Knock, Knock

[Genghis Khan]

Here's a link to a previous thread about my horror movie I'm writing:
http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81402&perpage=40&highlight=&pagenumber=1

I wanted to get some thoughts on it from the horror community. I'm still writing it, I've been really busy lately and I haven't updated it in a long time. As you can see, certain ideas for it were fairly contoversial, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Rock On!!
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[JayWolf]

It sounds decent but still like the generic slasher movie. It also slightly reminded me of MaryLou's movie North Woods.

One thing I particularly dislike is how the title doesn't seem related to the events that take place. Perhaps incorporate the "knock, knock" thing as a calling card/trademark of the killer or something. With the title it has, it sounds more like a suspense film where someone is home alone and must face being terrorized by some stranger or unknown force.

[Genghis Khan]

The title is actually a line that the Hunter says to one of the characters who is hiding in a bathroom with no way out. He then chops the door to pieces as she screams and awaits her doom. And the whole idea is meant as a throwback to the 80s style slashers, which I love so much. I hope that answers some of your questions.

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[JayWolf]

Thank you.

Anyway, I do have a suggestion.

Now as you told me before, the protagonist tells stories of The Hunter to his friends around a campfire. What if the protagonist, once its' nighttime, slips pieces of paper under the doors of the rooms that his friends are inhabiting. The piece of paper details to his friends as to how they will supposedly die by the Hunter's hand to freak them out. Basically a practical joke. Yet they die exactly like that and we have no idea if the killer saw these writings or not. However, try to lean it toward that the killer didn't see these writings to really play on a psychological horror level. And when he delivers the notes to his friends, he always knocks on the door twice. In order to make ths knocking have symbolism, make sure the story about the Hunter has him knocking on some of his victims' doors.

Also, someone later slips a note under the protagonist's door and knocks. The note will detail how he will die and we have know idea who wrote it, if it was one of his friends or the killer. To imply that it could be either or, we could see one of his friends open the door a crack and see the protagonist creeping away from their room so they know to expect a practical joke.

This will also create some tension later on between the protagonist and his friends when they find out the notes were a practical joke by him yet the events described are really happening. Plus, you could drive home the point that the Hunter might not have seen these notes by having the protagonist ask if anyone held onto their notes or threw them out. Some had theirs with them the whole time while others threw theirs out because they got freaked out by it.

It would really create some nice tension and definitely play with their heads and the viewer's. It would give it a motif that will make it rise above the average slasher escapades.