Horror Movie. Suggestions Wanted.

Dear Horror Lovers,

We're currently in the process of producing a psychological horror set around a lake.

Contact with the lake's water does not prove fatal. However is does have the tendency to gradually change the characters' personalities.

We have been searching for plausible physical manifestations on the body caused by contact with the water.

Originally our idea was to have a black mark appear on the skin of every character that comes into contact with the water.

Here's our question: What would be a more original, nastier manifestation? Any ideas on how to show the water's effect? For story reasons we must visually see the water's effect on the body.

Any suggestions are deeply appreciated and may lead to closer collaboration in the finalization of the film, including mention in the Special Thanks section of the credits.

All the Best,

LeAuguste

[Roderick Usher]

Very scary pruning!:eek:

You're welcome.







But seriously, if you aren't creative enough to come up with something scarier than "gradually changing the charater's personalities" maybe you shouldn't be making a horror movie.

[neverending]

The water makes them turn into catfish.

[Doc Faustus]

Go Lovecraftian. Bits of scaling.

Scary pruning was an idea scrapped a long time ago. But seriously, if you aren't creative enough to come up with something scarier, maybe you shouldn't reply to threads... just a thought.

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Very scary pruning!:eek:

You're welcome.







But seriously, if you aren't creative enough to come up with something scarier than "gradually changing the charater's personalities" maybe you shouldn't be making a horror movie.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by leauguste

Scary pruning was an idea scrapped a long time ago. But seriously, if you aren't creative enough to come up with something scarier, maybe you shouldn't reply to threads... just a thought.

I come up with better ideas for a living and I'm not about to start sharing them with you.

Best of luck with your film

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

I come up with better ideas for a living and I'm not about to start sharing them with you.

Best of luck with your film

I apologize, I did not realize you were a porn writer. But seriously "Dark Penis Rising" was great! We're all in awe of your work here at Scheissewood Studios.

When you're done with your petty bragging, maybe you should get back to your idea factory. It needs some attention.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by leauguste

I apologize, I did not realize you were a porn writer. But seriously "Dark Penis Rising" was great! We're all in awe of your work here at Scheissewood Studios.

:D That was actually pretty funny. Most of my films barely qualify as better than porn.

What is your budget?

Are you looking for practical make-up effects or digital manipulation of the actors' images?

Water sloshing around in the white of the eyeball could be subtle and unnerving.
Tanslucant flesh (amphibian style) would be gross, but a rather expensive proceedure.

What's in the water? An organism? A poison? A curse?

[TheShapeReturns]

Jesus end the childish fighting! He just asked for constructive help. Look make it something simple. Like start with their eyes turning red and then a change of skin color. Not like crazy change like a nasty corpse like grey. And of course sweating from mental stress never hurts.

@Roderick

Thanks for the constructive input.

As for the budget I cannot give you an exact figure. We're re-writing now with two producers attached. We're looking to do it for less than 2m.

We're looking for make-up effects rather than digital manipulation. Although, at this point we're not excluding any options. I do love the watery eyeball idea.

The audience never finds out exactly what is in the water, but we do allude to mysticism in the lake's surroundings.

The reason we're struggling with the physical manifestation is because there is a leg amputation scene in the script. The characters become so distraught that they feel their only way to survive and regain normalcy/ sanity is by cutting off the limbs affected by the water. In the scene it is the leg, because it is the first part of the body to touch the water. An expanding mark would therefore be the best option.

@TheShape

I agree, I'd like to keep it simple. And we don't necessarily need anything crazy or gross for the sake of the genre. It's even possible that the solution lies in the character's imagination. That there is, in fact, nothing wrong with the skin, but that it's simply imagined.

Whichever way we choose to proceed, we need to find a way to manifest the changes visually, and if it's something to do with water, great. An idea is molding of the skin, symbolizing the mental decay, connected to humidity.

Any Thoughts?