Well, I'm not scared to go first or post publically, so here goes. If Flayed can top me, cheers to him.
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As a mainstream commercial director, put forth your visualization of a theme for a possible horror flick on the whole OK Corral Gunfight incident.
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TITLE:
AT SUNDOWN
PLOT SYNOPSIS:
Arizona Territory - 1881
A gang of cattle rustlers known as 'Cowboys' were wreaking havoc in the Arizona territory. They were dubbed 'Cowboys' because of their affection for drinking the blood from the cattle they rustled, leaving only dried and withered corpses behind. Eventually, cow blood was not enough to quench their thirst and they began to prey on the local townsfolk, effectively becoming the first vampires in recorded history. (Although it did exist, the term 'vampire' was not yet commonplace because Bram Stoker had yet to pen Dracula and bring the term to pop culture.)
The 'Cowboys' were led by Curly Bill Brocious, but the most ruthless among them was Johnny Ringo, who was known to kill for sport when he wasn't even thirsty.
Eventually, the 'Cowboys' arrived in Tombstone, Arizona Territory and began to prey on the townsfolk, mainly orphans and whores and others who would not be missed until one night when the town Sheriff confronted them and asked them to move on. Wanting to set an example, Curly Bill savagely killed Sheriff Fred White in front of a half dozen witnesses.
With no law in town, the 'Cowboys' ran amok, slaying and feasting on whomever they desired. One townsman with a sense of nobility, Virgil Earp, assumed the role of deputy and tried to pick up where Sheriff White had left off in casting the Cowboys out of Tombstone. The Cowboys did not take kindly to this and several verbal altercations took place. With tensions escalating, Virgil enlisted the help of two of his brothers, Morgan and Wyatt, as well as Wyatt's good friend Doc Holliday. Together, the four of them attempted to rid the town of the Cowboys to little avail.
At sundown on August 26, 1881, the Earp clan came across five Cowboys feasting on the corpse of a local prostitute behind Harwood's Lumber Store near the OK Corral. Weapons were drawn, shots were fired, thirty shots in less than thirty seconds to be exact, and when the dust settled three Cowboys were dead and the other two had disappeared in to the night. Morgan and Virgil Earp both suffered nonfatal bullet wounds, Doc Holliday was grazed in the hip and Wyatt came away unscathed.
The Cowboys realized the Earp's meant business and the town quieted down for a couple months, but in March 1882 the Cowboys took their revenge and Morgan Earp was killed outside a billiard hall and sucked dry of his blood. This led to Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday forming a posse and setting out to vanquish the Cowboys once and for all. Due to wounds suffered at the OK Corral shootout, Virgil Earp was unable to assist in this and was relegated to protecting the families in Contention City. Wyatt, Holliday and a small posse trailed and killed more than a dozen Cowboys, including both Curly Bill Brocius and Johnny Ringo, while the rest were forced to flee Arizona Territory and the wrath of Wyatt Earp.
CREW:
Director: Brian Wind
Writer: David Webb Peoples & Brian Nelson
Casting: Lora Kennedy
Set Design: Ernie Bishop
Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
CAST:
Wyatt Earp: Christian Bale
Doc Holliday: Peter Krause
Morgan Earp: Kevin Dillon
Virgil Earp: Richard Dean Anderson
Curly Bill: Ian McShane
Johnny Ringo: Christian Slater
Ike Clanton: Ray Liotta
Billy Clanton: Giovanni Ribisi
Billy Claiborne: Stephen Baldwin
Tom McLaury: Kevin McKidd
Frank McLaury: Dean Winters
Sheriff Fred White: Robert Forrester
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Clearly, I took some liberties here with both historical fact and vampire mythology. I'd like to point those out so no one thinks I am misinformed or ignorant.
The OK Corral shootout took place at 3pm, not sundown. Morgan Earp was killed inside the billiard hall by a shot from outside; he wasn't killed outside of it. These vampires do not turn in to bats, burn in the sunlight, have fangs, respond negatively to religious items or require a stake through the heart in order to die. They are basically humans that kill mercilessly and drink the blood of their victims.