The Plot

Upon further discussion, Ethan and I have come up with a rough outline of the plot. So basically, there is this forest where people go missing. Could be anything from a random forest to a park, that part doesn’t really matter. What matters is that it is a wooded area. The cold open will set the mood, then we will cut to a group of teens who are gonna go camping. Our story will focus on them during their trip turned nightmare, as they try to survive a night in this haunted forest. To fall more in line with the whole slasher aesthetic we are going for, we will set the movie in the 80’s, and thus for research we will focus on 80’s horror movie like Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and Friday the 13th. The main monster will probably be the goatman, as it is known for haunting forests. As of right now, while we haven’t decided on our final title, the running idea is A Night in the Woods. We will use mostly offscreen gore, hiding gruesome bits and making them implied. While that general basis of plot is fairly set in stone, one more undecided plot point is the use of radios/walkie talkies. If we did this, we would split the campers up and have them communicate through radio to try to find and help each other, only to have more and more radio signals go silent. The last survivor would probably break down for a minute when nobody responds when they try to talk to their friends. Otherwise, we will probably have them together in small groups where one person gets separated from their group and killed. Then someone finds them, wash rinse repeat until all, or at least most of them, are dead. Now that we have a rough grasp of our movies opening, and overall plot to a lesser extent, it is time to begin research. For the next probably week or two my posts will be research analysis of the openings of the movies mentioned above, as well as a choice documentary and game about the goatman to give us a better idea of how our monster will act.