Yes, it's hot. I'm staying inside, watching a godawful movie on TV, staying cool. Writing Seer II. Playing Plants vs. Zombies--yes, it's a stupid game but I just can't stop.
To all you folks out there who want to make monster movies but don't have the budget to do a really effective monster--you can still do a good one but find creative ways to imply the monster instead of just showing it. Why? Because if your audience giggles when your monster appears on-screen, this is never a good thing. If you're trying to scare them, that is. Unfortunately, these days, the folks who make these movies seem to think that it is a requirement to show the monster, plainly and entirely, and since they can't afford to do it right it either looks like a guy in an ill-fitting suit and an expressionless, motionless mask, or CGI that looks like something from an old video game. It sort of spoils the whole thing, folks.
Watch Alien, people! Sheesh. One of the many reasons that film is a masterpiece.
Speaking of masterpieces--while this one doesn't exactly qualify, I do urger you to take just over and hour and a half to watch Island of Terror. I saw this movie when I was around nine years old--a local TV station would show monster movies in the early afternoons sometimes--and it scared me spitless. I watched it again today and found myself enjoying it all over again. It probably won't keep me awake all night this time but I did find it engrossing.
I've been talking about titles for the Seer film trilogy and here's what I'm thinking of calling them.
- Seer
- Seer II
- Seers
So, stay cool, wherever you are.
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