Written by sandip mahal | 06 February 2010 | in diaries - creative journal

the horror film franchise is still surprisingly resilient and not really showing signs of slowing (some would say that the current incarnation has outstayed it's welcome). The question i ask is if there is space for a real rough and ready old school horror film that does what it says on the tin? The last good horror for me was Outpost. It didn't make you think too much and had a great genre story. Not a great story itself but a solid one that helped the movie along. My friend has written a horror film that is what it is and nothing more guys and girls alone/ monster picking them off one by one/plot twists and and an ending. So what's new? The approach to the structure is solely based on the old fashioned horror films of the 70's and 80s' that were on late night telly and proved to be influential. You will be surprised by how many horror aficionados have never heard of Race with the Devil, The Legend of Hell House or the superior and creepy Night of the Eagle aka Burn Witch Burn. well written genre stories with great atmosphere. That's all we want to make. It starts from the page, not with gore and some people don't understand that