Entertainment For Lively Minds
A modern dilemma
Posted by Gauntlet on 25 September 2009 - 7:42am.
These days everyone has a mobile phone - which is a problem for those who make horror films. How do you convey suspense and terror if people have the means to call for help?
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well..
There's no coverage
Battery goes dead
Wrong person answers
Nobody answers
they come to rescue but this creates a new timeline problem - will they get there in time...
Ye-es...
Did you watch the video? 66 examples of just the first two scenarios you mention. (Shame it's not 666 I guess!)
no just fluked it
no just fluked it
Scream?
phones work fine, but only when the killer calls you menacingly??
I guess the nature of the horror plays a role here too.
If it is a matter of the undead for example then "who you gonna call?" as they say.
The past
I've seen a few films in recent years that seem to be set in the past purely to get around the modern technology issues.