Sunday, August 22, 2010

Breaking Into The Business With Horror Movies

By Adriana Noton

It is odd, is it not, how popular horror movies have always been? This means odd considering the fact that fear is not usually a very pleasant state of mind to be in outside of the theater. It is a survival mechanism, and a primal one at that, yet people like to pull the trigger on it in groups and even when they are home alone.

Think about what kind of movie most would like to take a date to. Sure, the romantic comedy is the staple fare, but it is the scary flick that will get those two sitting all snuggly close and holding on to each other. And everybody just likes to be frightened when there is no real danger involved. It is like a roller coaster ride, fear without real fate involved.

If someone is a real big fan of the genre, like so many folks are, they will probably get to the point when they wonder why they could not do it themselves. Why not get into the film business on their own? It is totally possible, and guess what? Scary B-films are a good way to get a foot in the door in this business. Many very successful careers have been started in his very way.

They know that there is money to be made scaring the pants off of people. So do the directors and producers of such fare. So how could a person actually make a living doing the same thing themselves? To begin, they could try for a job on a set. The thing about many scary movies is that they are on such a low budget that they are an easy way to get an entry-level film gig.

This would include makeup people, as most of the really good ones use a truck load of make up. And all of that blood and gore has to be mixed up and smeared on to the characters by someone. Hey, someone has to do it, and they could earn a little bit of money doing it.

As for budding screenwriters, surely they can cobble together a good script for a fright fest. It will be easier when it is realized that all horror plots are very much alike. Only the monsters really change. So they can go back to the classic screams and see if they can do an update or add a particularly sick twist to the plot. Again, many screenwriters did the same thing to get started.

And as far as the acting goes, if an actor can scream really good, and if they are attractive enough, it should not be too hard to find a small role, in which the character gets killed off pretty early on in the film, and start building a resume reel thereby. Again, many of these types of films are very low budget, so the return in any work put into to them could be substantial.

The bottom line is that low budget films need low budget help. But that low budget has been known to turn into big bucks when the quirky little horror movies become box office bonanzas or video smashes. The world of movie making is hard to crack, but these types of films are a great tool to try with. - 40726

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