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Would make a great HORROR movie

posted 10 years ago by chadlhs-963-295485
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read the complete stryline and thell me this wouldnt make a great horror movie. Lost city of Z and it could be about them looking for eldorado and nobody ever returned after leaving and looking for the city; and when they find it would be the lost city of zombies. If done right it would look very well. maybe done in the same way as from dusk til dawn. you dont see any actual zombies until like 45 min into the movie. that way you can get to know the characters a little more. only with a better budget dont use cgi unless actually needed. maybe james wan or Ridley Scott.

[–] chadlhs-963-295485 10 years ago

maybe done like its found recordings but id probably have to change the story a bit in order for that to work . just a thought. leave a comment let me know what you think.

[–] conchoreb-4 10 years ago

I think the real story is scary enough--Amazon cannibals and headhunters. Hundreds gone missing searching for the lost explorer, plus thousands in the preceding years.
Why f--k with it? We have enough zombies already.

[–] grandmastersik 9 years ago

Then it would be Cannibal Holocaust (which is what I had in mind when I strayed across the project).

[–] CurzonStreet 9 years ago

I think the way they're making it is going to see like a bit of a horror movie as it is, minus the zombies. There are enough horrible things going on in the jungle with out throwing zombies into the mix.

Darius Khondji is an impressive cinematographer, and Gray an impressive director, this should be good.
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[–] FourthYear 9 years ago

This is, to my knowledge, based on the book of the same name following the life and adventure of Percy Fawcett. Adding in horror and zombies kind of goes deep into fiction whereas this is a mostly biographical tale.

[–] gary_overman 8 years ago

This is, to my knowledge, based on the book of the same name following the life and adventure of Percy Fawcett. Adding in horror and zombies kind of goes deep into fiction whereas this is a mostly biographical tale.

This is what I thought as well. I believe I'll see this, as I have been interested in Fawcett's story for decades. I first heard about him in the 1960's when I was a boy.

[–] Caseyspook 8 years ago

most unoriginal thing I've ever heard.

[–] kay_rock 8 years ago

I hate people.

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[–] lordtalbot5 8 years ago

Sort of like the old Adventure films before they got sanitized.

[–] vicky_lc2001 (1907) 7 years ago

I agree it would make a great horror film but it doesn't have to be zombies, it can be anything from creatures, to booby traps, to aliens, etc, lol!

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

Wouldn't it end up being like The Green Inferno by Eli Roth? 😉

[–] vicky_lc2001 (1907) 7 years ago

Never heard of it but too bad it has bad ratings, have you seen it yet? For me, Horror films are good enough if they're at least a 6 but with other films like drama, they need to be an 8/10 at least.

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

I haven't seen it... But want to... I liked a couple of his other movies, Cabin Fever and Knock Knock...

[–] vicky_lc2001 (1907) 7 years ago

Ok. Maybe I'll give it a shot.