My New Idea - Suburbaknight

[adamjohnson]

This is only an idea, and its not fleshed out fully yet, so I expect the obligatory "This is only an idea, not a story" scenarios.
Just tell me what ytou think schmoes.

SUBURBAKNIGHT (pronounced "suburbanite")

Horror/comedy

A new neighbor moves in to a small suburban community. When strange things start to happen all clues lead to the new neighbor. Gossip starts to pass around and all of it heads to a group of friends and family, at the head of which is our protagonist, an antiques dealer that works from home. The gossip, of course, is that something very very strange has been going on in that house after hours. Almost inhuman. (its sketchy on purpose, they dont know the details so why should we). More clues are found, more stange things happen, and our protag comes to believe that his new neighbor is some demon from hell. (vampire, demon - havent decided yet).

Jump to Act 3 (see, only an idea) and the protag has resolved to stop the "thing". Soo, what does a (very very eccentric, obviously) antiques dealer do when there is evil afoot?: Why, he puts on the suit of armor in his living room and goes to confront the demon after hours. (of course he loses some of it after he journeys into the house, because ancient suits of armor are really a hinderance and terribly heavy for some actor).

He goes into the house and uncovers a huge ancient castle beneath the soil of his house. Anyway, it ends -happy ending, sad ending, twist ending - dont know yet.

Its sort of a combinatiojn of "The Burbs" and "Fright Night" I suppose. Even though they are kinda similar anyways.

So tell me what you guys think.

[Cyd V]

Lose the armour, make it a samurai sword, or an antique chainsaw, then give Bruce Campbell a call...

[przybyla]

oops. my finger slipped.

[przybyla]

Its sort of a combinatiojn of "The Burbs" and "Fright Night


or an antique chainsaw, then give Bruce Campbell a call...


Damn you two. Now what smart ass remark can I make.


I don't know dude. Sounds kind of wierd. You could make it happen. I'd pay a quarter to see it. B-rate fuck stick movies are my favorite. Wet, Hot, American Summer kicks ass.

[adamjohnson]

Originally posted by Cyd V
Lose the armour, make it a samurai sword, or an antique chainsaw, then give Bruce Campbell a call...

He loses most of the armor at one point soon after, prolly falling down stairs or etc. The chest plate and the helmet are difficult for actors to wear, and very awkward to be in. And yeah he would have a sword, but a broad sword, not a samurai.

Originally posted by przybyla
I don't know dude. Sounds kind of wierd. You could make it happen. I'd pay a quarter to see it. B-rate fuck stick movies are my favorite. Wet, Hot, American Summer kicks ass.

Hey, weird is good.....right?:D

[Cyd V]

Originally posted by adamjohnson




Hey, weird is good.....right?:D

Yeah weird is good, if your a film maker, if it's funny and if it's your first project. Just look at Sam Raimi, he started out by making a weird, funny genre b movie called evil dead and now look at him, he's directing the spider man franchise. A franchise that in all likelyhood will wind up taking in a nice billion $$$ when it's all said and done.

In my opinion there's only 2 ways to make it into hollywood as a film maker. Either make a highly character driven indy film or make a quirky, weird, b movie. Right now i'm leaning in the b movie direction, mainly because it seems funnier and it won't be as emotionally draining....

[adamjohnson]

Yeah its an odd horror/comedy, but like we havent seen those before...

(yeah this was pretty mucha bump)

[the bark]

"The Burbs" immediately came to mind before I read your combination. Odd I was thinking about the movie the other day. Not in a good way exactly, but about the gal in it, "Wendy Shaw".
Your idea seems workable and fun although something to mention for what it is or isn't worth, if there were going to be a buried castle, you better write the story about a community on a steep hillside, or is this just a big underground chamber?.
What would be cool maybe were if it were the latter and most of the houses were built at a common time, and unknown to the occupants, the underground chamber had secret entrances through shafts into other houses, into their basements or something. Of course only the "thing" knew about these, and the hero would discover.
Who knows, I'm just taking your idea and going with it. Always fun to do.

[AxeDamn]

How about fear of this new man escalates to a gigantic point where people lock themselves indoors and never talk to him, and at the very end, the antiques dealer (wearing full plate armour and carrying a halberd - probably better for killing vampires) leads a 'flaming torches' mob to the guy's house--

Where they find out that he's not a demon, and all the weird ongoings in the community can be explained easily.

How embarrassing.

Actually, this might make a good idea for this years billionth "I need a good reason for two of my characters not to be talking to each other" thread.

"You led a mob to my house intending to burn it down, wearing armour and saying I was a demon! Well, I don't WANT your apology!"

[adamjohnson]

Originally posted by AxeDamn
How about fear of this new man escalates to a gigantic point where people lock themselves indoors and never talk to him, and at the very end, the antiques dealer (wearing full plate armour and carrying a halberd - probably better for killing vampires) leads a 'flaming torches' mob to the guy's house--

Where they find out that he's not a demon, and all the weird ongoings in the community can be explained easily.

How embarrassing.

Actually, this might make a good idea for this years billionth "I need a good reason for two of my characters not to be talking to each other" thread.

"You led a mob to my house intending to burn it down, wearing armour and saying I was a demon! Well, I don't WANT your apology!"

Thhis was sortof in my head, this was the "twist" ending i mentioned. I might even double-twist it, similar to how The Burbs did it.

BTW: What, oh what, is a halberd? Like a lance, cuz i was thinking of using that originally but then it breaks or he loses it, cuz a big lance is really awkward to walk around with.