So, You’ve Got An Idea For A Movie

A new writer recently pitched me an idea for a horror film: “A sexy high-school senior is pursued through a never-ending labyrinth by an escaped psychopath after witnessing the gruesome deaths of a group of her friends on Halloween night.” Ummm… that’s not a feature film idea. That’s maybe a couple of scenes at the most (and I’m not even going to address the cliché, been-there-done-that, problems of this script concept. By the way, can we use another holiday besides Halloween for horror films? I’m thinking maybe President’s Day, the killer can dress-up as Washington or Lincoln and wreak havoc on car dealerships who don’t honor the traditional President’s Day store-wide sale.)