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Horror movies set in storage locations

posted 9 years ago by jeffyoung1
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This is a new angle in the horror movie genre akin to claustrophobic settings in trains and airplanes. I think it's a great idea. Usually the storage facility is large, multi-level, and usually run-down.

There was a direct-to-rental-video movie two years ago that was set in a dilapidated storage unit run by a sleaze ball. But I can't remember the name of the movie.

This movie relied upon the faulty lighting fear prop commonly used by Hollywood. This is when there is little, none, or faulty light illumination. Also, in the movie, at the beginning the two women investigate a lower level storage locker without a flashlight. One of them relies upon a lighter.

[–] georgiawriter 8 years ago

The first storage unit movie with a monster lurking in the halls was a British film called "Storage 24" and it was pretty entertaining. Then a similar movie came out not too long ago called "The 13th Unit." Again, lost/locked in a storage facility with no way out and a monster lurking in the dark.

The writer of the 1st movie came up with a great story and it worked well. Then the other 2 writers decided to climb onto the 1st writer's coattails hoping to have the same success. Happens in the movie industry all the time, but the copycat movies are typically inferior. For example, Hollywood produced the blockbuster movie "Battle Los Angeles" with Aaron Eckhart in 2011. That same year the SyFy channel made a TV movie called "Battle OF Los Angeles" with Nia Peeples, which was a joke and a complete ripoff of the Aaron Eckhart movie. I suppose as long as people continue to watch movies regardless of the production quality, then copycat movies will always be made. Remember the surge in "found footage" movies after the original Blair Witch Project movie came out? Exactly...