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Okay. It looks like I didn't give enough time to pitches before putting the poll up. I locked voting and the poll is now dead. Please use this thread to continue any more pitches. Remember the guidelines: try to make it a 25-words-or-less pitch but if it runs a little over that's okay. Fine to include taglines and titles, but only titles (if provided) will be included with the pitch.

I HAVE ALL PITCHES FROM THE ORIGINAL PITCH THREAD SAVED, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO REPEAT YOUR PITCH.

It was also brought up that perhaps an anthology was the way to go. I thought that was a great idea. Let's just put that as a possibility for now. We'll get the top pitches selected first, then discuss the anthology angle, as some pitches work well as standalone films and some work better as a shorter piece.

So, I'm going to put up a new poll one week from today, so you all have a full week to make any more offerings.

Happy pitching!

Set in the 1930s, A team of explorers in the uncharted regions of Earth stumble across an hidden oasis filled with Amazonian beauties, a paradise except it's sometimes terrorized by a giant house cat.  :buggedout: :bouncegiggle:

A young man buys a tuba from a strange second hand store, and it turns out the tuba is POSSESSED BY AN EVIL DEMON !

could have a great scene where a drunk friend is trying the tuba and gets EATEN ALIVE

-Jimmybob

(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jimmybob/Brickfilms/giant_tuba.jpg)

 :buggedout:

-Jimmybob

A man, obsessed with destroying the Wendigo, attempts to seek it out. Everyone else thinks he's crazy, especially as he himself starts to take on a more nightmarish appearance.

I just want to remind people of the lack of funds. Try to keep the budget in mind.

A group checks into a horror themed hotel called "Hotel Frankenstein" and starts disappearing one by one.  Turns out it's not just a name, The real Frankenstein's monster is secretly running the place.  You see, not even his reanimated body parts least forever and he needs donors for some transplants. 

If you want to expand it further, he's also been trying to recreate his "father's" experiments to make himself a mate, and after all this time still hasn't managed to figure out the exact process yet. 

A delusional mad man dresses up as a super hero and kills people with bad dialogue ..uhum I mean his gadgets.

Let your imaginations run wild!

Pitch

Teen creates a ray-gun that can turn matter into cartoons; he got the info from a "Demonic" website.

Please do your best to respect the ernest attempt here and keep in mind budget. I can't prevent anyone from making joke pitches, but please do your best to refrain. I am going to poll for EVERYTHING that is posted, unless it goes too far beyond 25 words.

Pitch
Group of people go to a lodge for a trip and one by one they start turning up undead. The mystery is who among them is turning them into zombies.

Sorta like dracula only its a zombie turning ppl into zombies, he must feed on them or he start reverting back into a mindless zombie.

I think for the ones I suggested, use an ordinary housecat for the first one (and maybe superimpose the image - not sure how costly that is, granted the Amazon women would probably be pricey unless you could get volunteers) and to save money on the second you needn't ever actually show the Wendigo only show shadows and use strange animal sounds...and just apply a bit of make-up to the guy going crazy and turning into what he hates most.

Anyways here goes another one:

A ray machine sends a group of unlikely teen heroes into the past where they meet up with and react to PD stock footage.  :buggedout: :bouncegiggle:

I'm probably missing something that should be painfully obvious, but what is PD? Please clarify for the pitch. However, just the stock footage thing alone is not a bad idea.

Pitch

A motorcycle gang fights the Devil and his minions

Hmmmmm... Werewolves on Wheels (1971)... Although I would love to see a remake :)

PD = Public Domain.

I just had another related idea...you could have, instead of heroes, annoying characters who meet their demise via stock footage or even a mix of both.

Aha. Thanks. I figured it was something painfully simple like that. You raised a good production point in genera, though. PD stock footage is going to be our friend.

Pitch

A nerdy scientist named Melvin Schieneker invents a machine (made from a toaster) that accidently turns him into a slightly deformed, badass, foul-mouthed biker.

quite funny if the toaster is alive :)

Just posting to keep the thread up on the ranks. The thread seems to be winding down, so I think I'm going to put the updated poll up on Friday instead of Monday. If you have any pitches, get them in before Friday.

Flick your mind works like a Hollywood Producter *Snap-to-it**Snap-to-it**Snap-to-it**My-Time-is-money* lol (Ok, I'm being funny... )  :bouncegiggle:

I'm good either friday or monday... I think I gave enough "free pitches" the others will cost after I write them... :)

I could never direct. I'm generally very mild-mannered, but put me in a director's chair and I would turn into a totalitarian in an instant. I'm much easier to get along with in collaborative scenario where I'm not the one in charge.  :smile:

You have the heart and soul of a producer... :)

Tried to keep em all pretty short.


genre: Animal Revenge - A restaurant becomes haunted by hungry cat souls, after the boss has the back ally cats killed, when he learned they were being given free food.

genre: Slasher - 9 people go into the dessert to experience spiritual enlightenment, but one decides his destiny is to kill everyone.

genre: Monster - High Schooler's are transformed into mutants, after the nerds are excluded from the party of the year. The nerds then feel bad and turn themselves into monsters to fight the other ones.

genre: Revenge - A teacher who mocks a hypnotist is taught a lesson. Whenever he hears his name, he will forget the previous 24 hours.

genre: Aliens - IA farmer learns that some nazi aliens in his barn are waiting for a group of Hindu aliens to come and steal his cows, so they can kill them.

Here's an idea if we're going with the anthology format.  I don't think it could be stretched out to full lenght. 

The Painting. 
A mother buys a new painting for the house.  Her kid doesn't like it and thinks it's creepy.  One night, when left alone with it, he notices that whenever he takes his eyes off the painting, the figure in it shifts positions.  Eventually, he goes to touch just so he can prove to himself that it's just a painting, except when he does, it ripples like water. 

When the mothers comes back home later, she sees her son banging on the paining from the inside trying to get back out. ... then the man in the painting comes up from behind her.  Cut to black. 

I really like it, and I want to include it on the poll. One problem, it goes too far beyond the 25-words limit. Please resubmit it in an shorter version. Keep the longer description handy for if it is developed further, but for the pitch it really has to be closer to 25 words. I just have to try and keep it fairly uniform to all. A few words over is okay, but too much and the poll is going to be a novel.

Short version

Mom buys creepy painting and leaves kid alone with it.  Painting turns out to be haunted/alive/whatever and traps the kid inside taking his place outside. 

Although explaining it like that, I think you lose all the impact. 

Does this sound better?

Mom buys a painting; Her kid notices a figure is shifting positions, in disbelief he touches the artwork that absorbs him and frees the figure.

I totally understand. It's a very good short movie idea. But in fairness I can't have one pitch being far above 25 words when everyone else is held to it. I recommend waiting for the day of the poll (which is tomorrow) and putting in a post early expounding on your idea a bit more. People are going to read the replies. The replies are there to influence votes, whether you're explaining your own or approving of someone else's. Let me know if you would prefer I post your shorter version or the one Skull suggested.

That is a bit  better.

Okey dokey. Will do. I do like the way your idea was set up from the start.

Thanks, I tried to keep it as you have written and had a fun time debating if I could add "creepy" or not... I think creepy is subjective and its assumed to be creepy since a figure is moving within the artwork...

:)

Another idea based on a Japanese Urban Legend.  Again, this only works in short film format.


Short summary. 
Something waits in a stall in the woman's restroom.  Anyone that goes in is never seen again. 

Here's the long summary.

A woman goes into a dirty and poorly lit public restroom only to find the all the stalls are out of order except one, but it's closed.  She tries to peek under the door and see if anybody is there.  She doesn't see anyone so she tries the door.  Locked.  She knocks only to hear a little girl's voice say "I'm not done."  She waits, she's getting antsy and tries knocking again, each time she's told "I'm not done yet."  After a while, the door creeks open just slightly but the girl doesn't come out.  The woman calls but gets no answer.  She goes to look and as soon as she reaches the door, something reaches out and grabs her, pulling her in.  The door closes behind her.  Then it goes quiet.  There's no movement or sound and no legs are visible from under the stall.  The girls voice says "I'm done now."

interesting... another nice idea... :)

One more pitch, then I'll stop.

This idea just popped into my head.  I don't have anything to flesh it out with, I don't know where it's going, but I'm sure somebody would be able to take the idea and do something with it.

What if you could get a license to be a homicidal maniac? 



They can't arrest you because the guy would legally allowed to do it.  Would you have limits on what weapons you could use?  What victims you're allowed? 

Somehow I get the image of a guy walking down the street wearing bloody clothes and a hockey mask, with nobody paying him any attention, maybe taking the bus or something like that.  Having him just behaving like a normal everyday Joe until he happens to see somebody walk by with "VICTIM" written on their T-shirt. 

I dunno though.  It's just a random idea I thought I'd sahre. 

Okay. I'm no longer taking pitches. I now have over 30. That's plenty. Stand by for the poll. If you happen to have a brilliant idea before I put the poll up, better get it in. I'll do a last-minute check before I throw it up.