Terror-In-A-Can Part V

Well, if you are just now joining us, ignore this post and wait for the next one, or start back on Part I. Alternatively, ignore my instructions and read on!


Coming soon to a theater near you: The Mine!!

Here's where I'm going to take my 4 previous posts, and in (literally) the time it takes me to type it, write a modern day horror movie. Here we go:

From Part I, we have the steps of how to do this. Steps 1 through 4 are as follows:

1. Pick your setting: An old mountain cabin that just happens to be near an abandoned mine shaft.
   
2. Pick a villain: Jacob Johnson, former miner from back in the day.
   
3. Determine why/how your villain exists: Jacob discovered that was radioactive ore in the mines. When he tried to bring it to public, the bossman threw him down a shaft to his death (or so they thought). He still thirsts for justice. (Don't forget to squeeze in a way to explain this.)
   
4. Pick your victim group: A group of college kids getting away for the weekend. Two couples: Sue & Jim, Bob & Peg.

Wow! That was easy. (Props to Bob (not the character in the movie, my real-life friend)) for the idea of using a mine.

Step #5 is to pick out several Stock Scenes. I've listed the choices below. Add a little filler, and you have a movie.

Stock Scenes:

1. The False Reveal
2. The Walk By
3. The Peak
4. The Marco Polo
5. Weapon, Weapon, Who's Got the Weapon?
6. The Marathon
7. The Not Quite Dead Yet

The group arrives and checks out the cabin. While they are all unpacking and checking out the cabin, (#3) we switch from 3rd person view to 1st person of someone looking in the window watching the frivolity and the couples kissing/horsing around a bit. Filler goes on for a bit, then later that evening, Jim invites Sue to "go for a walk"...at night.

They grab a flashlight and head out. Jim, being the funny guy that he is, turns off the flashlight and hides from Sue. She begins to look for him. (#4) "Jim...where are you, Jim?" You get the idea. It's a fairly moonlit night, and Sue stumbles upon the entrance to a mine. Huh? Whattya know? A mine. Here. The mine is mostly sealed up, but there is a door, and the lock appears to be broken. She thinks she hears something from inside the door and knows it must be Jim hiding from her. (#4) "Jim, quit fooling around, I know it's you."

(#3) We see Sue from a 1st person view through some cracks in the boards used to wall up the mine entrance as she walks towards the door. She opens the door and WHAM!!(#1) Nothing! Whew!! Sue turns around and WHAM!! There's Jim. Haha! Jim's so funny! At least he thinks so. They both turn arm in arm to go back to the cabin and WHAM!! There's Jacob the radioactive but not-quite-dead miner. Jim immediately meets his end. Sue takes off running (#6) back to the cabin. She manages to leave the flashlight (#5). She looks back and see Jacob heading after her. She keeps running. She looks back. Yep, Jacob's still there. She puts her head down and really takes off. She looks back...he's gone! She turns back around and WHAM!! There he is. Two Victims down.

Back at the cabin, Bob and Peg have continued their frolicking. We get a brief glimpse (#3) through a window, and then we are inside with them.

"Where have Jim and Sue gotten off to?", one of them wonders. This is usually done by whichever one has previously been established as being the "level-headed" one.

"I don't know and don't care" is the reply of the "irresponsible-party" one replies.

After a suitable amount of time (filler), and a few more Stock Scenes, our intrepid duo grabs another flashlight and head out looking for Jim and Sue. They find just enough evidence to lead them to the mine (where Jacob has hidden their friend's bodies, of course). They enter the mine in spite of the obvious stupidity of it. As they are walking down the mineshaft away from the camera, WHAM!! (#2), Jacob crosses right in front of the camera. The both spin around, and of course just see some dust moving.

Bob tells Peg to be careful, that the old mining cart they found may not be safe (foreshadowing is also important in any movie). After a few more WHAM!!s, Jacob the miner has Bob and is about to do him in. Peg runs back to the aforementioned mining cart and manages to release the brake. It rolls down the tracks, Bob jumps out of the way just in time, and Jacob gets knocked off into a bottomless (not really) mineshaft and everyone is safe.

Peg runs over to Bob and helps him up. They hug. Peg reaches down and picks up the dropped flashlight (#5). As she stands back up, WHAM!! (#7) A hand comes up over the edge of the drop-off and grabs Bob's leg. At this point, Bob's fate is determined solely by the director. Let's just say for our little story he kicks at Jacob's hand a few times and they escape.

THE END


This completes step #6, which was to type a rough outline of the movie.

Now I just need to do step #7: film it.