Quinn Angstrom
I wonder if it would be possible for a modern filmmaker to make an incredibly scary movie about one (1) alive skellington
Quinn Angstrom
just a jiggly halloween boneman
Niamh Vibes
I've been thinking about it and the best I got involves adding too many more gimmicks to him
Niamh Vibes
No one else can see him, he's just. always there, stalking you
bluecanary
is the skeleton malicious
Quinn Angstrom
I mean probably
Quinn Angstrom
it's a horror movie
BattroidBattery
I feel like 'no one else can see it' is always scary regardless of what 'it' is
Niamh Vibes
The skeleton doesn't hate you. It loves you. It wants to support you.
Niamh Vibes
It wants to be your skeleton
Niamh Vibes
And if it has to get rid of the skeleton you got to be that, well
dragon time
I think you play it like I Know What You Did Last Summer
dragon time
Some teens killed someone doing stupid shenanigans in their youth and hid the body somewhere
dragon time
And now
dragon time
It's Back
dragon time
Maybe set it on Halloween so the skeleton can conceal itself
dragon time
Hey this things pretty well articulated
dragon time
It keeps following the people around and skeleton them to death
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put it in the background of scenes where you dont really notice its there until halfway through the scene
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that would spook me
Master Chieve
Skeletons are masters of stealth
Master Chieve
after all
Master Chieve
everyone has a skeleton
Niamh Vibes
skeleton climbs out of someone
Niamh Vibes
it's been lying in wait
bluecanary
well if the skeleton is like
bluecanary
if the skeleton has a knife it could just chase some fuckers
Quinn Angstrom
a skeleton can certainly be dangerous
Quinn Angstrom
the question is can it be scary
Quinn Angstrom
or has halloween merch ruined it
bluecanary
ok hear me out
bluecanary
front of the skull is missing and you get something like... actually im not sure i should link the image its a bit startling but google human face MRI
dragon time
Put a little meat on it
Quinn Angstrom
adding more stuff is cheating
Quinn Angstrom
it's easy to make a skeleton look scarier by adding scary shit to it
Quinn Angstrom
you have to achieve the scares using only storytelling and cinematography and atmosphere
Quinn Angstrom
it must be ONLY bones
RobotApocalypse
honestly i think Niamh's "the skeleton wants to become YOUR skeleton" idea has promise
Quinn Angstrom
extreme difficulty challenge:
RobotApocalypse
a skeleton that kills people by trying to climb inside them and then wears their corpse around like a suit is pretty scary
Quinn Angstrom
the skeleton has to talk
bluecanary
the skeleton has to have the voice of danny devito
Quinn Angstrom
honestly "horror movie but the villain has to be played/voiced by danny devito" is a powerful challenge on its own
dragon time
I think you can do a good camp horror movie that way
Quinn Angstrom
camp horror, certainly
Quinn Angstrom
comedy horror, absolutely
Quinn Angstrom
but raw horror
Quinn Angstrom
that's the real challenge
Quinn Angstrom
make the funny scary
big woop
I think "the skeleton can talk" actually gives you more options for genuine scary
big woop
If the skeleton can talk it can communicate something other than There Is A Skeleton Here
Wild Child
I feel you could do a lot with implications that all skeletons are separately sapient
Wild Child
maybe the ending after the skeleton is defeated has one of the characters hear their own skeleton start talking