Suggestions and advice on 'Haunted house' movie
 

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a bit of feedback if you'd be so kind. I am currently in the throws of putting together an independant horror movie with a friend that we are looking to shoot. I have written the script and we have sent it to a professional script reading service for comments etc. Overall the feedback was very good (which is encouraging) however they did raise some valuble points, and some points which we disagreed with. There is one comment however that got me thinking and I would appreciate other people's take on this matter to help me decide on what to do.
Basically the story is about a haunted house (well, there's more to it than that but thats the setting). Obviously with a haunted house there are going to be ghosts. One of the things that happnes in the script (it happens a few times) is that the telephone will ring and the protagonist will answer. There will be a sound of static and then a voice will come through (one of the ghosts) to give him warnings/threats. The people who read the script had an issue with this saying "it seems a little beyond their ghost powers to make phone calls". I initially dismissed this comment but I'm beginning to doubt myself now for some reason. For me it seemed perfectly reasonable and, if done right, could make for some very creepy scenes. I mean it's not as if they are actually picking up the phone and making a call, their voices are just coming through the line.

What do you guys think? Is it too far fetched (within the perameters of a ghost story)?

Thanks for the help.

what type of phone?

Sorry, I should have made that clear. It's a land line, not a cell phone.

It doesn's seem so far fetched to me.

Look at movies such as White Noise. It's slightly different, but come on, it's a movie!

Land line would be more believable in my opinion than a cell phone. Much creepier too.

Keep in touch, I'm interested in seeing this when you get it completed.

I don´t see a problem with that at all.

I mean, if the "phone" scares works, the audience wont think twice about it, i´m sure. It´s a horror movie for christ sake. Not EVERYTHING has to make perfect sense.

Do it man, do it!!

Thanks for the input VampiricClown, that was basically my thinking too. I just wanted a second opinion to make sure I wasnt being ignorant.

I'll be sure to keep you updated on how things are going. Just finished the script re-write and I think its just about there now.

We're working on a website which is coming along nicely. When its launched I'll post the link.

Haha, thanks Angra, I think you're right. Scary phone calls it is!!!!

assuming that the people in the house haven't been using the phone, on the last phone call they suddenly realise that the phone was never in working order




or is that too obvious??

One advice though.

DON´T, and i mean DON´T let the house talk (Amityville horror), coz THAT´s lame...:mad:

Hmmmm..... Isn´t that kind of cliche?:rolleyes: