A movie idea that I have!!!!

[mary lou 102]

I got this idea when my school was trying out this lockdown thang last year.



The film will be called Lockdown.

The plot is: On a rainy school day at St. Joseph Catholic School, a boring day ensures. We meet our lead characters named Brooke, Brad, Wells, Chris, Lindsay, as well as other characters. After the usual Thursday morning Mass, the students all walk over the bridge that connects the gym to the other three buildings the 200 a.k.a. Admisinstarion building, 300 building, 400 building, and 500 building. They go to there next class and in the middle of the class, the principal named Mr. Heller, tells the students that a killer has escaped from the Witfeild Santarium. The students begin to panic. As the killer makes his/her way to each classroom, he/she does away with many people, forcing the school to lock all their doors, windows etc.

The film wil then cut back and forth from each room that our main characters are trapped in.One is in Math, one in religion, one in the Library, one in Social Studies, and one in English.




What yall think?

[Duke Nukem]

It's not very original, but the setting is different. Can't say I've seen many horror films where the killer stalks "teens" at a school. Though, with each of the kids, or assorted groups of them, in different buildings, and scared as hell to to move or stay where they are, you might have a interesting concept. You might be able to develop the characters really well with this concept.

[pyscho dude]

Not too original but then again how many movies now-a-days really are? It could make for a good film. I also had a few ideas of a horror film that would take place in a school.

[mary lou 102]

Thanx. Im also not gonna have a stupid mask or a killer motivation monolouge.

It would be a lot like in Identity were the killer is never seen, but in shadows. Many people would also die.

It really will make characters interesting.At first some might think it's a teen comedy/drama because a killer isent mentoined until 25 min into the film. It gives a lot of relax time and then it hits you. You will either love or hate the characters. Some are nice, some are bitches. No, it is not the cliches that are in every 90's teen flick.


I will also develop some of the teachers. I will base their names on teachers that I have had.


The ending will also be where there is only 2 or 3 ppl left in the end. It will be a nasty TCM chase that never lets up. It will kill characters that you love and wont appologize for it.

Im also thinking of having the kiler pop through a window and kill the Religion teacher while the Religion class is praying. That scene will be the first death, when everyone has just found out that there is a killer on campus. It will be shocking and scary.

What yall think now?

[Duke Nukem]

Cool!

[mary lou 102]

Thanx a lot!!!!!!!


I would make it myself if I could use my school for like 4 days.

[Kakihara]

You'd be hard pressed to find any distributor to release a film about a killer running rampant in a school, especially after the Columbine incident. If a film like this was made you would most likely have to fund the distribution yourself, hence it would only reach a VERY small audience. People just don't want to touch a subject like that for fear of a public backlash. Nice idea anyway.

[XCoRyX]

i dont find it too catchy or such,but if it is sometihng you want to get into,get into it!!

[madness295]

I was going to say it's not a very original idea, too. But then again, these days it's near impossible to develop a really great, new horror film.

Mary Lou, that's funny that you mention you dont want the killer to have a motivation monologue or anything....I was going to ask what his motivation would be. Not that I'd want it spelled out in a speech like something out of SCREAM or URBAN LEGEND, but is there a reason why he's stalking the kids or is he just crazy?

I, too, made a film about three murderers chasing three kids in a locked-down high school at night, though my movie was not a slasher film. I was fortunate enough to be able to shoot in the entire school every night (the movie took place at night) thanks to my film teacher getting us access. It was AWESOME having that large of a canvas to shoot in and use to our discretion. So you're idea intrigues me and please let us know how it comes along!

[Juice]

I could be nice. You could get some insane, claustrophobic reactions out of the victims who have to live with each other for such a long time...

Btw, it's not very smart to post your ideas on the internet. People could steal them.

[Fisting Ackbar]

Originally posted by Juice
Btw, it's not very smart to post your ideas on the internet. People could steal them.

Zing!

[mary lou 102]

BTW, The person is just fuckin crazy. Hekills anyone he wants. In the opening crdeits I would probably pull an H20 or Wrong Turn and show pics or newspaper clippings from the madness he caused.



BTW, it's really cool that you got to shoot in a school. Im only 13 so im probably not going to rent a school. I wonder how much it would cost in the summertime?

[mary lou 102]

I also know what yall are talkin about with the whole Columbine thing. Not only would that be a problem, but the film takes place in a Catholic school. U see right now I go to a Catholic school (No im not Catholic thank God) and our campus is perfect and fits the plot perfectly.

Even a evil retired nun that helps out the Resource kids will die. My school doesent have many nuns, jst one who is evil beyond belief.

The killer also wont speak and as I said will not be seen.


I was going to have one of the survivors find out that he/she was releated to them, butI dropped it unless you like the idea. I was also going to do a Prom Night sorta thang where the killer is killing them because of his daughter was killed in an accident at the school years ago(Which inspired him to kill others years ago, had him locked up ,then he escapes and well you know).

I was also having an idea about the Seniors not coming to school that day because of Prom that night. When they come back they start to have the Prom, not knowing that the rest of the school is in lockdown and that a killer is on the loose. Then the killer starts to cut ropes and thangs and slices a lot of em up with a chord thang like in Ghost Ship(only really good part in that movie). A couple would escape and would be chased, around the grass and stuff because they cant get in the building(because of the lockdown). One girl manages to get in the smashed religion room window(Which I told yall about in the death of Religion teacher scene).

I wouldent be able to get enough people to do this. Imean think about it a bunch of screaming people. I dont think so.

[pyscho dude]

These ideas sound good. How about this for a big plot twist: the killer is really... the first person who got killed. Nobody would see that one coming.

[Juice]

Originally posted by mary lou 102
(No im not Catholic thank God)

:D

[B]I was going to have one of the survivors find out that he/she was releated to them, butI dropped it unless you like the idea. I was also going to do a Prom Night sorta thang where the killer is killing them because of his daughter was killed in an accident at the school years ago(Which inspired him to kill others years ago, had him locked up ,then he escapes and well you know).


Please don't. It's horrible. It could ruin a great set up with insane suspense and the kids waiting for their death. A killer without a motive would be much scarier here.
And a killer with a completely lame "quick,-let's-make-up-a-motive-in-two-seconds" motive like yours could drag the entire movie down.

[Five Years]

The new soncept in this I like is the whole lockdown thing. You see, I just got out of high school last year and I had to practice lockdowns all the time. All I could think of each time was how many kids would actually be sitting there if someone had a gun and was wandering campus. Do those teachers have any idea how easy it is to break through those doors? I mean, I know its all they really can legally do to defend us, but this is rediculous! If you're going to write this, please, use the lockdown stuff. Don't just make it another silly slasher flick, have it say something about lockdowns themselves.

Also, a question, when lockdowns happen, the police are called instantly. Are you going to avoid that? And if so, how? Just to get you thinking.

[mary lou 102]

Im probably going to avoid the whole cheap slasher shit. It will be more like a gory Panic Room flick.

About the police, Im going to have the killer distroy the phone lines and electricity. They are left in the dark and all that lockdown does is makes the teachers lock the doors. Last year, we practiced it and my fat ass principal could easily break open the door. So that goes to show you that a 3 year old could break open that door. That makes it scarier to m, because they have no protection and they are squared off between this crazy ass psycho who can easily break open all the doors and windows and give them no safety.


This movie will be gory as hell. Every death will be mean spirited and disgusting. At one point(arounf half way into the movie), the principal gets together the remaining kids(about 200 left out of 400) and they attempt to walk across the bridge to safety, but the killer sees them and most of the kids get away onto the buses. The principal is killed though.

The film will be relentless. The last 20 min take place at night and the 10 remaining people(3 of which are teachers) get one of the survivors' car and drive away to agas station. They realize that they gas attendants are all dead. They soon panic and realize that the entire town is dead. Many explosions have teaken place and everyone has died. They town is almost all gone now and they are the only ones left. They go on a quest to stop the killer before the whole world is destroyed.

[Five Years]

well...you're 13, right?

[mary lou 102]

Yeah so!!!

[Sad man]

I really like the lockdown idea. It's pretty cool. It could be like a mix between THE HOLE, PANIC ROOM and CABIN FEVER.
But please...Don't use this last idea, it's really stupid...At least IMO.

Originally posted by mary lou 102
This movie will be gory as hell. Every death will be mean spirited and disgusting. At one point(arounf half way into the movie), the principal gets together the remaining kids(about 200 left out of 400) and they attempt to walk across the bridge to safety, but the killer sees them and most of the kids get away onto the buses. The principal is killed though.

The film will be relentless. The last 20 min take place at night and the 10 remaining people(3 of which are teachers) get one of the survivors' car and drive away to agas station. They realize that they gas attendants are all dead. They soon panic and realize that the entire town is dead. Many explosions have teaken place and everyone has died. They town is almost all gone now and they are the only ones left. They go on a quest to stop the killer before the whole world is destroyed.

[TheJadedGamer]

Yeah, don't go with the 'whole town is dead' idea. I also don't like the idea of 400+ students running away from 1 killer. If the killer does try going after the kids, you would think they'd all team up and kill the killer. One guy couldn't take on a whole school. This also brings up the subject on characters. You'd want to get rid of a lot of them fast. (Maybe do the bit that you had with the Seniors to kill more than half of the students off)

I do like the idea, keep it up.

[Michael_myers]

Very cool idea. I like it. Hey! My school is called St Joseph School as well! Hurrah!

PS: Call on character Stephanie. For me. Pretty please.

[mary lou 102]

I will title a character Stephanie. My St. Joespeh is named after my school in Mississippi.HEHEHE.

I think I was reatrted when I wrote the apocolypse ending. Was I kidding????How should it end?I hate to write endings.

[TheJadedGamer]

I'd make it ending with the killer killing everyone or something. (Like you, I'm not good with endings.)

[mary lou 102]

I personally like the endings when no one lives ex: House of 1,000 Corpses, May etc.

It would be pretty hard for him to kill them all.I was thinking about his blowing up on of the 5 buildings(Gym, Administration, 300,400,500) that would do away with a lot of people. Also, the whole Prom scene would be cheesy because I think the entire school would know that the Prom was that night, therefore when the seniors arrived, they would scream for their help(Maby I can resolve this by playing loud music at the Prom).

The mass killing at the Prom will be nasty. That is the only thing that I really liked about Ghost Ship(the opening) and that scene set up the movie in a wonderful way, but sadly dident keep it's promise. This scene will be like that only more realistic and bloodier(If you can imagine). The bodies wont stay there for 20 minutes and finnally fall aprt, it will be fast.

Im really excited about this. I also have an idea about a psych who stalks and kills all realotors who try to sell this woman's house because her son drowned in the pool and it's haunted. Some peoiple finnally buy the house and go through some minor problems(Ex. Maggots in the bathtub as the woman takes a showr). Then they have this party and the spirits come out to play if ya know what I mean.

Another idea is a fairy tale series. A dark musical,fairy tale series that showcases 1 hr long fairy tales that have been turned darker, but are still faithful to the stories(Snow White: A Tale of Terror was not faithful to the story. The Company of Wolves was very faithful for the most part.They just added some extra shit.)

[Five Years]

You wouldn't need to add very much to make fairy tales darker. I seem to remember in the original version of riding hood, she is eaten and they have to cut open the wolf to get her out. Also, the Sandman is some of the scariest shit I've ever read. You see, if the little boys aren't asleep when he comes around, he takes their eyes. Frued wrote a lot about the Sandman. Now that's a freaky fairy tale.

[pyscho dude]

How about this for an ending: The last survivor has a square off with the killer and kills them. That person goes over to see who the killer is and finds out that it's their twin that supposedly died at birth. Nobody would see that coming.

[Juice]

Originally posted by mary lou 102
Im probably going to avoid the whole cheap slasher shit.


Then why that cheap killer motive?

[mary lou 102]

What is up with the motive???I told u I was cutting that out.The person will just be a deranged fucker.
About my fairy tale films- Sandman sounds scary as shit. And BTW, In my Red Riding Hood, The girl(her name is Lynette in my version) will die. No one will save her. I thik it would be stupid to have her saved, because it takes away the meaning to the story.

In my Cinderella story, The stepsister's cut up their feet to get in the slipper(just like in the Grimm Brothers version), They are also punnished by the fairy godmother and must drown themselves(or be turned to stone, I dunno). Im sorta aiming this for kids(hehehe).

In Snow White, the queen will be more vicious and will eat the pig's heart that the huntsman brought her instead of Snow White's heart. She also attempts to kill her three times(as in the original story). At the end, the queen is mad that Snow White has lived and she throws a glass ball at her mirror. The mirror starts to spin around and when it stops, it starts to crack peice by peice.Each time it cracks, the queen gets older and older. Finally, she gets to Snow White's wedding. She is laughed out of the church because of her oldness. Finally, the magic mirror heads(around the magic mirror) start to break. When the final one breaks, her head explodes. Then the entire mirror shatters and then her body shatters until nothing is left but dust.