This thread just came to my attention. A film of mine that's been in production limbo for what feels like forever falls under the dead kid category. I have most of it shot and made a '60 Second Film' version/trailer for some contest and included it at the beginning of another friend's film release since I was his editor. His film was released and reviewed by someone I'm not best friends with, but have always been on good terms with. At the end of the review, he stated the trailer for my film was 'total crap'. I was aghast. Everyone who had seen it thought it was well done, creepy, atmospheric, etc. even if it was bizzarre and rather ugly. I wrote to him to ask why he stated that. His reply was simple. He thought it was really well done, etc., but felt I had broken the unwritten rule of horror. 'What's that ?' I asked. I not only SHOWED a dead child in it, but I broke an even worse taboo by showing the child getting killed. Natuarally I thought he was joking. Apparently not. He said he simply could not give me a good review based upon that premise. I thanked him for his honesty and have since gone back to putting my original vision for those scenes back in. The original scenes are easily10 times more graphic. A slow motion scene of the little girl getting shot in the head, rivers of blood, skull and brains everywhere. I toned it down for the trailer. Knowing it bothers people that much makes me want to keep it now even more. Never compromise your artistic vision (unless you get a lot of money to LOL).
CK
PS You can see the '60 Second Film' at :
Sins of The Mother / Going, Going... trailer

Moonsorrow, if you want to look so different to set yourself apart from everyone in the first place, don't you think you're going to get some mixed perceptions from people then ? Nothing worse then people who cry out for attention then cry when it's negative LOL
CK

hey fuck you, not looking for atention, i get enough as it is...why do looks always have to be acociated with attention...
i dont feel comfortable in baggy fucking pants, i dont feel to good in a siut either, nor do i feel good in a jogging siut.
i like the clothes i wear and i dont do for anybody but me, and anybody who thinks diffrentley... go fuck yourself(s)

Yeah, nothing about this seems to scream 'Look at me ! Look at me !'. LOL
CK
PS Fuck you, too :D
Your Dungeons and Dragons team awaits.

your the kind of person im talking about here, you take one look at me and you got me pegged, you got me in a both and all figured out havent you?
someday your going to piss of the wrong person, if this was face to face it would have been me, your in luck this time.

that picture makes me want to kick ass

I would love to look like that.

But my job prevents me from doing so.

Moonsorrow - I know what it's like to be different man. I also know what it's like for everyone to think you are doing it for attention and for the sole purpose of pissing people off. That's not what it's about. It's about being yourself, regardless of what other people think.

Go for it. I may not necessarily want to see it, but if it's as shocking as you make it sound, I'll have to. Nothing scares me anymore, except midgets.

exactley, in todays modern society its the individuals that count, even (fluff)ho is an individual and she does count as much as i hate to admitt it...even that little turd who just pissed me off...cant remember the name. what would a man be if we were all the same?

You're the one bitching about the negative attention you get from wearing blood and fangs and shit. How am I pegging anything wrong ? If you don't like people's reactions, DON'T WEAR THEM.
Sorry to get you in such a tizzy. However, I would like to take you up on your offer. If you're ever in Chicago, look me up. You'll be swallowing those fangs and the blood and tears will be for real, cutie. Nothing worse than hearing kids with bad attitudes making anonymous threats from behind their computers. Esp when they're wearing make-up.