It has taken long enough, but at the end of this month we begin shooting our horror movie. I wrote horror back when I was just delving into screenwriting, and always preferred it over comedy, romance, or action. The thing is, it’s easier to shoot a comedy on a low budget than a horror movie is. So I’ve scraped together some change, found a couple of people willing to help produce it, and am currently setting up a green screen studio in my garage for CG purposes. I even have most of the cast ready to go. And I’m only 1/3 of the way through the script. How’s that for prepared?
I was only eight scenes in when my first producer read what I had, and immediately jumped on board. She helped fund my last film, which fell through due to a main character who just disappeared on us. But I now have a crew I feel I can trust, so as far as I’m concerned all systems are go. At this point I don’t want to give out too much information about the plot, but I’ll go as far as saying that it’s alot like “The Grudge” meets “Saw”. Completely original, however, as I can’t stand it when people blatantly rip off a good movie with a cheap copy of it. I spent days writing ideas down on whatever paper I had near me until I came up with a storyline that I felt was nerve-wrenching, yet easy to follow.
I plan on scaring the Hell out of some people at Sundance next year, and am taking a slower and more detailed approach to this one so that everything comes out just right. I have 10 months from now to finish this movie and get it to the good people at Sundance Film Festival for entrance next year. Any and all support is appreciated, and I will definately include names in the credit roll in recognition.
