunno. Im trying here.