A question

bonestructure

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May 25, 2012, 1:22:29 PM5/25/12

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Seriously. Somebody brought up last week or so, that zombies are no
longer scary. That may be true. They've become so popular that they've
become a trope, a genre of their own, no longer horror. But my partner
and I are working on a zombie story. Well, it's mostly about a zombie
hunter, but there are zombies. So, in your opinion, how can zombies
become scary again?

Blackwingbear

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May 25, 2012, 4:07:02 PM5/25/12

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Try concentrate on really sympathetic characters having to kill their loved ones to survive - not some hipster college frat-kid blasting them for kicks. The lack of dealing with the human, emotional end of it is what killed it for me.

bonestructure

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May 25, 2012, 5:52:39 PM5/25/12

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> Try concentrate on really sympathetic characters having to kill their loved ones to survive - not some hipster college frat-kid blasting them for kicks. The lack of dealing with the human, emotional end of it is what killed it for me.

Well, the story we're working on is very character based. And there's
a reveal at the end which makes it a VERY personal matter. Our zombie
hunter is a full growed man, not a kid. And his emotions, his
motivations are what drives the story forward, and leads him to take
chances no one else would take. It's just that you don't learn what it
is until the end.

Blackwingbear

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May 26, 2012, 8:57:00 PM5/26/12

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On Friday, May 25, 2012 5:52:39 PM UTC-4, bonestructure wrote:
> Well, the story we're working on is very character based. And there's
> a reveal at the end which makes it a VERY personal matter. Our zombie

> hunter is a full grown man, not a kid. And his emotions, his

> motivations are what drives the story forward, and leads him to take
> chances no one else would take. It's just that you don't learn what it
> is until the end.

That sounds like it could work...

john smith

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Jun 7, 2012, 3:29:12 PM6/7/12

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"bonestructure" wrote in message
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They could rape you...

http://www.brutalashell.com/2012/05/comix-reviews-crossed/

Kishin

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Jun 7, 2012, 6:09:56 PM6/7/12

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Been done. "The Necro Files," IIRC.

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Blackwingbear

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Jun 10, 2012, 7:19:53 PM6/10/12

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On Thursday, June 7, 2012 3:29:12 PM UTC-4, john smith wrote:
> They could rape you...
> http://www.brutalashell.com/2012/05/comix-reviews-crossed/

I remember that comic! It wasn't quite as shocking as it tried to be, partly because it was really trying to be.

john smith

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Jun 11, 2012, 12:36:13 PM6/11/12

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"Blackwingbear" wrote in message
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I'm reading it at the moment, and you're spot on!

ReVulse

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Jun 11, 2012, 2:51:12 PM6/11/12

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I think the only way to make an interesting zombie film would be to set
it in the past before guns were invented, before modern science and
technology and when belief in God (pagan or otherwise) was the norm. The
initial rising of the dead would be seen as a gift of resurrection from
the Lord and welcomed - the subsequent attacks would be confusing and
cause religious upheaval (why are our loved ones attacking us and why are
they not in Heaven?). The fighting off of the attacks would have to be
done in close combat and even a badly mutilated, dismembered corpse would
still have a bloodlust and keep on trying to attack.

I'm sure it's been done, but I don't watch many zombie films (although I
will probably be watching one tonight).

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Kishin

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Jun 11, 2012, 6:31:57 PM6/11/12

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That's actually a pretty cool idea. When are you starting on the script?

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Jared

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Jun 11, 2012, 11:42:08 PM6/11/12

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On Jun 12, 4:51 am, ReVulse <ReVu...@psychaoticREMOVETHIS.fsnet.co.uk>
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> (why are our loved ones attacking us and why are
> they not in Heaven?).

No more room in Heaven.