For you Horror fans...

[somedeadguy]

A couple of things which you may or may not already be aware. Movies that are shown in [most] theatres need a certain audience. Usually this audience is called the Lowest Common Denominator. This means that unless you have a good guy who sleeps with tons of big breasted girls, is or was once a pro wrestler, and or started out as a comedian, it probably won't do very well. Also, you might think about naming the bad guy General Grievous. The second thing is that generally, movies made for 150,000 don't get into theatres. Even Napolean Dynamite costed 600,000, and I had to drive an hour to find a theatre that showed it.

If I were in your shoes, and I had an idea that I wanted to have in theatres, and reach the most people possible, I would spend the 150,000 on learning. I would make several low budget productions, attend school, talk to other directors, untill I finally felt like I had enough evidence to prove to a financer or producer to give me 100 million.

[Generic Skinhead]

Wrong thread.

[sn-films]

Another senseless tragedy. Many people don't care for horror, but the man had a hand in spawning a whole genre of films. You've gotta respect that.

Having said that, I started thinking about my own work. When my time comes, what legacy will I have left behind? Personally, I have yet to make the movie I'd want to be remembered for...

[Nigel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_en_mo/obit_akkad

Keep the politics outof this.

Good Luck

[Tard]

Now if Alan B. McElroy (screenwriter for Halloween 4) was blown up by an insurgents pipe bomb, I'd throw a party!

Kinda sad he's best known for working on a franchise that's almost polar-opposite with the subject-matter he really wanted to do (Muslim religious movies).