Vampire movie ideas

FreezingRooster · Nov 6, 2005

This has also been posted on the 'vamps' thread but i thought i'd start a new one as this is kind of in a different direction.

Put simply: my friend has asked me to write a script for a vampire movie. The only restraint on the script is that it has to be about vampires.

IDEA #1

Set in the 19th Century...

A ship carrying private cargo suddenly suffers from a fire which destroys the sails of the ship. Miles away from anywhere, and with several vital crew members dead, the survivors attempt to work out a way of escaping to wreck before it sinks. However down in the cargo hold one of the crates has opened to set loose a vampire, fresh from over 100 years of sleep and ready to take a bite out of the remaining crew members.

the twist in plot #1 is the vampire has as much to lose by the ship sinking as their victims, so whilst they need to kill the crew to feed, they also need to keep them alive in order to reach safety.

IDEA #2

Set towards the end of the Second World War...

As the Allies close in on Germany, a British team stumble upon what transpires to be Transylvania. Attacked by a group of vampires, the soldiers take refuge in a tank, only to have it break down. Soon the survivors must choose between facing the vampires outside, or the starvation inside.

the twist in plot #2 is that the vampires in the area around the tank need to be taken out in one fell swoop before the rest of the army arrive and get bitten themselves. The crew inside the tank, along with some refugees from the town must figure out how to eliminate a city of vampires when they have little ammo and a totally decrepit tank.

IDEA #3

Set in the Modern Day...

A vampire and a lycanthropist spend the night fighting near a university campus. Both become fatally wounded by the battle and contaminate a pair of teenage lovers by biting them, making him a lycanthropist and her a vampire. As the original warriors die the newly contaminated warriors begin to hunt each other down in a large powerplant instillation. Meanwhile their parents, a mutual friend and a former teacher start to track them down, unaware of their new states. The group are unwilling to harm the pair, yet they know that if the nuclear reactor is damaged during their fight, it could be lights out for half of Europe...

the twist in plot #3 is that the two creatures fighting each other were once lovers, and it is their own parents who are hunting them down. this is intended to add an emotional edge as no-one WANTS to kill each other, but they have to.

IDEA #4

Set in the Modern Day...

A bounty hunter has managed to track down a serial killer he has been hunting for some time. After collecting his reward he decides it's time to retire from bounty hunting and settle down with his wife. His last duty will be to witness the execution of the killer he has just brought down. However whilst the killer is on death row, a vampire clan attempting to swell it's ranks attacks and contaminates the killer, breaking him loose. The bounty hunter vows to track the killer down, unaware of his former enemy's new state.

the twist in plot #4 is that the bounty hunter doesn't realize the criminal he is after is now a vampire, and can't figure out why weapons don't work etc. It isn't until they witness another of the escaped convicts who has been turned into a vampire feed on an innocent victim that he realizes what has happened.

Let me know what you think of these ideas! Also any questions etc!

Thanks all!

Rooster

avatarblade2000 · Nov 7, 2005

Well...as I said in the last vamp thread, AWESOME IDEAS - but, something I'd like to know concerning the main antagonizers...what direction are ya takin' with the vampires? Are they going to be very reminiscent, very traditional interpretations, the whole creatures of the night, morphing into bats and wolves and snakes, enticing dutchesses into being their brides? Or are we talking your own creation, your own version of the vampires? I just ask, because, either way, it's kind of hard to make vampires - erm, how do I put this? - Biblically/Christian-ly accurate...

...but I'm sure you knew that. I would like to see all of these concepts take on some form, and if you don't mind, I'd like to pray for you in your writings...hope it works out for ya, man!

Megachihuahua · Nov 7, 2005

Well...as I said in the last vamp thread, AWESOME IDEAS - but, something I'd like to know concerning the main antagonizers...what direction are ya takin' with the vampires? Are they going to be very reminiscent, very traditional interpretations, the whole creatures of the night, morphing into bats and wolves and snakes, enticing dutchesses into being their brides? Or are we talking your own creation, your own version of the vampires? I just ask, because, either way, it's kind of hard to make vampires - erm, how do I put this? - Biblically/Christian-ly accurate...

Christian movies don't exactly make a lot of money (PotC was just one exception). It doesn't matter.

avatarblade2000 · Nov 7, 2005

...uh...

...that's not what I meant - AT ALL...and - no offense to you

- the fact that most Christian films don't make a lot of money is irrelevant to me, and should be to everyone else. I don't know what context you said that in, and I'm PRETTY sure you weren't being malignant in any way - but just know, the only thing Chrisitian films should aim for is to witness to the Lost.

Now, back on topic: all I meant was, if any of these stories are intended to have a Christian message, or in the very least have a Christian core to them, then the vampires shouldn't be CONTRADICTORY to that belief. Everything in a Christian story should be complimentary to that theme, not bring it down on top of itself...not a very effective witnessing tool, is it?

Granted, writing is supposed to be FUN for the writer too, so that doesn't mean one has to be so stingy about everything: I'm not saying that at all. I know personally that there is a great satisfaction in writing a horror film, even if it is just a script pushed to the back of your file cabinet; I still think, though, there is always greater satisfaction in knowing that you didn't have to compromise your beliefs in writing the thing and bending the rules just to get the job done.

...in any case, Mega, YEAH, it DOES matter; and Rooster, I'm still hoping for the best on these projects of yours. I personally WRITE zombie movies, but I'm partial to WATCHING vampire movies myself... :prayer:

be prayin' for ya!

VickiY · Nov 7, 2005

I have a new plot twist. A grammar professor has been bitten by a vampire, and naturally, becomes vampiric himself. He then searches out and feeds upon those of his students with the worst grammar and spelling, and makes sure that he stakes them after killing them, as the world certainly does not need eternally bad writers.

FreezingRooster · Nov 8, 2005

Thanks avatarblade! I wasn't intending on a big christian twist, other than maybe a holy man or something like that? Not sure! The vampires are slightly different in each plot. In the first one the vampire is extremely savage, but is also smart enough to grasp the situation they are in.

The second has a lot of vampires in it, a whole army in fact. In this plot they function more as a collective, and aren't too far removed from zombies in the way they are viewed by the protagonists as a plague that must be wiped out rather than an enemy that must be fought.

The third is more complex, as the vampire (and indeed, the lycanthropist) are quite fresh into their new identities. The vampire is much more reluctant to fight the lycanthropist as she remembers their former relationship. However her instincts take over as she fights him anyway and even ends up preying on her own parents in order to feed.

The fourth is a bit of a cross between two and three, in that there are several vampires working in a collective, however the main vampire is still struggling with his past identity (i.e. who he was when he was human). The difference is that whether they are human or vampire they are still bad.

Decado · Nov 8, 2005

I like it all!

avatarblade2000 · Nov 9, 2005

Happy B-Day, Decado!

And Rooster...I didn't really mean so much a Christian twist as I did a Christian core: that is, in the world of the story, Biblical truths dictate a lot what is going on. That doesn't mean that it's ALL you see, because then it wouldn't be a story, just a sermon with vampires. All I meant was, every now and again a Biblical truth comes up that
not only shows morals that we all should follow, but also is applicable somehow plotwise to what is going on. By that, in essence, one might have to write it to where vampires themselves fit Christian rules and boundaries, not the other way around...just - just do your homework on it all (and I'm sure you did/will, I'm only saying, one bro in Christ to another) so that you don't write anything you'll be sorry for, contradicting the Bible and God's word.

...but hey, I'm praying for this. It'll be great in the end.

Megachihuahua · Nov 9, 2005

avatarblade2000 said:
Happy B-Day, Decado!

And Rooster...I didn't really mean so much a Christian twist as I did a Christian core: that is, in the world of the story, Biblical truths dictate a lot what is going on. That doesn't mean that it's ALL you see, because then it wouldn't be a story, just a sermon with vampires. All I meant was, every now and again a Biblical truth comes up that
not only shows morals that we all should follow, but also is applicable somehow plotwise to what is going on. By that, in essence, one might have to write it to where vampires themselves fit Christian rules and boundaries, not the other way around...just - just do your homework on it all (and I'm sure you did/will, I'm only saying, one bro in Christ to another) so that you don't write anything you'll be sorry for, contradicting the Bible and God's word.

...but hey, I'm praying for this. It'll be great in the end.

Evil doesn't end where Christianity begins. And so what if it contradicts the Bible? He's creating fiction, not a metaphysical essay.

FreezingRooster · Nov 9, 2005

Morality is an issue in almost ANY films including crappy rom coms lol. I do see your point, seeing as vampires are supposed to be a defiling of all that is christian, that they can become symbols for Christian issues. I have a strong element of the vampires being repelled purely by faith rather than a cross/crucifix. (e.g. there is a moment when an atheist wields a cross at a vampire and it does nothing, but a priest reciting the lords prayer manages to paralyse the origional vampire.)

All of my plots have someone who is essentially a good person. They don't always survive but they are a lot more comfortable with their deaths (dunno if that makes sense) than those who are flawed people.

Megachihuahua · Nov 10, 2005

(e.g. there is a moment when an atheist wields a cross at a vampire and it does nothing, but a priest reciting the lords prayer manages to paralyse the origional vampire.)

That'll teach those atheists!

FreezingRooster · Nov 11, 2005

teehee no offence intended lol. its just a really common error that it's the crosses that do the damage. It's actually the faith behind the symbol that hurts the vampires.

VickiY · Nov 11, 2005

That's actually been done, or a variant of it, by Stephen King in 'Salem's Lot.

avatarblade2000 · Nov 14, 2005

Whoa, where? It's been a long time since I've read the book or watched the movies. What was that variant?

VickiY · Nov 15, 2005

The priest, who is portrayed as nearly losing his faith, confronts Barlow with a cross...which first blazes with a glow that makes him back off...but then the priest begins to fear, and Barlow taunts him about his lack of faith, and the priest listens, as the light fades altogether from the cross, and Barlow picks it from his hand, and snaps it in two. (I THINK he makes a comment about how without faith, the cross is just two pieces of wood) He does not kill the priest, but feeds on him, and later we see the priest in agonies over how unclean he is, and over his lack of faith.

avatarblade2000 · Nov 15, 2005

THAT'S - RIGHT! Great scene, great scene, very powerful. It was a little different in the mini-series with Rob Lowe, but I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, so...thanks for the recap, though, Vick, God bless ya for that.

VickiY · Nov 15, 2005

You're very welcome!

avatarblade2000 · Nov 18, 2005

I'd heard - and only heard, mind you - that vampires are actually demons trapped inside of human bodies, passed on like an infection, aiming to seduce others into being infected like a lustful undead virus; this is specifically why they supposedly shy back from crucifixes and holy water.

Does anyone know for sure if there is any validity to this at all? It would really put my mind at ease if someone were to clear this up for me.

FreezingRooster · Nov 18, 2005

avatarblade2000 said:
I'd heard - and only heard, mind you - that vampires are actually demons trapped inside of human bodies, passed on like an infection, aiming to seduce others into being infected like a lustful undead virus; this is specifically why they supposedly shy back from crucifixes and holy water.

Does anyone know for sure if there is any validity to this at all? It would really put my mind at ease if someone were to clear this up for me.

Well it's certainly A take on the vampire story. Its not the traditional view but then again it's all fiction so every theory is valid!

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