Production Tips for
Horror Movie 101: Failing Can Be Deadly
by Steven Stack
Surviving your teenage years is difficult enough. But in St. Claire, where teens continually violate the rules of Horror Movie 101, it’s practically impossible.
You know the rules: never open a door if someone knocks after the lights go out. If your car runs out of gas and a girl on the side of the road asks you to take her home to mother - don’t. Haunted houses are never a good idea, and neither are cabins in the middle of the woods. And if you use an ancient burial ground to bring someone back, they’ll come back wrong. Everyone knows that.
This collection of haunting, horrifying, harrowing AND humorous scenes will keep you laughing as you keep your eyes covered.
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Horror Movie 101: Failing Can Be Deadly
Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools
Tips from past Producers
Work on your transitions between scenes so that everything flows smoothly. We used short blackouts and music to mask our changes.
You can do this show bare-bones style with very little prep for props and costume, or you can go all out with it. It's flexible for different spaces- we performed this in a blackbox. It took us one month on prep with three 90 minute rehearsals a week in that month.
Play with using tableaus from known horror movies. Work on the physicallity of the piece. Don't let the monologues throw you and be sure to add movement to the speaches. Have fun with it. Work on creating the style of grade b horror films - this is the fun part!!!
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